Thursday, August 9, 2018

Canada's history.

     The Fairmont Academy in Vancouver, British Columbia was a military hospital and an RCMP Training Academy. Now the Canada Lands Company and a First Nations group are planning to either demolish or approve the relocation of the building.
     The following comment appeared in the Vancouver Courier, May 11 2018 - "City going ahead with 2,500 home plan on Heather Lands" article written by Joannah Connolly:

     " It's amazing how your Canadian government will do anything to erase every vestige of European cultural history in your city...This handsome building should remain in situ and made into a museum for a city that has hardly any museums. Shame on you Vancouver council and the Canadian and Provincial governments for giving in once again greedy developers. If this building isn't retained it will just give me one more reason not to visit your city, which once was one of the most beautiful in the world. It is now just another ugly North American city that has been destroyed by culture-less, greed-driven Phillistines!"

Fairmont Academy in Vancouver (Photo from thetyee.ca)


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