Mining memories of mining families

A long-time resident of Balfour on Kootenay Lake, the late Shirley Stainton (at left, with brother Ray) has left behind a heartfelt memoir of West Kootenay working class lives, reviewed by Sylvia Crooks. FULL STORY

From 1975 to 2009, Neil Sterritt and his family lived at Temlaham Ranch, the site of a Gitxsan ancestral village… FULL STORY

A journalist since 1990, order Ding Guo has contributed to World Economic Review magazine, China Times Weekly, World Journal, Asian… FULL STORY

In recent memory, most people know the iconic Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver has played host to musical greats like The… FULL STORY

Nothing remains of the factory now other than a creek named in its honour, but in its heyday, safely concealed… FULL STORY

By Arthur Joyce For an historian, it’s a rare day you get to unearth and publish an original manuscript. Cole… FULL STORY

You’ve heard of Ellis Island, the processing station in New York harbour for millions of immigrants who came to America… FULL STORY

At the outset of the Philip Borsos movie The Grey Fox, often cited as one of the best Canadian films… FULL STORY

Has anyone noticed? We’ve had a flurry of books only about the lives of individual First Nations women of BC…. FULL STORY