A new shark for BC – Pacific Angel Shark
You’d think that sharks and rays would be pretty well known along our coast. Did you know that two Hammerhead Sharks have been […]
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Toruk Makto – the last shadow.
Belted Kingfishers (Megaceryle alcyon) usually take fishes – why else would they be called kingfishers. They sometimes take crustaceans and frogs, and I’d […]
“The Best Surviving Copy”: Preserving BC’s Filmed History
This edited video clip from Out of the Shadows (BC Archives AAAA2523) shows how two separate video transfers have been combined to create the best possible version […]
Anti-German Feeling Erupts in Downtown Victoria: May 8-9, 1915
102 years ago this week, nine months into the First World War, anti-German sentiment boiled over in the streets of Victoria, BC. The […]
On top of Mount Tolmie, all covered with Lizards
Was this an odd title? Actually I think the song went, “On top of spaghetti… all covered with cheese, I lost my poor […]
Expo 86 opening 02 May 1986
Expo 86 opened its doors to the world on 02 May, 1986. Leading up to the World Fair, several large infrastructure projects were […]