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As part of the Courier's Vancouver Special Neighbourhood series, we pay a visit to Hycroft in the tony enclave of Shaughnessy. The Edwardian mansion was a hot spot for Vancouver's upper crust in the 1920s and '30s, a veterans hospital in the 1940s and '50s, and has been home to the University Women's Club since 1962. Click here to view this video on YouTube...

Living in Vancouver there is always lots of discussion about the weather. Hot enough for you? Cold enough for you? Wet enough for you? There are people who are depressed by our long dark winters with rain. Excuse me? You prefer highs of – 10? Move east. The elderly are able to go out most days in our winter. I remember one year, Italy had such wicked temperatures that they were unable to heat their places or get food and many elderly died. I've lived in the east and none of the weather appealed to me. Too cold in the winter,...

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