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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Standing on guard for the monarchy

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For a dedicated monarchist, a moment with the sovereign, as Keith Roy experienced last summer in Toronto, is never to be forgotten. By Tom ...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

Mom-and-pop bookshop brainstorms way to stay solvent

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Kate, Drew and little Emma Grace Lorimer can be found hard at work at Tall Tales Books in Victoria. Chad Hipolito photograph for The Globe a...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Frank Howard, politician (1925-2011)

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Frank Howard shows off a 50-pound ling cod reeled in near Klemtu, B.C., while campaigning in 1958. By Tom Hawthorn Special to The Globe an...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Yippies in love: Exploring the Vancouver riot — of 40 years ago

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CBC archival footage shows Yippies flooding peacefully across the border during a notorious invasion of the border town of Blaine, Wash., i...
Monday, June 20, 2011

Confronting an attacker in court with forgiveness in her heart

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Jessica Ziakin Cook hopes the stranger who attacked her will come out of prison a better man. Chad Hipolito photograph for the The Globe and...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Veteran southpaw warms up to mark history

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The exterior of Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver is decorated by reproductions of the brilliant baseball paintings of local artist Jennifer E...

Dr. Herb Fitterman, ophthalmologist (1932-2011)

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Dr. Herb Fitterman is believed to have performed the first lens implant operation in Canada. By Tom Hawthorn Special to The Globe and Mail...
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Tom Hawthorn is a senior writer for the Government of B.C. He spent more than 40 years writing for newspapers and magazines in Canada and the United States. His most recent books are "Play Ball!," an anecdotal history of baseball in Vancouver, and "The Year Canadians Lost Their Minds and Found Their Country: The Centennial of 1967."
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