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Grant for Burnaby Food Bank
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport13349
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 11978
- Meeting Date
- 12-Dec-1988
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 11978
- Meeting Date
- 12-Dec-1988
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Labelling Requirements for Irradiated Food in Canada
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport13964
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9088
- Meeting Date
- 25-Apr-1988
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 30
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9088
- Meeting Date
- 25-Apr-1988
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 30
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Roof Collapse at Metrotown Save-on-Foods
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1166
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- April 1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. 19.5 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photograph of the aftermath of the Save-on-Foods roof collapse at Metrotown on April 23, 1988. The rooftop parking lot has caved into the store along with the cars parked in that section. Workmen and police officers in uniforms are at the parking lot.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. 19.5 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Aerial photograph of the aftermath of the Save-on-Foods roof collapse at Metrotown on April 23, 1988. The rooftop parking lot has caved into the store along with the cars parked in that section. Workmen and police officers in uniforms are at the parking lot.
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV992.51.1
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- April 1988
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Hodge, Craig
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Letter which appeared on the Agenda for the 1986 June 23 Meeting of Council re: Food Irradiation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport15382
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10699
- Meeting Date
- 18-Aug-1986
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 48
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10699
- Meeting Date
- 18-Aug-1986
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 48
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Food Service at Cameron Recreation Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport15538
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10541
- Meeting Date
- 26-May-1986
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 35
- Item No.
- 13
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10541
- Meeting Date
- 26-May-1986
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 35
- Item No.
- 13
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Food Service at Bonsor Recreation Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport15539
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10540
- Meeting Date
- 26-May-1986
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 35
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10540
- Meeting Date
- 26-May-1986
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 35
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Cameron and Bonsor Recreation Centres Food and Beverage Services - Beer and Wine Sales
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport15614
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10486
- Meeting Date
- 28-Apr-1986
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 29
- Item No.
- 10
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10486
- Meeting Date
- 28-Apr-1986
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 29
- Item No.
- 10
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Proposed Expansion of IGA Food Store, 4469 Kingsway - Preliminary Plan Approval Application # 8017
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport15736
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10374
- Meeting Date
- 24-Feb-1986
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 14
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 10374
- Meeting Date
- 24-Feb-1986
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 14
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby Mountain Golf Course Restaurant Proposal by Augusta Enterprises Ltd. To Build and Operate a Food, Beverage and Banquet Facility
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport16121
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9475
- Meeting Date
- 12-Aug-1985
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 53
- Item No.
- 27
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 9475
- Meeting Date
- 12-Aug-1985
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 53
- Item No.
- 27
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Proposed 7-Eleven Food Store, Lots 1, 2 and 3 Except North 20 ft. Subdivision 1 Block 2 DL 205 Plan 10125 (5720 East Hastings Street)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport17746
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 291
- Meeting Date
- 9-May-1983
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 34
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 291
- Meeting Date
- 9-May-1983
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 34
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Request from CUPE Local 23 to place food collection boxes in municipal buildings, Food Bank Assistance Program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport17858
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 187
- Meeting Date
- 21-Mar-1983
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 21
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 187
- Meeting Date
- 21-Mar-1983
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 21
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Food Bank Assistance Program, Item 5.(i) Correspondence and Petitions, Council Agenda 1983 February 07
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport17935
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 111
- Meeting Date
- 14-Feb-1983
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 11
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 111
- Meeting Date
- 14-Feb-1983
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 11
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Letter from the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society re; Food Bank Assistance Program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport17946
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 99
- Meeting Date
- 7-Feb-1983
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 9
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 99
- Meeting Date
- 7-Feb-1983
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 9
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
A man carrying a "Happy 90th Birthday Burnaby" cake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59061
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a person in a suit with a large cake that reads "Happy 90th Birthday Burnaby."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1467
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a person in a suit with a large cake that reads "Happy 90th Birthday Burnaby."
- Subjects
- Celebrations
- Foods
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Battistoni, Peter
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Note on verso reads: "Don Copan / PMT / 82% / page 1 / Burnaby / Today"
Images
Letter from QSC Food Services Ltd. Re: Request for a pylon sign at 4741 Willingdon Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport19354
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 1664
- Meeting Date
- 19-Jan-1981
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 5
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 1664
- Meeting Date
- 19-Jan-1981
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 5
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Establishment and operation of a Bar and Food Concession in the Cameron Library Community Complex
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport20221
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 806
- Meeting Date
- 4-Feb-1980
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 9
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 806
- Meeting Date
- 4-Feb-1980
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 9
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Establishment and operation of a Bar and Food Concession in the Cameron Library Community Complex
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport20250
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 777
- Meeting Date
- 21-Jan-1980
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 5
- Item No.
- 16
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 777
- Meeting Date
- 21-Jan-1980
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 5
- Item No.
- 16
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Interview with Maninder Arora
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19351
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (67 min., 25 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (66 min., 45 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Maninder Arora conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Museum Registrar James Binks. 0:00 – 07:33 Interview opens with introductions. Maninder Arora shares her immigration story and how she came to emigrate from India to Canada…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (67 min., 25 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (66 min., 45 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewers: Anushay Malik Co interviewer: James Binks Interviewee: Maninder Arora Location of Interview: In Burnaby at the home of Maninder Arora Interview Date: December 7, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: (01:07:25) Digital master recordings (wav) were edited into one recording and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Maninder Arora conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Museum Registrar James Binks. 0:00 – 07:33 Interview opens with introductions. Maninder Arora shares her immigration story and how she came to emigrate from India to Canada at 16 years of age with her mother, her older sister (18 yrs) and her younger brother (11 yrs) in 1974. Maninder explains how her sister immigrated first after marrying a South Asian Canadian and subsequently was able to sponsor members of her family to immigrate about one year later. Arora describes what life was like for her and her family in the northern part of Punjab in India prior to immigration to Canada. Arora describes her family composition with her being the second youngest of eight children and how at the time of immigrating, four of her elder siblings (three sisters and one brother) stayed behind. 07:34 – 16:23 As a new immigrant to Canada at the age of 16 years of age, Maninder Arora recalls the many challenges that she faced. Maninder describes how she attended Vancouver Technical School and then worked at a restaurant on Friday nights and weekends. She recollects how she got her first job through the Sikh community from the Akali Singh Sikh Gurdwara on Fraser Street. Maninder recalls that during the first five months in Canada, Maninder, her mother, sister and brother lived with her elder sister, her husband and child before finding a place of their own. Arora recalls where her family shopped for traditional Indian spices and foods. 16:24 – 25:50 Maninder Arora describes the next home that her family moved to and how she and her brother attended David Thompson Secondary School. Maninder explains that she dropped out of school in Grade 12 to go to work full time to help her family repay the debt that they owed for their immigration expenses. Around 1981, her mother was able to purchase a house at Marine Drive and Ross Street and her mother got work at the same restaurant that Maninder was working. Maninder shares and reflects on a disturbing encounter of racism that she and her older sister faced while taking local transit. 25:51 – 34:17 Maninder Arora talks about her past work experience. Maninder describes how with the help of her sister, she began working as a nurses' aide at care homes and private hospitals. Maninder reflects on how she intended to get a job in a unionized care home where she can make a better living wage. Maninder describes some of the places that she worked before obtaining certification as a nurse’s aide from Kwantlen College. 34;18 – 51:15 Maninder Arora describes the events that led to her marrying her future husband in 1986 and how it wasn’t an easy decision for her. Maninder describes where she and her family lived after her marriage and how her hard work led her to obtaining full time employment as a nurses' aide in Richmond. 51:16 - 56:16 Maninder Arora tells of how she decided to move to Burnaby where her sister and extended family were living. Maninder recalls what lead to her decision to move from Surrey to Burnaby in 1992. 56:17 - 1:04:23 Maninder Arora shares some experiences of her life in Burnaby. Maninder further reflects on her decisions for moving to Burnaby including providing what she thought would be a safer environment and education for her children. Maninder conveys how racism is still very much prevalent in society and recounts a personal encounter that she experienced while shopping for shoes at Metrotown. 1:04:24 – 1:06:45 The interviewer asks Maninder Arora what she would like to see conveyed as a message for younger people in an upcoming exhibit at Burnaby Village Museum on South Asian history. Maninder conveys that she would like all Canadian citizens living in Burnaby to make the environment better by not littering, living peacefully together and not causing people grief or struggle for nothing, “Be kind to each other”. In closing Arora shares the transportation route she took when emigrating from India to Canada.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Maninder Arora was born in the northern part of Punjab, India. Her sister immigrated to Canada in 1974 after marrying a South Asian Canadian. In 1975, after her father died, her sister was able to bring her mother, her 11 year old brother and Maninder at 16 years of age. After arriving in British Columbia, they first lived with her sister and family before finding a place of their own. Maninder attended Vancouver Technical School and later David Thompson Secondary School and worked in a restaurant on weekends to help her family out. Maninder and her family were members of the Sikh community and attended Akali Singh Sikh Gurdwara on Fraser Street. Maninder left school in Grade 12 to work full time to help her family repay the debt that they owed for their immigration expenses. In the early 1980’s Maninder’s family moved to a house near Marine Drive and Ross Street that her mother was able to purchase. With the help of her sister, Maninder got work as a nurses’ aide at care homes and private hospitals which eventually led her to obtaining certification from Kwantlen College. Maninder married in 1986 and had two children while living in Richmond. Around 1992, she moved from Surrey to Burnaby to be closer to her sister and to provide as safer environment for her children. Interviewers' biographies: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”. James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Occupations
- Occupations - Nurses
- Migration
- Names
- Arora, Maninder
- Responsibility
- Malik, Anushay
- Binks, James
- Accession Code
- BV022.29.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Maninder Arora, [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
Interview with Maninder Arora, [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0006_003.mp3Cecil Lee business records series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15033
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1970-1980, predominant 1970-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of business records collected and created by Cecil Lee while he was employed as a Produce Buyer for Kelly Douglas Limited and Western Commodities Limited and responsible for the import of Chinese mandarin oranges. Records include correspondence, photographs, documentation regarding …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 12 cm of textual records + 1 photograph : b&w + 6 photographs : col.
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of business records collected and created by Cecil Lee while he was employed as a Produce Buyer for Kelly Douglas Limited and Western Commodities Limited and responsible for the import of Chinese mandarin oranges. Records include correspondence, photographs, documentation regarding travel within China along with export and import information, contracts, financial reports, credit applications, Chinese trade fair information and ephemera.
- History
- Kelly Douglas and Company Limited was founded in 1896 as a wholesale grocery business. In 1946, its headquarters moved from Vancouver to Burnaby and a manufacturing plant and warehouse were built on the site at 4700 Kingsway. During the nineteen seventies, Kelly Douglas and Company Limited and the Produce Department of Western Commodities Limited were located on this site. In 1986, the building was demolished and the produce department of Kelly Douglas was relocated to 6451 Telford Burnaby and the head office to 808 Nelson Street, Vancouver. In the nineteen seventies, Cecil Lee worked as a produce buyer for Kelly Douglas & Company Ltd.and Western Commodities. In the mid-1970s, Lee was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into Canada. Until that time, mandarin oranges had come from Japan and were sold in the winter, especially at Christmas. When the Japanese market could no longer keep up with demand, Kelly Douglas & Company looked to China. The company relied on Lee’s cultural knowledge to build this very profitable part of their business. Cecil Lee designed the cardboard Chinese mandarin orange box to replace wooden container
- Subjects
- Foods
- Agriculture - Fruit and Berries
- Accession Code
- BV019.6
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1970-1980, predominant 1970-1979
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- A large portion of these records are subject to FIPPA, contact Burnaby Village Museum for access
Harry Toy fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20339
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [197-]-2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Toy fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records + 6 photographs + 2 photographs (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of business records and photographs relating to Harry Toy's store the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser Merchants' Association and his family.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Toy fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- .5 cm of textual records + 6 photographs + 2 photographs (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of business records and photographs relating to Harry Toy's store the Canada Way Food Market, the Fraser Merchants' Association and his family.
- History
- 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 as 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.
- Creator
- Toy, Harry Wee Koon "Harry"
- Accession Code
- BV023.25
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [197-]-2023
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Related Material
- See also BV023.16.19 - Interview with Harry Toy, Beverley Babey and Christina Toy
- For associated artifacts from Canada Way Food Market see Accession BV023.17
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds