Interview with mayor Tom Campbell about the 1971 Gastown riots
Channel: BC History
Date: 2014-06-22

This was the height of the counter culture in Vancouver.    On August 7th 1971 the Youth International Party organized a smoke-in for marijuana legalization.

Mayor Tom Campbell had a hardline on hippies.  The mayor very much favoured a strong police response to the Smoke-In which was peaceful.

In the end 79 people were arrested and 39 charged on that day.

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Please watch: "Royal visit 1939 drive by on Kingsway at Marlborough in Burnaby May 29th" 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db0ANezSxLo
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