Tag Archives: History

The Royal BC Museum in Victoria.CHAD HIPOLITO/The Globe and Mail Next week, the British Columbia government will lay out its business case for spending nearly $800-million to rebuild the Royal BC Museum in Victoria. The announcement, made May 13, was a shocker. B.C. Premier John Horgan promised a “safer, more …

The British Columbia government will lay out its case for building a new Royal B.C. Museum after the Opposition took aim at the initiative as a “billion-dollar vanity project.” Tourism Minister Melanie Mark said Thursday there has been interest in the business case since the government announced the $789-million rebuilding …

After departing London at 7.20pm on August 31, 1943, a train stopped off in Glasgow before making its way up to Inverness – it was here that a theft was discovered, with over £6000 of banknotes and jewellery missing from the mail bags. When workers moved the mail bags, with …

For much of the 19th century, the old Theatre Royal on Broughton Street was one of the capital’s top entertainment venues and was regularly packed to the rafters – but it suffered from awful luck when it came to fires. The original Theatre Royal opened in 1767 in Shakespeare Square, …

A knack for delving into the past to uncover answers has become a “labour of love” for retired clinical psychologist, Alverie Weighill. After eight years of painstaking research covering more than two centuries and all manner of topics, her new book, called The Resort of All Amorous Couples: Thomas Telford’s …

When the Royal opens its doors this month in Picton, it will support many of the 27 recommendations set out in Prince Edward County’s destination development plan.The Royal Hotel In July of last year, as tourist sites around the world stood empty, Sandbanks Provincial Park in Ontario’s Prince Edward County …

The world’s first-ever stamp will go up for auction in a few weeks’ time. An unused Penny Black is part of a document that’s expected to sell for between €4 and 7 million. The Penny Black was the world’s first stamp – and this one is from the very first …

  You should arrive at Escomb church on foot. It is such a marvellous thing – one of three complete Anglo-Saxon churches surviving – that it repays experiencing in its setting. (The other two churches are at Brixworth and Bradford-on-Avon.) I grew hungry to see it while eagerly sampling the …

A Royal Canadian Air Force CH-149 Cormorant helicopter performs search and rescue training with M/V Halmar, in the Halifax harbour, on Oct. 27, 2020. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press Another chapter in Sable Island’s long history of providing rescue services for struggling seafarers may be about to begin. The Royal Canadian …

Take your private boat or a water taxi to snorkel the wreck of the Rewa in the waters around Kawau Island. Photo / Mel Homer Kawau has a rich history and geography to explore, writes Mel Homer It’s dark. 12-year-old Sam is at the helm, battling to keep the boat …