Quote from Jammed Stab:
"Somebody mentioned about why they didn't go to Vancouver which is 1 hour away. It is more like 4 hours away."
For the record, I thought the same as you. In fact, we may both be presbyopic?
The poster wrote YYR (Goose Bay), but I also misread it as YVR (Vancouver). When I eventually noticed my mistake, I estimated Goose Bay was about an extra 90 mins at S/E speed form overhead Iqaluit, which would have been passed on the way. But I don't think the poster was in fact advocating going there, and I certainly wouldn't.