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  • Left to right: Val Scoffield, Sophie Derbawka and June Dumka dressed in old-timey clothing during the Victoria Park Golf Course’s Centennial Celebrations (1907 to 2007) in 2007. Image courtesy of Joan Crawford.

    How Sophie Got Her Way

    Lea Storry

    “Sophie had red hair and was a lively personality,” Joan said. “She was a schoolteacher and goal-focused. She was determined to get that cart path.”

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  • Finding Sophie’s Way

    Lea Storry

    Sophie’s Way is a twist of concrete winding up a short but steep hill in the Edmonton river valley. The…

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  • Betty Stanhope-Cole and the mystery of the missing plaque

    Brendan Thompson

    Just east of the Capilano Bridge, there is a small park overlooking the Highlands Golf Club. It has a view…

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  • The Mountifield House

    Lawrence Herzog

    Designed by renowned local architect James Edward Wize and built in 1905, the Mountifield House was one of Oliver’s earliest…

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