December 2022

New transcriber Zak BennettMarch 8, 1897 – Liquor By-Law Amended
Joanne McCormickApril 12, 1897 – Council Questions CPR’s Building Materials
Marie-Claude TremblayApril 25, 1898 – City Bathing Sheds Come Down May 1
Carole WilsonMay 2, 1898 – Committee to Investigate Police Court Business
Lynn ShaneMay 9, 1898 – Police Magistrate Should Not Be In Active Practice
Lynn ShaneMay 13, 189 – Council Asked to Fund World’s Championship Rowing Race
Sandra RobinsonMay 16, 1898 – Street Watering By-Law Passed
Carole WilsonJune 13, 1898 – Council to Sign New Agreement with BC Electric Railway Co

November 2022

New transcriber OviJune 18, 1897 – Special Meeting to Consider Smelter Proposition
Darlene OchottaAugust 9 – Jockey Club’s 10 Per Cent Will Improve Race Grounds
Lynn ShaneAugust 16, 1897 – Fenders Needed on Public Streetcars
Lynn ShaneAugust 23, 1897 – Vancouver Objects to Federal Government Cuts to Leper Colony Funding
New transcriber Sandra RobinsonSeptember 7, 1897 – Train Noises to be Quieted
Margaret SutherlandSeptember 10, 1897 – Alderman Coldwell dead
Joanne McCormickFebruary 21, 1898 – Jail Expansion Approved, Music Hall Vote Looming
Lynn ShaneMarch 21, 1898 – New By-Law Introduced for Wood Block Paving
New transcriber Sandra RobinsonApril 4, 1898 – $650 Granted to Children’s Home
New transcriber Marie Claude TremblayApril 22, 1898 – Council Reviews Tramway Agreements
New transcriber Carole WilsonMay 4, 1898 – Smelter Agreement Will Go To Vote
Lynn ShaneMarch 28, 1898 – Fifty Applications Received for Two Fireman Positions


October 2022:

Gerald Soon:

  • May 10 1897 – New Women’s Ward Reduced to Two Stories

  • May 17, 1897 – Street Railway Company Must Build Waiting Room

Rachel Amanda Hennessy:

Lynn Shane:

Anonymous :

September 2022:

Gerald Soon:

  • May 5, 1897 – Prisoners Board: 50 Cents Per Day Too Much?

Darlene Ochotta:

Leah Minuk:

  • June 14, 1897 – Council Divided on the Cost of Swimming Facilities

Krystyna Richards:

  • July 12 1897 – Temporary Tracks to Be Laid at Granville & Pender

Lynn Shane:

August 2022:

  • May 21 1897 – Council Reviews Street Railway Agreement
  • June 18 1897 – Special Meeting to Consider Smelter Proposal
  • July 5 1897 – Mr. Hogue’s Smelter Proposal Received
  • July 6 1897 – No Conclusion Reached on Mr. Hogue’s Smelter Proposal

Rachel Hennessy:

Lynn Shane:

July 2022:

These five amazing volunteers have transcribed 52 pages of Vancouver City Council meetings from 1897:

Krystyna Richards:

Leah Minuk:

  • April 5 1897 – Electric Poles on Barnard Street Must Be Moved Aside

Alannah Hall:

  • April 12 1897 – Vancouver Will Employ Only British Subjects, Effective At Once

Darlene Ochotta

  • April 20 1897 – No Music Hall Licenses To Be Issued At Present
  • May 25 1897New Streetcar Route for Robson, Denman, Georgia

Lynn Shane

June 2022:

Transcribed by Lynn Shane:

New transcriber Alannah Hall

also from 1897 from Darlene Ochatta:

Four sets of minutes from 1898 have been transcribed by Joanne McCormick

  • January 31, 1898 –
  • February 1, 1898 – Vancouver Wants Out of the Municipal Clauses Act
  • February 7, 1898
  • February 14, 1898 Will Licensed Music Halls Be Allowed?

May 2022:

New transcriber Darlene Ochotta has transcribed minutes from 1897:

Gerald Soon has transcribed minutes from 1897:

New transcriber Lynn Shane has transcribed minutes from 1897:

April 2022:

Joanne McCormick has transcribed Vancouver City Council minutes from 1898:

Gerald Soon has transcribed Vancouver City Council minutes from 1897:

March 2022:

Krystyna Richards has transcribed Vancouver City Council minutes from 1896:

Hal Bell-Irving has transcribed Vancouver City Council minutes from 1896:

December 7, 1896McAllister & Fulton Appointed to Police Force

Anonymous has transcribed the final Vancouver City Council minutes from 1896:

Leah Minuk has transcribed Vancouver City Council minutes from 1897:

Gerald Soon has transcribed Vancouver City Council minutes from 1897:

February 2022:

Hal Bell-Irving has transcribed Vancouver City Council minutes from 1896:

Gerald Soon has transcribed Vancouver City Council minutes from 1896:

Joanne McCormick has transcribed Vancouver City Council minutes from 1897:

Leah Minuk has transcribed Vancouver City Council minutes from 1896:

January 2022:

Krystyna Richards has transcribed Vancouver City Council minutes from 1896:

Gerald Soon has transcribed Vancouver City Council minutes from 1896:

New transcriber Cinda Jong has transcribed page one of Vancouver City Council minutes from 1896:

New transcriber Lynne Jambor has transcribed page one of Vancouver City Council minutes from 1896:


Transcribed 2021 and earlier