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John Mackie

Vancouver

Reporter and Writer at Vancouver Sun

Writer at the Vancouver Sun, Province, World and News-Advertiser

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  • This Day in History, 1902: Feisty MLA gets drunk and gnarly in legislature

    5 days ago | vancouversun.com | John Mackie

    John Houston was a fiery newspaperman and politician who would literally fight for his beliefsArticle contentOn May 7, 1902, John Houston shot back “four or five big jorums of Scotch whiskey” and went to work. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentLuckily he wasn’t operating any heavy machinery. But he did have an important job – he was the MLA for West Kootenay-Nelson in the B.C. legislature.

  • This Day in History, 1910: Hype abounds during Vancouver's biggest population boom

    1 week ago | vancouversun.com | John Mackie

    Advertisement 1The population of Vancouver and its environs exploded after 1900, and real estate companies promoted new neighbourhoods, towns and resorts. Article contentVancouver was having a crazy boom on May 4, 1910, when the population of the city had nearly quadrupled in a decade. An illustration in a Vancouver World contest had Vancouver’s population growing to 500,000 by 1915.

  • This Day in History, 1910: Hype abounds during Vancouver's biggest population boom

    1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | John Mackie

    Excerpt from a 'count the dots' contest in the May 4, 1910, Vancouver World. Projecting a population of 500,000 in 1915 proved a bit off: a prewar boom bust in 1912 and the 1915 population was 164,000, according to Henderson's Directory. Vancouver was having a crazy boom on May 4, 1910, when the population of the city had nearly quadrupled in a decade. An illustration in a Vancouver World contest had Vancouver’s population growing to 500,000 by 1915.

  • Federal Election Day: Can the Liberals flip two NDP seats and sweep Vancouver?

    2 weeks ago | vancouversun.com | John Mackie

    Advertisement 1It's election day across Canada. Follow this story all day and evening for the latest news, results and reaction in the ridings of Vancouver Centre; Vancouver East; Vancouver Fraserview-South Burnaby; Vancouver Granville; Vancouver Kingsway; and Vancouver Quadra.

  • This Day in History, 1891: Rough, tough lacrosse players upset by 'blackguardly language'

    2 weeks ago | vancouversun.com | John Mackie

    Advertisement 1There was a bitter rivalry between New Westminster and Vancouver lacrosse squads in the 1880s and 1890sArticle contentOn April 28, 1891, the New Westminster lacrosse club failed to show up for a championship game in a tournament against Vancouver. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentA small item on the front page of the Victoria Colonist the same day said New West would default.

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