Comments on: Movie projectionist escapes death when bomb wrecks car

By: Richard Douglas Griffin

Richard Douglas Griffin — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:14:30 +0000

I love history I didn’t know we had such cool history here like I didn’t know we had Indian wars but we did. That’d be a cool one to research.

By: Robert Gillespie

Robert Gillespie — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:43:37 +0000

Hi, I really enjoy your writings.

By: FW Jones

FW Jones — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:25:46 +0000

Great story , I love these yarns about Vancouver , thanks for posting!

By: Heather Lapierre

Heather Lapierre — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:05:54 +0000

Thanks for posting this fascinating bit of history that I had not heard about. Labour unrest got pretty nasty back then!
But the link to “How to make a stink bomb” – really? lol

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:10:21 +0000

It is great to see the history of Vancouver and Victoria “coming alive” before it is lost. The lives of our families in the earlier years there are fascinating. Thank you! I have a better understanding of what it was like for my great grandparents and other relatives.
I am researching my grandparents and relatives from County Sligo and County Meath Ireland. Many of them ended up in the Vancouver area. My great grandmother came to Ontario about 1850, married and had 2 children. When my great grandfather died probably of hard work my great grandmother remarried, had 5 more children, and with that family took the train to Vancouver to restart their lives. She ran a boarding house on Hastings street. It is difficult to believe how people travelled so far and worked so hard.
Again thank you for your work! I appreciate the pictures and the stories. People will enjoy these “histories” for years to come.

By: Loretta Houben

Loretta Houben — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:21:47 +0000

Eve, that is a most fascinating post! I guess upheaval and unrest and bombings have always been with us. Terrorism is not new! Thanks for the interesting read.