Read the rest of my story over at TVO. www.tvo.org/article/in-1...

Your uncle hit his first pro home run for the Vancouver Capilanos on Sept. 7, 1948, against Yakima. One of the umpires was Harry Ornest, father of the Vancouver Canadians.

More common than now, but not common back in the day. A simultaneous two-sport pro athlete is a real achievement.

Canada has 40 million people!

.@jmcelroy.bsky.social Here's a Fotheringham column in the Vancouver Sun on July 2, 1970, with a reference to "British California." (Second column of type, item beginning "Mr. Bennett is correct.")

I always thought British California was a Fotheringhamism.

Yes and yes. I'm >60.

True. But I don't think the provincial government is a primary funder, at least for the larger systems. Greater Victoria Public Library got $18.5 million from municipality last year, just $640,000 from province. (More than $15 million spent on salaries, about $1 million on library materials.)

Libraries got extra $8 million one-time funding in 2022, then an extra $45 million earlier this year. news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...