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![Celeste Redman and Gary Begin with Citizens' Plaza paver, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2245.jpg?width=280)
Celeste Redman and Gary Begin with Citizens' Plaza paver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96623
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of City of Burnaby councillors Celeste Redman and Gary Begin outside of City Hall. Begin is holding a prototype of an inscribed paving stone for the Citizens' Plaza at City Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2245
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of City of Burnaby councillors Celeste Redman and Gary Begin outside of City Hall. Begin is holding a prototype of an inscribed paving stone for the Citizens' Plaza at City Hall.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Burnaby councillors Celeste Redman and Gary Begin examine a prototype for the bricks that will be sold for the Millenium Plaza project behind City Hall."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Celeste Redman and Gary Begin with Citizens' Plaza paver, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2245.jpg)
![Elizabeth Nelson at Citizens' Plaza opening, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2785.jpg?width=280)
Elizabeth Nelson at Citizens' Plaza opening
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97423
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elizabeth Nelson crouching down to photograph an engraved paving stone at the opening of the Citizens' Plaza at Burnaby City Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2785
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elizabeth Nelson crouching down to photograph an engraved paving stone at the opening of the Citizens' Plaza at Burnaby City Hall.
- Names
- Burnaby City Hall
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Elizabeth Nelson stoops to photograph her sister's commemorative paving stone at the official opening of the new Citizen's Plaza at Burnaby City Hall. For $100, donors could engrave a message on one of the paver stones in the plaza, with half the proceeds going to the charity of their choice."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Elizabeth Nelson at Citizens' Plaza opening, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2785.jpg)
Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20285
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1905-2023] (interview content), interviewed 25 Sep. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recordings (wav) (121min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (121 min., 13 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong on September 25, 2023. The interview is divided into four sections: early life of Harry Toy, the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser M…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recordings (wav) (121min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (121 min., 13 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Denise Fong Interviewees: Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy Location of Interview: Residence of Harry Toy Interview Date: September 25, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 02:01:13 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong on September 25, 2023. The interview is divided into four sections: early life of Harry Toy, the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser Merchants’ Association and Harry's daughters, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy's memories of growing up in Burnaby. 00:00:00 – 00:23:53 Harry Toy shares biographical information about himself and his ancestors. Harry provides information about his migration to Canada and his life in Manitoba, attending school, working at the family restaurant and teaching high school. 00:23:53 – 00:41:16 Harry talks about moving his family to Burnaby and his experiences owning and operating the Canada Way Food Market. 00:41:17 – 00:54:19 Harry talks about his involvement with the Fraser Merchants Association (FMA) and provides some history about the organization. 00:54:20 – 1:22:44 Harry talks about running the Canada Way Food Market and the alterations that he made to the store over the years. Harry and his daughters comment as they look through photographs of Harry and his store and the Fraser Merchants Association. 1:22:45 – 2:01:14 Beverley and Christina talk about their early childhood in Manitoba and growing up in Burnaby. They recall what it was like growing up and working in the family owned store.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Harry Wee Koon Toy was born in February 9, 1936 in Taikong, Toisan county, Guangdong, China. Harry's father William Toy came to Canada in the early 1920s when he was ten years old. Harry arrived in Vancouver, Canada on September 9, 1950. After staying in Vancouver for one night, he joined his father in Neepawa, Manitoba where the family operated a cafe business (Royal Cafe). Harry grew up in Neepawa and graduated from the University of Manitoba and teacher's college. He became a high school teacher and worked at schools in Minnedosa and Gladstone, Manitoba teaching various subjects including, science, business, geography, history and physical education. Harry and his wife, had three daughters, Melinda, Beverley and Christina who were all born in Neepawa. When the family decided to move to the west coast, Harry was introduced to the grocery store business through an uncle who was a store operator. Around 1970, Harry purchased a grocery store at 4694 Canada Way in Burnaby which he named "Canada Way Food Market" and Harry and his daughters made their home at the back of the store. Harry owned and operated the store for approximately 40 years between 1970 and 2010. Around 1986, Harry purchased the butcher shop next door (4692 Canada Way) which was no longer in operation, expanding his store and adding a second storey to use a residence. Harry's children helped him operate the store throughout their childhood. In the early 1970s, corner stores were threatened by the spread of small chain-operated convenience stories from Eastern Canada to Vancouver. Formed in April 1972, the Fraser Merchants’ Association was established to protect the rights of corner store operators. With no paid legal help, the association was incorporated in Victoria, BC for the cost of 56 cents. The benefits of being a member of the association included warehouse and group purchasing, common advertising and other advantages of being part of an association. Founded by Gary Lee Ling and five others, Fraser Merchants’ Association’s first member was Graham Grocery. By 1978, the association represented over 200 corner stores in the Lower Mainland (Delta, Surrey, White Rock, Langley, Coquitlam, and New Westminster) and Fraser Valley. The association remained active into the 1980s and 1990s. Harry has served as President of the Fraser Merchants' Association from 1992 to present. Interviewer biography: Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of BVM’s “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Education
- Migration
- Occupations - Teachers
- Occupations - Grocers
- Organizations
- Organizations - Business Associations
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Buildings - Commercial - Grocery Stores
- Names
- Toy, Christina
- Toy, Harry Wee Koon "Harry"
- Babey, Beverley
- Canada Way Food Market
- Fraser Merchants' Association
- Responsibility
- Fong, Denise
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4694 Canada Way
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.19
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1905-2023] (interview content), interviewed 25 Sep. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Related Material
- See also: BV023.25 - Harry Toy fonds
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy, [1905-2023] (interview content), interviewed 25 Sep. 2023
Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy, [1905-2023] (interview content), interviewed 25 Sep. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0019_002.mp3![Mayor Derek Corrigan, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1732-1.jpg?width=280)
Mayor Derek Corrigan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95962
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Mayor Derek Corrigan. Photographs depict Corrigan silhouetted against his office windows at City Hall and in a close-up portrait.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1732
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Mayor Derek Corrigan. Photographs depict Corrigan silhouetted against his office windows at City Hall and in a close-up portrait.
- Subjects
- Officials - Mayors and Reeves
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1732-1: "Derek Corrigan says after a year of learning about his job as mayor, he's ready to get to work to fufill some of his goals for the City of Burnaby in the new year, his second in office."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1732-2: "Derek Corrigan talks about his plans for the City of Burnaby for the coming year."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Mayor Derek Corrigan, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1732-1.jpg)
![Mayor Doug Drummond, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3013.jpg?width=280)
Mayor Doug Drummond
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97739
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor of the City of Burnaby Doug Drummond sorting through paperwork as he clears out his office at the end of his term in office.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3013
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor of the City of Burnaby Doug Drummond sorting through paperwork as he clears out his office at the end of his term in office.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a November 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Burnaby's retiring mayor, Doug Drumond, sorts through some of his years of accumulated paperwork as he clears out his office to make way for the new mayor, Derek Corrigan."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Mayor Doug Drummond, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3013.jpg)
![Mayor Doug Drummond and Michael Stevenson, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3016.jpg?width=280)
Mayor Doug Drummond and Michael Stevenson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97742
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor Doug Drummond and Michael Stevenson, the President of Simon Fraser University, holding a map of Burnaby outside of Burnaby City Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3016
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor Doug Drummond and Michael Stevenson, the President of Simon Fraser University, holding a map of Burnaby outside of Burnaby City Hall.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a November 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Burnaby's out-going mayor, Doug Drummond, and Michael Stevenson, the President of Simon Fraser University, discuss the benefits a new research agreement between the city and the university will have for the community."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Mayor Doug Drummond and Michael Stevenson, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3016.jpg)
![Mayor Drummond and the Citizens' Plaza, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1980.jpg?width=280)
Mayor Drummond and the Citizens' Plaza
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96297
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor Doug Drummond inspecting paving stones being installed as the Citizens' Plaza at Burnaby City Hall. Each paving stone is inscribed with a message about a Burnaby citizen or event.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1980
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor Doug Drummond inspecting paving stones being installed as the Citizens' Plaza at Burnaby City Hall. Each paving stone is inscribed with a message about a Burnaby citizen or event.
- Names
- Burnaby City Hall
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Burnaby mayor, Doug Drummond, inspects the first set of personalized paving stones being installed at the Citizen's Plaza at City Hall. Each of the stones is inscribed with a message that tells a story connected to the city."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Mayor Drummond and the Citizens' Plaza, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1980.jpg)
![Millennium Garden at Burnaby City Hall, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2500.jpg?width=280)
Millennium Garden at Burnaby City Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96945
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ken Smibert, a horticulture subforeman for the City of Burnaby, tending to the new Millennium Garden outside of Burnaby City Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2500
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ken Smibert, a horticulture subforeman for the City of Burnaby, tending to the new Millennium Garden outside of Burnaby City Hall.
- Names
- Burnaby City Hall
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Ken Smibert, a horticulture subforeman for the City of Burnaby, is in charge of keeping the new Millenium Garden, at City Hall, looking its best. The garden officially opened on Saturday."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Millennium Garden at Burnaby City Hall, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2500.jpg)
![Protest against aerial spraying around Burnaby Lake, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2392-1.jpg?width=280)
Protest against aerial spraying around Burnaby Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96834
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a protest against planned aerial spraying around Burnaby Lake, at Burnaby City Hall. Photographs depict a group of protestors standing and holding signs that read "Stop Aerial Spraying" and "Live Bacteria Kills," and Martin Hanle holding up a sign in protest.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2392
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a protest against planned aerial spraying around Burnaby Lake, at Burnaby City Hall. Photographs depict a group of protestors standing and holding signs that read "Stop Aerial Spraying" and "Live Bacteria Kills," and Martin Hanle holding up a sign in protest.
- Subjects
- Protests and Demonstrations
- Names
- Burnaby City Hall
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2392-1: "A small group of protestors gather at Burnaby City Hall Monday night to express their opposition to planned aerial spraying around Burnaby Lake."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2392-2: "Martin Hanle expresses his opposition to planned aerial spraying around Burnaby Lake, at a small protest outside Burnaby City Hall on Monday."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4949 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Protest against aerial spraying around Burnaby Lake, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2392-1.jpg)