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Downtown Eastside resident Elaine Durocher poses for a photograph in Vancouver, on Thursday June 14, 2018.

Photo Shutterstock On June 13, 1886 a fire destroyed most of the newly incorporated City of Vancouver. The Old Hastings Mill Store Museum (1575 Alma Street) is hosting an event , The Paddle Song & the Great Fire of Vancouver, at 1 p.m.

Two spans of the Second Narrows Bridge sit stuck in Burrard Inlet following the bridge’s collapse during construction on June 17, 1958. Eighteen men died in the collapse and another was killed days later while diving to recover a body.

UPDATE JUNE 19 3:01PM: RCMP confirm the vessel that capsized in Tofino early Friday morning with five people on board has been located. The three missing men remain unaccounted for. An RCMP underwater recovery team is working to recover the boat.

A building is seen at Trinity Western University in Langley, B.C., on Wednesday, February 22, 2017.

Photo By WESTERN CANADA MARINE RESPONSE CORP. The first of 43 new spill response vessels being built to support the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion was launched last week in Prince Rupert.

Stolen golden eagle A diamond-studded golden eagle statue reported stolen in a violent robbery in 2016 is worth $930,450, not $7 million as its owner originally claimed, according to court documents.

The landmark Nat Bailey Stadium, home to the Vancouver Canadians, is part of the baseball team’s allure for fans, says team president Andy Dunn.

Ollie Matson’s House is Just a Square Red Cloud – oil on canvas -National Gallery Ottawa, Vincent Massey Bequest, 1968 The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) is hosting the first exhibition of Canadian artist David Milne shown in the country in 30 years.

The Supreme Court of Canada is set to release its decision Friday on whether law societies have the right to deny accreditation to a proposed law school at a Christian university in British Columbia.