Quiet Isaac Jelfs led many hard lives, his escape from each wrapped in deep secrecy. In 1869 he reached Toronto and started his new life with his new wife and his new name. His great-grandson follows
In 2013 Canadians grew appalled at scandals involving prominent senators: resignations at highest levels, damning reports from independent auditing firms, a precedent-setting review of all Senate spen
What happens when crucial public issues are decided by the people themselves?Canadians answered “Yes” or “No” to prohibiting alcohol, conscripting soldiers, and revamping our constitution. Forcing the
An inside account of the Progressive Conservative’s campaign organization.The Progressive Conservative Party’s “big blue machine” pioneered techniques that centralized campaign control, tied media com
Unique views from Winston Churchill, Indira Ghandi, John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Françoise Hollande, and other diverse leaders reveal how foreigners see Canada and Canadians.During the Second Worl
Rare views of human lives in turmoil are revealed in several hundred trials conducted in 1890s Muskoka by Magistrate James Boyer of Bracebridge. The charges and evidence show how raw life really was i
A tale of deception and adversity, Hardscrabble tells how unscrupulous politicians, emigration agents, and philanthropists lured impoverished emigrants to farm the Muskoka backwoods in the 1870s. What
This is the story of Rene M. Caisse of Bracebridge, Canada and describes her extraordinary perseverance to obtain official recognition of her herbal cancer remedy she called Essiac, her name spelled b
