"It's a giant playground," said Julie Desaulniers, a transplant from Montreal who lives in North Vancouver with her family.

“这是一个巨大的运动场。”生活在北温哥华的从蒙特利尔移居过来的朱莉•迪早尼尔说道。

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This weekend here in North Vancouver the Spartan Race is anything but a fun run. Instead, this is a test of endurance designed to see how far a person can push their body.

本周末在北温哥华举行的‘斯巴达勇士赛’就是一个趣味跑步活动。这是一次耐力测试，看看一个人的身体极限有多大程度。

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South of the Olympic Village, just north of the city of Vancouver, Cypress Mountain also holds snowy ski trails, but overall has far less snow.

奥运村以南，温哥华市北方的赛普瑞斯山建设了滑雪道，但是总的来说积雪量远远不够。

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The center had been moved farther north to Vancouver Island.

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Raised in Rabbitskin River, more than 2,100 kilometers north of Vancouver, he has devoted himself to preserving the stories and traditions of the Dene people.

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About a 45-minute drive north of Vancouver, it has been hit with unseasonably warm temperatures that have brought rain and destroyed much of the existing snow.

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Across the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, North Vancouver is home to young families, as is the tiny West Vancouver district where many ex-patriots and retirees also live.

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It was a series of startling discoveries on an Indian reservation in North Vancouver, British Columbia: the carcasses of some 50 eagles, their talons and tail feathers sliced off.

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If embarking on a self-guided tour of the city, start in picturesque North Vancouver where Mount Seymour provided settings for the movie Hot Tub Time Machine and the shows MacGyver and The X-Files.

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