11 records – page 1 of 1.

Hitchhiking during transit strike

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96611
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Denis Orlov hitchhiking in the Middlegate area on Kingsway during the transit strike. Photographs depict Orlov holding his thumb out behind a sign for the 106 and 112 Metrotown buses, and getting into a minivan after accepting a ride.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-2233
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Denis Orlov hitchhiking in the Middlegate area on Kingsway during the transit strike. Photographs depict Orlov holding his thumb out behind a sign for the 106 and 112 Metrotown buses, and getting into a minivan after accepting a ride.
Subjects
Transportation - Public Transit
Transportation - Automobiles
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 for 535-2233-1: "Denis Orlov, who just emigrated from Russia a week ago, tries to thumb a ride to Metrotown from the Middlegate area on the second day of the transit strike which has shut down bus and Skytrain service. Orlov says he was on his way to make arrangements to get his phone connected. "I'll just be waiting here, and see what happens," he says, hopefully. Five minutes later, he got a lift from a passing minvan."
Caption from metadata for 535-2233-2: "Denis Orlov, who emigrated from Russia just last week, accepts a lift to Metrotown from a passing minivan, on the second day of the transit strike which has shut down bus and Skytrain service. He was hitchiking along Kingsway on his way to make arrangements to hook up his phone service."
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Planning Study Area
Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
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Prime Minister Jean Chretien at Ballard Power Systems

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97556
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 Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Firoz Rasul, the president of Ballard Power Systems, testing one of Ballard's prototype fuel cell cars at Ballard's plant in the Glenlyon Business Park. Photographs depict Prime Minister Chretien driving the car and climbing into the car…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-2895
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Firoz Rasul, the president of Ballard Power Systems, testing one of Ballard's prototype fuel cell cars at Ballard's plant in the Glenlyon Business Park. Photographs depict Prime Minister Chretien driving the car and climbing into the car with Rasul as a crowd watches.
Subjects
Officials - Prime Ministers
Transportation - Automobiles
Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in an October 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2895-1: "Prime Minister Jean Chretien, and the President of Ballard Power Systems, Firoz Rasul, climb into one of the company's prototype fuel cell cars, to take it for test drive to officially open Ballard's newest plant, in the Glenlyon Business Park, and kick off the Liberal Party's election campaign in BC."
Caption from metadata for 535-2895-2: "Prime Minister Jean Chretien takes the wheel of one of Ballard's prototype fuel cell cars, to officially open the company's new plant in the Glenlyon Business Park, and lauch the Liberal Party's election campaign in BC."
Geographic Access
Glenlyon Parkway
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
Images
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Racecar driver Marc De Vellis

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95718
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of racecar driver Marc De Vellis. Photographs depict De Vellis in a garage, polishing his racecar and adjusting part of the car with a wrench.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-1576
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of racecar driver Marc De Vellis. Photographs depict De Vellis in a garage, polishing his racecar and adjusting part of the car with a wrench.
Subjects
Sports - Automobile Racing
Transportation - Automobiles
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-1576-1: "Burnaby's Marc DeVellis puts a final shine on his newly-acquired Formula Mazda race car, which he'll be racing in this season's Best Western Mazda Racing series."
Caption from metadata for 535-1576-2: "Burnaby racer Marc DeVellis has been busy rebuilding a recently-acquired Formula Mazda racing car in his dad's auto shop in New Westminster. He'll be racing the car in this season's Best Western Mazda racing series, a support event to the American LeMans racers."
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RCMP Detachment Superintendent Ron Dicks

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97605
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2002]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Ron Dicks, the Detachment Superintendent with the Burnaby RCMP, before his retirement. Photographs depict Dicks posing with an RCMP vehicle in a parking lot and with RCMP memorabilia as he holds a helmet from the Kent Constabulary in England.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2002]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-2921
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Ron Dicks, the Detachment Superintendent with the Burnaby RCMP, before his retirement. Photographs depict Dicks posing with an RCMP vehicle in a parking lot and with RCMP memorabilia as he holds a helmet from the Kent Constabulary in England.
Subjects
Occupations - Police Officers
Transportation - Automobiles
Names
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2921-1: "Ron Dicks, the Burnaby RCMP's Detachment Superintendent, reflects on his career as he prepares to retire at the end of January."
Caption from metadata for 535-2921-2: "Detachment Superintendent Ron Dicks, of the Burnaby RCMP, with some of the souvenirs of his policing career, including a helmet from the Kent Constabulary in England, acquired during his work with them to solve Stacy Koehler murder."
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Roger Edwards

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97087
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2002]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Roger Edwards, a car racer and former street racer. Edwards poses with his car on Lowland Drive and shows one of the new pieces he will be installing in his car.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2002]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-2615
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Roger Edwards, a car racer and former street racer. Edwards poses with his car on Lowland Drive and shows one of the new pieces he will be installing in his car.
Subjects
Sports - Automobile Racing
Transportation - Automobiles
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Ray, Steve
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in an August 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2615-1: "Roger Edwards is now retired from street racing. But on streets like this one, Lowland Drive, is where some racers still come to drive."
Caption from metadata for 535-2615-2: "Roger Edwards pulls out one of the new performance pieces he will be installing on his car, all to make it go faster. Edwards is hoping to race in Mission in the fall."
Geographic Access
Lowland Drive
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
Images
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Traffic in Lakeview-Edmonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97676
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
4 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs related to transportation and traffic in the Edmonds area of Burnaby. Photographs depict Argus Carriers delivery driver Terry Doyle at work in his delivery truck, and Lidia Rossi, Porcellato, and Muriel Logan, all members of the Lakeview-Edmonds Neighbourhood Association, …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
4 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-2959
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs related to transportation and traffic in the Edmonds area of Burnaby. Photographs depict Argus Carriers delivery driver Terry Doyle at work in his delivery truck, and Lidia Rossi, Porcellato, and Muriel Logan, all members of the Lakeview-Edmonds Neighbourhood Association, posing on a road and interacting with traffic at the corner of 6th and Edmonds.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods
Persons - Volunteers
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in a November 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2959-1: "Terry Doyle, a delivery driver for Argus Carriers, heads out to the busy streets of the Lower Mainland to deliver packages."
Caption from metadata for 535-2959-2: "Terry Doyle, a delivery driver for Argus Carriers, says he tries not to bring the stresses of driving around the Lower Mainland home with him."
Caption from metadata for 535-2959-3: "Lidia Rossi, Sophia Porcellato, and Muriel Logan have formed the Lakeview-Edmonds Neighbourhood Association to discuss ways to keep rat-running traffic out of their neighbourhood."
Caption from metadata for 535-2959-4: "Lidia Rossi, of the Lakeview-Edmonds Neighborhood Association, motions to a rat-running motorist, at the corner of 6th St. and Edmonds, to stay out of the residential streets."
Geographic Access
6th Street
Edmonds Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Lakeview-Mayfield Area
Images
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Willingdon on-ramp flooding

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96163
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2005]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of flooding at the Willingdon on-ramp to Highway 1 in Burnaby after a significant rainstorm. Photographs depict a worker placing pylons to close the on-ramp and cars attempting to drive through deep puddles by the highway.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2005]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-1860
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of flooding at the Willingdon on-ramp to Highway 1 in Burnaby after a significant rainstorm. Photographs depict a worker placing pylons to close the on-ramp and cars attempting to drive through deep puddles by the highway.
Subjects
Natural Phenomena - Floods
Geographic Features - Roads
Transportation - Automobiles
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-1860-1: "A worker for Mainroad Contracting closes the Willingdon on-ramp to Highway 1 because of flooding during Monday's torrential rainstorm."
Caption from metadata for 535-1860-2: "After two weeks of snow and cold temperatures, Lower Mainland drivers find themselves in familiar territory, plowing through deep puddles on Willingdon, just north of Highway 1."
Geographic Access
Willingdon Avenue
Planning Study Area
West Central Valley Area
Images
Less detail

Fire fighters at a car accident

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96197
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2006]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Burnaby fire fighters assisting in the aftermath of an automobile accident that occurred when a driver lost control and hit two cars in the parking lot of the Metrotown Mazda at Kingsway and Imperial.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2006]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-1894
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Burnaby fire fighters assisting in the aftermath of an automobile accident that occurred when a driver lost control and hit two cars in the parking lot of the Metrotown Mazda at Kingsway and Imperial.
Subjects
Occupations - Fire Fighters
Accidents - Automobile Accidents
Buildings - Commercial - Automobile Dealerships
Names
Burnaby Fire Department
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2006 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-1894-1: "Burnaby firefighters prepare the driver of a Lexus that lost control at Kingsway and Imperial and smashed into two cars on the lot at Metrotown Mazda for transport to hospital on Thursday."
Caption from metadata for 535-1894-2: "A Burnaby firefighter works to secure a Lexus that lost control at Kingsway and Imperial on Thursday, smashing into two brand new Mazdas on the lot at Metrotown Mazda. The driver of the Lexus was transported to hospital with undertermined minor injuries."
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Imperial Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
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Michael Valiante

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97273
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
11 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Burnaby racecar driver Michael Valiante competing in the Skip Barber Dodge support race at the Vancouver Indy, around False Creek in Vancouver. Photographs depict Valiante racing, racing, and speaking with friends and family.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
11 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-2678
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Burnaby racecar driver Michael Valiante competing in the Skip Barber Dodge support race at the Vancouver Indy, around False Creek in Vancouver. Photographs depict Valiante racing, racing, and speaking with friends and family.
Subjects
Sports - Automobile Racing
Names
Valiante, Michael
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2678-2: "Burnaby racer Michael Valiante, competing in the Skip Barber Dodge support race at the Vancouver Indy, emerges from the car transporter, that also serves as the drivers' dressing room, unlike the glamorous, big-money world of the CART series drivers on the other side of False Creek. Valiante's first race weekend at home, in front of friends and family, went bad with five laps remaining, when he was squeezed into the wall while trying to lap a slower car; he was running third at the time."
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Michael Valiante at race

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97343
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
11 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of racecar driver Michael Valiante and unidentified members of his family and team at a race by False Creek in Vancouver.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
11 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-2733
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of racecar driver Michael Valiante and unidentified members of his family and team at a race by False Creek in Vancouver.
Subjects
Sports - Automobile Racing
Events - Competitions
Names
Valiante, Michael
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on original file name
Collected by editorial for use in a September 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
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Moscrop Secondary School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96500
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
3 photographs (tiff) : b&w
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Moscrop Secondary School. Photographs depict portables outside the school, with residential homes visible in the background; the school parking lot; and students gathering on the stairs and in the front lobby of the school.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
3 photographs (tiff) : b&w
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-2124
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Moscrop Secondary School. Photographs depict portables outside the school, with residential homes visible in the background; the school parking lot; and students gathering on the stairs and in the front lobby of the school.
Subjects
Buildings - Schools
Persons - Students
Geographic Features - Automobile Parking Lots
Names
Moscrop Secondary School
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Geographic Access
Moscrop Street
Street Address
4433 Moscrop Street
Planning Study Area
Cascade-Schou Area
Images
Less detail

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