Vancouver history, economy,culture,govermemy,economy,climate sport and media

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Tables of Content

• History
• Climate
• Government
• Economy
• Education
• Arts and Culture
• Media
• Sports
• Source

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History

• Vancouver is a city in British Columbia, Canada.
  With its location near the mouth of the Fraser
  River and on the waterways of the Strait of
  Georgia, Howe Sound, Burrard Inlet, and their
  tributaries, Vancouver has, for thousands of
  years, been a place of meeting, trade and
  settlement.
• The presence of people in what is now called the
  Lower Mainland of British Columbia dates from
  8,000 to 10,000 years ago when the glaciers of
  the last ice age began to disappear.

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Climate

• Vancouver is one of Canada's warmest cities in
  the winter.
• The daily maximum averages 22 C (72 F) in July
  and August, with highs rarely reaching 30 C
  (86 F).
• The highest temperature ever recorded at the
  airport was 34.4 C (93.9 F) set on 30 July 2009
  On average, snow falls on eleven days per year,
  with three days receiving 6 cm (2.4 in) or more.
  Average yearly snowfall is 38.1 cm (15.0 in) but
  typically does not remain on the ground for long.

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Government

• The city is governed by the 10-member Vancouver
  City Council, a nine-member School Board, and a
  seven-member Park Board, all elected for
  three-year terms.
• In the 2015 federal election and the 2017
  provincial election, the west side of Vancouver
  has shifted more towards left-wing candidates.

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Economy

• The Economy of Vancouver is one of the most
  energetic in Canada due to Vancouver's situation
  as the nation's gateway to the Pacific Rim, a
  major port, and the main western terminus of
  transcontinental highway and rail routes. Major
  economic sectors include trade, film, natural
  resources, technology and tourism.

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Education

• The Vancouver School Board enrolls more than
  110,000 students in its elementary, secondary,
  and post-secondary institutions, making it the
  second-largest school district in the province.
• There are five public universities in the Greater
  Vancouver area, the largest being the University
  of British Columbia (UBC) and Simon Fraser
  University (SFU), with a combined enrolment of
  more than 90,000 undergraduates, graduates, and
  professional students in 2008

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Arts and Culture

• Prominent theatre companies in Vancouver include
  the Arts Club Theatre Company on Granville
  Island, and Bard on the Beach.
• The Scotiabank Dance Centre, a converted bank
  building on the corner of Davie and Granville,
  functions as a gathering place and performance
  venue for Vancouver-based dancers and
  choreographers
• The Vancouver International Film Festival, which
  runs for two weeks each September, shows over 350
  films and is one of the larger film festivals in
  North America

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Media

• Vancouver has two major English-language daily
  newspapers, The Vancouver Sun (a broadsheet) and
  The Province (a tabloid). Both are published by
  Postmedia Network.
• There are three main news radio stations in
  Vancouver CBC Radio One, CKNW and NEWS 1130.
• Vancouver is the third-largest television market
  in Canada, and the largest in western
  Canada.1It is also the second largest
  television production center in North America
  after Los Angeles

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Sports

• There have been a wide variety of sports in
  Vancouver since the city was founded. Team sports
  such as ice hockey, lacrosse, and Canadian
  football.
• There are a number of amateur lacrosse teams in
  Greater Vancouver, competing under the auspices
  of the British Columbia Lacrosse Association.

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Source

• https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver
• http//canadapopulation2018.com/population-of-vanc
  ouver-2018.html