Notably, when we trace back through innovation history we remember that women made key code contributions towards our quantum leaps in technology.

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The city centre's bars and restaurants, continuing the laid-back summer vein, are for the most part low key and dress code and doorman free, many offering up British Columbia's bounty of local wines and microbrews.

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