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The Making of a Traditional Haida Wedding

A new book overflows with memories and photos of a marriage celebration in 1996—the first wedding in over a century to be performed under Haida law.

Community

Could Vancouver’s Historic Corner Markets Make a Comeback?

Meet me on the corner.

Community

The Ni’isjoohl Totem Pole’s Long Road Home

The long-awaited return of a Nisga’a memorial pole is a roadmap for the return of Indigenous artifacts from museums worldwide.

Community

The Trailblazing Canadian Woman at the Cutting Edge of Medical Research a Century Ago

Chilliwack’s Maud Menten held three PhDs and dedicated her career to life-saving research.

Impact

These Archival Photos of First Nations in B.C. Shine a Light on Traditional Daily Life

The Royal BC Museum is digitizing more than 20,000 photos of Indigenous communities, with help from FortisBC.

Vancouver’s Forgotten Streetcars

Community

Vancouver’s Forgotten Streetcars

Urban growth.

Streetcars of the Vancouver Electric Railway & Light Company began laying track in 1889.

Buntzen Lake Powerhouses

Community

The Buntzen Lake Powerhouses

Hidden Vancouver.

When they were first constructed at the dawn of the electric age, they were the first of their kind in North America—and were also at the centre of a major controversy.

John Sullivan Deas

Community

John Sullivan Deas

Good run.

He was a British Columbia canning pioneer and one of the province’s first prominent businessmen of colour.

Community

Letters to Joan Gillis

Stories of friendship.

Written between 1942 and 1946, a unique compilation of letters provides insight into one of the darkest chapters of Canadian history.