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- Nov 28, 2020
- 4 min
The Legend of Mitzi Dupree


- Mar 6, 2020
- 4 min
The Vancouver Stock Exchange: A Legacy of Fraud and Money Laundering Part II


- Jan 18, 2020
- 4 min
The Vancouver Stock Exchange: A Legacy of Fraud and Money Laundering Part I


- Dec 19, 2019
- 4 min
Inside ‘Gun Culture’: An Interview with Museum Curator Elizabeth Peterson


- Dec 7, 2019
- 4 min
Computer Revolution: The Story of the VPD’s MDT Pilot Program


- Nov 9, 2019
- 6 min
Policing Vancouver During the Great War–Part 2

- Nov 8, 2019
- 3 min
Policing Vancouver During the Great War


- Sep 20, 2019
- 3 min
Salt Water’s City: “King of the Thugs” Jim Goon

- Jul 4, 2019
- 4 min
The Incredible History of The Penthouse: A Vancouver Landmark Weathers 70 Years of Change

- May 17, 2019
- 3 min
Sins of the City Tours: Inside Vice, Dice and Opium Pipes!

- Apr 19, 2019
- 3 min
The Rise and Fall of Vancouver’s Top Cop in the 1950s


- Mar 8, 2019
- 4 min
A History of Women in the Vancouver Police Department


- Feb 21, 2019
- 4 min
The City Analyst’s Lab: Vancouver’s History as a Forensic Pioneer

- Feb 13, 2019
- 3 min
The History of the Coroner’s Court, Part 3: The Bingo

- Feb 7, 2019
- 3 min
The History of The Coroner’s Court, Part 2: The Brilliant, Whiskey-Loving Coroner


- Jan 25, 2019
- 5 min
The Fascinating History of The Coroner’s Court: Part 1, The Bodies

- Jan 3, 2019
- 2 min
The Story Behind Tom Carter’s Painting of The Vancouver Police Museum


- Nov 23, 2018
- 3 min
The Mystery of Cannabis Criminalization in Canada

- Nov 15, 2018
- 2 min
Cars, Collisions and Traffic Safety: A Science of Its Own