Last Stop, Paris: The Assassination of Mario Bachand and the Death of the FLQ

The murder of a marginal, emotionally unstable, onetime member of the revolutionary separatist group the Front de Liberation du Québec (FLQ) in a Paris apartment in 1971 was the linchpin of a Canadian security operation ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Tunnels of Time: A Moose Jaw Adventure

By Mary Harelkin Bishop

Andrea resents the idea of being a junior bridesmaid at her cousin’s wedding. Defiantly dressed in overalls at the rehearsal dinner, she listens sulkily to her grandfather’s tales of tunnels that ran beneath the streets ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Authors

A Riddle of Roses

By Caryl Cude Mullin, Kasia Charko, illus.

Everything’s coming up roses for 13-year-old Meryl, in training since the age of seven as a musician and storyteller, as she sets out for the magical island of Avalon. Meryl hopes to become a bard ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Events

The Next Century: Why Canada Wins

By Nuala Beck

A decade ago, Toronto business economist Nuala Beck freshened economic thinking with the phrase “new economy,” the idea that businesses built on human capital would thrive more than those in the old economy of bricks ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Big Score: Robert Friedland, Inco, and the Voisey’s Bay Hustle

By Jacquie McNish

It started out as another game of chicken between penny stock traders and greedy investors. It turned into a $4.3- billion deal designed to protect the future of the world’s largest nickel company. In The ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Eatons: The Rise and Fall of Canada’s Royal Family

By Rod McQueen

In this unauthorized corporate history, financial journalist Rod McQueen describes the rise and fall of the Eaton’s department store empire and what really happened to the family behind the throne. The founder of Eaton’s, Timothy ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Titans: How the New Canadian Establishment Seized Power

By Peter C. Newman

In this third instalment on the movers and shakers of Canada, social analyst, historian, and gossipmonger Peter C. Newman lays out the case for the decline and fall of the old order and the ascension ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Chips & Pop: Decoding the Nexus Generation

By Robert Barnard, Dave Cosgrave, and Jennifer Welsh

Demographics, once a dreary academic pursuit, has recently become an alternative form of astrology. Both disciplines are founded on the notion that people born at the same time will undergo similar experiences; both promise to ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Keeper and the Crows

By Andrea Spalding, Kirsti, illus.

For British Columbia writer Andrea Spalding, a Keeper is someone who holds old traditions and passes them on to the next generation. In her earlier book, Finders Keepers, a wise elder shared his knowledge. Now, ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Authors

Lizards Don’t Wear Lip Gloss

By Trina Wiebe, Marisol Sarrazin, illus.

How to lure children from picture books into chapter books – those with fewer illustrations and more text –- is a tricky task and surely an important one for creating new generations of readers. As ... Read More »

February 17, 2004

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