Always and After: A Memoir

“Don’t you have any happy memories?” Ellen Stafford is asked by a psychiatrist with whom she is discussing her marriage. Apparently she doesn’t, for her memoir is an unrelieved chronicle of woes. These include poverty, ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Second Greatest Disappointment: Honeymooning and Tourism at Niagara Falls

By Karen Dubinsky

After Oscar Wilde visited Niagara Falls in 1882, he declared the waterfall must be the second greatest disappointment in American married life. Like many good jokes, Wilde’s quip worked because he left the best part ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Bark, Skin and Cedar: Exploring the Canoe in Canadian Experience

By James Raffan

Too often, self-effacing Canadians are content to define ourselves only by what we are not: namely, American. Our country is so large and sparsely populated that we tend to focus on our differences – such ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Buffalo Jump: A Woman’s Travels

By Rita Moir

May 12Tom says the new chicks have Pasty Butt, a condition that requires cleaning. And since he squished his hand in between logs and the top of his index finger has gone black, it is ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Nuk Tessli: The Life of a Wilderness Dweller

By Chris Czajkowski

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Riska, Memories of a Dayak Girlhood

By Riska Orpa Sari, Linda Spalding, ed.

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Hard Right Turn: The New Face of Neo-conservativism in Canada

By Brooke Jeffrey

In the straight-shooting, uncomplicated world of the neo-conservative, Brooke Jeffrey is the Other. She is a political science professor, a former federal bureaucrat, and a one-time Liberal candidate. Now she has written a book, assessing ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Civil Society in Question

By Jamie Swift

According to Jamie Swift, defining the term “civil society” is like trying to pin jelly to the wall. This particular jelly is as much in vogue these days as terms like stakeholder, collateral damage, and ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

★ Field of Glory: The Battle of Crysler’s Farm, 1813

By Donald E. Graves

On a rainy November day in 1813, a greatly outnumbered army of British soldiers, supported by a few Canadian militia and 30 Mohawk warriors, stood on the muddy fields of John Crysler’s farm on the ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: History

Opium: A Portrait of the Heavenly Demon

By Barbara Hodgson

While opium den is a term used by today’s interior decorators to describe any room with cushions on the floor, it wasn’t so long ago that it referred to a place where high and low ... Read More »

February 10, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

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Always and After: A Memoir

The Second Greatest Disappointment: Honeymooning and Tourism at Niagara Falls

Bark, Skin and Cedar: Exploring the Canoe in Canadian Experience

Buffalo Jump: A Woman’s Travels

Nuk Tessli: The Life of a Wilderness Dweller

Riska, Memories of a Dayak Girlhood

Hard Right Turn: The New Face of Neo-conservativism in Canada

Civil Society in Question

★ Field of Glory: The Battle of Crysler’s Farm, 1813

Opium: A Portrait of the Heavenly Demon

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