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June 1997 marked the opening of the Confederation Bridge which spans the Northumberland Strait and connects Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick.

George Brown (1818-1880) was the influential editor of the Toronto Globe, the most powerful newspaper in British North America. He was also leader of the Liberal Party, arch-rival of John A.

In the fifth year of the War of Independence, while the Americans focused on the British thrust against the Carolinas, the Canadian Department waged a decisive campaign against the northern frontie

This is the story of a “no military risk” campaign that slowly turned into a nightmare.

Before becoming the oil capital of the nation, Calgary was a nineteenth-century boomtown in the heart of Alberta.

Soon after Allan Pinkerton established his legendary detective agency in the United States, Canadians began seeking their services.

We call race-based discrimination racism; and gender-based discrimination sexism.

Politicians, economists, and Wall Street would have us believe that limitless economic expansion is the Holy Grail, and that there is no conflict between growing the economy and protecting the envi

That Is How It Is - another impressive translation by Harvey Fink - offers more than fifty short pieces by Moishe Nadir, almost entirely about America - "a land where people do not go for stro

In our age of predatory markets and make-believe democracy, our troubled political institutions have lost sight of real people and practical realities.

Every 15 seconds on our Earth Island, a child dies from waterborne disease. Three times an hour, another species becomes extinct.

Alexi is a fifteen-year-old Trojan boy. Orphaned by the war and enslaved by Odysseus himself, Alexi has a very different view of the conquering heroes of legend.

This first of its kind comprehensive guidebook explores the unique challenges facing thousands of families raising gender variant children.

An irreverent and illuminating journey through a day in the life of the affectionately named Trauma Farm, with numerous side trips into the natural history of farming.

In The Vanishing Face of Gaia, British scientist James Lovelock predicts global warming will lead to a Hot Epoch.