Lois Arnesen (1928-2017)
I was sorry to hear of the passing of Nelson’s Lois Arnesen (pictured below) on New Year’s Eve. I wrote a profile of Lois in 2012 for the...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jan 2, 2018
- 3 min
Japanese-Canadian pioneers of West Kootenay: Yodo Fujii
Long before Japanese Canadians were interned in the West Kootenay during the Second World War, a small number already lived here. They...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jan 2, 2018
- 3 min
Spokane’s Slocan saloon
In the early 1890s, three American cities boasted saloons called the Slocan. They don’t appear to have been connected and their...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Dec 31, 2017
- 1 min
Alfie Albo’s garage
An ad from the Rossland Miner’s historical edition of 1938 contained a photo of a dapper-looking Alfie Albo, proprietor of the Columbia...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Dec 31, 2017
- 4 min
A girl named Rossland
Below is a clipping from the Rossland Miner’s special historical edition of Oct. 11, 1938, about the first baby born in Rossland. The...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Dec 30, 2017
- 2 min
Nelson’s Disney imposter
In 1950, a man registered himself in a Vancouver hotel as Walt Disney. He certainly looked like the famed cartoonist. On that basis, he...
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