Vancouver Asahi subject of a new Heritage Minute
Mornings with Simi
English - March 01, 2019 21:03 - 7 minutes - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBusiness News News Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Baby boomers consume twice as much electricity as millennials: BC Hydro
Next Episode: Come From Away
A new Heritage Minute is telling the story of a Japanese Vancouver baseball team, and shining a spotlight on a shameful period of Canadian history. The Vancouver Asahi played in the city from 1914 to 1941. The team was one of Vancouver’s “most dominant” amateur teams, playing at a diamond in the city’s Downtown Eastside. CKNW Contributor Claire Allen has more in this report…