A History of British Columbia Day
Today is British Columbia Day – B.C.’s incidentally named civic holiday which is observed on the first Monday of August. Unlike Canada Day which is widely celebrated, B.C. Day seems to be little...
Category: British Columbia Culture
Hanging out with W.A.C. Bennett
A a greeting from W.A.C. Bennett in the fall, 1971 edition of Beautiful British Columbia Magazine. I’m a huge geek when it comes to history. I especially love British Columbian history so when I was i...
Vancouver water not really from Ontario
Throughout the Olympics I’ve really been impressed by the presence of other Canadian provinces and Territories in Vancouver. It’s good to see and feel the presence of the different r...
Expo ’86 Posters!
The other works I noticed this poster near Hastings and Willingdon. It’s since been ripped down and replaced with fireworks adverts so I thought I’d blog about it. It’s a message fro...
Is BC Transit being taken over by right-wingers?
I was surfing the web today when I happened upon the site for BC Transit which provices public transit services for communities outside of the Greater Vancouver Area. The BC Transit logo can be seen o...
BC’s last execution
April 28, 2009 marked the 50th anniversary of British Columbia’s last execution. Leo Anthony Mantha was a tugboat operator and former sailor. He was gay and wanted to have a long-term relationsh...
Remembrance Day
Well, today was Remembrance Day. It’s a time when we remember those who died in service to “King and Country”. Like most Canadians I have many relatives who fought for differen...
Canada Post is misleading
I got this letter in the mail today and noticed something odd about the label. It says “Celebrating 150 Years Service to BC”. I assume this is a Canada post message and I’m a l...
Damn Quebec
I was in the library today, I took out the DVD “Beloved”, which stars Miss Oprah Winfrey. I was a little annoyed when I saw this big display celebrating the 400th anniversary of Quebec Cit...
Russian British Columbia
Earlier this yearI devoted a lot of time and energy to an article that I wrote out of simple passion for the subject: Russia’s colonial exploits in British Columbia. Everyone knows that British ...