1969:
“We have again proven conclusively and incontrovertibly that B.C. leads the world in bathtub technology” - the 3rd Annual Nanaimo-Vancouver Bathtub Race.

1885:
“Every person of Chinese origin shall pay into the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada, on entering Canada, at the port, or other place of entry, a duty of fifty dollars” - the beginning of the federal Head Tax.

1937:
“After every experiment has been made, and popularity assured, sliced bread comes to Vancouver.”

1921:

“It is downright cruelty. Just think of the shock to the bugs when the wood hits!” - the VPD encounters the world’s most tenderhearted man.

1912:
“Children grow rapidly in the spring. They grow but little in hot weather. Let the mothers of young babies remember the latter half of that statement.”

1952:

Little attention is paid in either the Vancouver Sun or Province as the second Lumbermen’s Arch is officially dedicated.

1917:

“A nervous breakdown can be averted by feeding the starved nerves with rich red blood” - the Sun gets medical.

1886:
“A daily crop of charges were heard at the police court” - Council passes bylaw No. 258, regulating the speed and freedoms of Vancouver’s cyclists.

1912:
“Alexander Street to Go Before New Year” - the evolution of Vancouver’s red light districts.

1951:
“Think of the People Next Door” - the evils of excessive radio volume.