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YVR Roving Reporters: A New View

July 20, 2009
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Recently, we asked a few Airport Authority employees to be the eyes and ears here at YVR and share their stories. Our roving reporters will give us different insights on what’s happening at the airport in the lead up to the 2010 Winter Games. For our first installment, reporters Barb Brown and Ivan Tse write about [...]

Public Observation Area Now Open at YVR

July 16, 2009
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Check out the photos of our new Public Observation Area that opened today. The area is all pre-security so anyone can come and watch the activity on the airfiled. There’s also interactive exhibits, telescopes and a huge model display of Sea Island. The last time YVR had a public viewing area was more than 30 [...]

The new face of the Domestic Terminal

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Today we’re officially opening a new space in our expanded domestic terminal. The area called C-Pier has five new gates and retail area, home to Air Canada’s domestic operations at YVR.
The new space is gorgeous, and outfitted with eight new retail stores – Brookstone, Sunglass Hut and Fruits& Passion included – and a bunch of [...]

Greening up our walls at YVR – New Photos

June 12, 2009

Further to this story, check out the completed green wall photos. We also just found out it’s the largest living wall in North America. Very cool. Special thanks to our landscape architect company Sharp and Diamond as well as our Engineering team.
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You may have already heard that the Canada Line will open up at the [...]

Olympians at YVR

May 26, 2009

Volunteering at YVR has its perks. Doreen Zenert – one of the Airport Authority’s Green Coat volunteers – recently bumped into Adam Kreek at the airport carrying the 2010 Winter Games Torch. Adam was a member of Canada’s mens eight rowing crew who recently won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

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