January 31 The centennial of Congregation Schara Tzedeck will happen in 2007, but the building associated with it—the synagogue at Oak and West 19th—got its start January 31, 1947, when Vancouver mayor Gerry McGeer officiated at the sod-turning ceremonies. The synagogue was dedicated as a memorial to Jewish war veterans.

January 3 Art Jones and Ray Munro, photographers at the Vancouver Sun, both of them mad at Hal Straight of the Sun for some unremembered reason, went into business as freelancers in a company they called artray. Their base of operations was Nine East Hastings Street. An early assignment: flooding in the Fraser Valley (May). A vast collection of their photos has been donated to the Vancouver Public Library.

January 3 The Sun’s Page One headline January 4 about the police raid the night before on three local establishments was great: POLICE OPEN WAR ON NIGHT CLUB DRINKING.

January 13 Hedley Hipwell was returned for a fourth term as President of Greater Vancouver Tourist Association. Hipwell also headed the BC Automobile Association. Both groups shared directors.

March 21 Trans Mountain (later called Trans Mountain Pipeline) was incorporated. It will build a crude oil pipeline from Edmonton to its Burnaby Terminal. The first shipment of oil will reach the terminal October 17, 1953.