The Knuckleball Princess and Her Sister Slingers
Eri Yoshida made history in Victoria this week, but BC has long been a field of dreams for pro women ball players. Read more »
Native Youth, Clinging to Their Culture
'At potlatches they speak in our language. I've no idea what's going on.' Fifth in a reader-funded series.
Today's Blockbuster Poem
Pull in here next 10 Fridays for some great Canadian verse. First up: 'Creation Song' by Max Middle.
Alberta Hides Dirty Truth as US Demands Tar Sands Facts
Potential buyers of tar sands oil want to know its true carbon footprint, but industry won't come clean.
Family Ties: Listening to Native Youth
'Today it still hurts to look back at it. How could they take us away from our mom?' Fourth in a reader-funded series.
Five Essential Eco-thrillers
Nature on the brink is a hot theme for novels right now. The best might have been written in 1851.
Addictions: 'I Grew Up With It'
Listening to Native youth on drinking, drugging and getting beyond it. Third in a series.
Iconic Teddy, White Supremacist
History suggests Roosevelt created the template for American imperialism.
Talking to Native Teens about School
What First Nations kids say keeps them going, and what pulls them away. Second in a series.
Native Youth, In Their Own Voices
Today begins a series in which B.C. First Nations youth speak about school, alcohol and drugs, family, culture and language.
Genghis Khan, Feminist
When his sons ruined the empire, it was a woman who re-created Mongolia in the late 15th century.
John Sloan's Gift to the Fragile Elderly
The BC doctor and author advocates a more dignified, less expensive way to help frail seniors.
Eyes on the Future
A cinema classic with a live orchestra. A literary mash-up manifesto. Everything is new. Nothing is new.
The Story Behind the HMS Investigator
The ship Arctic archaeologists recently found in the melting polar ice was a key vessel in British North America's quest to find the Northwest Passage. A voyage of Shackletonian endurance and suffering, it may be the closest we'll come to knowing what happened to the Franklin crew. Read more about it here.
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