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How to use the word Vancouver in a Sentence?

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I can’t believe I’ve ever seen or heard of such a despicable, disgusting sense of entitlement and lack of a moral compass. [Referring to a top casino executive and his wife who flew from Vancouver by commercial flight and chartered aircraft 2200 km to Beaver Creek, ignoring mandatory quarantine requirements, to jump the queue for COVID-19 vaccinations. Beaver Creek is a First Nations community of 80, given vaccine priority because of its remoteness near the Alaska border.]

Mike Farnworth

added by Greying_Geezer
3 years ago

When it comes to protests that I've been part of here in Toronto, or ones that I saw in the media in Ottawa or Vancouver or Montreal, there were mostly two races -- Black and White. Yes, there were a few Asians, but very, very few, i see Black people raising posters, I see white people raising posters. I see very few Brown people engaging in these conversations, or protesting, or donating, or speaking out. I don't think many even recognize their privilege. I know we have some Asian people who are our allies, but from my end it's not enough.

Nodin Nganji

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Despite being physically restricted to a very limited space during my time in Vancouver, my inner self has never felt so colorful and vast.

United States

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It was such a treat.Thats how I started my career, working with my wife. We havent done it in such a long time, acting-wise. It was really good to have her on the show.She knows a lot of the cast. They met over the summer when she was visiting Vancouver. It was just a lot of fun.

Mark Consuelos

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I remember you being like, ‘ Dude, it’s not supposed to be like this, when you’re out in the freezing rains of Vancouver and there’s rain towers, you know … it’s clear that the situation has n’t been planned the way it should.

Tom Welling

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

In the past it has been a sport played by the older generation, if I could say that really, but now, since 2010, since we had the Olympics in Vancouver, all of a sudden it just changed the whole profile of our sport. And as you can see on the ice, we’ve had so many young people play our sport.

Kate Caithness

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

There is a particular site in Vancouver [ Insite ] that has operated for some 15 years with thousands of overdoses, and not one single death.

Thomas Farley

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I know a lot of people have been threatening to do this, but I really will, i know a lovely place in Vancouver and I can get my work done from there.

Lena Dunham

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

With these airplanes, we can increase our presence - more flights to Los Angeles, San Francisco, more fights to Vancouver.

Jamie Bautista

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is probably something you're going to see right through 2016 where housing starts in (the Prairies) grind down a little bit further still, on the flip side, you're probably going to see stability, if not some more strength, in areas like Toronto and Vancouver.

Robert Kavcic

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We played good enough to win, sometimes you're not going to win games. That's the way this league is. Five out of six points on the road is good, especially with the back-to-back( in Edmonton and Vancouver) here at the end and with travel and not getting in until late.

Center Ryan Kesler

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The (Greater Toronto Area) and Greater Vancouver made sizeable contributions to the monthly decline in national sales activity. They also rank among the tightest urban housing markets in the country due to a shortage of inventory and supply of land on which to build, which is why prices there continue to grow strongly.

Gregory Klump

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I’m flying in between shows, going up to Vancouver shooting a movie.

Tim McGraw

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

How is it possible that the Caisse can invest around the world, Australia, Vancouver and elsewhere in infrastructure, but for a reason that seems difficult for me to understand it is impossible in Quebec.

Philippe Couillard

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

When you're a young, single person, you can make Vancouver work financially, but I feel like if it's time to settle down and have kids, maybe you won't stay.

Allan Pulga

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I have always cared passionately for our parks and green spaces. Growing up in Vancouver was like growing up in a magical land, filled with green fields, tall trees, forests, sandy beaches and sunny days at the poolside. I want every child to be able to share this experience

Stuart Mackinnon

added by anonymous
9 years ago

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