Japan’s dramatic entry means that the Pacific is now a war zone.
The late Bob Dougan of the pioneering Cobble Hill family completes his tale of a Christmas concert in a one-room schoolhouse in the 1920s.
“It was a big job for a young woman in a one-room school. Some of the boys, raised on farms, were big and not easy to discipline.”
Earlier this year I told you about ‘Queen of the Hurricanes’ Elsie McGill (1905-1980)
In due course, all appeared before Magistrate Yarwood. That’s when the fun began.
With Halloween and Remembrance Day now behind us it’s full steam ahead for Christmas — at least in the stores.
“It was simply painful to watch the efforts of the firemen at this stage of the fire.” —Nanaimo Free Press.
“Will not the women of Nanaimo come forward in this emergency to help their sisters who are less fortunately situated?” —Nanaimo Free Press.
The fate of the former police craft and fisheries vessel Laurier II remains unclear.
In his day he was Cowichan’s best known citizen — known not just locally and regionally but internationally
Arrested by the SS, F/Lt. Rey was put on bread and water for 30 days; his Austrian friend was shot.
“We have a good chance of saving the ship and we are going to have a ruddy good try.”—Capt. Lay.
Last month, CFB Esquimalt bore witness to a moment in history as the final reunion of HMCS Uganda/Quebec Veterans’ Association took place.
Unveiled by the British government in 2012, the Arctic Star is the latest decoration for service in the Second World War
Dorothy Twist is the only woman whose name is on the Duncan and Cobble Hill Cenotaphs.
With a quick farewell kiss and faithful collie Yarrow for companion Minnie began her race against time.
Vancouver and Nanaimo made newspaper headlines, early in July 1888
Not surprisingly, the vault was empty as per its inscription: “For fools and traitors — nothing.”
The weird story of Edward Arthur Wilson — Brother XII — seems too incredible to be true.
The case took a startling turn in January 1870 with the sudden turning-up of Leonard Stealey — Butch.
