Main Street Farmers Market
If I could time travel to the early 1900s, Vancouver’s Main Street Farmers Market would be in my top 10 buildings to visit. False Creek: False Creek is a realtor’s dream. It’s a model of...
View ArticleThe Stanley Park Be-Ins
1967: It’s been 57 years since the first Stanley Park Be-In. A local take on the be-in that had taken place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park two months before and set the tone for the Summer of...
View ArticleA Charming 1904 Postcard
I found this charming little postcard dated August 7, 1904 while trolling Vancouver Archive’s website. It’s written to a Miss L.M. Woodrow “With every good wish for your birthday, from Emily.” Second...
View ArticleMISSING: Sharon McKenzie-Cramond
Pam Neufeld runs a YouTube channel called Missing in BC. She came across a photo of Sharon McKenzie-Cramond on the Vancouver Police Department website Vancouver Missing Persons and was surprised when...
View ArticleAlice Munro’s B.C. Connection
Alice Munro died on May 13, 2024. She leaves behind three daughters–Sheila, Jenny and Andrea and a huge body of work. A Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Munro was born in Ontario, but she lived in...
View ArticleThe Bizarre Case of Cindy James
Former Vancouver Sun crime reporter, Neal Hall, guest blogs about one of Vancouver’s most controversial cases. Thirty five years after 44-year-old Cindy James was found dead, people still wonder – was...
View ArticleThe Stanley Cup Riot (1994)
Thirty years ago today, I was the lucky Vancouver Sun reporter sent out to Surrey to ride the Skytrain downtown at the end of the Stanley Cup final. It didn’t matter who won (we lost 3-2 to the New...
View ArticleArthur Erickson’s Pad
Arthur Erickson is featured in an exhibition at the West Vancouver Art Museum with photos by Selwyn Pullan I dropped by the West Vancouver Art Museum Wednesday and joined a tour led by curator, Hilary...
View ArticleItalian Days 1977: a photo essay by Bruce Stewart
June is Italian heritage month, and this year Italian Days was held on Sunday June 9, 2024 I hate crowds, so I can’t give you a first-hand account of Italian Days this year. Having watched a couple of...
View ArticleThree Fountains and a Super Yacht
Do you remember the fountain at Lonsdale Quay? It had sails on top of a tiled base of green and blue swirls and whales and octopus and starfish. When my kids were small it was the best part of a visit...
View ArticleThe Nanaimo to Vancouver Bathtub Race
The Nanaimo to Vancouver bathtub race ran from 1967 to 1996 When I moved to Vancouver in the mid 1980s, I lived in an apartment at Third and Cypress in Kitsilano. Over the next 12 years, I moved two...
View ArticleEmily Carr’s $5.5 Million Cabin
Emily Carr’s 100-year-old Oak Bay cabin could be yours for $5.5 million dollars! The good news is that it comes with a 10-bedroom heritage house designed by Samuel Maclure. In 1913, Emily Carr paid...
View ArticleKitsilano in the ’70s: a photo essay
I lived at three different addresses along West 3rd in Kitsilano between 1984 and 1995. And, while I loved the beach, the restaurants, West 4th Avenue, and Granville Island, I would have liked to have...
View ArticleMore Photos of Kitsilano in the 1970s and ’80s
Last week’s blog on Kitsilano featuring Bruce Stewart’s photos, brought back memories and a healthy does of nostalgia from those of you who were lucky to have known Kits in the ‘70s. In this week’s...
View ArticleThe Disappearance of 20-Year-Old Melody Dobson
Every other week I receive a heartbreaking message from someone asking about a missing friend, or a missing or murdered relative that no one has heard from or about in decades. Mostly, they want to...
View ArticleThe PNE in the ’70s: A photo essay by Bruce Stewart
The PNE kicks off today (Saturday August 17) and runs until September 2. In 1992, I worked at the Vancouver Sun and that year I spent most of my August shifts at the PNE. One day I’d write about the...
View ArticleThe 1972 Dollarton Pleasure Faire
The Dollarton Pleasure Faire was held in the summer of ’72 at the Maplewood Mudflats in North Vancouver. It was a celebration of alternative living, an acknowledgement that its days were numbered, and...
View ArticleThe PNE: Then and Now
I went to the PNE last week, the first time in more than 15 years. I’m not going to lie, it was pretty underwhelming. For this post, I thought I’d draw from comments left on my August 17 blog and on my...
View ArticleThe Mission Pleasure Faire of 1971
The Dewdney Trunk Road Pleasure Faire was held over three days in September 1971, on land that was designated to become a federal penitentiary in Mission, BC. All photos by Bruce Stewart The Deluxe...
View ArticleThe Westwood Racing Circuit (1959-1990)
Before it was a housing development and golf course, Westwood Plateau was a 1,400 acre-odd parcel of land that included a racetrack. All photos by Bruce Stewart in 1970. Two of the streets in the...
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