This is the old location of Pirate Joe's on West 4th Avenue photographed at the beginning of 2016. The store has since relocated to West 10th near Alma as a developer bought the 4th Avenue building in 2015 and evicted all the long time tenants. For the unfamiliar, Pirate Joe's is the unauthorized reseller of Trader Joe's merchandise bought legally in Washington State and then brought over the line back to Vancouver. The owner of the store Mike Hallatt has since been banned from buying at Trader Joe's and he employs people in the states to shop for him. There's been an ongoing legal battle with Trader Joe's suing Hallatt. The media in the US and the Uk seem quite taken with the David vs Goliath story. You can see a recent video from he BBC here. Update November 3rd : finally a story by our own local media!
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