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Webster! : 1978-10-30

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are listed in the subject area, below, and include: Note: Technical issues at beginning. Webster interviews Hudson Institute founder Herman Kahn (USA), and Executive Director Marie-Josee Drouin, of the Canadian affiliate of the Hudson Institute. Talks about her book, “Canada Has a Future”. Topics include: corporations, government, media and arts, apathy, improving Canadians' lives. Webster speaks with Brenda Rabkin, author of “Growing Up Dead”, about teenage suicide. Topics include: signs of suicide, treatment. Associate Producer, Linda Dutka, talks about the next day’s guests.

Webster! : 1978-11-24

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Note: Poor sound quality. Brian Coxford reports on the nine suicides over the past year in the Cowichan Indian band and interviews band Chief Dennis Alphonse, band members, Duncan RCMP and a social worker to find answers. Webster interviews the reporter and takes viewer calls. Dr. Ken Varnam, Chairman of the Drug Dependency and Alcohol Committee of the BC Medical Association (BCMA), talks about issues surrounding drug addiction. An anonymous person named "Dan" talks about his son's drug addiction. Bob Wenman, Progressive Conservative MP for Fraser Valley West, talks about Chief Justice John Farris's prostitution scandal and the need for Canadians to help refugees from Vietnam.

Webster! : 1981-11-25

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Note: Segment 6, cut short by end of tape. Part of Segment 9 and end of show not recorded. Bruce Howe, President of BCRIC (British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation), talks about the corporation and its stock. Bruce Hutchison, editor emeritus of the Vancouver Sun newspaper and author of "Uncle Percy's Wonderful Town", recounts his experiences and talks about some current political issues. Gary Mavis, executive director of a crisis centre and school counsellor Donna Pearson, discuss adolescent suicide. A young man identified only as "Dave" talks about a close friend who committed suicide.

Selected coroner's inquisitions/inquests

  • GR-0431
  • Series
  • 1865-1937

Series consists of selected coroners' inquisitions (inquests) for 1865-1937. Records were chosen by BC Archives staff for retention in their original paper format for historical purposes. Most, if not all, records can be found on microfilm in GR-1327 and GR-1328. Inquisitions are investigations in which a coroners’ jury rules on the cause of death. Inquisition files often contain witness statements, transcripts, autopsy reports, and findings.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Registers and indexes to coroner's inquiries/inquests

  • GR-0432
  • Series
  • 1874-1937

This series consists of registers and indexes to coroners' inquiries and inquests, 1874-1937. In the registers (1889-1937), names are listed chronologically by year. In the indexes (1879-1937), names are arranged alphabetically by year.

Coroners' inquiries and inquests that are registered and indexed in this accession are held in GR-1327 and GR-1323.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners

  • GR-1327
  • Series
  • [1862], 1872-1937

This series contains inquisitions(inquests) conducted by coroners in British Columbia [1862], 1872-1937. Inquisitions are investigations in which a coroners’ jury rules on the cause of death. Inquisition files often contain witness statements, transcripts, autopsy reports, and findings.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Selected colonial-period inquisitions/inquests

  • GR-1328
  • Series
  • 1859-1871

The series consists of copies of inquisitions and inquests selected from GR-1372, Colonial Correspondence (1852-1872). It includes inquisitions (inquests) conducted during the colonial period, including the following:
-Vancouver Island (Colony), 1859 - 18 Nov 1866 numbered VI 1859/1 to VI 1866/4
-British Columbia (Colony), 1859 - 18 Nov 1866 numbered BC 1859/1 to BC 1866
-British Columbia (United Colony), 19 Nov 1866 - 20 Jul 1871 numbered BC 1866/2 to BC 1871/3

The files usually contain an inquisition form, which indicates the name of the deceased, the coroner's name, where the inquest was held, the date, names of the members of the coroner's jury and the cause of death.

These inquests were filed in the Colonial Correspondence under the name of the coroner or person conducting them. The indexing was incomplete and only those inquests held by persons whose last name begins with letters from A-M have been listed. It is not known whether this section of listings is complete.

To locate unindexed colonial inquests, researchers should look under the heading "deaths" in the index to miscellaneous correspondence inwards to the British Columbia Colonial Secretary, 1858-1863 (C/AB/30.lKl/l). Letters to which the index refers will be found in the Colonial Correspondence under the name of the author of the letter. Researchers should also look in indexes under the names of the Gold Commissioners, since they acted as coroners. Indexes of correspondence inward to the Colonial Secretary should be checked generally for references to deaths.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Vancouver coroners’ inquiries

  • GR-1503
  • Series
  • 1938-1965

Series consists of Coroners' inquiries conducted in Vancouver for 1938-1965. Records may also include some Vancouver inquisitions/inquests. The series carries on from GR-1323 and is continued in GR-1504 and GR-1726.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Attorney-General coroners’ inquiries

  • GR-1504
  • Series
  • 1938-1970, 1972

This series consists of 1938-1970 and 1972 British Columbia coroners' inquiries filed within Attorney General correspondence under AG file code C-81-4. Inquiries are investigations conducted by a single coroner and usually consist of a single form. Not all coroners’ records between 1859 and 1970 have survived or are in the legal custody of the BC Archives. In this series, Vancouver inquiries do not begin until 1966.

Records are arranged alphabetically by community, repeated across several date ranges. Researchers should carefully crosscheck communities against dates when seeking specific records. On reels B04985 to B04987, record pages are consecutively numbered. On reels B04988 to B05026, record pages are consecutively numbered within a community. On reels B05027 to B05084, pages are consecutively numbered within a record.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Indexes to coroners' inquiries and inquests

  • GR-1513
  • Series
  • 1938-1944

Series consists of indexes from 1938-1944 for coroners' inquiries and inquests found within GR-1502, GR-1503, and GR-1504. Inquiries are typically conducted by a single coroner and usually consist of a single form. Inquests (or inquisitions) are investigations in which a coroner's jury rules on the cause of death.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Indexes to coroners' inquiries and inquests

  • GR-1514
  • Series
  • 1945-1949

Series consists of indexes from 1945-1949 for coroners' inquiries and inquests found within GR-1502, GR-1503, and GR-1504. Inquiries are typically conducted by a single coroner and usually consist of a single form. Inquests (or inquisitions) are investigations in which a coroner's jury rules on the cause of death.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Indexes to coroners' inquiries and inquests

  • GR-1515
  • Series
  • 1950-1953

Series consists of indexes from 1950-1953 for coroners' inquiries and inquests found within GR-1502, GR-1503, and GR-1504. Inquiries are typically conducted by a single coroner and usually consist of a single form. Inquests (or inquisitions) are investigations in which a coroner's jury rules on the cause of death.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Indexes to coroners' inquiries and inquests

  • GR-1516
  • Series
  • 1954-1958

Series consists of indexes from 1954-1958 for coroners' inquiries and inquests found within GR-1502, GR-1503, GR-1504, and GR-1726. Inquiries are typically conducted by a single coroner and usually consist of a single form. Inquests (or inquisitions) are investigations in which a coroner's jury rules on the cause of death.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Indexes to coroners' inquiries and inquests

  • GR-1517
  • Series
  • 1959-1963

Series consists of indexes from 1959-1963 for coroners' inquiries and inquests found within GR-1502, GR-1503, GR-1504, and GR-1726. Inquiries are typically conducted by a single coroner and usually consist of a single form. Inquests (or inquisitions) are investigations in which a coroner's jury rules on the cause of death.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Indexes to coroners' inquiries and inquests

  • GR-1518
  • Series
  • 1964-1966

Series consists of indexes from 1964-1966 for coroners' inquiries and inquests found within GR-1502, GR-1503, GR-1504, and GR-1726. Inquiries are typically conducted by a single coroner and usually consist of a single form. Inquests (or inquisitions) are investigations in which a coroner's jury rules on the cause of death.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Indexes to coroners' inquiries and inquests

  • GR-1519
  • Series
  • 1967-1970

Series consists of indexes from 1967-1970 for coroners' inquiries and inquests found within GR-1502, GR-1504, and GR-1726. Inquiries are typically conducted by a single coroner and usually consist of a single form. Inquests (or inquisitions) are investigations in which a coroner's jury rules on the cause of death.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Attorney-General correspondence

  • GR-1726
  • Series
  • 1926-1970, predominant 1956-1965

The series consists of inward and outward Attorney-General’s Department correspondence created between 1926 and 1970, predominantly between 1956-1965. Records relate to a variety of matters for which the Attorney-General was responsible, including some ca.1955-1965 coroners' reports (within AG file code C-81-4).

Records are arranged by act and then by file code as assigned by the Attorney-General. File codes represent an act and specific subject matters under the act. Within the files, records are arranged chronologically. Original textual records were destroyed after microfilming. The records were scheduled for full retention.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General