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ee what I did there? You won’t get a headline like that in the sports section of your major media outlets. The lights were oﬀ at Nat Bailey Stadium for another week as The Vancouver Canadians Baseball Troupe headed out on the road once again. It was wet and wild the previous week in the home series against Spokane, with a couple of rainouts getting in the way of the action and futzing with the schedule. The C’s found some drier weather down south. As is my custom, and my want, I have prepared a nifty little series preview for the current homestand against the Eugene Emeralds. Our beloved home team has returned to the (sometimes) swampy conﬁnes of The Nat this week. Dates: June 14 - 19

Visiting team: I mean, I kind of gave this part away already with my clever and pithy headline, but the C’s are playing the Eugene Emeralds. As of writing, they have taken over first place in the standings from Spokane. Major League Team: The Eugene Emeralds are a minor league affiliate for the San Francisco Giants. What happened last time: The last game we faced Eugene before this series they beat us 10-nothing. I don’t know about you, but a side of Revenge would taste pretty good with my footlong hot dog. Also mustard. 3 Facts: In an effort to better understand our enemies, here are three facts about the city of Eugene and their baseball squad. It’s the birthplace of the small, mom & pop running shoe company known as The Nike Corporation. It was in Eugene that founder Bill Bowerman poured melted rubber on his

waﬄe iron (or whatever the story is) forever changing everyone’s sneaker game. Eugene is home to the University of Oregon, which uses Donald Duck as its mascot. Truly, Disney’s weirdest, pantlessest, and most unhinged character. The Emeralds have worn the ugliest jerseys I’ve ever seen in Minor League Ball. Seriously. Feast your eyes on those tie dyed monstrosities. All I can think about when I look at these jerseys is the lettuce that’s slowly wilting in my fridge. I like tie-dying as a concept, but throw some other colours into the mix, darn it! Special events: This series features a ﬁreworks extravaganza on the 18th, a father’s day hat giveaway on the 19th and one of my favourite days of the entire baseball season: The Annual Dog Day of Summer at the Nat.

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If you are unfamiliar with Dog Day, it’s pretty simple: It’s the one day where all dogs (and their owners) are invited to the ballpark. You better believe I’m working on a special feature about this joyous day that’ll be coming out next week. Opposing player to watch out for:

Marco Luciano. He’s rated as San Francisco’s top prospect on MLB.com as well as number 8 in the MLB’s top 100 Prospect rankings. Now, I am #notascout, but, in my uninformed opinion: that makes him a pretty good player. So that’s that. Another series preview in the books. See you all at the Nat this week. Come and say hi! I’ll be the loudmouth behind home plate making fun of any and all tie-dyed jerseys. By Ryan Beil

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Historic photo shows downtown core over 130 years ago

he intersection of West Hastings and Seymour streets in Vancouver is a place of huge buildings. The Harbour Centre dominates the four corners, and other towering buildings surround the area. If you look northeast, it's just solid city, full of concrete and glass. Over 130 years ago, when the city of Vancouver was founded, that wasn't the case. And while that's not a surprise, what may be a surprise is how far the city was from where it is now. This photo shows the land being cleared at that same intersection. At the time the town hadn't moved east from Gastown yet, and so the only nearby 'structure' is what appears to be a canvas tent. The rest of the foreground is dirt or the last remnants of the forest that stood before the city. While the photo is dated 1886, the exact date is unknown in the City of Vancouver archives. However, it appears it was likely shot in the first half of 1886, as the Great Fire swept through the town on June 13. In the background of this photo the town can be seen, with dozens and dozens of wooden structures. As the fire ripped through the townsite leveling almost all the buildings, it's likely this photo was taken before the devastation. It could be from after, as they did rebuild the town fairly quickly, but the fire would have also destroyed the trees and wood lying around the area. In fact, this photo shows the activity that led to the Great Fire of 1886. People were trying to clear land for the settler city to grow, and fire was the best tool they had for getting rid of what they considered waste wood, but it got out of control and destroyed the city in under an hour. COV ARCHIVES AM54-S4-: STR P202

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City council approves public drinking at six plazas

rack open a cold one in public this summer! Vancouver city council was unanimous in wanting to continue to provide public drinking spaces after successfully running six sites last year. Now, as of this summer, the Drinking in Public Plazas Program will become a permanent seasonal program. Vancouverites can responsibly drink booze in public this summer, but only at six select spots. For those who prefer boozy picnics, council also approved drinking at 22 public parks.

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out over a half-century ago; it was due back on April 20, 1971. On Tuesday, June 7 the VPL posted a photo on Instagram, noting the book had just made its way back into the system. It came with a note, too. "From your library," reads the post-it. "Very sorry it's a bit late." "51 years."

They also note the book is still in good condition. Given that it was supposed to be returned April 20, 1971, there are a few things that maybe distracted whoever took it out; maybe it was the launch of the ﬁrst space station (Russia's Salyut 1 launched April 19), the ﬁrst broadcast of America's National Public

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