BC History

British Columbia history, source-linked.

A new NewsForBC section for archival videos, disaster memory, old Vancouver/North Shore stories, civic records and history claims that deserve source labels.

Featured history video · August 20, 2026

Second Narrows Bridge collapse: the 1958 disaster behind the Ironworkers Memorial crossing

NewsForBC History source-check preserving an Old Vancouver Instagram Reel on the June 17, 1958 Second Narrows Bridge collapse, with archive/source context and the 18-vs-19 death-count discrepancy labelled.

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Vancouver in 1907 and William Harbeck

Earlier NewsForBC source-check on the oldest known surviving film footage of Vancouver and the filmmaker’s Titanic connection.

NewsForBC archive

Portal and forum history from earlier NewsForBC recoveries.