An extract from Dead Ends: BC Crime Stories (University of Regina Press $19.95) by Paul Willcocks First Published: April 08th, 2015 * The first terrorist killing in B.C. happened in 1924. The case remains unsolved. The Kettle Valley train was on its daily run west through the mountains from Nelson, on the leg from Brilliant to Grand Forks….
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