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	I've been living here on & off since 1983, and while the Welcome-to-Vancouver signs used to say nuclear-free, they don't now (unless I missed it somehow). I believe this statement to be inaccurate, can someone produce any evidence to support it?
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	:Hi Tim. I was the one to add the Nuclear Weapons Free stuff to the article. (Incidentally, it's nuclear ''weapons'' free -- not nuclear free, since nuclear power and certainly nuclear research are fair game.) Anyways, my intent was to show that the ''city'' itself claims to be weapons free (I cited Council action on the issue and everyone has seen the signs), but also to point out (as you recognize) that it's difficult to know one way or the other if the city's claim is true. I think that's all pretty factual, so which statement in the article isn't working for you? Please take a crack at the wording if it's misleading. Thanks! --] 06:30, 2005 Mar 8 (UTC)
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	:Oops on the weapons, right - actually we're not nuclear-free at all with TRIUMF out there at UBC :) Anyhow, I remember back in the Eighties when this was controversial - remember the "Peace Marches"? - and the signs coming into town used to advertise the status. I'm pretty sure the signs no longer do, so it seems like they've been explicitly changed. If so, does the status stand? We've been through like 3 city governments since the Eighties. Note to self to actually pay attention to what the sign says next time I'm driving into town. ] 06:49, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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	::There was a motion that was unanamously passed by the City Budget committee to put these signs back up as recently as 2003 . I recently remember seeing a couple of them around. So I think they are going back up.
	::It should be noted that this is was primarily just a symbolic policy and has very little legal meaning. They have no jurisdiction over the harbour, military operations, or the airport. Other than a few foreign ships in the harbour it is hard to imagine a scenario in which nuclear weapons were to be brought into the City of Vancouver. There does seem to be one meaningful aspect, the zoning bylaw prohibits the any building used for manufacturing any components for nuclear weapons. This is probably enforceable, although somewhat meaningless as most of the electronics manufacturing in the area happens in Richmond or other suburban municipalities.
	::These types of policies are virtually never recinded. What City council in their right mind would ever want to explicitly recind this policy. It would gain them nothing, but piss off some very vocal voters.
	::Like the policy, the signs are entirely symbollic as well. So the fact that they come and go has more to do with wear and tear on the signs and the interest in the current council on replacing them, than any "official" status of the policy. -- ] 17:41, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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	::It should be noted that although Vancouver was one of the first, there are over 100 municipalities in Canada and thousands over the world (including quite a few in the US) that are declared NWFZs). The Province of British Columbia was officially declared a NWFZ in 1992 . I think the most relevant statement is that Vancouver was one of the first, and a comment that this is symbollic. I have edited the main page to reflect this. -- ] 18:17, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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	I've done a copy edit on this article, but there is more to be done. I want to add a reference to First Nations history in the Vancouver area--it didn't just start when the English began to settle the place.
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	I've changed the former reference to the "Richmond-Airport-Vancouver light rail line." As far as I know the decision has not been made that it will be light rail. I've changed the corresponding article (a stub), but it will need renaming. ] 09:06, 2003 Dec 9 (UTC)
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	Note that although Expo 86 was about Transportation and Communications, it was not called "Man in Motion." You may be confusing it with Rick Hansen's 1987 "Man in Motion World Tour." ] 06:36, 2003 Dec 11 (UTC)
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	Do we really need the list of municipalities in the GVRD here? There's already a fully linked up list of them on the GVRD page, which links from here in an obvious way. Maybe replace the list with a link to that page? ] 19:32, 18 Dec 2003 (UTC)
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			== Semi-protected edit request on 7 May 2024 ==
	:Since they are already included elsewhere, lets just link to that. ] 06:33, 2003 Dec 20 (UTC)

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	To the person that added: "please change that because it doesn't mean anything interesting. Talk of their spiritual believing instead." This is a wiki. If you think something should be changed, go ahead. By all means add something about the spiritual beliefs of the First Nations. On the other hand, it is not a good idea to put editorial comments into the article itself--potentially confuses the reader, IMO. ] 17:47, 2003 Dec 27 (UTC)
			In Population (2021)

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	:Added a brief description of the social and spiritual life of the First Nations. ] 07:47, 2003 Dec 31 (UTC)
			• Rank 1st in Canada
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	I believe Vancouver's rush hour is bad, but can the claim of ranking "worst in North America" really be backed up by a study or reference? (unsigned)
			https://en.wikipedia.org/List_of_the_largest_municipalities_in_Canada_by_population ] (]) 00:07, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
			:{{done}}<!-- Template:ESp --> ] (]) 09:38, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
			::Reverted: Vancouver is first in population DENSITY, which is what the infobox said and which I've now restored. Please be more careful when processing edit requests in the future. —] (]) 04:24, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
			:::I think it's still a bit unclear. When looking at it, it's hard to see if the rank refers to the density or if it's on the same level as population. Especially since city population doesn't have a rank but metro does. Maybe we could add it to the end of the population number for the city too? E.g:
			:::• City 662,248 (8th in Canada) ] (]) 10:41, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

			== Inaccurate climate data, can someone edit? ==
	:I doubt it. Look at LA and New York for starters. ] 02:24, Apr 4, 2004 (UTC)

			Sunshine hours for Vancouver are the following, per Environment Canada:
	== Sister cities ==
			Jan 98.5, Feb 104.1, Mar 104.0, Apr 120.8, May 148.4, Jun 133.1, Jul 283.8, Aug 280.3, Sep 260.9, Oct 158.1, Nov 94.0, Dec 80.0. Annual 1866.0. See data here:

			https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1991_2020_e.html?searchType=stnName_1991&txtStationName_1991=vancouver&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=360000000&dispBack=1
	What exactly is the nature of the "special arrangements" the City of Vancouver has with Los Angeles, Yokohama, Edinburgh, etc.? (This is alluded to in the article, but no details are given.) Trade privileges? Citizen or council perks? Planning? What would Vancouver do for or with these cities that they would ''not'' with, say, Toronto or Surrey or Seattle? -- ] 03:45, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

			Click "Normals Data" tab, scroll down to "Cloud Amount (hours with)", and see first row ("0-2"). See also https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weather-general-tools-resources/astronomy/cloud-forecast.html to make sense of what "0-2" means in this context (sunny weather). ] (]) 08:24, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
	:In my experience, "sister cities" usually means, in practice, that high schools and universities in the cities participate in student exchanges and pen-pal programs. I believe it's a social convention, rather than something more formal.  — ] \| ] 09:49, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)
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			== List of tall buildings in Vancouver ==
	== Expo 86 ==

			This section needs to include the former Trump Hotel tower - now called the Paradox Hotel Vancouver, as the second tallest building in the city of Vancouver. Also needs inclusion of the Butterfly tower. ] (]) 02:51, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
	I beleive that Expo 86 had the theme of 'World in Motion - World in Touch'.
	* I agree. See , , and . --] 05:31, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

			== Move discussion in progress ==
	"It contains the second largest Chinatown in North America, (after San Francisco)": Can anybody cite recent sources of this information and/or define "largest"? I've read conflicting information in travel articles suggesting ]'s Chinatown is the largest but none of them are authoritative.
	* See and . The City of Vancouver also says it is home to . You can also find the note about the second largest Chinatown in subscriber-only versions of online ''Britannica'' and ''British Columbia Encyclopedia''. --] 05:31, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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	== Picture ==

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	Above is a picture I took and if people think it's good enough to use, it's appropriately licensed.
	(Oops, forgot to sign) ] 05:46, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

	: Great pic, Tim. Can you downsize it? ] 07:14, 2005 Jan 10 (UTC)

	::Is downsizing it really necessary when it can be thumbnailed (like so →)? I rather like the level of detail it provides.  — ] \| ] 09:11, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

	I renamed it per Saxifrage's request to Image:Vancouver%2C_aerial_view_from_the_South.jpg
	I could easily resize it to whatever people think is best. You guys are the WP-style gurus, I'm just a photog :) ] 00:09, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

	Does anyone miss the picture of Vancouver that was there prior to May? It showed the city with its backdrop of mountains and water and seemed much more representative than the one that is there now (complete with the caption: "Manhattan of Canada"). Anyone who knows Vancouver's West End (pictured) knows that it is unique and special and not at all like Manhattan - nor does it want to be.

	I've written the individual who put the new picture up and asked him if he would mind putting the former one back. Unless there is some legal problem with that, I will do it if he doesn't. ] 03:45, 2004 Jul 6 (UTC)

	:Hearing nothing, I took the liberty of replacing the picture. The one that's there now is not the best image quality, but it is a much better representation of the beauty and natural surroundings of Vancouver. If anyone can find a similar picture with better image quality, that would be ideal. ] 17:22, 2004 Jul 11 (UTC)

	== Population ==

	I adjusted the population listed. Rathering than listing the population for the Lower Mainland, I used the Statistics Canada population for the CMA for the last census (2001). The boundary of Statistics Canada's CMA is the standard boundary used to indicate the metropolitan area. The last census is the last accurate population count. Until 2006, any other figure is simply an estimate.

	Just smoothed out the sentence - too bulky, and isn't the use of census data implied when you state the year? Maybe a link to Canada Census in the external links?
	--] 20:17, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

	==Four Pillars==
	Would someone write an article about the city's Four Pillars drug strategy and link it to the Vancouver, Downtown Eastside, and Commercial Drive Misplaced Pages pages? It's a big issue in Vancouver. --] 15:55, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

	==Drugs==
	Isn't the marijuana cafe info outdated now?
	--] 07:52, 2004 Dec 3 (UTC)

	:No. While Blunt Brothers and the Da Kine may be gone, I have it on excellent authority that many others are still operational. ] 00:40, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

	==Scenery==
	Actually the Olympic Mountains CAN be seen from southwest Vancouver (high enough point south of 41st, and likely from the North Shore mountains) - though admittedly they are very low on the horizon. I can often see them from Richmond (Garry Point) at sea level too --] 01:57, 2004 Dec 3 (UTC)

	:Well, I stand corrected. However, as you note, they don't dominate the skyline the way the North Shore mountains or Mt. Baker do. Because of the weather we have had, I was going from distant memory. I did check a photograph I had taken from Cypress mountain on a pretty clear day. You couldn't really see much past the Gulf Islands in that direction. However, there was some haze over the ocean, so I accept that on a real clear day you probably could make out the Olympic mountains. -- ] 16:51, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

	== Article title ==

	Why is this article not at ]? There's already a disambig header and that article title already redirects here… — ] 17:46, Nov 27, 2004 (UTC)

	:It's the standard ] in Canada and the USA.  — ] \| ] 09:44, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

	== History ==

	Regarding the transliteration of "Musqueam." I take Legolas' point that the word has either got to mean people or place, not both. However, I haven't been able to get the actual word in the Native language. I understand that there is a prefix in the way they say it that means "place" but I need to get more info. I've asked a Halkomelem speaker if she could sort this out for us. ] 19:40, 2004 Dec 4 (UTC)

	:Fixed. There is a reference to the meaning of the word in ''A Sto:lo-Coast Salish Historical Atlas''. I've changed the wording to incorporate this meaning. ] 09:56, 2004 Dec 25 (UTC)


	== Burrard Street ==
	Previous text said that Burrard is the busiest street in Vancouver. I could not find evidence of this. According to the Vancouver Courier, that honour goes to Granville Street. --] 01:23, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

	really? but from the looks Burrard street is way busier than Granville street ANY time of the day. But the fact that Granville street only allows transit viehcles is likely the deceiving factor. However Granville street looks 'older' and is not nicely decorated as Burrard Street, especially the sections near Waterfront. ] 05:07, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)

	== Greektown? ==

	A minor issue... the validity of "]" has been questioned recently and not much discussion is ensuing about it on ], so I though I'd pass some awareness on here. It ''could'' be put up for VfD, but maybe the Vancouver editing community can settle/merge the article this way. --] 02:13, 2005 Mar 5 (UTC)

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In Population (2021)

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 • Rank	1st in Canada

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• Rank	 8th in Canada

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/List_of_the_largest_municipalities_in_Canada_by_population Fridaynosaur (talk) 00:07, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Done Charliehdb (talk) 09:38, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Reverted: Vancouver is first in population DENSITY, which is what the infobox said and which I've now restored. Please be more careful when processing edit requests in the future. —Joeyconnick (talk) 04:24, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

I think it's still a bit unclear. When looking at it, it's hard to see if the rank refers to the density or if it's on the same level as population. Especially since city population doesn't have a rank but metro does. Maybe we could add it to the end of the population number for the city too? E.g:

• City 662,248 (8th in Canada) Espionage7240 (talk) 10:41, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

Inaccurate climate data, can someone edit?

Sunshine hours for Vancouver are the following, per Environment Canada: Jan 98.5, Feb 104.1, Mar 104.0, Apr 120.8, May 148.4, Jun 133.1, Jul 283.8, Aug 280.3, Sep 260.9, Oct 158.1, Nov 94.0, Dec 80.0. Annual 1866.0. See data here:

https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1991_2020_e.html?searchType=stnName_1991&txtStationName_1991=vancouver&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=360000000&dispBack=1

Click "Normals Data" tab, scroll down to "Cloud Amount (hours with)", and see first row ("0-2"). See also https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weather-general-tools-resources/astronomy/cloud-forecast.html to make sense of what "0-2" means in this context (sunny weather). 137.132.27.170 (talk) 08:24, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

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List of tall buildings in Vancouver

This section needs to include the former Trump Hotel tower - now called the Paradox Hotel Vancouver, as the second tallest building in the city of Vancouver. Also needs inclusion of the Butterfly tower. Bradross63 (talk) 02:51, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

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