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"In 1888, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled in St. Catherine's Milling and Lumber Company v. The Queen, a case involving the Saulteaux people's land rights in Ontario. This precedent-setting case would define the legal contours of Aboriginal title in Canada for almost a hundred years, despite the racist assumptions about Indigenous peoples at the heart of the case. In Flawed Precedent, preeminent legal scholar Kent McNeil provides...
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Jean Mason has a doppelganger. At least, that's what people tell her. Jean's curiosity quickly gets the better of her, and she visits the market, but sees no one who looks like her. The next day, she goes back to look again. With the aid of a small army of locals, she expands her surveillance. A peculiar collection of drug addicts, scam artists, philanthropists, philosophers and vagrants are eager to contribute to Jean's investigation. But when some...
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Mike Filey brings the stories of Toronto, its people and places, to life. Mike Filey's column "The Way We Were" first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the paper's first edition hit newsstands on September 16,1973. Now, almost four decades later, Filey's column has had an uninterrupted stretch as one of the newspaper's most widely read features. In 1992, a number of his columns were reprinted in Toronto Sketches: "The Way We Were."...
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An insider's guide to the best birding in Ontario, featuring thirty highly recommended sites.
It's no secret: Ontario's rich natural landscape and diverse wildlife provides some of the most exceptional birdwatching Canada has to offer, attracting thousands of bird-lovers each year.
In this user-friendly guidebook, local experts Mike and Ken Burrell show us why. Outlining thirty of their personal favorite spots at which to enjoy the province's birding,...
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Stratford for All Seasons, Theatre & Arts, shares the immensity and diversity of the theatre and arts scene in Stratford, Ontario. It is extraordinary to have culture of this magnitude in a city with a population of approximately 32,000. Many of the 500,000 annual visitors to the city who attend the Stratford Festival, as well as many busy Stratfordites, are not aware of the countless cultural events available to them year-round. Stratford is not...
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Depuis que le programme de commémoration historique a été inauguré par le gouvernement de l'Ontario en 1956, plus de 1 000 plaques ont été érigées d'un bout à l'autre de la province. La variété des sujets commémorés est étonnante, qu'il s'agisse de ruées vers les mines du nord de l'Ontario ou de l'invention de la vis à tête creuse … de Harold Innis ou de Stephen Leacock … de l'épidemie de typhus de 1847 ou de la découverte de...
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Stratford For All Seasons, Secrets & Surprises, is loaded with magical and little-known stories about Stratford, Ontario. This quiet, scenic city in a rural setting has managed to stay true to its roots even though thousands of people visit each year from around the world. Many of the 500,000 annual visitors to this city of approximately 32,000 are not aware of the fun facts and history that make this corner of the universe unlike all the others....
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On April 14, 1971, a handful of prisoners attacked the guards at Kingston Penitentiary and seized control. The inmates held the guards hostage for four intense days, making headlines around the world and drawing international attention to the dehumanizing realities of incarceration when several inmates appeared on camera and described the overcrowding, inadequate rehabilitation programs, harsh punishment, and extreme isolation they endured. As negotiations...
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In the summer of 2004, Canadian health researchers made a startling discovery in the Chippewa birth records for the city of Sarnia, an hour north of Detroit: for the past decade, female babies had been outnumbering male babies at a rate of 2:1. Further investigation revealed large numbers of miscarriages, a cluster of reproductive cancers in young women, and widespread neurological problems among the band's children. The Beloved Community looks at...
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In February 1915, a member of one of Canada's wealthiest families was shot and killed in Toronto as he was returning from work. Carrie Davies, an 18-year-old domestic servant, quickly confessed. But who was the victim here? Charles "Bert" Massey, a scion of a famous family, or the frightened, perhaps mentally unstable Carrie, a penniless British immigrant? When the brilliant lawyer Hartley Dewart took on her case, his grudge against the powerful Masseys...
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"A historical novel that will enthrall you... I was utterly captivated..." - Joanna Goodman, author of The Home for Unwanted Girls
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
For fans of Sold on a Monday or The Home for Unwanted Girls, Shelley Wood's novel tells the story of the Dionne Quintuplets, the world's first identical quintuplets to survive birth, told from the perspective of a midwife in training who helps bring them into the world.
Reluctant midwife...
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A powerful suspenseful story narrated by a young girl who must fend for herself and her little brother after a brutal bear attack. Claire Cameron has imagined what transpires if a couple brought small children with them on a hike in Algonquin Park and the parents are mauled by a bear. "The Bear" grabs you by the throat and will not let you go. Written by an author who has experience of both wilderness survival and motherhood, it is a brilliant examination...
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Alf Walker works at the textile mill on the Island on the Attawan River. When the mill workers attempt to unionize in the aftermath of a corporate take-over, Alf's actions inadvertently set in motion a series of events that will reverberate far into the future and burden him with an unspoken shame. Some strong language. Descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. 2003.
98) Red Wolf
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In the late 1800s, Red Wolf befriends an orphaned timber wolf before being forced to attend a residential school under the Indian Act, and both the boy and the wolf must learn to survive alone in a white man's world.
99) Tell: a novel
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With the narrative power and writerly grace for which she is celebrated, Frances Itani has crafted a deeply moving, emotionally rich story about the burdens of the past. She shows us how, ultimately, the very secrets we bury to protect ourselves can also be the cause of our undoing. "Tell" is a stunning achievement.
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"After years working in homicide, retired Toronto detective Steve Ryan reflects on six cases he will never forget. Retired detective Steve Ryan worked in Toronto's homicide squad for over a decade. For him, the stories of Toronto's most infamous crimes were more than just a headline read over morning coffee -- they were his everyday life. After investigating over one hundred homicides, the tragedies Steve saw will never leave him and he'll never forget...
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