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January 20, 2023
The Arthur Laing Bridge Part 3
The Arthur Laing Bridge photo essay is the last in a three-part series by Angus McIntyre. The photos were taken on Angus’s Konica Autoreflex T Camera. The Arthur Laing Bridge opened to traffic on 27 August 1975.
December 31, 1972 was an unseasonably warm Sunday and Angus McIntyre jumped on his bike and headed to the Fraser River.
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January 12, 2023
Still Unsolved: Babes in the Woods, 70 Years Later
Seventy years ago this week, two tiny skeletons were found in Stanley Park and quickly became known as the Babes in the Woods. Last February, they were identified through genetic genealogy as Derek and David D’Alton aged 7 and 6 when they were murdered in 1947.
This is an excerpt from my new book Cold Case BC: The Stories Behind the Province’s Most Intriguing Murder and Missing Person Cases
By the second week of February 2022, I was able to confirm with two different sources that the VPD had the names of the Babes in the Woods.
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January 7, 2023
The Hope Slide of 1965
I’d heard of the Hope Slide of 1965, but it wasn’t until we stopped at the viewpoint this past July, that I could see how massive it really was.
On Saturday January 9, 1965, about 20 km east of Hope, half an unnamed mountain plunged down the highway. It brought 46 million cubic metres of rock, earth, snow and trees.
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December 30, 2022
Where is Michael Smith?
Michael Bradley Smith, 17 missing since December 31, 1967. Last seen at his North Vancouver home. Canada’s Missing website (National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains) Case Reference 2014003272
I put up a post about Michael on my Cold Case BC Facebook page yesterday—55 years after he disappeared.
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December 17, 2022
A Cabin, a Fireplace and a Murder
This was supposed to be a short and happy seasonal post about a cabin and a Christmas log, but then I stumbled across a murder.
Like everyone else, I’m familiar with Shaw’s fire log, but I’d never given any thought to its origins. Then Kyla and Grant Stuart Gardiner’s monthly newsletter came in the mail and talked about its history.
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December 9, 2022
The Knight Street Bridge: Part 2
The Knight Street Bridge photo essay is the second in a three-part series by Angus McIntyre. The photos were taken on Angus’s Konica Autoreflex T Camera.
December 31, 1972 was an unseasonably warm Sunday and Angus McIntyre jumped on his bike and headed to the Fraser River. He spent the day documenting the construction of the Knight Street Bridge and the Arthur Laing Bridge – the two Fraser river crossings that would replace the Fraser Street swing span bridge from Vancouver to Mitchell Island and the fixed trestle bridge to Lulu Island.
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December 2, 2022
Margaret Fane, Western Canada’s First Commercial Aviatrix
December 7 is International Civil Aviation Day. It’s a great excuse to write about Margaret (Fane) Rutledge (1914-2004), founder of the Flying Seven and one of the country’s first female pilots.
Edmonton:
Margaret Fane was born to an Edmonton family who were obsessed with making things move. Her father, William Fane, began by repairing carriages, and by 1928 owned what was reputedly the “largest automobile repair plant in the west.” He was the founding member of the Edmonton Glider Club, and in 1933, hand built a glider in his shop.
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November 25, 2022
The Mysterious Graves at UBC’s Gage Towers – Part 2
Do the tiled pile of bricks and cedar planks at UBC’s Gage Tower hold human remains, or are they leftovers from a six-decade-old childhood prank?
Last week I wrote about the two graves near UBC’s Gage Towers. Gregg Doughty first heard about the graves when he started with the university in 1991.
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The Mysterious Graves at UBC – Part 2
Do the tiled pile of bricks and cedar planks at UBC’s Gage Towers encase human remains, or are they remnants of a six-decade-old childhood prank?
Last week I wrote about the two graves near UBC’s Gage Towers. Gregg Doughty first heard about the graves when he started with the university in 1991.
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November 18, 2022
The mysterious graves at UBC’s Gage Towers
Gregg Doughty has worked at UBC as horticulturist and arborist since 1991. For the last few decades, he has tried to find out the names of the people buried in two unmarked graves. The university prefers not to talk about it. They’re worried that the graves may be vandalized or frighten students living in the adjacent Walter Gage residences.
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