By michelle blackwell on January 4, 2018
The first edition of the Vancouver Weekly Herald and North Pacific News was printed January 15, 1886.
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By Linda Ong on January 10, 2014
A 1926 photograph from the Library’s Chung Collection triggered a personal journey for Bryan Chong and his family. Unbeknownst to Chong, his uncle—Wong Siu Boon—was a goalie for a soccer team that went on to defeat the UBC varsity team in 1933. It struck Chong that he knew very little about his uncle and […]
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