History

Gerry Kahrmann / Canwest. 2010 Alexandre Bilodeau Alexandre Bilodeau’s victory in men’s mogul freestyle skiing made him the first Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal on home soil.

Ric Ernst / PNG. 2011 Vancouver Canucks The Canucks finish the 2011 season as the top team in the NHL then score playoff wins over the Chicago Blackhawks, Nashville Predators and San Jose Sharks to win the Western Conference.

Fred Schiffer / Vancouver Sun. 1971 Trudeau Wedding Private affair. Heads bowed in prayer, local lass Margaret Sinclair and sitting Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau marry in a secret ceremony at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in North Vancouver.

City of Richmond Archives Photograph 1987 61 3. 1967 McDonald's The prices may have changed from 18 cents for a burger, but McDonald’s has remained as a bastion of fast food since it opened its first Canadian restaurant in Richmond, BC.

Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 84752.

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Steve Bosch / Vancouver Sun. 1984 Bill Duthie The Vancouver bookseller extraordinaire, surrounded by his stock in this 1984 portrait, taken shortly before his death. Duthie opened his first store and revolutionized bookselling in Vancouver in 1957.

PNG. 1955 Annacis Island Seen in an aerial photograph from 1955 while under construction, Annacis Island (on the right), opened officially that year as Canada’s first industrial park.

Vancouver Sun. 1954 Granville Street Bridge Grand project.

Vancouver Sun. 1963 BC Penitentiary Riot Prisoners at the BC Penitentiary in New Westminster rioted in 1963 after three inmates were detected trying to escape.