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Selwyn Pullan’s Studio

A Fred Hollingworth designed studio and carport, has been given a last-minute reprieve from the bulldozer, as the District of North Vancouver looks for a way to save the structures, according to an article by Brent Richter in the North Shore News this week. I spent quite a bit of time in that studio with… Continue reading Selwyn Pullan’s Studio

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Selwyn Pullan’s West Coast Studio Faces Demolition

A Fred Hollingworth designed studio and carport, has been given a last-minute reprieve from the bulldozer, as the District of North Vancouver looks for a way to save the structures, according to an article by Brent Richter in the North Shore News yesterday. I spent quite a bit of time in that studio with Selwyn… Continue reading Selwyn Pullan’s West Coast Studio Faces Demolition

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Empress of Ireland: Comaplix, BC

Of the many places that victims of the Empress of Ireland disaster hailed from, one of the most obscure was Comaplix, a sawmill town on the northeast arm of Upper Arrow Lake in the West Kootenay.

Freda Evans, 27 ran the Lardeau Hotel there with her husband Russell.

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The Tomahawk Restaurant

I had lunch at the Tomahawk Restaurant with my friend Bill Allman last week. A North Van resident, Bill first came here with his grandmother in 1969 when he was just a wee little lad, and he still drops by at least once, sometimes twice a week. Chuck Chamberlain, the second-generation owner—his dad Chick founded… Continue reading The Tomahawk Restaurant

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Whey-ah-Wichen Canoe Festival

In the mid-1970s Bruce Stewart took his camera down to North Vancouver’s Cates Park and captured these fabulous images of the annual Canoe Festival hosted by the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. The Whey-ah-Wichen (Cates Park) Canoe Festival kicks off today (July 4) in North Vancouver and runs until Sunday. It’s a chance to see one of the… Continue reading Whey-ah-Wichen Canoe Festival

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Prince George’s Missing and Murdered

A page that lists and honours the missing people of Prince George, BC and for all those who were murdered and have still not received justice Creating a list: I wrote a lot about Prince George in my book Cold Case BC: The Stories Behind the Province’s Most Intriguing Murder and Missing Person Cases. When… Continue reading Prince George’s Missing and Murdered

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The Gutenberg Bible’s Vancouver Connection

The Gutenberg bible is one of the most valuable and sought after books in the world. Our Vancouver Public Library owns one of its pages.

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S5 E53 Dr. Crippen and The London Cellar Murder

In 1910, American-born Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen was living in London with his wife Belle, when he fell in love with Ethel Le Neve, his 20-something assistant. Crippen poisoned his wife and buried most of her in the cellar of their Hilldrop Crescent home. Then he told friends and business associates that Ethel was his housekeeper, and he moved her into his house.

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S5 E52 Andrea King

 

Eighteen-year-old Andrea King graduated with honours from New Westminster Secondary in June 1991. She took a job with Greyhound Bus Company to save money for a trip across Canada. Her plan was to check out universities while she worked her way home to British Columbia. On January 1, 1992, Andrea took an Air Canada flight to Halifax.

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Empress of Ireland: The Vancouver Connection

I gave the first talk about my new book Beneath Dark Waters at Black Bond Books in Ladner Thursday night.

I’ve been researching and writing this book for several years and usually when I tell people what I’ve been working on, few have ever heard of the Empress of Ireland, the CPR liner that sank in the St.

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