New executive director for Arts On Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

A new executive director has been named for Arts On Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows. Daunia Del Ben was selected through an extensive Canada-wide search and will succeed Curtis Pendleton, who served as artistic and executive director for the past eight years. Del Ben has extensive experience in arts leadership, cultural programming, and community engagement. She has […]

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‘We desired to find a tunnel’: B.C. wall yields artifacts, no tunnels

A major conservation project on a historic Wharf Street retaining wall has uncovered long-lost artifacts from Victoria’s early commercial waterfront, while putting a famous local myth to the test. The restoration, completed by Heritage Masonry & Conservation, focused on a retaining wall connected to two of the city’s earliest commercial buildings: the Hudson’s Bay warehouse

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