Eve Lazarus's Blog: Every Place has a Story, page 7
April 6, 2024
Cold Case Canada is a Webby Award Nominee!
I am thrilled to tell you that Cold Case Canada is up for a Webby Award – the only Canadian nominee in the Crime and Justice podcast category. This is a really big deal. The New York Times called the Webby’s “the Internet’s highest honor.”
Vote for Cold Case Canada at the Webby Awards
There are two parts to the award.
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March 15, 2024
The 1976 Murder of Elizabeth Gardner
In 1976, when Heather Ede was 14 years old and living in Powell River, BC, the body of her friend Elizabeth (Lizzie) Gardner was found under the Lois River Bridge. For over 45 years Heather wondered what had happened to her friend and if the police were still investigating her death. In January 2022 she filed a Freedom of Information request with the RCMP.
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February 22, 2024
Granville and Georgia Streets: 150 Years in Virtual Reality
It’s Heritage Week (February 19 – 25) and if you’re looking for something to do Sunday, drop by Heritage Hall on Main Street and check out the Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s community fair. This year’s theme is Layer on Layer. It’s a great opportunity to meet a host of different community groups and take in Brian Walters’ seven-minute, award-winning virtual reality film.
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February 17, 2024
The Alley Murders Trailer
Exciting News! The Alley Murders episode has been shortlisted for a Webby Award and I could really use your help. Please vote for the Alley Murders here: Voting for the Webby Awards
Transcript for The Alley Murder episode trailer
I just want to know what happened.
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Cold Case Canada: The Alley Murders Trailer
Transcript for The Alley Murder episode trailer
I just want to know what happened. I want the whole story. I want people to know that she was more than a prostitute, she was more than a dancer, she was our little sister and we loved her with our whole heart.
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January 7, 2024
The House that Joe Built
Multiplexes will soon replace single family homes all over Vancouver. How many stories will be erased from our history?
I was reading an article in the Vancouver Sun yesterday called “Multiplexes may be coming to your neighbourhood soon.” It’s City Hall’s way of densifying our neighbourhoods, replacing those entitled single family homes with up to six strata homes on a single lot.
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October 27, 2023
The Ghost of Vancouver Firehall No. 19
Ryan Cameron has worked with Vancouver Fire and Rescue for the past 27 years. During that time, he’s had his fair share of burning buildings, calls to accidents, and of course, firehall hauntings.
Firehall No. 19
You can find Firehall No. 19 at 12th Avenue and Trimble Street in Vancouver’s West Point Grey.
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October 21, 2023
Francis Rattenbury: A Halloween Horror Story
Francis Rattenbury moved to Victoria in 1892. The 25-year-old had beat out 60 other architects to win the design competition for BC’s Parliament Buildings. Although massively over budget, the commission propelled the young architect’s career, and before long he had a slew of buildings after his name including the Empress Hotel, The Crystal Gardens, the CPR Steamship Building, the Bank of Montreal on Government (Irish Times Pub), and the Law Courts (Vancouver Art Gallery), as well as his own Oak Bay Mansion–Iechinihl, now a private school.
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October 7, 2023
Elsie MacGill (1905-1980)
October is Women’s History Month in Canada. This gives me a great excuse to write about Elsie MacGill, the Queen of the Hurricanes.
Elsie Gregory MacGill grew up on Harwood Street in Vancouver’s West End in the early years of the twentieth century. While other little girls in her dance class dreamed of performing on stage, Elsie wanted to know how things worked.
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September 10, 2023
Who Killed Nurse Inglis?
On September 10, 1969, 26-year-old nurse Myrna Louise Inglis finished her shift at St. Paul’s Hospital. It was shortly after midnight, the end of a long day, and she was tired. She changed out of her nurse’s uniform and into her street clothes. Because it was chilly, she draped her nurse’s cape around her shoulders.
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