#77 Rubber chicken, pot shops, sexism
REVIEW: Surviving City Hall By Donna Macdonald Gibsons: Nightwood Editions, 2016. $22.95 / 978-0-88971-320-8 Reviewed by Ginny Ratsoy * In… FULL STORY
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#76 Trump’s wall foretold
Claudia Casper’s futuristic third novel, The Mercy Journals (Arsenal 2016) foretold Trump’s threatened wall between the U.S. and Mexico. It… FULL STORY
#75 Before the flood
REVIEW: Ootsa Lake Odyssey: George and Else Seel — A Pioneer Life on the Headwaters of the Nechako Watershed by… FULL STORY
#74 Street views before Google
REVIEW: Glorious Victorian Homes: 150 Years of Architectural History in British Columbia’s Capital By Nick Russell Victoria: TouchWood Editions, 2016…. FULL STORY
#73 Taking John Jacob Astor risks
REVIEW: The Fur Trade Gamble: North West Company on the Pacific Slope, 1800-1820 by Lloyd Keith and John C. Jackson… FULL STORY
#72 Reservations about reserve biz
REVIEW: The Amazing Mazie Baker: the Squamish Nation’s Warrior Elder by Kay Johnston Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press, 2016. $24.95 / 978-1-987915-06-8… FULL STORY
#71 Put down your smartphone
REVIEW: Jon Turk’s Crocodiles and Ice (Oolichan 2016) By Jeremy Twigg If you’ve ever wondered how to survive a crocodile… FULL STORY
#70 Aqua Vitae means booze
REVIEW: Aqua Vitae: A History of the Saloons and Hotel Bars of Victoria. 1851-1917 Glen A. Mofford TouchWood Editions, Victoria,… FULL STORY
#69 Balloons & oxymorons
REVIEW: The Sustainability Dilemma: Essays on British Columbia Forest and Environmental History by Robert Griffin and Richard A. Rajala Victoria: Victoria:… FULL STORY
#68 Won Alexander Cumyow
ARTICLE: As the Vancouver School Board’s newest school is being built for 520 elementary students at the edge of Chinatown,… FULL STORY
#67 In praise of Drinkwater Library
ESSAY: A Denman Island Porch Song… By Bill Engleson Once a week, every Wednesday from 1-4 in the afternoon, I… FULL STORY
#66 The demise of news
REVIEW: No News is Bad News: Canada’s Media Collapse — and What Comes Next By Ian Gill, foreword by Margo Goodhand Vancouver: Greystone… FULL STORY
#65 A fox behind a smile
REVIEW: Christy Clark: Behind the Smile by Judi Tyabji Victoria: Heritage House, 2016. $ 32.95 / 9781772031065 Reviewed by John Douglas… FULL STORY
#64 Growth of a Man
ESSAY: For good or ill, Harvey Reginald (H.R.) MacMillan (1885-1976) is a name synonymous with the forestry business in British… FULL STORY
#63 An Imperial crackpot in B.C.
REVIEW: Guilty But Insane: J.C. Bowen-Colthurst — Villain or Victim? by James W. Taylor Cork, Ireland: Mercier Press, 2016. €14.99 / 978-1781174210 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#86 From Malaspina to the Andes
Inge Bolin’s first novel, When Condors Call (Nanaimo: Chaska Publications, 2010) follows a young physician from the Peruvian Andes in… FULL STORY
#62 Coming out as Métis
REVIEW: I Am a Métis: The Story of Gerry St. Germain by Peter O’Neil Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2016. $32.95… FULL STORY
#61 Street Fighting Men
REVIEW: The Last Gang in Town: The Epic Story of the Vancouver Police vs. the Clark Park Gang by Aaron Chapman… FULL STORY
#60 The Liard Basin, 1790-1910
REVIEW: In 2016, after many years of research, Dr. Anthony Kenyon self-published The Recorded History of the Liard Basin 1790-1910…. FULL STORY
#59 From Civil Gothic to Modern
REVIEW: Thomas Fuller: Architect for a Nation by Dorothy Mindenhall [Victoria:] Lakehill Books, 2015. $45 / 978-0-9948095-1-3 * REVIEW: Imagining Uplands: John… FULL STORY
