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In 1897, tens of thousands of would-be prospectors flooded into the Yukon in search of instant wealth during the Klondike Gold Rush.

On October 1, 1917, prohibition came into effect in the province of British Columbia. Washington and Oregon had gone dry the previous year.

During the frenzied Klondike Gold Rush, many daring women ventured north to seek riches and adventure or to escape a troubled past.

This colourful account of the Chilcotin War is an insightful and absorbing examination of an event that helped to shape the course of British Columbia history.

Here are the stories of singularly courageous West Coast women—driven, obsessed, sometimes desperate people whose nonconformist beliefs and actions made them rebels in society’s eyes.

In October 1935, three prairie farm boys embarked on a deadly trail of robbery and murder that stretched across three western Canadian provinces and made newspaper headlines from coast to coast and

From the days of the fur trade, one constant thread weaves its way through the tumultuous history of frontier British Columbia, Washington and Oregon—the war over liquor.

In 1874, the newly formed North West Mounted Police marched west to shut down unscrupulous liquor traders who had devastated the lives of many First Nations people.

No one wanted Gracie to become the Queen-hell, Gracie didn't want to be the Queen. She is, though, and people are just lining up to take shots at her. Some want her gone; some want what she has.

Raine Campbell has survived her first semester at the School of Necessary Magic, but only just. Time to throw herself into her studies and get a better grasp on magic.

A new MMORPG is taking the School of Necessary Magic by storm, and everyone is addicted-except for Raine.

Two-hundred years ago the earth was destroyed by the World's Worst Day Ever.

Ryder had gone from the impossible to the highly improbable with Massimo and Leandro. But can she do better?

Caitlin may have freed her town from evil, but the Governor who oppressed them all is still on the loose.

The Governor is defeated; the tides are appearing to turn.