history

Community 2005

Grandmother – 150 Years of One Family’s History

Story Gregory Kero

Photos Courtesy of Gregory Kero

An amazing tale of triumph and tragedy that spans two centuries.

Environment 2005

Colour Me Koi

Story Philip C. Breakenridge

Photos Rebekah Storring

Vancouver embraces an eastern treasure.

Community 2005

Redressing the Past of the Lo Wah Kui

Story Warren A. Mailey

Photos Courtesy of Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 1773, Head Tax Document Courtesy of Linda Jang

Chinese-Canadians demand compensation for past injustices.

Community • Features 2004

Grappling with Change: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Story Oliver McPartlin

Photos Invisible Cities Press, David Adam

A martial art transplanted.

Art 2004

Handmade Paper

Story Taryl Guenter

Photos Paul Huang

Vancouver artisans revive and age-old craft.

Environment 2004

Gardening the Rough

Story Helen Stortini

Photos Salal Books and Helen Stortini

The restoration of a historical West Coast garden.

Food 2004

A Humble Little Bean

Story Max Mitchell

Photos Filip Hribal

The surprisingly interesting history of soy.

Food 2001

Mandarin

Story Dan Hirsch

Photos Pixabay, Creative Commons

History behind the mandarin orange.

Community 2001

Amur

Story Sean Harrison

Shamantic tales of Eastern Russia.

Community 2001

Ancient Science of the Orient

Story Sean Harrison

7,000 years of the Chinese technology.

Community 2001

The Drive

Story Shaye Hoobanoff

Art and culture is alive on Commercial Drive.

Community 2001

The Growing Culture

Story Britt Permien

Life of the Strathcona Community Gardens.

Art 2001

Ceramics of the Middle Kingdom

Story Sean Harrison

Information about the Chinese pottery exhibit that took place at the Museum of Anthropology in 2001.

Community • Features 2000

Aya’s Story

Story Tana Frie

Photos Archival images provided by Kootenay Lake Archives and the Langham Japanese-Canadian Collection

Branded an enemy alien and interned in a Kootenay ghost town, Canadian-born Aya Higashi rose above the injustice.

Features • Travel 1999

Shipwrecks of the West Coast Trail

Story Tim French

Photos Courtesy of the Vancouver Maritime Museum

Before it became popular with hikers, the Ship’s Graveyard was notorious for its maritime disasters.

Community 1999

Loyal to Country

Story Christine Fairburn

Photos Courtesy of the Chinese Canadian Military Museum

A museum opens to honour Chinese Canadian veterans who fought for social acceptance.

Art 1999

The Art of Strategy

Story Brent Evans-Campbell

After more than 2,000 years, Sun-Tzu’s The Art of War may be the most influential book on resolving conflicts in the business world today.

Travel 1998

First Class Warrior Empress

Story Kirsten Weisenburger, Marc Dinsdale

Memories of the luxury liner that once linked Vancouver to Asia.

Art 1998

Speaking in Stones

Story Kathleen Moynahan

A local artist explores the mysteries of Neolithic jade.

Community 1998

Ten Years On

Story Julie McCandless

A look back at Pacific Rim Magazine’s first decade.

Community 1997

Victoria’s Hidden City

Story Suzanne Brown

Touring Chinatown.

Community 1997

Dances with Lions

Story Patrick Kelly

Photos Paolo Camera, Creative Commons

China’s mythical lions.