January 27 The last wall of the elegant old Birks Building at Georgia and Granville Streets, which opened for business November 8, 1913, came down to make way for the Vancouver Centre development.
January 1 Cloverdale Raceway opened, quickly became one of the premier harness racing centres in North America. In 1996, it would undergo about $3 million in renovations and be renamed Fraser Downs.
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).
