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AHA MEDIA was very pleased to attend the Opening of the Vancouver City Centre – Canada Line Station located at Georgia and Granville Streets.

Lineups stretched around the block and the wait time for the Free Skytrain ride to Richmond were more than 2 1/2 hours!!

In this video, Today, August 17, 2009 is a historical day! The Canada Line is open to the public and goes between Vancouver and Richmond

The line makes Vancouver the only city in Canada to provide a high speed link between its airport and downtown core

This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.

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Please see my Livestream video of the Opening.. using Qik software on a HTC Titan or PPC 6800 cameraphone

http://www.qik.com/video/2568893

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Please look at our Flickr for 16  photos of the Opening of the Vancouver City Centre – Canada Line Station

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157621952915769/

As our urban environment screams for a reduction in pollution, Critical Mass movements around the world lead the way. This event, typically held on the last Friday of every month is where bicyclists and other self-propelled commuters take to the streets en masse.

Critical Mass is a grassroots reclamation of public space — a bike ride and skate — held the last Friday of every month. Bicycles, skateboards, rollerskates, self propelled couches, and any other form of human powered locomotion are all welcomed!

Although this event did not originate as a protest movement many cyclists have adopted this event to ‘reclaim’ the streets and reflect the urgency for environmental care and change.

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In this video, the first wave of Critical Mass Bike Riders become the traffic on Robson St in Vancouver much to the surprise of pedestrians and car drivers.

A Vancouver Police officer rides along with the cyclists and comments about Critical Mass occuring on the last friday of the month

This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.

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In this video, the second wave of Critical Mass Bike Riders become the traffic on Burrard St much to the chagrin of some irate Car drivers!!

This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.

Peter Davies, Event Reporter of AHA MEDIA was pleased as punch to receive free sample bottles of Vitamin Water from the Giveaway in front of  the London Drugs at the corner of Georgia and Granville Streets in Vancouver.

One great thing of note is that even some familiar Vancouver Downtown Eastside neighbors of ours, were able to enjoy the great free sample bottles of Vitamin Water!

Thanks to Vitamin Water for quenching our thirst on this hot sunny day!