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Johnny’s gold & living on sourdough in the Klondike

anada’s Klondike gold rush of 1896–1899 attracted people from all over the world, including Johnny Lind from Ontario. Most suffered in the harsh North; and few made their fortune. But Johnny Lind did and went on to use his new wealth to establish a successful cement company, unlike so many others who gambled away their earnings. Lind also left behind diaries from his Klondike days for generations of the Lind family, as told in Tales of an Unsung Sourdough: The Extraordinary Klondike Adventures of Johnny Lind (Page Two $39.95).

Written by Johnny’s grandson Phil Lind with Robert Brehl, these stories shed new light on the events of the gold rush and its hub, Dawson Creek. “Sourdough” was the name miners gave to those who had survived a whole

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, artist Adad Hannah hit the streets of Vancouver to record this moment in time. Within a year he had created 237 video portraits of people coping with the new reality of social distancing. His work was the focus of an exhibit at the Royal BC Museum, which included this skateboarder wearing a mask. Now the imagery can be seen in Between Us: Adad Hannah’s Social Distancing Portraits (RBCM $40). 9780772680907