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BCIVS Friends Flashback

I am posting this picture to clear up a misconception of a picture posted on BCIVS Friends a few weeks back. In this picture you see...

This picture is a mystery to me. After a bit of research I still cannot figure out what this might be about. Was it an accident during...

Picture taken in the 1950's of the BMHL Lions Canadians - Memorial Arena. Many familiar names on this team... Players - left to right Top...

Wayne Waite submits this picture dated 1956. Wayne lived on North Front Street where Northway Restaurant currently sits. He told me that...

Many bands were conceived during the 1970's. Several of these musicians went on to make a career in music, while others carried on music...

Who, What and Where Revealed Richard Greatrix was born 1835 in Lincolnshire England to parents John Greatrix and Rebecca Dring. By the...

By 1930 S.S. Kresges had opened it's Five & Dime store in Belleville, Ontario at 264 Front Street. S. S. Kresge Co., the brainchild of...

Origin of original BCIVS song 1937, Seniors Mary Vera Thomson (1918-1997) (Lyrics) and James William Ketcheson (1919-2017)(music) created...

Elinor McCormick & Doug Soule, Voted Mr & Mrs BCI c1950. The crowning of the winners took place during an assembly. Both winners were...

By 1951 BCIVS did more than reading, writing, and arithmetic or even the extracurricular activities such as sports or school clubs. BCI...