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The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey, by Chad Soon and George Chiang, illustrated by Amy Qi (Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2024). $24.95
When his skates hit the ice in the third period of the March 13, 1948, hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens, Larry Kwong became the first player of Asian descent to play in the National Hockey League. A Chinese Canadian
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Not So Uncommon an Oath: The "Chicken Oath" in BC Chinese Canadians' Testimonies
In 1939, a reporter for the Province newspaper wrote a small piece on the special role of different language interpreters in Vancouver courts. He interviewed court translator Gordon Cumyow, the son of the legendary Won Alexander Cumyow.1 A serious to
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Change and Continuity in BC History
I am engaged in BC history every day, from researching one of my ever-expanding areas of interest—the coal-mining community of Extension, Coast Salish living culture, Nanaimo's red-light district, and cult leader Brother XII to name a few—to learning

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