A Vancouver family is asking for help after a cherished soapbox derby cart — which once competed in Kitsilano summer cart races — was stolen from their garage early Friday morning. It's been decades since Ian White raced his cart in a soapbox derby, but when he was 11, the handcrafted green wooden cart with a bright blue nose was his most prized possession. He says he can still feel the excitement of rolling down West 4th Avenue. Families gathered each year during a weekend in June, along a sloped stretch of West 4th Avenue in Kits, for the kids' soapbox derby. (Carol White)Starting in 1990, crowds packed a stretch of West 4th Avenue for one weekend every June as the street transformed into a raceway.

Source: CBC News August 01, 2020 23:58 UTC