History

City of Vancouver Archives / PNG.

City of Surrey Archives. 1930 Old Yale Road The original gravel-paved Old Yale Road and Old Yale Wagon Road carves its way through Green Timbers, the last turn-of- the-century virgin forest.

PNG. 1965 2250 Granville Street Start the presses! The Vancouver Sun and the Province find a new, shared home at 2250 Granville Street. View the entire Metro Vancouver History 365 Series HERE .

Ian Smith / PNG. 2009 Harmonized Sales Tax After denying plans for a new Harmonized Sales Tax in the 2009 election, the Liberal government flip-flopped and brought in the HST. Protests led to Premier Gordon Campbell’s resignation in November 2010.

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City of Vancouver Archives. Ref: AM1435-: CVA 1435-573. 1967 Vancouver Aquarium The Vancouver Aquarium expanded to three times its original size, becoming the largest public aquarium in Canada and one of the five largest in North America.

Vancouver's storied live music venue first opened its doors on Dec. 3, 1930

1967 The Georgia Straight On May 5th, the first issue of the Georgia Straight appeared with stories about art censorship, Haight-Ashbury and the youth movement in Amsterdam.

City of Vancouver Archives. Ref: CVA 371-1750. 1965 Eric Nicol The Vancouver Playhouse presented its first original Canadian play in 1965, Eric Nicol’s Like Father, Like Fun .

Courtesy Sewell’s Marina. 1955 Horseshoe Bay Crowding in for the unveiling of the grand prize, these eager participants, circa 1955, are part of a long history of fishing derbies at Sewell’s marina in Horseshoe Bay.