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Joe Fortes: the man behind the restaurant marquee in Vancouver

Angela Bower takes a look at the life and legacy Joe Fortes. Not just the namesake of a Vancouver chain restaurant – Fortes was one of the city’s most prominent Black citizens. He came to Canada in the late 1800s, became Vancouver’s first official lifeguard, and saved dozens of lifeguards.

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