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The Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast are the original inhabitants of what is now known as Vancouver. The city falls within the traditional territory of three Coast Salish peoples known as, Squamish (Sḵwxwú7mesh), Tsleil-waututh and Xwméthkwyiem ("Musqueam"—from masqui "an edible grass that grows in the sea").
1927 – Charles Lindbergh refuses to include Vancouver in his North American tour because of the lack of a proper airport. Two years later, the city purchases land on Sea Island for aviation purposes; it is now the location of Vancouver International Airport. 1929 – Vancouver amalgamates with the municipalities of Point Grey and South Vancouver.
Vancouver's Hong Kong Chinese population has produced several Cantopop stars across the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Similarly, various Indo-Canadian artists and actors have a profile in Bollywood or other aspects of India's entertainment industry. Vancouver has a vibrant nightlife scene, whether food and dining or bars and nightclubs.
Circa 1948 is set in two distinctly different neighbourhoods: West End, Vancouver, which was a wealthier district, home to many veterans back from the war, and East Vancouver, which was, in the words of Douglas, "basically an ethnic slum where the laws of the city had been suspended. There was bootlegging, gambling, prostitution.
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The legislation, passed in 1953, supersedes the Vancouver Incorporation Act, 1921 and grants the city more and different powers than other communities possess under BC's Municipalities Act. The city is governed by the 10-member city council, a nine-member school board, and a seven-member park board, all elected for four-year terms.
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29th Battalion, (Vancouver), CEF; 158th Battalion (The Duke of Connaught's Own), CEF; 231st Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), CEF; 1886 Vancouver anti-Chinese riots; 1918 Vancouver general strike; 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games; 1987 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting