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In 1997, when a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an Alaskan island north of the Canadian border, they reignite a mystery surrounding a shocking act of protest.

The murder of Reena Virk is one of the most notorious - and heartbreaking - cases in Canadian history.

When Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri walked out of a Vancouver courtroom as free men in March 2005, the nation gasped in disbelief.

Called to the deathbed of Claude, her long-ago first love, Evelyn succumbs to a cascade of grief for Claude, and their estranged son Tom.

Fergus, owner of Goodlake's Deli, is having an affair with a much younger woman - a relationship that starts out carefree but eventually collapses the foundations of everything in his life.

The inside story of Bill Bennett's time as premier of British Columbia and his government's extraordinary accomplishments, told anecdotally through the eyes of one of the province's

Her parents' hidden past in wartorn Asia continues to shadow Gail Lim's life.

The author travels from her childhood Nova Scotia home where she collects periwinkles to be eaten with a pin, to Toronto, where she discovers pizza and the miracle of canned cream of mushroom soup,

Knighton tells the story of his 15-year descent into blindness. Stumbling literally and emotionally into darkness, into love, and into adulthood, he provides a window into the human condition.

On June 22, 1965, a soldier in the Dominican Republic reported that he had just shot two policemen and an outspoken Canadian priest.

Dr. Noah Haldane knows that humanity is overdue for a new killer flu, so when a mysterious new strain of flu is reported in China, he expects trouble.

In the tinder-dry summer of 2004 the author discovers her enchanted mountain realm facing an unprecedented menace: wildfire.

At age 18, Bob Henderson abandoned his privileged life for the challenges of the mountains of northern B.C.

In 1088, one young knight, Hugh de Payens, is inducted into a secret society in his father's castle in Anjou. He is commanded by the Order to join the Crusade to redeem the Holy Land.

Veterinarian Dave Perrin is building his dream home in the peaceful community of Lister, B.C., and puts in overtime to deal with some of the most improbable clients and frustrating cases of his car