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Freethinker

Book Review: Those who have been overshadowed — the intellectual predecessors to the Quiet Revolution — include Éva Circé-Côté, the subject of Lévesque’s 2010 book that has now been translated into English.


After 1918: From Chaos to Mackenzie King!

With the Great War came great social turmoil. Strange, then, how little things actually changed.


Transformations Renewed

A trip to Vancouver offers many chances to encounter the thriving cultures of coastal First Nations.


The Making of the October Crisis

Book Review: This book is a brisk, well-researched, and richly detailed account of events that jangled Quebec’s nerves from 1963 until 1970.


Alberta and Saskatchewan at 100 years

Between 1905 and 2005 Alberta and Saskatchwan grew apart. 


Conquering the Chilkoot

Daunting trek brings history to life.


Power, Prime Ministers and the Press

Book Review: Power, Prime Ministers and the Press, by former Maclean’s magazine editor-in-chief Robert Lewis, straddles history, memoir, and analysis.  


The Rise and Fall of United Grain Growers

Book Review: In The Rise and Fall of United Grain Growers, Paul D. Earl traces the history of the Winnipeg-based co-operative grain marketing company.


The Art of Sharing

Book Review: Financial equalization, providing similar levels of public services at similar levels of taxation, is Canada’s main solution to spreading wealth between have and have-not provinces.


Beaver Bison Horse

Book Review: In this book, the beaver receives star treatment for its little-known role in sustaining ecosystems that supported Indigenous people over many centuries.