There are the stories that make headlines...and then there are the stories that make your eyebrows go up. Like, way up.
We took a look at our year that was on Vancouver Is Awesome and the stories that really struck a chord with readers and assembled this shocking list of stories that put the awe in awesome. Or at least some stories that a good for a laugh or a WTF moment. Enjoy!
This Instagram account shows people doing weird stuff to get cherry blossom photos in Vancouver
...And the Instagram husbands who tolerate it.
Director Kevin Smith tweets photo of huge garbage pile outside his Vancouver hotel window
@thatkevinsmith/Twitter
“Good morning, Vancouver. This was my view when I opened my curtains at the Sutton Place Hotel.”
Here's a link to Google's archive of every place you've ever brought your phone
Some of the places I’ve been in the past couple of years, thanks to the archive that Google Maps has kept for me
Did you know that Google keeps an archive of everywhere you’ve ever been? We didn't either.
A sex doll brothel just opened its doors in Vancouver
Mannequins / Shutterstock
Yes. You read that correctly.
There's a black market for cheese in Vancouver. Here's what you should know about it.
Kurtis Kolt shot a video of stolen cheese being returned by a VPD officer. Screengrab
This was a gouda one...
This lady decided to take a poop in a Langley Tim Hortons and throw it at the workers
Screen grab
This should probably be number two on the list.
Here's the deal with those big guns the cops were carrying on Italian Day
Vancouver PD ERT members carrying Colt C8 carbine rifles at Italian Days on the Drive. Courtesy of Twitter @VanAlias / Adrienne Smith
NBD. Just a friendly neighbourhood street festival, and cops with big ass guns.
Mailman chronicles adventures with Canuck the crow on Instagram
Photo Tyler Mcleod
Vancouver's unofficial official ambassador and one of his human buddies.
We talked to Justin of 'Justin's Massage'
Justin’s Massage poster on the corner of Cambie and 19th Avenue (V.I.A.)
Justin went old school and put up flyers around town advertising his "massage" biz. So we gave him a call.
This handy interactive crime map shows you which sketchy Vancouver neighbourhoods you might want to avoid
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FYI.
Vancouver's hyper-aggressive cyclists are ruining it for everyone
Grant Lawrence’s column on rude and dangerous cyclists struck a chord with pedestrians and other cyclists. Photo Dan Toulgoet
Our columnist (and cycling enthusiast) Grant Lawrence had some thoughts on his fellow bike riders.
TransLink bus spotted in America because reasons
Photo Rebecca Bollwitt via Twitter
When you see a TransLink bus on the road and you're miles away, in another country.
"Is he black?" Local Airbnb host denies guest based on race
This screenshot of an Airbnb conversation shows the host inquiring about a guest’s race
I don't think you're supposed to ask that.
A 301-metre-tall wooden tower is being proposed for Stanley Park
The Sea Tower proposed for Stanley Park. Photo contributed
Well, that's an interesting idea...
