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The 2006 sinking of the BC Ferries passenger vessel Queen of the North. Ten years later, questions are still being asked.

An important check-up on our health-care system--and what urgently needs fixing--from a respected doctor and passionate Medicare advocate. Dr.

Globe and Mail feature columnist Doug Saunders argues we need 100 million Canadians if we're to outgrow our colonial past and build a safer, greener, more prosperous future.

Big, skilled, mean, and nearly indestructible, Howe dominated hockey for decades. Today any bruising forward hopes to be compared with the guy who wore number 9 for Detroit for so many years.

In January of 1965, twenty-four-year-old U.S.

The intriguing criminal cases of pioneer forensics expert John Vance, "Canada's Sherlock Holmes." Heralded internationally as "Canada's Sherlock Holmes," John F.C.B.

In Sister to Courage, Wanda takes us inside the world she shared with Viola and ten other brothers and sisters.

In the spring of 2016, the world watched as wildfire ravaged the Canadian town of Fort McMurray.

Bringing together extraordinary stories of daring escapes from prison, POW camps, and other places of incarceration and confinement, this collection draws from every period of history and from ever

This short book is about the earliest years of the group that ultimately became the Association for the Blind of WA.The book covers the years from just before the First World War until the emergenc

A visual and cultural celebration of a traditional Haida wedding ceremony, exploring its roots, rituals, symbolism, joyfulness, and contemporary significance for a thriving Indigenous Nation.

Take a walk through history with this guide for lifelong learners. The American Civil War is one of the most fascinating and impactful periods in American history.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Rule—"America's best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews)—her unforgettable classic account of the horrifying murders in the Pacific Nort

The remarkable story of Lanier Phillips and the shipwreck that changed his life. On February 18, 1942 the US Navy destroyer Truxton was shipwrecked off Newfoundland.