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Sep 18, 2017
5 min read
The Unsolved Murder of Jennie Eldon Conroy
Jennie was born in North Vancouver in 1920. She was five-foot-eight, with brown curly hair and blue eyes. She attended Ridgeway...
Jul 20, 2015
3 min read
The Impact of Alphonse Bertillon’s Work on Criminology and Modern Day Criminal Documentation
PHOTO: BERTILLON MUG SHOT — Bertillon’s example of his “Bertillonage” method. His mugshot includes details such as his height, shoe size,...
Jul 18, 2015
3 min read
The Gastown Riots of 1971
On August 7th, 1971, Vancouver’s Yippie Party and writers from The Georgia Straight organized a pro-marijuana “smoke-in” at Maple Tree...
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