The 2025 Regional Heritage Fair was held at Burnaby Village Museum, The award recipients are:

• Marcus Hui and Zakaria Osman – Lewis Urry – Visitor’s Choice Award
• Billy Tran and Liam Tieu – Evolution of Skytrain and Rapid Transit – Burnaby History Award
• Audrey Yim and Kayla Shuto – Chanie Wenjack – Indigenous History Award
• Rachel Mullin and Yixuan (Sasha) Sun – Iron Workers Memorial Bridge – Labour History Award

The following individuals will also advance to the Provincial Heritage Fair and present their projects:

Lorcan Duffy – Le Canadarm – Provincial Fair Delegate
Audrey Yim – Chanie Wenjack – Provincial Fair Delegate

The project that impressed the Vancouver Power Pioneers Awards team was the “Lewis Urry” project. Urry was a Canadian chemical engineer who worked for Eveready and was commissioned to create a longer-lasting battery. He found a method to improve the power output from his alkaline cell and was able to increase the reactive area of the anode and improve the cell’s power output.

An estimated 80% of the dry-cell batteries in the world today are based on Urry’s work. Decades down the line, people are inspired by Energizer’s famous ad campaign – with a drum-beating bunny that goes and goes and goes…

Here are some photos from the event: