I'm glad you had a great time in Vancouver for the Olympics!
You are right that there are no fabric stores in Vancouver. The Cloth Shop is the ONLY quilting store in all of Vancouver proper (which just seems crazy to me). We do have one crappy Fabricland that is way on the outskirts of town, and it has really poor selection. There is a lovely large Fabricana in Richmond with a huge quilting section, and there is also Dressew on Hastings Street downtown but that mostly specializes in garment fabric. There are a number of Indian and Sari fabric stores on Fraser and Main streets but again, not much use for quilting.
Most of the good quilting stores are in the suburbs, like Fort Langley, Surrey, and there is one great on in Abbotsford called Quilt Essentials.
http://notyourrunofthemill.typepad.com/
This is my fav quilt store in the lower mainland.