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PRACTICALITIES

Maps
The Tourism Vancouver Visitor Centre ( Click here ) provides free downtown maps.
Alternatively, the comprehensive Greater Vancouver Streetwise Map Book
($5.95) is sold at convenience stores. For free online maps, check out the
VanMap ( www.vancouver.ca/vanmap ) system.

Newspapers
» Georgia Straight ( www.straight.com ) Alternative weekly providing Vancouver's
best entertainment listings. Free every Thursday.
» Province ( www.theprovince.com ) Vancouver's 'tabloid' daily newspaper.

» Tyee ( www.thetyee.ca ) Award-winning online local news source.

» Vancouver Sun ( www.vancouversun.com ) Main city daily, with Thursday arts
and entertainment listings pull-out.
» Xtra! ( www.xtra.ca ) Free, gay-oriented, alternative paper, distributed biweekly.

Radio
Around Vancouver, flip the dial to these stations or listen in online before you ar-
rive:
» CCBC R

dio One (690AM, 88.1FM; www.cbc.ca/bc ) Canadian Broadcasting Cor-
poration's commercial-free news, talk and music station.
» CKNW

C Radio O

CKNW (980AM; www.cknw.com ) News, traffic, sports and talk.

» Fox (99.3FM; www.cfox.com ) New rock and chatter.

» JACCK-FM

-FM (96.9FM; www.jackfm.com ) Pop mix station.

» NNews 11

s 11330 (1130AM; www.news1130.com ) News 24/7.

» Peaak (102.7FM; www.thepeak.fm ) Popular mainstream new-rock station.

Discount Cards
Aside from the city's free attractions, there are other ways to stretch your visitor dollars
here. If you're planning to take in lots of sights in a few days, the Vancouver City Pass-