History

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What the new museum’s cancellation means for returning Indigenous artifacts

Hanna Hett
June 23, 2022

First Nations across BC are seeking to repatriate items from the Royal BC Museum. This is what the process has been for the Haíłzaqv, Huu-ay-aht, and Tseshaht nations.

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How a piano found its way back home after 80 years

The Takata family left some of their possessions, including a piano, with friends in Victoria when they were forced into an internment camp in 1942

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An internment camp ‘comedy’ opens in Victoria next week

By Tim Ford
April 27, 2022

Kunji Ikeda’s show, Sansei, explores his family’s connection to the Japanese internment camps

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Victoria’s popular blossoms are a tribute to efforts by the deep-rooted Japanese community

By Emily Fagan
April 8, 2022

Blossoming trees like cherry and plum account for nearly one in four public trees in Victoria

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Why Victoria’s English is nearly gone

By Jolene Rudisuela
June 14, 2021

Generations of born-and-raised Victorians spoke like they were from England, but this local accent is nearly extinct

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Amid a violent year for the Chinese community, a push for a Chinatown museum

By Tim Ford
March 22, 2021

In Canada's oldest Chinatown, a community that has faced discrimination since its inception reckons with it today

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A lion on the loose: how an unregulated Nanaimo zoo resulted in tragedy

By Jolene Rudisuela
March 9, 2021

Big cats and small children played together at Hertel’s zoo. Escapes were commonplace. Then the inevitable happened

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Trove of artifacts from Esquimalt Harbour remains untouched at Royal BC Museum due to pandemic

by Aaron Guillen
March 4, 2021

A remediation project has uncovered centuries-old artifacts under the waves.