5 days This Week in History: Museum holds open house about new archive and collections facility planned in Colwood On this edition of This Week in History, meet the people who travel around the province sharing the Royal British Columbia museum's offerings and why a trip to Colwood was particularly enlightening... more
6 months This Week in History: Royal BC Museum's orca exhibition features fun interactive games It's the final episode of the season for This Week in History, and CHEK's Veronica Cooper takes one more look at the Royal BC Museum's spectacular new exhibition, Orcas: Our Shared Future.... more
6 months This Week in History: Royal BC Museum publishes book to accompany Orcas: Our Shared Future exhibition Since its first publication in 1891, the Royal BC Museum has published hundreds of works on a myriad of subjects. Now, as the museum welcomes visitors to its major exhibition, Orcas: Our... more
6 months This Week in History: a peek into the Royal BC Museum's new exhibition Orcas: Our Shared Future The Royal BC Museum's spectacular new exhibition Orcas: Our Shared Future is now open. "This is our biggest, most ambitious touring exhibition that the Museum has undertaken in decades," says Michael Barnes,... more
7 months This Week in History: Collaborating for Conservation: a Royal BC Museum Pocket Gallery exhibit The BC Parks License Plate program generates funds that support community engagement, Indigenous relations, and conservation. And right now, the Royal BC Museum has an exhibit detailing some of that important conservation... more
7 months This Week in History: BC Archives has large collection of vintage postcards The BC Archives houses thousands of fascinating collections, including postcards. Historian Nick Russell says a century ago, one could make a living as a postcard photographer. "Right before the First World War... more
7 months This Week in History: The remarkable life of Cowichan Elder Ruby Peter Ruby Peter was an inspiring Cowichan Tribes Elder who led a remarkable life. "My mom was a very inspirational woman," says Peter's daughter, Molly Peter. "She was very dedicated to our Coast... more
7 months This Week in History: Royal BC Museum's ICAR department The Royal BC Museum's Indigenous Collections and Repatriation department, or ICAR, oversees all of the exhibits in the First Peoples Gallery at the museum. Founded in January of 2017, the department is... more
2 hours CHEK Upside: The stage is set for live performance venues to return to full capacity The curtains will no longer be drawn at McPherson Playhouse as the show will be going on. It's one of many live performance venues across the province that are getting ready to re-open... more
2 hours Thieves hit Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Station in Nanaimo Thieves have targeted another volunteer-run non-profit in Nanaimo. The victim this time is the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Station 27 and they're turning to the community to help them find... more
3 hours Storm knocks out power to thousands on Vancouver Island, ahead of Sunday's 'major' event Wild winds knocked windsurfers around like bobbers on the water off French Creek Thursday, as the first in a trio of storms hit BC's south coast. Windsurfer Ola Mau said he couldn't... more
3 hours Rob Shaw: Why BCers will have to use two COVID vaccine cards to travel BC won't be immediately signing on to Ottawa's new vaccine card system for international travel - Rob Shaw explains why. more
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