heritage

Punjabi Market came back to life last Sunday through anecdotes and cups of chai tea, as residents and business owners came together to share the importance of keeping its history alive.

The birthplace of Vancouver’s ship repair and fishing industry is at risk of being sold, redeveloped and forgotten because the industrial site from the 1800s hasn’t been granted heritage status, according to local advocates.

Residents and citizens all across Metro Vancouver gathered this morning on West 43rd Avenue where two century-old homes, The Dorothies, were slowly moved to their new neighbourhoods two block away by heavy-duty trucks. A neighbourhood…