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The year 1983 began like any other year in Canada's West Coast province. Then suddenly everything changed.

Collected wisdoms, reflections and stories from Indigenous Elder Naanii Nora of the Haida Nation.

Nick Raeside worked at many jobs in the logging business but the one that he specialized in was starting fires—small, (hopefully) controlled fires used to clean up logging slash or debris-laden sit

Rock art—etched in blood-red lines into granite cliffs, boulders, and caves—appears as beguiling, graffiti-like abstraction. What are these signs?

It's the summer of 1990, and Amy (age 11), Beth (age 9), and Marion (age 6) are in for the family vacation of a lifetime.

Will's father was just found dead in a pile of sulfur. He was a retired cop who'd been working as a night security guard at the SulCorp sulfur mill.

The captivating story of Mary John (who passed away in 2004), a pioneering Carrier Native whose life on the Stoney Creek reserve in central BC is a capsule history of First Nations life from a uniq

In their second poetry collection, Tawahum Bige explores belonging and voice of a Two-Spirit Dene youth.

Explore the natural glory of hot springs with the updated 4th edition of Hot Springs of Western Canada. Hot springs are among western Canada's most enjoyable attractions.

Through humorous anecdotes and compelling stories, trail-blazing George Zukerman recounts his life in music as concert bassoonist and impresario.

A fascinating, photo-rich exploration of early aviation in Canada, told through the backstories of pilots who flew, fought, and risked their lives in the First World War, through the interwar perio

Winner of the 2020 Basil Stuart Stubbs Prize—winner of the 2019 Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Historical Writing.

This joyful and soothing book about ocean sounds for kids 3–7 will transport readers to the seaside.

This joyful book about nature sounds for kids 3–7 will transport readers up a magnificent mountain. The mountains have lots to say—if you listen. It's time for a hike in the mountains!