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A Brotherhood of Unbreakable Bonds
My Life in The Canadian Armed Forces
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It was about 0215 hours when I was awoken by the first rocket hitting the camp, shortly followed by the second one. I know this because I felt the BOOM! in my chest. A feeling that I had not experienced since I was living on the airfield in...
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Echoes of Huron's North Shore
The Annotated Columns of James Barnes Dobie 1852-1938
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Echoes of Huron’s North Shore brings together the annotated newspaper columns of JB Dobie, a merchant and keen observer of everyday life in the northern Lake Huron communities during a period of profound change. Originally published in local...
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Dearest Mother
Letters from the Australian Gold Rush and Beyond
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“I have often wished that some of you were here to see the strange things I see.” —Walter Bentley Woodbury, 1853 In 1852, eighteen-year-old Walter Bentley Woodbury set sail from England to Australia in search of gold. What he found instead,...
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Track Changes
The Origin Story of Canadian Music on the Internet (1990-2010)
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Track Changes: The Origin Story of Canadian Music on the Internet (1990–2010) is the first book of its kind to document a cultural revolution in Canada, one now buried under broken URLs, corrupted hard drives, and discarded cell phones. Long...
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A Kamloops Neighbourhood Remembered
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Urban revitalization often comes at the cost of history. A Kamloops Neighbourhood Remembered tells the story of a neighbourhood transformed by development, where twenty heritage homes made way for Kelson Group's City Gardens project. Through...
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PharmaChoice Canada Story
The Magic in the Numbers!
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How does a banner go from 26 independent pharmacists in Atlantic Canada to 1100+ across the country and $3 billion in retail sales? With a bit of guts, powerful relationships with people around Canada, and a steadfast focus on what matters:...
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An Odyssey
My Seven Years as a First Nations Chief
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Bill Tooshkenig became Chief of Walpole Island First Nation at a young age, beginning a journey that would shape his life and community. In An Odyssey: My Seven Years as a First Nations Chief, he shares the stories that led him to leadership and...
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My Powell River
Growing Up In A Mill Town
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Living in Powell River, British Columbia back in the 1950’s and 1960’s was a boyhood dream. Powell River was and is like a jewel in the crown. It had everything, mountains, lakes, forests, the ocean, and so much more, and it gave me a childhood...
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Salty Dips Volume 12
"Who would have thought … I'd end up here."
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“To spin a dip” is a popular sailor’s term meaning “to tell a story”—“salty” because they are of the very essence of the sea. "Who would have thought . . . I’d end up here" is the twelfth volume in the Salty Dips series that began in 1983. It...
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Intelligence Operator 230
In the Service of Canada
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Forget the tuxedos and shaken martinis. This isn’t fiction—it’s colder, quieter, and much more real. As an intelligence operator during the tense Cold War period, Mike served as a Peacekeeper and operated covertly behind the Iron Curtain, where...
