Sports, Health & Self-help

Scotty Bowman: A Life in Hockey

As the NHL’s reigning game tactician, Scotty Bowman has a legendary reputation. He is the leader in coaching victories and has navigated eight teams (in three different cities) to Stanley Cup wins – which ties ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

The Real Garden Road Trip

By Elspeth Bradbury and Judy Maddocks

Several years have passed since The Garden Letters, written between these two friends from their respective gardens on Canada’s east and west coasts. Now, in a second foray into national horticulture, Judy Maddocks and Elspeth ... Read More »

February 27, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

★ Straight Talk About Children and Sport: Advice for Parents, Coaches and Teachers

By Janet LeBlanc and Louise Dickson

It’s a fact of life that a youngster’s involvement in sport usually means an accompanying commitment by someone older, namely a parent, teacher, or coach. Kids grow in sport by being taught lessons about fair ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

I’ll Be the Parent, You Be the Kid

By Paul Kropp

In earlier days, in a simpler world, Dr. Spock was enough. Parents without resident grannies could look up chickenpox and colic, and no one bothered about self-esteem analysis and attention-deficit disorder medication. As societal norms ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

As If Kids Mattered

By Marlene Webber

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Crossing the Line: Sexual Assault in Canada’s National Sport

By Laura Robinson

Hockey has defined Canadians for as long as there has been ice on the pond. It has unified the country under the Olympic flag, and, says Robinson, it “feeds young dreams and entertains in the ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Magic on Ice: Figure Skating Stars, Tips and Facts

By Patty Cranston

Patty Cranston, former junior Canadian figure-skating champion, uses simple descriptions to demystify the technical elements of skating in this sequel to her first book, Superstars on Ice. Packed with information and page spreads, Magic on ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

River of the Angry Moon: Seasons on the Bella Coola

By Mark Hume with Harvey Thommassen

A well-known British Columbia biologist and angler, Tony Pletcher, died of a heart attack recently while fishing. Those of us who knew him feel it was a good way for Tony to die. He was ... Read More »

February 19, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Daring to Be United: Including Lesbians and Gays in the United Church of Canada

By Alyson C. Huntly

Chances are when a church dares to address the issue of homosexuality within its own ranks all hell is set to break loose – and it did in 1988 when the United Church of Canada ... Read More »

February 18, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Spiritscapes: Mapping the Spiritual and Scientific Terrain at the Dawn of the New Millennium

By Mark Parent

Organized religion does not adapt quickly to the times, but in Spiritscapes, author Mark Parent argues that such contemporary ideas as the New Age movement, the new physics, feminism, liberation theology, Gaia, and alternative medicine ... Read More »

February 18, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

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Scotty Bowman: A Life in Hockey

The Real Garden Road Trip

★ Straight Talk About Children and Sport: Advice for Parents, Coaches and Teachers

I’ll Be the Parent, You Be the Kid

As If Kids Mattered

Crossing the Line: Sexual Assault in Canada’s National Sport

Magic on Ice: Figure Skating Stars, Tips and Facts

River of the Angry Moon: Seasons on the Bella Coola

Daring to Be United: Including Lesbians and Gays in the United Church of Canada

Spiritscapes: Mapping the Spiritual and Scientific Terrain at the Dawn of the New Millennium

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