Tag Archives: Canada

STST2017: Vancouver Island

Posted on November 5, 2017 by danocan

While Vancouver Island was our goal for this trip, we actually had very little time on “The Island” itself.  We arrived in Nanaimo in the evening and spent the night with our friend Lila and her husband.  The next day … Continue reading →

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STST2017: Othello Tunnels

Posted on October 26, 2017 by danocan

Sometimes the best discoveries happen by accident.  We were heading down the Coquilhalla Highway on our way to the west coast and Emily and I kept noticing small signs along the side of the road in the shape of steam … Continue reading →

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Farewell to Sears

Posted on October 22, 2017 by danocan

I’m going to take a little detour from the vacation posts and instead talk about Sears.  I’m not interested in discussing what went wrong for the once-mighty retailer in terms of a retail case study, but rather looking at the … Continue reading →

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STST2017: Notch Hill Church

Posted on October 14, 2017 by danocan

Let me issue a disclaimer right up front.  Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t disclose the location of this church with this much detail.  I would have normally said “near Sorrento” and left it at that, but I wanted to be … Continue reading →

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STST2017: Glacier Park Lodge

Posted on October 13, 2017 by danocan

All too often on these pages we document the loss of historic structures, and this one is relatively new compared to many that we have lost over the years. The Glacier Park Lodge is located on the TransCanada Highway in … Continue reading →

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