Download or read book Tales of the British Columbia Provincial Police written by Cecil Clark and published by Sidney, B.C. : Gray's Pub. This book was released on 1971 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 92 Years of Pride 1858 1950 written by British Columbia Provincial Police Veterans' Association and published by Kelowna? B.C. : Okanagan Division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. This book was released on 1986 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book B C Provincial Police Stories written by Cecil Clark and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 1986-05 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cecil Clark's stories from the archives of B.C.'s first lawmen show why the B.C. Provincial Police was considered one of North America's best police forces. Included are tales of the McLeans, a gang of vicious young killers in the Interior; "Skook" Davidson, one of the force's most unconventional Special Constables; canine policemen; and Sergeant Sperry Cline and his one-of-a-kind approach to policing.
Download or read book The Man Who Was Hanged by a Thread written by Cecil Clark and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1858 until 1950, the BC Provincial Police maintained law and order in British Columbia, patrolling this vast and rugged area by horseback, boat, snowshoes and dog team until the arrival of the train, automobile and airplane. These classic cases from the files of North America's first territorial constabulary bring to life the lawmen who upheld the peace and the criminals who disrupted it. From the tale of a Texas gambler who though he had committed the perfect murder to the mystery of a Quesnel family who disappeared under suspicious circumstances, these dramatic stories provide a vivid window into frontier society and the challenges faced by members of this exceptional police force.
Download or read book Pioneer Days in British Columbia written by Art Downs and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 1979-05 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pioneer Days is a blend of words and photos that proves British Columbia's history is as interesting as that recorded anywhere else in North America. Every article is true, many written or narrated by those who, 100 or more years ago, lived the experiences they relate. Each volume contains 160 pages, plus some 60,000 words of text and over 200 historical photos, many published for the first time.
Download or read book The British Columbia Provincial Police written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Notorious Georges written by Jonathan Swainger and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2023-10-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boozy and boisterous. The Georges – the communities of South Fort George and Fort George that ultimately became Prince George – acquired a seedy reputation for a century, at times branded the dubious title of Canada’s “most dangerous city.” Is Prince George really such a bad lad? The Notorious Georges explores how the pursuit of respectability collided with caricatures of a riotous settlement frontier in its early years. Anxious about being marginalized by the provincial government and venture capitalists, municipal leaders blamed Indigenous and mixed-heritage people, non-preferred immigrants, and transient labourers for local crime. Jonathan Swainger combs through police and legal records, government publications, and media commentary to demonstrate that the disorder was not so different from the rest of the province – and “respectable” white residents were often to blame. This lively account tells us about more than a particular community’s identity. It also sheds light on small-town disaffection in modern Canada.
Download or read book Tales from the Back Bumper written by Christopher Garrish and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buckle up your seatbelt and prepare for a ride on the history highway! Christopher Garrish has collected hundreds of facts and photos (not to mention licence plates) in this astonishing assembly of motoring madness. Discover what the earliest motorists in the province used to build their own licence plates; why some licence plate numbers are worth waiting in line overnight for; which offensive acronym slipped under the radar and found its way onto a licence plate before authorities recalled it; and dozens of other entertaining anecdotes. Whether you’re a car connoisseur or a tailgating trucker, you’ll find that Tales from the Back Bumper is more than just an ABC-123 account of licence plates. This book is not only the definitive guide to everything from plate prefixes and decals to provincial slogans and vanity plates, but also a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at how cars—and by extension licence plates—have played a part in our exploration and navigation of “Beautiful British Columbia” for the past hundred years.
Download or read book BC Provincial Police Stories Volume Two written by Cecil Clark and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 1986-05 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Kootenay's tragic The Miner Who Died Eight Times, Murder on Okanagan Lake, Death Rode a Pinto Pony, The Cremation of Siboo Singh, Kitwancool Drums Throbbed a War Dance, The Parking Ticket that Killed Three Menand Hangman's Tree at Lillooet.
Download or read book The Man Who was Hanged by a Thread written by Cecil Clark and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1858 until 1950, the BC Provincial Police were responsible for maintaining law and order in British Columbia. Numbering only 100 men in 1900, they patrolled this vast area by horseback, boat, snowshoes and dog team until the arrival of the train, automobile and airplane. In these classic cases from the files of the BC Provincial Police, former deputy commissioner Cecil Clark brings to life the lawmen who upheld the peace and the criminals who disrupted it. A Texas gambler thinks he has committed the perfect murder, but his plans are foiled by Barkerville’s barber. A Quesnel family disappears in mysterious circumstances—their fate remains unknown to this day. Two men are brutally murdered at Osborne Bay in a case of mistaken identity, but did they ever receive justice? These dramatic stories provide a vivid window into BC’s frontier society and the challenges faced by the members of North America’s first territorial constabulary.
Download or read book The Lawman written by Lynne Stonier-Newman and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2011-07-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keeping the peace in turn-of-the-century B.C. Murderers, thieves and drunks tested the will of Superintendent Fred Hussey, the B.C. Provincial Police officer appointed to keep the peace in rough-and-tumble, turn-of-the-century B.C. But in his action-packed and often risky career, he always relied on the power of reason rather than force to set things right. Even his prisoners seemed to like him, it was said. Hussey's work took him from formal dinners in elegant mansions to chilly breakfasts around campfires. In a 20-year period that saw the province's population mushroom by 100,000, he knew the famous and the infamous, from Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie to train robber Bill Miner and everyone in between. Inspecting his vast territory on horseback, by steamer and canoe, this remarkable man set the tone for the peaceful development of the young province. A glimpse into the ambience of a bygone era, The Lawman is an engaging look at the life and adventures of a self-possessed hero in turbulent times.
Download or read book Imperial Vancouver Island written by J. F. Bosher and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 839 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "During the century 1850-1950 Vancouver Island attracted Imperial officers and other Imperials from India, the British Isles, and elsewhere in the Empire. Victoria was the main British port on the north-west Pacific Coast for forty years before the city of Vancouver was founded in 1886 to be the coastal terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway. These two coastal cities were historically and geographically different. The Island joined Canada in 1871 and thirty-five years later the Royal Navy withdrew from Esquimalt, but Island communities did not lose their Imperial character until the 1950s."--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Youth and the Police A Review of the Activities of the British Columbia Provincial Police as at December 31st 1946 Etc written by COLUMBIA, British. Dept. of the Attorney-General and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alex Lord s British Columbia written by Alexander Russell Lord and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Lord, a pioneer inspector of rural BC schools shares in these recollections his experiences in a province barely out of the stage coach era. Travelling through vast northern territory, utilizing unreliable transportation, and enduring climatic extremes, Lord became familiar with the aspirations of remote communities and their faith in the humanizing effects of tiny assisted schools. En route, he performed in resolute yet imaginative fashion the supervisory functions of a top government educator, developing an educational philosophy of his own based on an understanding of the provincial geography, a reverence for citizenship, and a work ethic tuned to challenge and accomplishment. Although not completed, these memoires invite the reader to experience the British Columbia that Alex Lord knew. Through his words, we endure the difficulties of travel in this mountainous province. We meet many of the unusual characters who inhabited this last frontier and learn of their hopes, fears, joys, sorrows, and eccentricities. More particularly, we are reminded of the historical significance of the one-room rural school and its role as an indispensable instrument of community cohesion. John Calam has organized the memoirs according to the regions through which Lord travelled. He has included in his introduction a biography of Alex Lord, a brief description of the British Columbia he knew, a sketch of its public education system, and an assessment of the place Lord’s writing now occupies among other works on education and society.
Download or read book 92 Years of Pride 1858 1950 the British Columbia Provincial Police written by Brown, P. Hereward 'Spike' (Piercy Hereward 'Spike'), d. 1983 and published by Kelowna, B.C. : Royal Canadian Mounted Police Veterans' Association, Okanagan Division. This book was released on 1983 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Why written by Donald Neil Brown and published by Burnaby, B.C. : Pacific Forensic Science Consultant Services. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crime and Deviance in Canada written by Chris McCormick and published by Canadian Scholars’ Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and timely collection brings together 24 of the very best and most controversial readings on the history of crime, deviance and criminal justice in Canada. Divided into five sections, the first part of Crime and Deviance examines developing issues in crime and punishment while the second part introduces key aspects of a 'working criminal justice system'. Policing ethnicity is the focus of section three, which includes articles on the relocation phenomenon and the Africville study as well as Ontario Aboriginal women confronting the criminal justice system, 1920-1960. Similarly, regulating gender and sexuality, section four, examines moral reform in English Canada, 1885-1925; and anti-homosexual campaigns in the Canadian Civil Service in the mid-20th century. The final section profiles the moral regulation of behaviour. Articles in this section include non-medical opiate use and control policies in Canada, 1870-1970; as well as moral fervour and the evolution of Canada's prostitution laws, 1867-1917. Power relations is a very strong unifying theme that is, relations of gender, social class, ethnicity and age. regulation of sexuality, we can trace these relations of power and how they link to the definition of crime in society. Canada's top criminologists and social critics are included in this special collection. This impressive list includes Russell Smandych, Rick Linden, Constance Backhouse, Helen Boritch, John Hagan, Carolyn Strange, Tina Loo, Joan Sangster, Mariana Valverde, Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Gary Kinsman and Robert Menzies.
