Vaqueros south and north
Luis Fabini’s photos and Wade Davis’ text celebrate ‘centaurs’ who share a powerful bond with the land and with their… FULL STORY
Stroke and distance
Using the index finger of his left hand, he began typing The Defiant Mind eight months after a massive ischemic… FULL STORY
Seeing Red
Steven Ferguson responds to Robin Brunet’s, Red Robinson: The Last Deejay. Usually cited as Vancouver’s first rock ‘n’ roll deejay,… FULL STORY
15 stories, 94 calls to action
Decolonization in Canada gives rise to In This Together, published from Victoria. REVIEW: In This Together: Fifteen Stories of Truth &… FULL STORY
Fernie fiasco results in book and opera
Prejudice led to the hanging, in 1923, of Fernie-based bootlegger Emilio Picariello and Filumena Lassandro. REVIEW: The Rise and Fall… FULL STORY
Oppenheim not Oppenheimer
Whereas Louis Oppenheim, from Poland, married Nukwa of the Nlaka’pamux people. Now his great-granddaughter has retrieved her mixed-race heritage. Bonnie… FULL STORY
Dawson City or bust
Robert McCandless reviews the Klondike recollections of a 24-year-old gold-seeker. REVIEW: All for the Greed of Gold: Will Woodin’s Klondike… FULL STORY
One man’s passion for Passchendaele
But Alan MacLeod’s Great Canadian Statue Hunt required dedication and stamina. Having had a great uncle who fought in World War… FULL STORY
Melanoma miracle
Claudia Cornwall’s Battling Melanoma outlines a triumph over “the fog of medicine.” An emotional upheaval can follow a diagnosis of… FULL STORY
Aloha Wanderwell, tomboy starlet
Bonnie Reilly Schmidt looks at her fascinating biography. REVIEW: Aloha Wanderwell: The Border-Smashing, Record-Setting Life of the World’s Youngest Explorer…. FULL STORY
Hannah and her sisters
The homesteading letters of Hannah Kirby and her brother Murdoch reveal the delights and drudgery of Fraser Valley pioneering at… FULL STORY
Putin’s Potemkin village
Russian-born Marina Sonkina, a Vancouver writer, reveals contemporary Russia beneath its facade. Every two years, Russian-born fiction writer Marina Sonkina… FULL STORY
Water. Ship. Down.
And, for ten years, questions have swirled around this tragedy. by Beverly Cramp Two passengers went missing, were never found… FULL STORY
A Mazie grace
Known to her family as ch’esken (Golden Eagle), Mazie made great bannock and raised hell in response to injustice, as… FULL STORY
Bob Bouchette, Everyman’s Columnist
Janet Mary Nicol recalls the life and the Byronesque death of this remarkable character from the Depression era. The prolific… FULL STORY
From pedlar to publisher
A memorial gathering will be held on October 30th. B.C.’s first independent book publisher was arguably Father Adrien-Gabriel Morice. A… FULL STORY
All hail piffle
In No News Is Bad News he scathingly attacks complacency and greed. The latest news about Canada’s print media is… FULL STORY
Recovering our Miss Moody
But Althea Moody and her book, Across the Bright Continent? Well, not so much. Missionary, linguist, teacher, and artist Althea… FULL STORY
Overcoming the digital divide
In 1997, anti-poverty advocates in B.C. met in Vancouver to create PovNet. B.C. libraries were recognizing there was a need… FULL STORY
The Reddest Rose
Ron Verzuh reveals why the life of this tireless union organizer, negotiator and Communist Party of Canada bureaucrat is worthy… FULL STORY
