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Dr. Victoria Chung – A Chinese-Canadian Mystery

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During this last week of National Asian Heritage Month, I wanted to introduce readers to Dr. Victoria Chung. Toy Mea Chung was born in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1897, the same year that Queen Victoria celebrated her Diamond Jubilee. Perhaps this is why her parents chose the English name of Victoria for her. From an […]

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Improbable Journeys

Last week, I wrote about armchair travel. Here is a review of a book which includes true adventure travel, for the British Columbia Review. Improbably Journeys: From Crossing the Himalayas on Horseback to a Career in Obstetrics and Gynaecology by Dr. Bernard A.O. Binns and Ron Smith (Rock’s Mills Press, 2020) takes the reader on