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Saint John became a gateway to what is now Canada in the early 1600s, and Fort La Tour, built in 1632, was one of the three main forts of Acadie. In Saint John Fortifications, Roger Sarty and Doug Knight trace the history of the port's defences, from the earliest log palisades to the bunkers, gun emplacements, and communications stations built during World War II. Put to the test during the American Revolutionary War, Saint John has figured as one of Canada's most significant guardians.

Harry L. Gill, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940 at the age of 18. During his short but adventure-filled career, he flew a Hurricane fighter bomber over France, England, and India and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. In 1943 his airplane was shot down over Burma, and he died in the crash. Hurricane Pilot captures the perspective of a young man in the middle of a war in Europe and Asia.

Few Canadians realize how close the colony of Nova Scotia came to joining the American Revolutionary War in 1775. Many Nova Scotians were immigrants from New England, including the Planters who, some twenty years earlier, had taken over the farms of the expelled Acadians. Between family ties and unrestrained privateering, there was much sympathy in Nova Scotia for the American Patriots.

The brutal battlefields of Europe during World War II were the testing ground for the young men of the 1st Battalion of the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment. On June 6, 1944, the soldiers landed on the coast of France as part of the first wave of the D-Day invasion. After securing the eastern flank of the Canadian landing along Juno Beach, the Regiment was in constant contact with the enemy over the next thirty days, suffering a steady stream of casualties. This led to a ferocious battle in the French village of Carpiquet.

Imagine you're a young woman caught up in the ugly reality of war. You meet and fall in love with a young soldier from a foreign country. You marry and your world is upended: when the war ends, you leave all you've ever known behind - your family, friends, and way of life - to begin a new life in Canada.

Essential and engaging essays about the joys and challenges of creative writing and teaching creative writing by a host of Canada’s leading writers. Writing Creative Writing is filled with thoughtful and entertaining essays on the joys and challenges of creative writing, the complexities of the creative writing classroom, the place of writing programs in the twenty-first century, and exciting strategies and exercises for writing and teaching different genres.

Après s’être établi au pays des Hurons et avoir préparé avec eux l’expédition de Champlain contre les Yroquois, Étienne Brûlé poursuit son aventure en faisant de nouvelles explorations. Malheureusement, la présence des missionnaires auprès des Hurons vient brouiller les cartes. Ce troisième tome nous entraîne à travers les conflits que l’aventurier connaîtra non seulement avec les autorités de la Nouvelle-France et les Anglais, mais également avec ses meilleurs amis, les Hurons. Il nous révèle, aussi, la fin tragique que le destin lui a réservée.

La dure réalité des Filles du Roy au 17e ­siècle, le Grand Dérangement, la légende de Jos Montferrand, la rébellion métisse de Batoche en 1885, l’opposition des Franco-Ontariens au Règlement 17 dans les années 1910, la crise de la conscription en 1917, la Grande dépression des années 1930, l’émeute du Forum en 1955, la Crise d’octobre 1970, la mobilisation contre la fermeture de l’Hôpital Montfort… Autant d’événements qui servent de toile de fond à de courts textes mêlant avec brio fiction et réalité historique.

Cet ouvrage est né d’un désir de réconciliation entre les Autochtones et le peuple québécois. Un des objectifs est de rétablir des ponts afin que, de part et d’autre, un lien d’entraide et de fraternité soit davantage présent, au-delà des préjugés et des différences de cultures. Comment peut-on aller de l’avant et s’enrichir mutuellement?

This book is the result of a personal and professional journey. After having practiced general medicine in private practice and hospitals in Quebec for more than 15 years, Dr. Martin Moisan shares his observations with us. He concludes that the Canadian healthcare system will drift further and further off course unless significant changes are brought about. The author describes some of the malaises and outright problems facing modern medicine presently.