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This Week in History: Walking for peace

This Week in History: Walking for peace

Last year’s Walk for Peace. Organizers hope this will be a record year in the drive to bring peace to the world. Stand up and be counted. That's the theme behind the fifth annual Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Walk for Peace scheduled for this Sunday (April 27).
Read the sensational tale of a CKNW personality who murdered his wife with poisoned milkshakes in 1965

Read the sensational tale of a CKNW personality who murdered his wife with poisoned milkshakes in 1965

East Vancouver's Arsenal Pulp Press is going to be publishing another title from history author Eve Lazarus this October.
This undercover FBI agent lived in his van in B.C. during a "completely illegal" mission

This undercover FBI agent lived in his van in B.C. during a "completely illegal" mission

Before and after photos of special agent?, taken from his book, Deep Cover Researching for our BC Was Awesome show leads me down some interesting rabbit holes on the internet, and this week I was down one I came across a new history blog as well as a
Where to see one of only 7 surviving Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Interurban streetcars

Where to see one of only 7 surviving Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Interurban streetcars

One of only seven remaining BC Electric Railway Interurban streetcars has been painstakingly restored and resides south of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­in Richmond's historic Steveston Village. We've got photos and some vintage video.
Remembering the last ride on Vancouver's Oak St. streetcar line, 1952

Remembering the last ride on Vancouver's Oak St. streetcar line, 1952

On April 19, 1952, the Oak Street line of the BC Electric Railway streetcar system took its "last ride."
VIDEO: B.C.'s most awesome peace-time explosion! Ripple Rock in Campbell River

VIDEO: B.C.'s most awesome peace-time explosion! Ripple Rock in Campbell River

This week marks the 60th anniversary since the day of the explosion of a massive rock located near Campbell River in British Columbia! Debris was strewn 300 metres into the air, and it was all live broadcast on television.
Our 'BC Was Awesome' show will soon be available on all Air Canada flights

Our 'BC Was Awesome' show will soon be available on all Air Canada flights

We just learned that from June 1st until the end of August 2018 our BC Was Awesome history show will be part of the programming on Air Canada’s In Flight entertainment! All 12 episodes from Season 2 will be available on all routes that they fly: The
VIDEO: This is the real story of the "curse" hanging over Fernie

VIDEO: This is the real story of the "curse" hanging over Fernie

The second season of our BC Was Awesome show took us deep into the Kootenays to the town of Fernie, right near the B.C./Alberta border. The story we were trying to get to the bottom of was that of the Ghostrider curse.
Remembering the Marpole Bridge, which joined Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­and Richmond

Remembering the Marpole Bridge, which joined Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­and Richmond

Nearly 60 years before the Oak Street Bridge existed, the Marpole Bridge crossed the North Arm of the Fraser, joining what we now know as Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­and Richmond.
This Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­curling club is at the heart of an Olympics TV commercial (VIDEO)

This Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­curling club is at the heart of an Olympics TV commercial (VIDEO)

Even the commercial breaks during the Winter Olympics coverage bring out our Canadian pride. One ad stars a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­curling club that's been around for nearly 60 years.