Honoring Eight Thousand at Hastings Park | Vancouver News

A new memorial in Vancouver’s Hastings Park honors over 8,000 Japanese Canadians forcibly detained during WWII — a haunting reminder of the government’s wartime internment of 22,000 people from the BC coast. Once housed in former livestock stalls under unsanitary conditions, survivors recall starvation, disease, and trauma passed down through generations. Though Canada formally apologized in 1988, this B.C.-funded monument stands as a vital step to preserve their stories and confront a painful chapter in Canadian history — a tribute to resilience, remembrance, and justice. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/5001af94124a3304