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The first SkyTrain line opens, creating a link between the communities of New
Westminster and Vancouver.
1986
The international spotlight shines on Vancouver as the Expo '86 world fair domin-
ates the summer, bringing Sheena Easton and Depeche Mode to local stages.
1996
With the Hong Kong handover to China imminent, Vancouver sees a massive in-
flux of Asian immigrants into the city. Richmond transforms into the region's new
Chinatown.
2003
BC and Ontario lead North America by making same-sex marriage legal. Van-
couver becomes a hotspot for elopements.
2010
Locals party as Vancouver hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Flags are waved, national anthems sung and Canada wins gold in hockey.
2011
Vancouver celebrates its 125th birthday, but the party doesn't quite match that of
the Olympics.
2013
Decades after Vancouver's Brewery Creek lost its last independent brewery, new
craft-beer makers begin popping up in the neighborhood.