Gassy Jack

• Gassy Jack statue’s pedestal removed in final step after toppling

  Demonstrators topped the statue of John Deighton, also known as Gassy Jack, during the annual Women's Memorial March this past February.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2022
  
• Squamish Nation asserts need to lead reconciliation after Gassy Jack statue toppled

  Squamish Nation Coun. Wilson Williams Sxwixwtn said the Nation will be provide the city with recommendations on what to do with the space where the statue once stood.

  Politics

  Feb 16, 2022
  
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• ‘When are we going to be seen as humans?’: Downtown Vancouver packed for annual Women’s Memorial March

  The annual Women's Memorial March honours those lost to the violence of colonization, and urges those in power to take meaningful action to prevent further harm.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2022
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• Gassy Jack statue in Vancouver’s Gastown toppled during women’s memorial march, video shows

  Critics have said Gassy Jack is a symbol of oppression against Indigenous people, noting he was 40 years old when he married a 12-year-old girl from the Squamish First Nation.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2022
• Cancel Canada Day rally draws hundreds to downtown Vancouver

  The group Idle No More organized a rally in downtown Vancouver as part of a nationwide movement.

  Canada

  Jul 2, 2020
• Vandals target Vancouver’s Gassy Jack statue, considered a symbol of Indigenous oppression

  The statue of John Deighton, more commonly known as Gassy Jack, stands at the edge of Gastown, the neighbourhood in Vancouver named after him.

  Crime

  Jun 16, 2020
• Debt list for Gassy Jack Deighton, one of Vancouver’s founders, goes up for auction

  The man who gave Gastown its name amassed $5,000 in debt while operating a saloon on the shores of the Burrard Inlet in the 1860s.

  Features

  Mar 8, 2019