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1940

B.C.’s Forest Economy

Logging companies grow large as the province struggles with how to sustainably manage a profitable resource

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1942

Prince Rupert in Wartime

Japan’s entry into World War II transforms the small fishing town

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1942

Canada’s Racialized Soldiers

Despite discrimination, Chinese, Japanese and Indigenous men fight for Canada in World War Two

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1942

Japanese Internment

The government targets more than 20,000 Japanese Canadians in a cruel wartime measure

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1942

Building the Alaska Highway

A feat of engineering leads to American racial progress — and further hardship for Indigenous in B.C.'s north

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1942

Shelling of Estevan Point

A Japanese attack on a Vancouver Island lighthouse sparks an enduring conspiracy theory

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1944

Force 136

Chinese Canadians who fought in WWII come home to fight for civil rights

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1944

The Terrace Mutiny

Little-known revolt is Canada’s longest-lasting mutiny

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1945

Railway Porters Make History

Sleeping car porters become first Black union to sign collective agreement with a Canadian company

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1945

Second World War Ends

Soldiers return to a booming economy, soaring population and ongoing racial discrimination

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1946

Native Voice Published

Maisie Hurley starts Canada's first newspaper focusing on Indigenous issues

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1947

Chinese Get the Vote

Alex Cumyow, the first person of Chinese heritage born in Canada, votes once again

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1949

The Story of Tomey Homma

B.C. extends franchise to Japanese and Indigenous people

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