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Wild Rainier


Wild Rainier | Advertising | A mythical, two legged beer creature (basically a dude in a branded beer suit) featured in the popular advertisements of Rainier Beer that regularly screened in British Columbia during the 1980s.

Usage: “The forest is pretty thick around here. I wonder if we’ll get lucky and spot a Wild Rainier?”

One of the Most Beloved Players to Ever Wear a Canucks Uniform

“I was there when Gino scored a penalty shot goal against Calgary. The way the crowd erupted, you’d think we had just won the Stanley Cup!"

How a Climate Change Event Created a Local 'Cause Célèbre'

"Is Barge Chilling Beach a good first date or nah?"

How Generations of Underaged Partiers Have Avoided Cops and Cover Charges in BC

"On our way up to Jones Lake on Sunday we had to wait for a slow convoy of hungover bush party survivors to pass..."

How Vancouverites Know a Targeted Hit on a Gangster Has Just Gone Down

"Like sunshine after rain and dawn after dark, a report of a burning vehicle usually means a gangster has just been shot at."