Story Sources
The Canadian Tuxedo
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"24 Double Denim Moments That Make A Case For The Canadian Tuxedo"
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"The 'Canadian Tuxedo' can apparently be traced back to Bing Crosby"
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"The Canadian Tuxedo: fashion faux pas or time-tested trend"
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"Soviet Denim Smuggling: The History of Jeans behind the Iron Curtain"
Trees of British Columbia
Oakalla Prison
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“How a blood riot and massive prison break brought down Oakalla, B.C.’s most notorious jail”
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“‘Crime of passion’: How a gay man became the last person to be executed in B.C.”
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“1912-1991: Oakalla (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre)”
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“Man raped by inmates during ‘scared straight’ prison tour awarded $175 from B.C.”
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“1912-1991: Oakalla (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre)”
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“Inside B.C. jails: Former inmates and their relatives speak out”
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“Hundreds of inmates had plastic surgery at B.C.’s Oakalla prison”
The Nanaimo Bar
Canada's First Lady of Jazz
The Herald Family
Hannah Maynard
Ghost Stories of British Columbia
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"These are the most haunted spots in B.C. that you must road trip to this fall"
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"Mandy: supernatural doll at Quesnel museum gets qr code to share ghostly stories"
Mandrake the Magician
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"Son of Mandrake the Magician saddened by 'magical house' destroyed by fire"
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Mandrake the Magician mailer, 1958, Lon Mandrake collection. Courtesy of the Surrey Archives, 2019.0028.
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Performance ticket, 1958, Lon Mandrake collection. Courtesy of the Surrey Archives, 2019.0028.
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University lecture flyer, [197-], Lon Mandrake collection. Courtesy of the Surrey Archives, 2019.0028.
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Lon Mandrake, 2007, Surrey Leader Photograph Fonds. Photo courtesy of the Surrey Archives, 2017.0022.373.07-1240.1.
Cougar Annie
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"Cougar Annie" - John Manning
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"Journalist John Manning and his dog, Lulu"
The Provincial Home for Old Men
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"Kamloops to use ground penetrating radar to locate graves where planned tree museum would go"
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"How a Death in Victoria Lead to Creation of the Kamloops Old Man's Home"
Phyllis Munday
Glen Brae Manor
In the Land of the Head Hunters
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"Potlatch"
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"In the Land of the Head Hunters: BC's first feature film celebrates 100 years"
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"Curtis' landmark 1914 Silent Film of the Pacific Northwest First Nations Culture"
The Heart of the Silvery Slocan
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"Ghost Town Mysteries: The Old Trolley Buses of Sandon, B.C."
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"Barleee was the real treasure of B.C.'s Gold Trails and Ghost Towns"
Leprosy and D'Arcy Island
Jane Rule
"It was a dark and stormy night..."
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"'Literary tragedy' of Bulwer-Lytton's dark and stormy night up for debate"
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"'It was a dark and stormy night': the literary cliche that inspired a contest for bad writing"
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"Toff and Proff duke it out at great Edward Bulwer Lytton literary debate"
Francis Mawson Rattenbury
Mary Spencer
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"Mary Spencer, pioneering photographer, showcased at Kamloops Museum"
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"Kamloops Museum & Archives presents: Mary Spencer, photographer"
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"Shorty Dunn, a member of Bill Miner's 1906 gang; in Kamloops after capture by police"
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"The Spencer Sisters of Summerland" (Sherril Foster)
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"Miss Mary Spencer" (Kamloops Daily New)
Playland's Wooden Roller Coaster
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"Playland's iconic wooden roller coaster named one of the best in the world"
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"Playland's iconic roller coaster celebrates 60 years of chills and thrills"
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"Canada's oldest wooden roller coaster gets green light to open for another season"
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"Vancouver's iconic wooden roller coaster gets recognition from heritage foundation"
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"You should know the history behind Playland's ancient, iconic wooden coaster"
The Recluse of the Rockies
Joe Fortes
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“Vintage Vancouver: The West End - A timeline of development”
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“[Joe Fortes standing at the gate of his cottage at the foot of Bidwell Street]”
Canada's Camelot
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"Historic 'Little England' Thompson community crowdfunds to reopen museum."
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"Golden Country: Past, Present, and Beyond: Ghosts of Walhachin part eight."