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The Dark Side of Victoria’s Chinatown: Systemic Racism and The Opium Trade

The Dark Side of Victoria’s Chinatown: Systemic...

At the time, Chinatown was home to about 3,200 people, many working directly or indirectly in the opium trade as dockhands, merchants, or factory workers. The industry sustained hundreds of...

The Dark Side of Victoria’s Chinatown: Systemic...

At the time, Chinatown was home to about 3,200 people, many working directly or indirectly in the opium trade as dockhands, merchants, or factory workers. The industry sustained hundreds of...

Beneath the Glass Roof: The Legacy of Crystal Garden

Beneath the Glass Roof: The Legacy of Crystal G...

From the outset, Crystal Garden was an extravagant multi-purpose entertainment centre that hosted everything from beauty contests to art exhibitions to business conferences, and even military training exercises beneath its...

Beneath the Glass Roof: The Legacy of Crystal G...

From the outset, Crystal Garden was an extravagant multi-purpose entertainment centre that hosted everything from beauty contests to art exhibitions to business conferences, and even military training exercises beneath its...

Unusual Tales from The Empress Hotel: Are They Truth or Lore?

Unusual Tales from The Empress Hotel: Are They ...

From spectres in the halls to John Wayne “teaching” bartenders how to mix drinks, the grand dame of Victoria’s Inner Harbour has apparently seen it all… or has she? Let's...

Unusual Tales from The Empress Hotel: Are They ...

From spectres in the halls to John Wayne “teaching” bartenders how to mix drinks, the grand dame of Victoria’s Inner Harbour has apparently seen it all… or has she? Let's...

Boo(s), Bites & Bone-Chilling Tales: It's PETRIFIED PUB CRAWL Time Again!

Boo(s), Bites & Bone-Chilling Tales: It's PETRI...

They’re Baaaaack! 👻 Are you ready for a spine-tingling, pint-spilling, ghost-thrilling adventure through Victoria’s creepiest haunts? Good—because it’s Petrified Pub Crawl time again! Woo Hoo! From Oct 1st to Nov...

Boo(s), Bites & Bone-Chilling Tales: It's PETRI...

They’re Baaaaack! 👻 Are you ready for a spine-tingling, pint-spilling, ghost-thrilling adventure through Victoria’s creepiest haunts? Good—because it’s Petrified Pub Crawl time again! Woo Hoo! From Oct 1st to Nov...

Victoria’s Empress Hotel: Timeless Elegance, High Tea, and a Missing Tiger

Victoria’s Empress Hotel: Timeless Elegance, Hi...

From the moment it opened, the Empress was more than just a place to stay—it was the place to be seen. Its guest list over the decades reads like a...

Victoria’s Empress Hotel: Timeless Elegance, Hi...

From the moment it opened, the Empress was more than just a place to stay—it was the place to be seen. Its guest list over the decades reads like a...

Scandal and Splendor: Francis Rattenbury’s Legacy in Victoria

Scandal and Splendor: Francis Rattenbury’s Lega...

Rattenbury (in later years), Alma Pakenhan and George Stoner Framed by three impressive landmarks, Victoria’s Inner Harbour is, without a doubt, one of Canada’s most photographed waterfronts. And while the...

Scandal and Splendor: Francis Rattenbury’s Lega...

Rattenbury (in later years), Alma Pakenhan and George Stoner Framed by three impressive landmarks, Victoria’s Inner Harbour is, without a doubt, one of Canada’s most photographed waterfronts. And while the...