On Sept. 1, 1885, commercial telegraph service was extended “from Montreal to the Pacific,” linking British Columbia to the country’s...
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During a tour of the Kilby Historic Site in Harrison Mills, I noticed a series of posters depicting the life...
This is a story about how dreams die. It’s about idealism and reality, yearning and deception, resilience and frustration. In...
Nootka Sound, a remote and breathtakingly beautiful inlet on the west coast of Vancouver Island, is a site of immense...
Nestled on the shores of Okanagan Lake in Penticton, the SS Sicamous is a captivating piece of history that transports...
Located in northern British Columbia, on the shores of Granby Bay in Observatory Inlet, lies the province’s largest ghost town...
British Columbia is a land of towering mountains, lush forests and a deep-rooted Indigenous history. Among the most striking and...
Vancouver’s iconic Marine Building, located at 355 Burrard Street, is an art deco marvel. The building was completed in 1930...
There are only a handful of steam clocks around the world, and you’ll find one in Vancouver’s Gastown. If...
High above the Trans-Canada Highway, where it cuts across the continental divide on the BC-Alberta border, there’s a small fossil...
