Thursday, October 29, 2009

Premier's desk a thing of beauty

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Arthur Vickers crafted the Leadership Desk from old-growth cedar long ago salvaged from a burn pile. The spectacular desk will be used by th...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The Pointed Sticks take a poke at a comeback

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The Pointed Sticks were the toppermost of the poppermost in the early Vancouver punk-new wave scene. The band — (from left) Bill Napier-Hemy...
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Monday, October 26, 2009

Cancer diagnosis leads doctor on literary discovery

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As a Social Credit MLA, Dr. Howard McDiarmid helped create Pacific Rim National Park before building the new Wickaninnish Inn at Tofino. Pho...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

From academic obscurity to digital discovery

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By Tom Hawthorn Special to The Globe and Mail October 21, 2009 VICTORIA The authors spent untold sleepless nights fueled by coffee and a com...
Monday, October 19, 2009

Meet the red devil of the sea — and bring your fork

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An immature Humboldt squid is stranded after washing up on a beach near Tofino, B.C. (Below) A naturalist's squid is a gourmand's ca...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Literary newspaper near a loss for words

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Alan Twigg founded B.C. BookWorld in 1987. By Tom Hawthorn Special to The Globe and Mail October 14, 2009 VICTORIA At 11:21 a.m. yesterday, ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Remembering an unassuming warrior

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(Above) Elmo Trasolini sits on the wing of a captured German aircraft in his ancestral homeland of Italy in 1944. (Below) Norm Trasolini, th...