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Maria and Barbara Tercero

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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 Maria Tercero posing with her daughter Barbara, a Burnaby student who received assistance from Burnaby's multicultural school liaison program.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2501

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Maria Tercero posing with her daughter Barbara, a Burnaby student who received assistance from Burnaby's multicultural school liaison program.

Subjects: Persons - Students; Persons - Families; Education

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: "Maria Tercero says Burnaby's multicultural school liason program, which is being cut for budgetary reasons, was a huge help to her and her daughter, Barbara, when the family immigrated to Canada from Mexico."

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Hazel Peterson photographs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62794

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880-2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: ca. 60 photographs : b&w and col. -- 2 prints : col. illustrations

Scope and Content: File consists of loose photographs of Hazel Peterson (nee Erickson), as well as photographs of her family and parents, Charles and Amanda Erickson, and her husband, Edwin Peterson. Photographs are from all stages of Hazel Peterson's life, including infancy and childhood and later years of her life,…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1880-2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Hazel Peterson subseries

Physical Description: ca. 60 photographs : b&w and col. -- 2 prints : col. illustrations

Material Details: Some photographs remain in frames or paper covers.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 504-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2000-08

Scope and Content: File consists of loose photographs of Hazel Peterson (nee Erickson), as well as photographs of her family and parents, Charles and Amanda Erickson, and her husband, Edwin Peterson. Photographs are from all stages of Hazel Peterson's life, including infancy and childhood and later years of her life, including a trip to Hawaii in 1982. File includes studio portraits, cartes de visites, postcards, and some illustrations.

Subjects: Travel; Persons - Children

Names: Peterson, Hazel; Peterson, Edwin

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on content of file; Note on verso of 504-022 reads: "This was taken several years ago / Your niece / Hazel Petersen (at left)"; Note on verso of 504-027 reads: "Hazel Erickson Peterson"; Note on verso of 504-028 reads: "all of us except Ethel" and identifies the siblings in the photo; Note on verso of 504-029 reads: "not such a bad picture considering" and identifies the people in the photo.; Note on verso of 504-030 reads: "Agnus McDonald" and "Touch up outline of deer"; Note on envelope for 504-039:504-041 reads: "Hazel Petersen resided at Dania Home, Burnaby, for 20 years before her death shortly before her 100th birthday."

Interview with Richard Liu

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1936-2023] (interview content), interviewed 11 Sep. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 3 sound recordings (wav) (153 min., 33 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (152 min., 59 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Richard Liu conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong on September 11, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:26:39 Richard Liu shares biographical information about himself and his family in China. He talks about his family being forced…

1 document 1 audio

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: 3 sound recordings (wav) (153 min., 33 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (152 min., 59 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Denise Fong Interviewee: Richard Liu Location of Interview: Love farmhouse at Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: September 11, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 3 Total Length of all Tracks: 02:33:33 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto three separate audio tracks, edited and merged together into one track and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Richard Liu conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher Denise Fong on September 11, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:26:39 Richard Liu shares biographical information about himself and his family in China. He talks about his family being forced out by the communist regime in the early ‘50s and their experiences immigrating to Hong Kong, Europe and Canada. 00:26:40 - 00:32:59 Richard talks about his parents’ experiences living in Toronto, Victoria and Burnaby and shares some of his father’s business accomplishments including establishing the first direct flight to Beijing in 1987 and the first sister city between China and Canada. 00:33:00 – 01:13:59 Richard talks about living in Burnaby and his educational experiences at Thomas More Collegiate. He recalls his experience of travelling to North Korea in 1988 and being a student at Peking University in Beijing during the student-led demonstrations in Tiananmen Square and the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. 01:14:00 – 01:26:16 Richard talks about his education and reflects on how his experiences in Beijing influenced his education and career choices including working in the Prime Minister’s office on trade missions to China and talks about the importance of leaning French. 01:26:17 – 01:48:35 Richard shares his memories and experiences of; being on the Canadian Paralympic Committee during the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games in China, supporting Rick Hansen during his visit to China for the 25th anniversary of the Man in Motion World Tour and working with Team Canada in China for the 2022 Olympic Games. 01:48:36 – 01:52:22 Richard talks about his life in Burnaby after moving back from China in 2014 and the changes he’s noticed since being away. Richard talks about his involvement with St. John Ambulance, his role as the Honorary Brigade Division President and his role as Heritage Commissioner for the City of Burnaby. 02:14:32 – 02:29:27 Richard talks about his investiture to the Order of Saint John in 2023 and reflects on the accomplishments of his great uncle Dr. Shin-Shu Liu (China’s first Ambassador to Canada). 02:29:28 – 02:32:59 In closing Richard imparts some words of wisdom for future generations.

History: Interviewee biography: Richard N. Liu was born in 1970 in Toronto and raised in British Columbia. Richard's family has distinguished Canada-China ties for three generations. His Great-Uncle, Dr. Liu Shih-shun, was China's first Ambassador to Canada in 1942 and his father, Dr. Liu Dun-ren, built relations in education, culture and tourism for three decades including establishing the first Twin Sister City between Canada and China with Victoria and Suzhou in 1980. Richard's maternal great-grandfather, Dr. Wu Han-chi (1872-1913) played an active role in uprisings that shaped the future of modern China, was an elected member of the lower house of the first formal parliament in 1913 and was assassinated on political grounds. Dr. Wu's daughter, Dr. Wu Chi-mei served Dr. Sun Yat-sen, was elected as a Guangzhou City Councillor and visited Vancouver in 1929 and 1932. After graduating from St. Thomas More Collegiate in Vancouver, Richard Liu moved to China to begin his studies at Peking University but in 1989, following the Tiananmen Square protest and massacre, he was evacuated from China and returned to Canada. While back in Canada, Liu completed a BA in East Asian Studies from the University of British Columbia and in 1993, he returned to China to continue his Chinese studies at Peking University and continued to live in China for twenty years. In 2008, Richard worked as Team Canada’s Attaché for the Paralympic Summer Games that took place in Beijing. In 2014, Liu returned to Canada and made his home in Burnaby with his wife and two children. In 2022, Liu returned to Beijing to serve as Mission Staff member for Team Canada at the Winter Olympics. Richard has also played a leading role with the Terry Fox Run, Special Olympics and Rick Hansen's visit to Beijing in 2011. Liu’s areas of expertize include; public relations, diplomacy, major events organization and education. Liu works as an advisor in East Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia and is a MA Candidate at Peking University. Richard founded the Canadian Alumni Network that connects over 16,000 alumni in China who’ve attended Canada's post-secondary institutions. Liu has been a commissioner with the City of Burnaby’s Heritage Commission (2018-2023) and sits on various boards advising companies and organizations on a variety of sectors pertaining to Asia. In 2019, Liu was appointed the Honorary Brigade Division President for St. John Ambulance and was among 13 UBC Alumni to be recognized and awarded the 2018-2019 UBC Alumni Builder Award “For his service, dedication, and contribution to UBC and its alumni community. For his long record of service fostering connections with alumni and students in Beijing and Asia as well as dedication to mentoring students in the Faculty of Arts.” On June 24 2023, Richard was formally invested into the Order of St. John, one of five national orders in the Canadian Honours System. 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: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Migration; Officials; Education; Protests and Demonstrations; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Sports; Travel; Religions - Christianity

Names: Canadian Paralympic Committee; Chak, Dr. Po Tin; Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC; Liu, Richard N.; Liu, Dr. Dun-ren; Liu, Dr. Shih-Shun; Gigli, Beniamino; Hansen, Richard Marvin "Rick"; Olympic Games; Paralympic Games; Peking University; St. John Ambulance; St. Thomas More Collegiate; Tiananmen Square; University of British Columbia

Responsibility: Fong, Denise

Accession Code: BV023.16.17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1936-2023] (interview content), interviewed 11 Sep. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item; transcription available

Documents

2023_0016_0017_006

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Interview with Richard Liu, [1936-2023] (interview content), interviewed 11 Sep. 2023

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Interview with "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1970-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Jul. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 sound recordings (wav) (84 min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (62 min., 3 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Rajdeep. 00:00:00 – 00:05:26 Gurvinder “Gurv” Sihra and brother Harvinder “Harv’ Sihra introduce themselves, providing details on …

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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: 2 sound recordings (wav) (84 min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (62 min., 3 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Rajdeep Interviewees: "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 8, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:02:03 min Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby Photograph credit: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Rajdeep. 00:00:00 – 00:05:26 Gurvinder “Gurv” Sihra and brother Harvinder “Harv’ Sihra introduce themselves, providing details on where they were born and grew up (in Burnaby), names of their parents and provide details on their family history. They describe how their grandparents and other relatives continued to live in Punjab after their father and mother immigrated to Canada in the 1970’s, recall the reasons their parents decided to immigrate and details of their lives before and after arriving in Canada. 00:05:27 – 00:06:46 Gurvinder and Harvinder describe some of their experiences travelling through Vancouver airport and compare their experiences with their mother’s own experiences. Gurvinder and Harvinder describe the layout of the airport and how customs and immigration has changed over time. 00:06:47 – 00:09:21 Gurvinder and Harvinder provide details about their mother, Parveen Sihra. They share information regarding her education in India and how she was unable to get work related to her degree in biology after immigrating to Canada. They convey how she worked in the Burnaby City Hall cafeteria in the 1990’s and how she worked part time in order to take care of her children. They share how their parents were proud Canadians participating in events inside and outside the South Asian community and were both fluent in English but often spoke Punjabi at home. 00:09:22 – 00:16:06 Gurvinder and Harvinder recall their childhood experiences growing up in Burnaby. They talk about the sports that they were involved with including hockey and Taekwondo, family vacations spent travelling to India and their experiences attending Marlborough Elementary School and Moscrop Secondary School.They describe how they first became interested in watching wrestling and trying it out on their own in their family home. Gurvinder and Harvinder recall their own experiences of discrimination while growing up and playing sports. 00:16:07 – 00:27:37 Gurvinder and Harvinder reflect and recall events that lead them to their dream of becoming professional wrestlers. They talk about pivotal events including attending their first live wresting event at GM Place with their father in 1996, beginning their training in Calgary in 2004, travelling across the country to participate in minor wrestling events, wrestling in Rogers Arena in 2017 and 2020 and getting their first call to join WWE. They talk about the support that they’ve had along the way to getting them where they are today and comment on why they want to be wrestlers in the WWE. 00:27:38 – 00:29:25 Gurvinder and Harvinder provide background information on their various wrestling personas and names in the world of professional wrestling including the Singh Brothers and the Bollywood Boyz. 00:29:26 – 00:38:43 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about their experiences wrestling in India and the support and expectations of family members in becoming successful. Gurvinder and Harvinder recall and reflect on the experience of being fired from the WWE when cutbacks were made during the COVID pandemic. 00:38:44 – 00:42:53 Gurvinder and Harvinder describe what a day in their lives looks like now. They talk about how they’re still very passionate and focused on their wrestling careers and describe their experiences of having support and enthusiasm from fans and their parents. They talk about travelling across the country to particpate in different wrestling events. 00:42:54 – 00:47:18 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about their training regimen including exercise and diet and describe areas in Burnaby where they like to train in gyms and the outdoors. 00:47:19 – 00:49:49 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about neighbourhoods in Burnaby including Metrotown and Deer Lake and how they’ve seen them change over the years. 00:49:50 – 00:54:27 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about their highest and lowest points in their wrestling careers, highlighting specific events. They talk about the physical stamina it takes for wrestling and compare their sport with the sport of Kabaddi (a contact team sport between two teams originating in India). 00:54:28 – 00:59:01 Gurvinder and Harvinder reflect on what toughness means to them, and what keeps them motivated to do what they do. 00:59:02 – 01:01:31 Gurvinder and Harvinder impart their words of wisdom to younger kids in chasing their passions and dreams and talk about their favourite Bollywood films and actors.

History: Interviewees' biographies: The Bollywood Boyz are a Canadian professional wrestling tag team composed of brothers Gurvinder "Gurv" Sihra (born in 1984) and Harvinder "Harv" Sihra (born in 1987). The pair are best known for their time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where Gurvinder and Harvinder performed under the ring names Sunil Singh and Samir Singh. They were both born and raised in Burnaby by their parents Harjeet and Parveen Sihra and attended Moscrop Secondary School. Gurvinder graduated from Douglas College where he studied criminology and has worked in loss prevention and has a third degree black belt in Taekwondo. Harvinder attended Douglas College with studies in history and has worked as a model and an actor. Both Gurvinder and Harvinder Sihra are Sikhs. Interviewer biography: Rajdeep was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and is of Punjabi (South Asian) descent. She has an Associate of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She is a student in the Restoration of Natural Systems program at the University of Victoria. Rajdeep works at Simon Fraser University as a Program Assistant and as a researcher with the City of Burnaby. At Burnaby Village Museum, Rajdeep contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Education; Migration; Pandemics - COVID-19; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Religions - Sikhism; Social Issues; Social Issues - Discrimination; Social Issues - Racism; Sports; Sports - Martial Arts; Sports - Wrestling; Sports - Ice Hockey; Travel

Names: The Bollywood Boyz; Sihra, Guvinder "Gurv"; Sihra, Harvinder "Harv"; Sihra, Harjeet; Sihra, Parveen; World Wrestling Entertainment "WWE"; Moscrop Secondary School; Marlborough Elementary School; Metrotown

Responsibility: Rajdeep

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Park

Accession Code: BV023.16.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1970-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Jul. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Photographer: World Wrestling Entertainment "WWE"

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available upon request - contact Burnaby Village Museum

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Interview with

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Burnaby New Year's baby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of parents Irina and George Sakgaev holding and looking at their infant Alexander, who was Burnaby's New Year's baby of 2003.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1802

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of parents Irina and George Sakgaev holding and looking at their infant Alexander, who was Burnaby's New Year's baby of 2003.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Persons - Families

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Irina and George Sakgaev admire their new son, Alexander, who's Burnaby's New Year's baby. He was born at 5:30, New Year's morning. He weighed 3550 grams."

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Dogwood Lodge closure

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97998

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Auriel Arner and Eira Koch visit with their mother, Ivy Hear, at the Dogwood Lodge, shortly before its closure.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3102

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Auriel Arner and Eira Koch visit with their mother, Ivy Hear, at the Dogwood Lodge, shortly before its closure.

Subjects: Persons - Seniors; Persons - Families; Public Services - Health Services; Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Auriel Arner and Eira Koch visit with their mother, Ivy Hear, one of five remaining patients waiting to be moved out of the Dogwood Seniors' Home."

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue

Street Address: 3755 Willingdon Avenue

Planning Study Area: Cascade-Schou Area

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Jean Miller

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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 Burnaby resident Jean Miller on her 105th birthday, with her twin daughters Irene Johnson and Dorene Somerville.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1967

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby resident Jean Miller on her 105th birthday, with her twin daughters Irene Johnson and Dorene Somerville.

Subjects: Persons - Seniors; Persons - Families; Celebrations - Birthdays

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: "Jean Miller receives congratulations for her 105th birthday from her twin daughters, Irene Johnson and Dorene Somerville."

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Michelle Wilson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97346

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 Michelle Wilson in her home's kitchen. She is packing a school lunch for her daughter, Nicole, and friend Callum Ross.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2736

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Michelle Wilson in her home's kitchen. She is packing a school lunch for her daughter, Nicole, and friend Callum Ross.

Subjects: Persons - Families; Persons - Children

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a September 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Michelle Wilson makes sure she packs fresh, nutritious ingredients in the lunch bag for her daughter, Nicole, 8, and she and her friend, Callum Ross, 11, prepare for a new school year."

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Roak Citroen and Grace Owens

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96963

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 3 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs from a feature on LGBTQ2S+ seniors in Burnaby. Photographs depict Roak Citroen posing with a display of photographs and watering hanging flower baskets at his home, where he cares for his partner Gerry Mason, and Grace Owens posing in front of a Pride flag.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 3 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2518

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs from a feature on LGBTQ2S+ seniors in Burnaby. Photographs depict Roak Citroen posing with a display of photographs and watering hanging flower baskets at his home, where he cares for his partner Gerry Mason, and Grace Owens posing in front of a Pride flag.

Subjects: Persons - Seniors; Persons - Families

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a June 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2518-1: "Roak Citroen hangs on to the memories of 43 years with his partner, Jerry Mason."; Caption from metadata for 535-2518-2: "Roak Citroen tends to hanging baskets of red and white flowers, the favorite colors of his partner, Jerry Mason. Together for 43 years, Citroen is caring for Mason, who suffers from dementia."; Caption from metadata for 535-2518-3: "Grace Owens has been out as a lesbian for six years, and she now volunteers her time to help other seniors dealing with their sexual orientation."

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Terry Fox Run volunteers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97337

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 3 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of volunteers with the Terry Fox Run. Photographs depict Louvaine Kadonaga, Allan Hattori, Toshiye Kadonaga, Joyce Hattori and Ellen Kadonaga with a photograph of former volunteer Nancy Kadonaga, and Todd Wong in a kayak on a lake.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 3 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2727

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of volunteers with the Terry Fox Run. Photographs depict Louvaine Kadonaga, Allan Hattori, Toshiye Kadonaga, Joyce Hattori and Ellen Kadonaga with a photograph of former volunteer Nancy Kadonaga, and Todd Wong in a kayak on a lake.

Subjects: Persons - Volunteers; Persons - Families; Events - Fundraising

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an August 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2727-1: "The family of Nancy Kadonaga, who volunteered at the Terry Fox Run before she died of cancer herself last December, is dedicating their own volunteer efforts in this year's run in her memory. L-R Louvaine Kadonaga, Allan Hattori, Toshiye Kadonaga, Joyce Hattori and Ellen Kadonaga."; Caption from metadata for 535-2727-2 and 535-2727-3: "Tod Wong is an avid kayaker and dragon boat racer, 11 years after being diagnosed with cancer. He's also been a member of "Terry's Team," since 1993."

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Archery at Burnaby Lake Fields

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97988

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Steve Anderson and his son Brody holding bows and practicing archery at the Burnaby Lake Fields archery range.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3093

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Steve Anderson and his son Brody holding bows and practicing archery at the Burnaby Lake Fields archery range.

Subjects: Recreational Activities; Sports; Persons - Families

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Like father, like son; Steve Anderson and his son, Brody, 14, hone their archery skills at the Burnaby Lake Fields archery range. They took up the sport late last year."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake Sports Complex; Kensington Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

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Burnaby Heights Fountain Square

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96614

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 Teresa Keserich showing her son, Adam, and friend Tommy Branson the newly-unveiled tile mosaic at Burnaby Heights Fountain Square on Hastings Street.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2236

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Teresa Keserich showing her son, Adam, and friend Tommy Branson the newly-unveiled tile mosaic at Burnaby Heights Fountain Square on Hastings Street.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Sidewalks; Persons - Families; Events

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: "Teresa Keserich, her son, Adam and friend, Tommy Branson, admire some of the tile mosaic at the Burnaby Heights Fountain Square at Hastings and McDonald, which was officially unveiled on Saturday."

Geographic Access: Hastings Street; MacDonald Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Burnaby Heights Fountain Square, [2001] thumbnail

Chandra family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95940

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of father and daughter Michael and Florence Chandra. They are posed in front of a tree covered in holiday lights.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1711

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of father and daughter Michael and Florence Chandra. They are posed in front of a tree covered in holiday lights.

Subjects: Persons - Families

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a December 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Florence Chandra is planning to give her father, Michael, a very special Christmas gift, one of her kidneys."

Images

Corrigan family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97794

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 Derek Corrigan, his wife Kathy Corrigan, and their three children posing with gift bags for a birthday and for Christmas.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3046

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mayor Derek Corrigan, his wife Kathy Corrigan, and their three children posing with gift bags for a birthday and for Christmas.

Subjects: Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Persons - Families; Holidays - Christmas

Names: Corrigan, Derek

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a December 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "The Corrigan family has two celebrations on Christmas, as two of their three children, Darcy and Kelsey (foreground), were born on Christmas Eve. Celebrating with them are their brother, Sean, and their parents, Derek and Kathy."

Images

Curling family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95988

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of a family of seven posed on a curling rink. The five children are dressed in curling jackets and hold curling brooms.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1739

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a family of seven posed on a curling rink. The five children are dressed in curling jackets and hold curling brooms.

Subjects: Sports - Curling; Persons - Families

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on original file name; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Images

Cynthia Miller

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96900

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 Cynthia Miller with a small glass figurine that belonged to her mother.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2457

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Cynthia Miller with a small glass figurine that belonged to her mother.

Subjects: Persons - Families

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a May 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Cynthia Miller examines one of her mom's favorite glass figurines from her collection. Miller's parents were murdered in their home, on 13th Ave., 16 months ago, and police have yet to make an arrest. "

Images

Gail Burnam

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96402

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gail Burnam holding a photograph of her deceased daughter.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2072

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gail Burnam holding a photograph of her deceased daughter.

Subjects: Persons - Families

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Gail Burnam lost her daughter, Michelle, to a drunk driver in Alberta 17 years ago, and she still feels the pain of that loss."

Images

Jazz duo in Deer Lake rhododendron garden

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96719

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 Michael and Don Fraser, a father-son jazz duo, posing with their musical instruments in the rhododendron garden at Deer Lake Park.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2324

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Michael and Don Fraser, a father-son jazz duo, posing with their musical instruments in the rhododendron garden at Deer Lake Park.

Subjects: Occupations - Musicians; Persons - Families; Geographic Features - Gardens

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an April 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Micheal and Don Fraser are framed by some of the early bloomers at Deer Lake Park's rhododendron gardens. But the father-son jazz duo hope to be surrounded by flowers when they play at Burnaby's Rhododendron Festival, on May 5."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Jazz duo in Deer Lake rhododendron garden, [2002] thumbnail

Mandy Vial and Stacey Trottier

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97025

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 sisters Mandy Vial and Stacey Trottier, with their arms around each other and posing on a laneway. Both are wearing shirts for the "Avon Brest Cancer 3-Day" walk, the event in California in which they will be participating.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2557

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of sisters Mandy Vial and Stacey Trottier, with their arms around each other and posing on a laneway. Both are wearing shirts for the "Avon Brest Cancer 3-Day" walk, the event in California in which they will be participating.

Subjects: Events - Fundraising; Persons - Families

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: "Mandy Vial (l) and her sister, Stacey Trottier, are preparing to put their best foot forward at the Avon 3-Day Walk for Breast Cancer, to be held this fall in California."

Images

Mandy Vial and Stacey Trottier, [2001] thumbnail

Noushin and Peyman Bahador

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96560

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 Bahá’ís Noushin and Peyman Bahador. Photographs depict the Bahadors embracing beneath a blossoming tree and holding candles as they practice their faith.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2005]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2182

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of Bahá’ís Noushin and Peyman Bahador. Photographs depict the Bahadors embracing beneath a blossoming tree and holding candles as they practice their faith.

Subjects: Religions; Persons - Families; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2182-1: "Persian Bahai's like Noushin and Peyman Bahador celebrate their new year in conjunction with the beginning of Spring."; Caption from metadata for 535-2182-2: "Candles are an important component of how Noushin and Peyman Bahador try to achieve tranquility through their Bahai faith."

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