January 1 The British Columbia Ferry Corporation (“BC Ferries”) was established as a provincial Crown Corporation, successor to the British Columbia Ferry Authority.

February 3 To mark the opening of its new cultural centre on Grandview Highway, Vancouver’s Italian community staged a Carnevale Italiano. (The Centre opened September 25, 1977).

May 22 The Vancouver Sun won a long-running case against GATE, publishers of Gay Tide newspaper. It began in the mid-1970s when the Sun refused to run a two-line classified ad promoting Gay Tide.

January 20 The Carnegie Building at Main and Hastings reopened. It became the Carnegie Reading Room, would be open seven days a week, 12 hours a day, 365 days each year.

April 1 The Fraser Valley college district served by Douglas College was divided into two smaller regions, one on the north shore of the Fraser River another on the south shore.