CITY

Official Website:
http://www.vancouver.ca/

Population:
583,296 (2004 estimate)

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
Vancouver Sun
The Vancouver Province

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Vancouver Film School	1987
University of British Columbia	1908

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Vancouver Maritime Museum	1959
Vancouver Art Gallery	1931
Vancouver Museum	1894

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra	1919

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Nettwerk	1984
Jim Pattison Group	1961
Selkirk Communications	1959
Canfor	1938

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gil Bellows	Actor	28-Jun-1967		Billy Thomas on Ally McBeal
Jean-Luc Bilodeau	Actor	4-Nov-1990		Ben Wheeler on Baby Daddy
Lynda Boyd	Actor	28-Jan-1965		Rose Miller on Republic of Doyle
Paul Campbell	Actor	22-Jun-1979		Beckett Ryan on Spun Out
Edison Chen	Actor	7-Oct-1980		Infernal Affairs II
Rae Dawn Chong	Actor	28-Feb-1961		Quest for Fire
Hayden Christensen	Actor	19-Apr-1981		Lead in Star Wars: Episode II
Torrance Coombs	Actor	14-Jun-1983		Sebastian on Reign
Gordon Currie	Actor	25-Sep-1965		Left Behind
James Doohan	Actor	3-Mar-1920	20-Jul-2005	Scotty on Star Trek
Leonard Dudley	Historian	1943		The Word and the Sword
Don Francks	Actor	28-Feb-1932	3-Apr-2016	Walter on La Femme Nikita
Chief Dan George	Actor	24-Jul-1899	23-Sep-1981	Little Big Man
Thea Gill	Actor	5-Apr-1970		Lindsay on Queer as Folk
April Glaspie	Diplomat	26-Apr-1942		US Ambassador to Iraq, 1989-90
Evan Goldberg	Screenwriter	1982		The Interview
Jennifer Granholm	Politician	5-Feb-1959		Governor of Michigan, 2003-11
Jason Gray-Stanford	Actor	19-May-1970		Lt. Disher on Monk
Deborah Grey	Politician	1-Jul-1952		Canadian MP, Edmonton North
Ian Hacking	Philosopher	18-Feb-1936		The Taming of Chance
Laura Harris	Actor	20-Nov-1976		Daisy Adair in Dead Like Me
June Havoc	Actor	8-Nov-1912	28-Mar-2010	Gentleman's Agreement
S. I. Hayakawa	Politician	19-Jul-1906	27-Feb-1992	Semanticist and US Senator
John Ireland	Actor	30-Jan-1914	21-Mar-1992	All the King's Men
Katharine Isabelle	Actor	10-Mar-1982		Ginger Snaps
Joshua Jackson	Actor	11-Jun-1978		Pacey on Dawson's Creek
Avan Jogia	Actor	9-Feb-1992		Beck Oliver on Victorious
Paul Kariya	Hockey	16-Oct-1974		St. Louis Blues
cEvin Key	Musician	13-Feb-1961		Skinny Puppy
James Kirk	Actor	2-May-1986		Travis Deosdade on Edgemont
Kristin Kreuk	Actor	30-Dec-1982		Lana on Smallville
Jessica Lowndes	Actor	8-Nov-1988		Adrianna Tate-Duncan on 90210
Jessica Lucas	Actor	24-Sep-1985		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Alexander Ludwig	Actor	7-May-1992		The Seeker: Dark Is Rising
Rachel Marsden	Pundit	2-Dec-1974		Conservative pundit
John H. McArthur	Educator	1934		Dean of Harvard Business School, 1980-95
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.	Business	23-Feb-1943		CEO of Pfizer, 2001-06
Brandon Jay McLaren	Actor	15-Oct-1980		Power Rangers SPD
William H. McNeill	Historian	31-Oct-1917	8-Jul-2016	The Rise of the West
Carrie-Anne Moss	Actor	21-Aug-1967		Trinity in The Matrix
Pete Newell	Basketball	3-Aug-1915	17-Nov-2008	Influential NCAA coach
Enuka Okuma	Actor	20-Sep-1976		Traci Nash on Rookie Blue
Clifford Olson	Criminal	1-Jan-1940	30-Sep-2011	Killed 11 youths in British Columbia
Michael Ontkean	Actor	24-Jan-1946		Sheriff Harry S. Truman, Twin Peaks
Barbara Parkins	Actor	22-May-1942		Peyton Place and Valley of the Dolls
Lee Patterson	Actor	31-Mar-1929	14-Feb-2007	One Life to Live
Emily Perkins	Actor	4-May-1977		Sue Lewis on Da Vinci's Inquest
Laurence J. Peter	Scientist	16-Sep-1919	12-Jan-1990	The Peter Principle
Carly Pope	Actor	28-Aug-1980		Sam McPherson on Popular
Jason Priestley	Actor	28-Aug-1969		Brandon Walsh on Beverly Hills 90210
Kirsten Prout	Actor	28-Sep-1990		Amanda Bloom on Kyle XY
John Qualen	Actor	8-Dec-1899	12-Sep-1987	The Grapes of Wrath
Ryan Reynolds	Actor	23-Oct-1976		Van Wilder
Seth Rogen	Actor	15-Apr-1982		Knocked Up
Teryl Rothery	Actor	9-Nov-1965		Dr. Janet Fraiser on Stargate SG-1
Ann Rutherford	Actor	2-Nov-1917	11-Jun-2012	Andy Hardy's girlfriend Polly
Devon Sawa	Actor	7-Sep-1978		Final Destination
Drew Scott	TV Personality	28-Apr-1978		Property Brothers
Jonathan Scott	TV Personality	28-Apr-1978		Property Brothers
Michael Shanks	Actor	15-Dec-1970		Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1
Marc Singer	Actor	27-Jan-1948		Beastmaster
Lauren Lee Smith	Actor	19-Jun-1980		Lara Perkins on The L Word
Cobie Smulders	Actor	3-Apr-1982		How I Met Your Mother
Harry Snyder	Business	9-Sep-1913	14-Dec-1976	Co-Founder of In-N-Out Burger
Peter Stebbings	Actor	28-Feb-1971		Alvin Klein on The Listener
Sarah Strange	Actor	6-Sep-1974		Helen in Da Vinci's Inquest
Dorothy Stratten	Actor	28-Feb-1960	14-Aug-1980	Actress, centerfold
Rossif Sutherland	Actor	25-Sep-1978		Pen Martin on King
David Suzuki	Naturalist	24-Mar-1936		Television nature host
Tina Tyler	Pornstar	16-Jul-1965		Devil in Miss Jones #6
Ronald W. Tysoe	Business	1-Apr-1953		Vice Chairman of Federated, 1990-2006
Deborah Kara Unger	Actor	12-May-1963		Bangkok Hilton
Emmanuelle Vaugier	Actor	23-Jun-1976		Dr. Helen Bryce on Smallville

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Long John Baldry	Singer	12-Jan-1941	21-Jul-2005	British blues singer, Blues Incorporated
Peter Breck	Actor	13-Mar-1929	6-Feb-2012	Shock Corridor
Rick Ducommun	Actor	3-Jul-1952	12-Jun-2015	The Burbs
Errol Flynn	Actor	20-Jun-1909	14-Oct-1959	Robin Hood
Lorena Gale	Actor	9-May-1958	21-Jun-2009	Je me souviens
Chief Dan George	Actor	24-Jul-1899	23-Sep-1981	Little Big Man
Andrew Koenig	Actor	17-Aug-1968	14-Feb-2010	Growing Pains
Theodore Maiman	Physicist	11-Jul-1927	5-May-2007	Built the first working laser
Cory Monteith	Actor	11-May-1982	13-Jul-2013	Finn Hudson on Glee
Pat Quinn	Hockey	29-Jan-1943	23-Nov-2014	The Big Irishman
Sinclair Ross	Novelist	22-Jan-1908	29-Feb-1996	As For Me and My House
Michael Smith	Chemist	26-Apr-1932	4-Oct-2000	Oligonucleotide-based mutagenesis

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