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 evelazarus.com/book/vancouv...

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...

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 evelazarus.com/book/beneath...

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 evelazarus.com/the-empress-...

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

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-...

We’re looking forward to hearing from these authors and more at the 2025 Festival. Tickets go on sale to the public September 16! • elin kelsey • Wesley King • Emma Knight • Clara Kumagai @clarakiyoko.bsky.social • Eve Lazarus @evelazarus.bsky.social • Danielle Leavitt

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! evelazarus.com/on-tour/

Eve Lazarus: Superyachts and lost fountains, lots to see at Lonsdale Quay

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 evelazarus.com/eve-lazarus-...

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-...

Over 50 years has gone by since Bruce Stewart took these photos of False Creek. Not much is recognizable now. Story and photos: evelazarus.com/false-creek-...

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. evelazarus.com/ten-things-y...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Eve Lazarus: Taking a second look at third crossings for the North Shore

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/

On Aug 10, 1994 Nick Masee and his wife Lisa disappeared from their #NorthVancouver home. Their car was in the drive, the front door unlocked, the security system off, and inside were their passports and Spider, their 17-year-old cat. Are they missing or murdered? evelazarus.com/cold-case-ca...

I am so honoured to be included in the line-up of this year's Vancouver Writer's Festival.

Lindsey Nicholls, 14 was last seen heading towards #Comox on August 2, 1993. She was supposed to meet friends at Comox Nautical Days Festival but never arrived. Lindsey's story is in #ColdCaseBC evelazarus.com/book/cold-ca... & episode 36 of #ColdCaseCanada #truecrime evelazarus.com/cold.../lind...

On August 2, 1970, three people died when Russian freighter Sergey Yesenin collided with the Queen of Victoria in Active Pass. The freighter’s steel bow sliced through the B.C. Ferry, almost cutting it in half. Story: evelazarus.com/bc-ferries-a...

There is a memorial service for the Jack family in #PrinceGeorge tomorrow. Doreen & Ronnie, both 26, Russell 9 & Ryan 4, were last seen there on August 2, 1989. It's Canada's only case of an entire family that has disappeared #ColdCaseCanada episode 32 #truecrime evelazarus.com/cold-case-ca...

On July 31, 1999, Vancouver’s much loved Trader Vic's set sail for its new home on Vancouver Island. Trader Vic’s had been part of the Westin Bayshore Hotel since 1961. Photo Rob Kruyt, Vancouver Sun. Story: evelazarus.com/missing-heri...

A Fred Hollingworth-designed studio and carport in Upper Lonsdale have been given a last-minute reprieve, as the District of #NorthVancouver look for ways to save them. The studio (below) was designed for well known architectural photographer Selwyn Pullan. Story: evelazarus.com/selwyn-pulla...

"Of the many places that victims of the #EmpressofIreland disaster came from, one of the most obscure was Comaplix, a sawmill town in BC," writes Greg Nesteroff. "Freda Evans, 27 ran the Lardeau Hotel with her husband Russell." Story: evelazarus.com/empress-of-i.... #beneathdarkwaters #shipwreck

In great company at Black Bond Books in Maple Ridge! Every book comes with a seal (I wish)

At the shipwreck panel "Going Down in History" with Ken McGoogan and Amanda Farnel at the Saskatchewan Festival of Words last Saturday. The blue chest belonged to Glenda Julian's grandmother who came to Canada on the #EmpressofIreland in 1913 #beneathdarkwaters evelazarus.com/book/beneath...

MISSING: Seven-year-old Terri Lynn Scalf was last seen outside her #Aldergrove, BC townhouse on July 24, 1983. She had been outside playing with friends and never returned. #ColdCaseCanada #truecrimepodcast #truecrime evelazarus.com/the-disappea... Photo: Vancouver Sun, May 15, 1991

A brief history of #WestVancouver's Ambleside

Can't wait to get to Moose Jaw and the Festival of Words this week! Huge thank you to the CBC's Shauna Powers for a great conversation about Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck this morning @saskatchewan www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

The Tomahawk Restaurant is a much loved North Vancouver Institution that turns one hundred next year. And while it has a rich history, the restaurant's future is uncertain future Story: evelazarus.com/the-tomahawk... Eve Lazarus photo #northvancouver #heritagebuildings #everyplacehasastory

It's a wrap for Season 6 of my #ColdCaseCanada podcast! Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to listen. The most listened to episodes this season were Aimee Beaulieu E48,The Kitimat Murders E47, Boys in the Woods E51 and Andrea King E52 evelazarus.com/podcasts/pod... #truecrimepodcast

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Until a few years ago, Eve Lazarus had never heard of the Empress of Ireland—a fact she found staggering, given its 1914 sinking claimed more passenger lives than the Titanic. In 2019, she set sail to uncover the mystery of one of its few survivors: thewalrus.ca/empress-of-irela...

The Tsleil-Waututh Nation hosted canoe races are on this weekend at Cate's Park, North Vancouver (Whey-ah-Wichen). Bruce Stewart took these photos in the mid 1970s evelazarus.com/whey-ah-wich... #northvancouver #everyplacehasastory

The annual Canoe Festival at Whey-ah-Wichen (Cates Park) kicks off today and runs all weekend. Bruce Stewart photo of Indigenous women competitors in the mid-1970s. #northvancouver #TsleilWaututh Story: evelazarus.com/whey-ah-wich...

Eve Lazarus: North Vancouver's Tomahawk Restaurant has a rich history but uncertain future

I am so excited to be included in this amazing line-up!

In 1995 a partial skull was discovered near #Mission. She is thought to be Robert Pickton's 1st victim & the only woman whose remains were found who is still not identified. Now 30 years later, genetic genealogy may finally give Jane Doe her name back evelazarus.com/cold-case-ca... #coldcasecanada

The Gutenberg Bible is one of the most valuable and sought after books in the world. Our Vancouver Public Library owns one of its pages. New blog post: evelazarus.com/the-gutenber... #everyplacehasastory

Greek Days kicks off tomorrow (June 22) at 11:00 am along Kitsilano's West Broadway (between Macdonald and Blenheim). The annual festival has been running since 1974 around the time that Bruce Stewart shot this photo. For more of Bruce's work see: evelazarus.com?s=bruce+stew... #everyplacehasastory

On June 19, 1973, fire broke out at the old King Edward High School at West 12th and Oak Street. The building was destroyed, but remnants remain on the site, now part of Vancouver General Hospital. Photo courtesy Vancouver School Board, 1912. Story: evelazarus.com/fire-at-king... #vancouverexposed

There's a memorial service today at 1 p.m. at New Brighton Park hosted by Ironworkers Local 97.

The Ironworkers Memorial Bridge collapsed on June 17, 1958 killing 18 men, and one diver the following day. It is the worst industrial accident in Vancouver’s history. Angus Stewart shot this and other photos immediately after the tragedy. Story: evelazarus.com/the-day-the-...

By the time Ann Spiller was 26, she had stolen nearly $500,000 from the Penticton Branch of the Royal Bank. Ann, who had a grade 12 education and a C- in bookkeeping, worked as a teller between 1962 and 1968 and made $73 a week. New #ColdCaseCanada podcast episode: evelazarus.com/cold.../s5-e...

Loved my store visit and signing at Volume One Books in #Duncan yesterday! Thanks so much to everyone who dropped by to say hello! This is Sue - her grandfather was John Langley who lived in Merritt, BC and survived the sinking of the #Empressofireland in 1914 and WW1! #beneathdarkwaters #shipwreck