Downtown bench pays tribute to businessman killed in 2010 explosion.
Audrey Rose Johnson, 2, left, takes a seat on a memorial bench built for her father Malcolm Johnson who died in an explosion while vacationing at a Mexican resort in 2010. Audrey, her mom Heather Pynten and six-month-old little brother Benjamin Johnson helped unveil the bench Thursday, near the entrance of the Great National Land Building on Church Street. Malcolm Johnson was a well-known Nanaimo realtor and an advocate for downtown revitalization.
Audrey Rose Johnson, 2, left, takes a seat on a memorial bench built for her father Malcolm Johnson who died in an explosion while vacationing at a Mexican resort in 2010.
Audrey, her mom Heather Pynten and six-month-old little brother Benjamin Johnson helped unveil the bench Thursday, near the entrance of the Great National Land Building on Church Street.
Malcolm Johnson was a well-known Nanaimo realtor and an advocate for downtown revitalization.
