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This Day in History, 2025: After 138 years in downtown Vancouver, The Bay closes

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Hudson's Bay has been in downtown Vancouver since Jan., 17, 1887 , when the city was less than a year old .

The landmark Bay store at Granville and Georgia will close June 1 .

The masses flooded into the store for The Bay’s bankruptcy sale in recent weeks , either to hunt for bargains or just to look around at the last days of a Canadian institution.

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67

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69

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formal

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English

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27

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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medium-lived

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