2010:

Six years after a police raid on the Legislature, the fraud and breach-of-trust trial of Dave Basi and Bob Virk receives one final delay in BC Supreme Court.

1908:
Jeff the Boxing Kangaroo appears at The Pantages.

1976:

“Opening Closes Bridge” – the Arthur Laing Bridge is officially opened, even though it’s been in use since the previous August.

1906:

Desperado Bill Miner – Canada’s first train robber – is captured following a failed heist in Kamloops.

1907:

A petition is presented to City Council, requesting that the residents of District Lot 301, otherwise known as “No Man’s Land” be allowed to become a part of the city of Vancouver.

“That the whole of that part of Coal Harbour peninsula now known as the Government Reserve be conveyed to the City of Vancouver” – the creation of Stanley Park.

1951:

”I’m amazed that the Mayor would come up with such a suggestion” – “Friendly” Fred Hume runs into opposition over his plan to fill False Creek with concrete.

1886:

“What do we do next?” – Vancouver City Council meets for the first time.

1967:

After three years of work, and several attempts to get a bill through the House of Commons, the Bank of British Columbia is officially launched.

1970:
The “Bay Sip-In” turns into a full-scale riot.