Lower Mainland residents who want one final shop at an Army & Navy can do so Thursday at the New Westminster location. Army & Navy CEO and president Jacqui Cohen, pictured last May at the store's annual shoe sale, announced in May she would be closing the department store chain. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)According to the Vancouver Heritage Foundation, the Army & Navy location in the city was the oldest retailer in the Gastown neighbourhood. Customers flood an Army & Navy store during one of its famous spring shoe sales. (Army & Navy)Known for its discount goods and spring shoe sale, the company also employed hundreds of locals.

Source: CBC News June 04, 2020 18:00 UTC