1915:
“For a world’s championship event it was indeed a rather poor exhibition” - The Vancouver Millionaires win the Stanley Cup.

1949:
For the first time since 1886, the BC Legislature legalizes a highly contentious food product: margarine.

1984:
From the parking lot of Oakridge Mall, in front of a crowd of supporters, Rick Hansen launches his international “Man In Motion” tour.

1974:
After considerable public outcry, The Orpheum Theatre is saved from destruction.

1939:
The demolition of the English Bay PIer.

1972:
The Bayshore Inn in Coal Harbour unexpectedly becomes home to an eccentric out-of-town guest: Howard Hughes.

1927:
A freighter collides with the Second Narrows Bridge… again.

Sad, but true; through laziness, recklessness, complete incompetence, or a combination of the three, The Dependent‘s “By the Numbers” archive is empty, containing exactly zero new statistics. By no small coincidence, the percentage of Dependent editors who currently have a hangover is close to 100.

Research to survive the coming pandemic.

The Life and Career of North America’s First - and last Official “Town Fool”.