A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1971
Pender Street in Chinatown in 1972, which was now part of a designated historic area. Item # CVA 780-447. Photo courtesy of Vancouver Archives.
In 1971, Greenpeace was making waves, there was a riot in Gastown and the CBC started filming a very popular series on the Sunshine Coast.
By Chuck Davis,
1971 census figures for Metropolitan Vancouver
The 1971 census showed the metropolitan Vancouver population had topped the million mark for the first time. One remarkable finding of that census was that Delta’s population had more than tripled in 10 years.
Bowen Island 350
Delta 45,860 (1961 pop. 14,597)
Langley City 4,680
Maple Ridge 24,480
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Background
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Background
Wastech Services Ltd. (Wastech) moves and disposes of waste. In
1996, Wastech and the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage
District (Metro) entered into a 20-year contract for the disposal
of waste from the Greater Vancouver Regional District (the
Contract).
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facilities. Metro was responsible for allocating where the waste
was to be disposed. The volume of waste allocated to each facility
was a critical variable in calculating Wastech s compensation.
In 2010, Metro significantly redirected the volume of waste between
the three facilities, such that it was impossible for Wastech to
achieve its target operating revenue.