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Nonfiction author Myrna Kostash merges the past and the present in The Frog Lake Reader, which offers a multi-layered perspective on the tragic events surrounding the Frog Lake Massacre of 1885.

South Away is an adventure story of the author's bicycle trip with her sister from Terrace, BC along the West coast to (almost) the tip of the Baja Peninsula.

On a warm spring day in June of 1914, two hundred and thirty-five men went down into the depths of the Hillcrest mine found in Alberta?s Crowsnest Pass. Only forty-six would make it out alive.

Myrna Kostash's follow up to The Frog Lake Reader is an engaging and exciting overview of the rivalry between fur trading companies in Nineteenth Century Canada.

Darwin's Moving introduces readers to the colourful characters who populate the furniture moving trade, a male-dominated world of labour with relatively high pay and no need for education of a

The generation to which Joe and Josephine Crowshoe belonged spanned more than the length of their lifetimes.

Lunch-Bucket Lives takes the reader on a bumpy ride through the history of Hamilton's working people from the 1890s to the 1930s.

"Fake news!" screams Donald Trump from his Twitter account when journalists ask tough questions about his behaviour.

Toronto's Poor reveals the long and too often forgotten history of poor people's resistance.

Ann Hansen stood trial as one of the so-called "Squamish Five." Sentenced to life in prison, she served seven years. Now she tells her story for the first time.

Social services are in crisis: after numerous service cuts, many of its jobs are now short-term, part-time and non-unionized, prompting us to ask why is there not a greater public outcry for helpin

Once known for peacekeeping, Canada is becoming a militarized nation whose apostles—-the New Warriors-—are fighting to shift public opinion.

White Spot, a popular BC restaurant chain solicits hamburger concepts from third and fourth grade students and one of their ideas becomes a feature on the kids' menu.

"Canadian labour history and working-class struggles are brought to life in this anthology of nine short comics, each one accompanied by an informative preface.

In response to rapid and unsettling social, economic, and climate changes, fearmongering now features as a main component of public life.