Lemurian Congress

As children, we Canadians are taught a bizarre and shameful footnote to our history: immediately after settling in Newfoundland, our ancesto...

I have previously mentioned how much I love reading books from the "Coles Canadiana Collection." These thick, meaty volumes are e...

I'm not even going to TRY to come up with a coherent thought, but somehow I can't leave these two books unreviewed. So here you go: ...

I guess that my long walk through 45kph winds on Monday night has done me in: sore throat, muddled head, developing cough, and excessive sal...

Midway through Lady Dufferin's Canadian journal, I'm learning so many things about the social, technological, and geographical situa...

I was already starting to feel sick last night when I got home, but sometimes that sick-feeling is the result of low blood sugar, which I ce...

Contrary to popular belief, I only go on self-destructive drinking binges in my spare time. So what do I do during the rest of the week? For...

Police today think they got it tough? "The New West" -- a collection of reports filed by the North-West Mounted Police in 1889 -- ...

As part of my personal mission to learn more about the country I live in (and to have fun doing it), I'm reading a fascinating book call...