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YVR’s reputation as a transportation hub is expanding to include bicycles, with the recent announcement of the Airport Authority’s win as one of the region’s most bike-friendly businesses. Awarded annually by HUB, Metro Vancouver’s largest cycling coalition, the awards celebrate businesses that encourage employees and customers to cycle, by providing commuting facilities, incentives and education […]

The devastating 2004 tsunami in 2004 that took the lives of more than 280,000 people in Southeast Asia is now a memory, but never forgotten. Rubina Hope for Kids was founded in 2005 in memory of Rubina Wong, who was killed as a result of the tsunami while vacationing on Koh Phi Phi, Thailand. The […]

Cargojet’s Toronto duty manager Ron Byrne and his wife Sarah were recently given the kind of heartbreaking news that no parent wants to hear. Their 21-month-old son, Nolan, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The diagnosis meant that Nolan would need at least 24 months of chemotherapy in addition to various other treatments. Byrne […]

Starting mid-July 2013, Vancouver Airport Authority will begin repaving Russ Baker Way, between Miller Road and the North end of the No. 2 Road Bridge in Richmond. Expected to take between 10 and 12 weeks to complete, this project will require both daytime and nighttime north- and south-bound lane closures and reduced vehicle speed limits, […]

This summer, visit YVR for the ultimate staycation during YVR Take-Off Fridays. Stop by YVR any Friday from July 5 to August 30 between 9am and 3pm for lots of kid-friendly activities such as face painting, balloonists, caricaturists and YVR mascots. On Friday July 12, don’t miss out on YVR Take-Off Fridays first-ever Paper Airplane […]