Book Review: Backs to the Wall

 Backs to the Wall: The Battle of Sainte-Foy and the Conquest of Canada The dramatic battle of 1760 is a timely reminder of the fragile nature of Canadian history. The 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham and subsequent capitulation of Quebec set the stage for an equally significant FrenchBritish

Book Review: Of Myths and Sticks

 Hockey Facts, Fictions and Coincidences TSN stats archaeologist Kevin Gibson, whose book Of Myths and Sticks blows the whistle on all hockey matters from the mainstream to the obscure. Fascinating, and at times unbelievable, the stories behind the National Hockey League are as engaging as the great game itself. Yet

Book Review: Forgotten Victory

 First canadian Army and the cruel Winter of 1944–45 During the winter of 1944–45, the western allies desperately sought a strategy that would lead to Germany’s quick defeat. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers in trenches and dugouts suffered through the bitterest European winter in fifty years. The Allied high command

Book Review: Bill Reid Collected

 “Reid’s creative journey has been interpreted as a lifelong quest towards a deep understanding of his Haida heritage and identity...”   —from Bill Reid: Deeply Carved Bill Reid is one of Canadas’s most renowned and well-known first nations artists: the man who reinvigorated northwest Coast artwork and brought it fully into