History

Read about the evolution of Whistler's party scene through the eyes of an East Vancouver father who enjoys spending time with his family there now.

In this episode of BC Was Awesome I travel to Nanaimo to get the story of how their world famous bathtub races came to be. It all started with the guy who is arguably their most popular mayor ever: Frank Ney.

In this episode of BC Was Awesome I travel to Salt Spring Island to hang out with Naidine Sims, a descendant of some of the first settlers on this Gulf island. Sylvia Stark and her family made the trek to Canada over 150 years ago - on foot.

During the gold rush in B.C. some curious animals were brought here to carry the prospectors' supplies: camels! Bactrian camels to be exact. The ones with two humps.

 Eddy Haymour is a somewhat misguided visionary whose story is forever tied to Rattlesnake Island on Okanagan Lake. In the 1970s Haymour decided wanted to build a Middle Eastern theme park on the lake. He saved up, bought one, and went to work.

What was it like to hit the midway at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) in Vancouver back in 1960?

If you loved live music you loved the Town Pump, because every genre of music played its stage too

An ancient cave in Charlie Lake home to thousands of years of indigenous history has been designated a national historic site by Parks Canada.

This high “steaks” story from Sept. 28, 1976, found a herd of cows gone overboard in the waters of Burrard Inlet in Vancouver.

Vancouver International Airport, then known as Sea Island Airport, opened in 1931