5 things you didn’t know about Vancouver’s sister cities

From flying cabs to the claims of California rolls. Conveniently Vancouver has five sister cities, so each of them is getting one fact today. The City of Vancouver actually has decided not to accept any new sister cities, and so these five are the only ones for the foreseeable future. They are, in order of becoming sisters: Odesa, Ukraine: 1944 Yokohama, Japan: 1965 Edinburgh, Scotland: 1978 Guangzhou, China: 1985 Los Angeles, United States: 1986 So here are a few facts, one each about one of our sister cities. 1. Odessa and Vancouver still sometimes send gifts While the sister city…