#92 Alfred Waddington
LOCATION: Mt. Waddington, Coast Range, at the heads of Bute and Knight Inlets [51°22’20″N 125°15’44”] Often cited as B.C.’s first… FULL STORY
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#91 Audrey Thomas
LOCATION: Public bench, Spanish Hills government dock, north end of Galiano Island. DIRECTIONS: Take the Sturdies Bay / Porlier Pass… FULL STORY
#90 James Teit
LOCATION: A Heritage Branch plaque can be found near the Chief Tetlenitsa Memorial Outdoor Theatre near the junction of the… FULL STORY
#89 Robert Swanson
LOCATION: Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel, 999 Canada Place, Vancouver Millions have heard the ten horns atop the Pan Pacific Hotel… FULL STORY
#88 Paul St. Pierre
LOCATION: Tombstone for Paul St. Pierre, Fort Langley cemetery, about 30 paces to the west of the War Memorial. At… FULL STORY
#87 Carol Shields
LOCATION: 990 Terrace Avenue, Victoria Carol Shields lived at this address for the final three years of her life, 2000-2003,… FULL STORY
#86 George Ryga
LOCATION: Summerland Library, 9533 Main St, Summerland A wall plaque to commemorate George Ryga was installed in the newly-opened Summerland… FULL STORY
Baker searches for historic ancestor
The Mapmaker’s Soul – indigenous influences & untold stories about the early explorers https://www.banyen.com/events/mapmaker Book Launch/Reading with Wade Baker and… FULL STORY
Beguiling Leftovers
Leftovers by Charles Demers Co-created with Marcus Youssef Neworld Theatre York Theatre Jan. 26-30 About half the shows one… FULL STORY
Chatting up the dead
Alma Lee’s CUFFED Crime Writers Festival in March will feature Grant McKenzie, a former newspaper editor who now writes thrillers… FULL STORY
#85 Andrew Scott
LOCATION: Telegraph Creek, the only town on the Stikine River, about 260 km upstream from its mouth. Accessible by the… FULL STORY
Hugh’s News #13
Kolin Lymworth’s Banyen Books operation in Kitsilano turned 45 in December. Also thriving, Vancouver Kidsbooks is relocating a few blocks… FULL STORY
#84 Don Sawyer
LOCATION: Lytton (aka Kumsheen or The Forks). Confluence of Fraser and Thompson Rivers. 50°13’28″N 121°34’39″W. Known as The Forks during… FULL STORY
#83 Eden Robinson
LOCATION: Kitamaat Village, at the head of the Douglas Channel, home to approximately 700 of the 1700 Haisla members, 10… FULL STORY
#82 Helen Potrebenko
LOCATION: 1724 Davie Street, Vancouver Helen Potrebenko marked the second anniversary of her participation in a lawful strike at English… FULL STORY
#81 Clive Phillipps-Wolley
LOCATION: The Grange, 3443 Drinkwater Road (originally Norcross Road), Duncan. Between Cowichan Valley Highway and Somenos Road. The only B.C…. FULL STORY
#80 Stan Persky
LOCATION: 1018 Burnaby Street, Vancouver, former location of Buddy’s Bar. Born in Chicago in 1941, Stan Persky was easily one… FULL STORY
#79 Juan Pérez
LOCATION: San Cristoval Range, Moresby Island, Haida Gwaii According to coastal place names expert Andrew Scott, the oldest surviving European… FULL STORY
#78 Bud Osborn
LOCATION: Insite Supervised Injection Site, 139 East Hastings Street, Vancouver Downtown Eastside activist Bud Osborn was an originator of North… FULL STORY
#77 Richard Olafson
LOCATION: Breezy Bay Bed ‘n’ Breakfast, Saturna Island. After arrival at the Lyall Harbour ferry dock, take the second right… FULL STORY
