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Missing or Murdered? The Mysterious Disappearance of Nick and Lisa Masee

by Eve Lazarus on August 14, 2020
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In August 1994, Nick and Lisa Masee disappeared from their North Vancouver home. Their case is with the RCMP, filed as missing persons with suspicious circumstances. Are they intentionally missing or murdered? You decide.

I worked for the Vancouver Stock Exchange in the late 1980s—the same time that Forbes Magazine published a cover story calling it the “Scam Capital of the World.” While I never met Nick Masee, the mysterious disappearance of he and his wife Lisa in August 1994 has always intrigued me.

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The Art of George Norris

by Eve Lazarus on June 27, 2020
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George Norris was born in Victoria in 1928. He studied at the Vancouver School of Art. His sculptures are spread around Vancouver, Victoria and Calgary, but his most famous is probably The Crab (1967) that sits outside the Museum of Vancouver. 

Last week I had the pleasure of writing about Svend-Erik Eriksen and showcasing some of his fabulous photos of early Vancouver.

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The Photography of Svend-Erik Eriksen

by Eve Lazarus on June 19, 2020
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I’m a big fan of Svend-Erik Eriksen’s photography of Vancouver in the ’70s. Last week I called him up and asked how he got started.

Erik, is an animator by trade, but his interest in photography goes back to the 1950s when he was a kid in Namu, BC. His parents had immigrated from Denmark and sponsored a Hungarian refugee family who lived with them for a year.

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10 ways to research your home (or someone else’s)

by Eve Lazarus on May 2, 2020
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10 ways to research your home – or someone’ else’s through online sources

Writer, librarian and podcaster Megan Cole sent me an email this week asking for some tips on researching the house where she used to live at 2856 West 5th in Kitsilano. It was such a great question, that it’s my topic for this week’s blog post.

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Jack Cash, Photographer

by Eve Lazarus on March 7, 2020
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Jack Cash (1918-2005) started as a Vancouver Sun photographer in the 1930s. He spent most of his life in North Vancouver and went on to have an amazing career. 

I first heard about Jack Cash when I was researching his mother Gwen Cash, who when she went to work for Walter Nichol at the Vancouver Daily Province in 1917, became one of the first female news reporter in the country.

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George Garrett: Intrepid Reporter

by Eve Lazarus on February 23, 2019
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If you listened to CKNW any time from the mid-1950s to the end of the ‘90s, you’ll remember George Garrett.

His memoir, George Garrett Intrepid Reporter has just been published, and it’s a great ride through four decades of politics, disasters, consumer investigations and murders.

I met George in the mid-1990s, when I was a Vancouver Sun reporter at the beginning of my career and George was nearing the end of his.

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The Introvert’s Guide to the Holiday Season

by Eve Lazarus on December 22, 2018
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After you’ve spent most of December at Christmas Parties and work functions, the small talk can just dry up. Here are some conversational kickstarters to get you back on track over the holiday festivities and help you find your feet.

  • The Story of the Severed Feet

    • I was at a Christmas party last week when the conversation turned to severed feet.

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