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Do you think the smuggling of drugs and people is a new phenomenon in Canada’s west? Think again!

Albert Johnson was a loner, a deadly shot, who in 1932 triggered a gruelling manhunt that has become an Arctic legend.

At the end of the nineteenth century, Canada’s prairies were still sparsely populated.

Since 1873, the Mounties have brought the law to the furthest reaches of the Canadian frontier.

In early-1980s Vancouver, Ivan Henry was an ex-convict still adjusting to civilian life when he was detained on a break-and-enter charge.

In October 1935, three prairie farm boys embarked on a deadly trail of robbery and murder that stretched across three western Canadian provinces and made newspaper headlines from coast to coast and

Slumach’s Gold chronicles what is possibly Canada’s greatest lost-mine story.

From the days of the fur trade, one constant thread weaves its way through the tumultuous history of frontier British Columbia, Washington and Oregon—the war over liquor.

Ten gripping tales of murder and missing persons show how skulls and skeletons reveal their secrets to forensic investigators.

From 1858 until 1950, the BC Provincial Police were responsible for maintaining law and order in British Columbia.

Bill Miner, the gentleman bandit, enjoyed more popularity in his day than Jesse James or Billy the Kid.

They looked impressive in their red tunics, but the members of the fledgling North West Mounted Police had little experience as they departed from Fort Garry in 1874 on a mission to bring order to

In 1874, the newly formed North West Mounted Police marched west to shut down unscrupulous liquor traders who had devastated the lives of many First Nations people.

Scottish nursemaid Janet Smith was the victim of a 1924 tragedy that ignited racial tension in a very young Vancouver.

Gold rush fever in the 1860s brought thousands of miners to the new territories of British Columbia and the Yukon armed with rifles, revolvers, and bowie knives.