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SkyTalk Golf Tournament to recognize Burkeville Community Association

Sea Island Community Centre is located in Burkeville, a community of some 300 household situated at the corner of Miller Road and Russ Baker Way . Burkeville residents have always had a strong sense of community, going way back to when the homes were first constructed in 1944 to house war-time aviation workers at the […]

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Welcoming Bollywood stars to Vancouver

YVR’s welcome area hosted hundreds of fans eager to connect with their favourite Bollywood A-listers arriving to take part in the Times of India Film Awards, April 4-6, 2013. Holding cameras aloft, screaming crowds greeted the arriving artists who signed autographs and posed for pictures in a special Welcome Area set up on Level 3 […]

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Signing on to Giving Pledge

Sir Richard Branson, who founded his company in 1971 with a record store in London, has transformed these humble beginnings into the Virgin Group, a multinational corporation with interests in air travel, media and space tourism. However, Sir Richard’s latest initiative has nothing to do with acquiring businesses but instead giving half of his estimated […]

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More shopping options for U.S. travellers

Travellers headed to the U.S. from YVR are now able to purchase goods of up to $200 in the airport’s after-security area before their flight, thanks to a new agreement between Vancouver Airport Authority and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP). The new agreement increases the maximum value of each individual retail item sold in […]

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Help the airport build a candid Canada gallery

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) will soon have the best view of Canada—from the air! The Airport Authority is creating a shared photo gallery of images collected from across Canada taken in-flight—an interesting way to dress up its facilities and tell the visual story of our expansive and incredible country from high above. These images will […]

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