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Eve Lazarus
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Eight-time award losing author and true crime podcaster with a passion for history. Latest book: Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck http://evelazarus.com/
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Percy Williams died Nov 29, 1982. He was 74. I reckon his life and his death are worth a mention, because in these days of super-charged athletes, Percy was truly unique. Shown outside his Mount Pleasant house, dressed for the Olympics. Vancouver Archives photo, 1928 evelazarus.com/percy-willia...
Photo shows a young skinny man dressed in the Olympics running uniform of 1928 standing outside his old Mount Pleasant heritage house
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Excited to be in Sidney next Saturday to chat about the #EmpressofIreland, the CPR liner that sank in 1914 killing more passengers than the Titanic. I'll be talking about some of the local connections, including Dr. James Grant, the 26-year-old ship's surgeon and hero www.sidneyliteraryfestival.ca
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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In 1965, George Klippert was arrested and charged with 4 counts of gross indecency for having consensual sex with adult males. He was assessed as “incurably homosexual,” labeled a dangerous offender and sentenced to life in prison. Story:
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Vancouver Archives photo
November 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Happy Halloween! Enjoy a totally true ghost story from Vancouver's Dominion Building evelazarus.com/ghosts-of-th...
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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It's the countdown to #Halloween and we're visiting local #haunted buildings. The Overlynn mansion in #NorthBurnaby is owned by Action Line Housing Society and prior to that, it was a Catholic girl’s school. Some of the former occupants appear to have stuck around evelazarus.com/overlynn-bur...
October 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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It's almost #Halloween and this 1911 house is (now the Burnaby Arts Gallery) is brimming with ghosts. Sightings include original owner Grace Ceperley, Benedictine monks, members from a bizarre cult and a poltergeist in the basement. Cold Case Canada episode 34 evelazarus.com/cold-case......
October 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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In honour of #Womenhistorymonth meet the Flying Seven, pictured in #Vancouver in 1936. They tried to enlist in the Canadian Air Force, but they weren’t allowed because they were girls. Instead they raised money for the war effort by performing stunts in the air evelazarus.com/tosca-trasol...
October 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Murchies Tea+ Coffee store at 1008 Robson Street, Vancouver. Murchies occupied the building from 1947 until 1984. The site was redeveloped in 1995. Mintage, vintage clothing is now in the space. Bruce Stewart photo, 1981 evelazarus.com/vancouvers-s... #everyplacehasastory #vancouverexposed
October 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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You have seen some of Angus McIntyre's beautiful photos on this page, on my blog and in my book Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City's Hidden History.
Now you can meet Angus next Saturday and hear about his 40-year career as a Vancouver bus driver @spacecentreyvr.bsky.social - bit.ly/4nCBHXD
October 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Grace Hospital opened on October 2, 1927 at Heather and 26th Avenue in Vancouver. It had 50-beds and bassinets. The new Grace Hospital opened in April 1982, and four years later, the old hospital had morphed into "Grace Estate" a two-level, 40-suite condo building
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October 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Are in planning to be in North Vancouver tomorrow night? So am I! I'll be giving a talk and showing off some photos from my new book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck. It's at Lynn Valley Library on Lynn Valley Road at 6:30 pm evelazarus.com/book/beneath...
September 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Today is #WorldMaritimeDay and a great excuse to remember the #EmpressofIreland, the CPR liner that sank in 1914 and claimed four more passenger lives than the Titanic. There were 75 passengers onboard from BC - only 10 returned #shipwreck #beneathdarkwaters
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A postcard which has a picture of a CPR steamship which is black and white with two yellow and black funnels. The words Empress of Ireland 1914-2014 are underneath. At the other side there is a lighthouse and relevant places plotted on a map such as Pointe-au-Pere. Above that is a Canada Post stamp
September 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Oliver Mardall of Vancouver was one of 161 Salvationists heading to the International Congress in England when the Empress of Ireland sank in 1914 #beneathdarkwaters #empressofireland
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Photo shows the Salvation Army staff band holding their instruments just before they embarked on a trip to England on the Empress of Ireland in 1914. there is a huge drum in the front and the caption says that those marked x were rescued.
September 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Excited to be giving a talk and showing off some of the photos from #BeneathDarkWaters at the #Abbotsford Community Library this Saturday afternoon! It's free, but the library would love you to register at www.fvrl.bc.ca/events/7298
#empressofireland #shipwreck
Poster shows a head and shoulders photo of Eve Lazarus who has short light brown hair and is wearing glasses and a short sleeved top. Underneath is a cover of her book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck, and above that is the time and date Saturday September 20, 2025 at 2:00 pm and below that a description of the event at the Fraser Valley Regional Library in Abbotsford
September 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Bruce Stewart took this photo of people boarding the Bonabelle in the '70s. I took the second photo in August 2025 to show the change in the skyline evelazarus.com/false-creek-...
Dozens of people are lined up along a dock in False Creek to board the Bonabelle, a former North Shore ferry. The Granville and Burrard bridges are in the background as is the 1970s skyline of Vancouver which shows the BC Electric building, the Hotel Vancouver and a very new Royal Bank Tower The Vancouver skyline of glass towers taken from the south side of False Creek. The Granville and Burrard bridges are visible in the background and their boats in the water.
September 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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I’m hitting the road this month and next, and I'll be in #Kelowna, #Nelson, #Trail and #Abbotsford with stops back in #NorthVancouver and #Vancouver. If you're in the area, please stop by and say hello, I'd love to see you!
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Eve Lazarus is standing in front of a wall of waves. She has shoulder length light brown hair and is wearing a blue cardigan. There is a cover of her book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck Book covers of Vancouver Exposed, Cold Case BC, Cold Case Vancouver, Murder by Milkshake and Blood, Sweat and Fear
September 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Lord Byng Secondary turned 100 this year, which is quite a feat considering most Vancouver buildings are lucky to make it to their 25th. The school is on W16th in Point Grey, and the photo was likely taken in 1925
Photo courtesy Vancouver Archives and Canadian Colour
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Three storey brick building with a 1920s car parked out the front
September 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Angus McIntyre took the first photo from Choklit Park at W 7th and Spruce St in 1974. He took the second photo at the same spot in 2011. The CPR yards are visible and the foreground is clearly ready for development.
More photos of False Creek in the '70s: evelazarus.com/false-creek-...
Photo shows the North Shore mountains and the Vancouver skyline in 1974. The foreground shows land getting ready for development Photo shows Vancouver's skyline and the north shore mountains in 2011. It was taken by Angus McIntyre to compare to the same view in 1974
September 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Taking the bus to the PNE this weekend? Angus McIntyre is on the back of a Brill trolley maneuvering around a detour to the PNE in 1974. He tells me they'd do this while travelling at speeds of up to 30 km/hr.
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Angus McIntyre is riding the back of a Brill Trolley bus that's taking a detour to the PNE in 1974.
August 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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In 1957 the PNE prize home (which is still in Burnaby) at 1,444 sq ft, was 1.5 times the size of a normal house. It was a single-storey early Rancher and it was less than half the size of this year's prize home which comes with a library and a whiskey tasting room evelazarus.com/the-pne-priz...
August 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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In 2020 Sébastien Hudon bought a film at an online auction in England sight unseen. It turned out to be a newsreel missing since 1914. It had images of two Empress of Ireland survivors from Silverton, BC and it led Seb on a quest to find the story behind a broken ring evelazarus.com/the-story-of...
Photo shows a broken gold ring and the jewelry box it came in which is stamped H. Samuel Jeweller Manchester
August 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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The Sky Glider was introduced to the PNE in 1970 and was a crowd favourite for 15 years. It carried passengers in gondola chairs in a 7-minute, one-way trip. If you're wondering where it went, it's at Mount Seymour - it's been the Brockton Chair since 1988 evelazarus.com/ten-things-y...
Two women with big hair are shown riding a gondola at the PNE in 1971. The fair is shown below
August 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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On August 22, 1964, 20,000+ teens packed Empire Stadium to watch the Beatles for 27 minutes. One of the broadcasters was Rene Castellani. The following year, he murdered his wife Esther with arsenic flavoured milkshakes evelazarus.com/book/murder-...
Photo courtesy Rob Frith and Neptoon Records
The four members of the Beatles dressed in blazers and sitting behind a long desk with microphones at a news conference in Vancouver.
August 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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A nice rainy day to usher in the first day of the PNE!
This 1959 photo of the PNE parade at Burrard and Dunsmuir, Vancouver was taken by 13-year-old Bruce Stewart. For more things that you won't see at this year's PNE check out: evelazarus.com/ten-things-y...
Photo of a pink float at Burrard and Dunsmuir Streets in 1959. Two women are seated at the front wearing long flowing white and yellow dresses and white gloves. A third woman is standing at the bank in a long blue frilly dress. Behind them are people sitting by the side of the road and on top of buildings to watch the parade. There is a neon Shell sign and an old vintage car.
August 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Lisa Gavin, 21, murdered Aug 13, 1988. She was strangled, her body found in the alley behind Knight and E49th. She was part of an investigation by the E-Alley task force formed to hunt a serial killer who was murdering Vancouver’s sex trade workers #ColdCaseCanada ep 41 evelazarus.com/alley-murders/
Lisa Gavin is smiling in the photo. She has should length brown hair and is wearing a long sleeved cream sweater over a shirt
August 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM