Ray’s spectrum
In 1973, the Supreme Court’s historic Calder decision on the Nisga’a community’s title suit in British Columbia launched the First… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Many solitudes
A professor emerita of anthropology at UBC, Elvi Whittaker has edited a collection of essays about isolating experiences of women… FULL STORY
#177 Edward Arthur Wilson
LOCATION: Valdes Island. The charismatic and notorious scam artist, religious leader and author The Brother XII established his cult settlements… FULL STORY
#176 Julie White
LOCATION: Silver Creek Library, 921 Salmon River Road, 23 minutes southwest of Salmon Arm. DIRECTIONS: Head west on Trans-Canada Hwy/BC-1;… FULL STORY
#175 Alec Wainman
LOCATION: Wainman Cove, west side of Okanagan Lake, B.C. Having survived non-combative service in the Spanish Civil War, Alec Wainman,… FULL STORY
#174 John Tod
LOCATION: Tod House, 2564 Heron Street, Oak Bay. One of the oldest surviving houses in Western Canada was built by… FULL STORY
#173 Phil Thomas
LOCATION: Jericho Park, Vancouver. Adjoining the seaside setting for the annual Vancouver Folk Musical festival, there is a park bench… FULL STORY
#172 Rabindranath Tagore
LOCATION: Tagore bust, outside Asian Centre, 1871 West Mall, east of Nitobe Gardens, University of British Columbia. Awarded the Nobel… FULL STORY
#171 A.M. Stephen
LOCATION: The Felix Apartments, 610 Jervis Street (Jervis and Pender), Vancouver. Little-known today, A.M. Stephen resided here, in Suite 41,… FULL STORY
#170 Ed Starkins
LOCATION: 3851 Osler, Shaughnessy neighborhood, Vancouver The most famous unsolved murder in B.C. history is the subject of Who Killed… FULL STORY
#169 Bertrand Sinclair
LOCATION: Squitty Bay, Squitty Bay Provincial Park, east end of Lasqueti Island (at the end of Squitty Bay Road). 49°… FULL STORY
#168 Chelsea Rooney
LOCATION: Sirdar Pub, on Highway 3A, 20 minutes north of Creston. Established in 1925, this 60-seat pub attracts the two… FULL STORY
#167 Harry Robinson
LOCATION: Chopaka, an unincorporated settlement on the west bank of the Similkameen River. The hometown of Harry Robinson now mostly… FULL STORY
#166 Warburton Pike
LOCATION: Mount Warburton Pike, south side of Saturna Island. It’s the island’s highest point, at 497 meters. 48 46′ 28″… FULL STORY
#165 Helen Piddington
LOCATION: Loughborough Inlet, 150 miles north of Vancouver. A 22-mile stretch from Chancellor Channel and Cordero Channel to the mouth… FULL STORY
#164 Ray Phillips
LOCATION: Young Life’s Malibu Club, Malibu Rapids, 100 miles north of Vancouver, at the mouth of Princess Louisa Inlet, a… FULL STORY
#163 Laurence J. Peter
LOCATION: Metro Theatre, 1370 Southwest Marine Drive, Vancouver. One of the most famous non-fiction books written in British Columbia, The… FULL STORY
#162 Jean-François de Galaup
LOCATION: Mount La Pérouse, Graham Island, 3.5 km east of Gudal Bay, Haida Gwaii,of the Krajina Ecological Reserve (highest point… FULL STORY
#161 Miranda Pearson
LOCATION: Jericho Beach, 3941 Point Grey Road, Vancouver. Originally the site of a First Nations village called Ee’yullmough, the beach… FULL STORY
#160 Leonard N. Neufeldt
LOCATION: Yarrow Library, 4670 Community Street, Yarrow, Fraser Valley, 90 kilometres east of Vancouver, 12 miles southwest of Chilliwack. DIRECTIONS:… FULL STORY
