Emery Barnes served on the BC provincial legislature for many years and was the first speaker in BC to be elected by a secret ballot. Through the advocacy of his family, Vancouver Parks Board named a multi-use, accessible park at the intersection of Richards Street and Davie Street in his honour.
When the township of Salt Spring was incorporated in Spring 1873, John Craven Jones, the island school teacher, and Henry William Robinson, […]
Mifflin Gibbs was designated as a Person of National Historic Significance on April 20, 2009. On February 19, 2017, Canada presented a […]
Emily Arabella (Emma) Stark was the daughter of Louis and Sylvia Stark. She was appointed the first teacher in the new North […]
The sensational Cuban pianist Pablo Cárdenas brings his top trio and reproduces many of Oscar’s most famous and beloved performances. On the […]
