Book review: Murder Tales in the Ottawa Valley

 At the onset of the pandemic Regina-based author, Keith Landry picked up his pen and started writing. With plenty of time on his hands, Landry studied newspapers from the early 1900s, analyzing crimes and crafting stories around them. Inspired by his research, he has written five books since the outbreak of Covid.

Summer Reading

 Be sure to add Ottawa Stories: Trials and Triumphs in Bytown History, by Clifford Scott to your summer reading list. A collection of historical vignettes will take you on a journey through Ottawa as it once was to where it stands now. Read about the devastation of fires and diseases

To the Sea, a Book Review

 Beyond the Blue Horizon: How the Earliest Mariners Unlocked the Secrets of the Oceans By Brian Fagan Bloomsbury Press, 2012, 313pp. Newfoundland and Labrador 1700: in the morning dawn, boat crews are setting off the southeastern coast for another day of cod fishing. The water is calm, the skies clear. The