The Red Coat Trail of southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta runs near the route of the North West Mounted Police’s famous 1874 March West. Today, this lonely highway passes through a windswept land of ghostly abandoned towns....
Saskatchewan
- Author:Bachusky, JohnnieSummary:
- Author:Fox, BevannSummary:
A residential school survivor’s complicated path toward healing and love. Genocidal Love delves into the long-term effects of childhood trauma on those who attended residential school and demonstrates the power of story to help in...
- Author:Guenther, LisaSummary:
As a long, hot Saskatchewan summer dawns, Darby Swank's life is forever changed when she finds her beloved aunt floating dead in a lake. All at once, her blinders are lifted and she sees the country lifestyle she's always known in a...
- Author:Massie, MerleSummary:
Saskatchewan is the anchor and epitome of the ‘prairie’ provinces, even though half of the province is covered by boreal forest. The Canadian penchant for dividing this vast country into easily-understood ‘regions’ has reduced the...
- Author:Massie, MerleSummary:
Saskatchewan is the epitome of the "prairie" provinces, even though half of the province is covered by boreal forest. The Canadian penchant for dividing this vast country into easily understood "regions" has reduced the Saskatchewan...
- Author:Thatcher, ColinSummary:
On May 7, 1984, Colin Thatcher was convicted of killing his ex-wife JoAnn Wilson the previous year, and was sentenced to life in prison. The murder and the trial provoked a national media frenzy, and the once-prominent Saskatchewan...
- Author:Eaton, Emily, Zink, ValerieSummary:
Oil is not new to Saskatchewan. Many of the wells found on farmland across the province date back to the 1950s when the industry began to spread. But there is little doubt that the recent boom (2006–2014) and subsequent downturn in...
- Author:Zink, Valerie, Eaton, EmilySummary:
Oil is not new to Saskatchewan. Many of the wells found on farmland across the province date back to the 1950s when the industry began to spread. But there is little doubt that the recent boom (2006-2014) and subsequent downturn in...
- Author:Innes, Robert AlexanderSummary:
In the pre-reserve era, Aboriginal bands in the northern plains were relatively small multicultural communities that actively maintained fluid and inclusive membership through traditional kinship practices. These practices were governed...
- Author:Innes, Robert AlexanderSummary:
Offers a detailed analysis of the role of Elder Brother stories in historical and contemporary kinship practices in Cowessess First Nation, located in southeastern Saskatchewan. Robert Innes reveals how these tradition-inspired...
- Author:Slade, Arthur G.Summary:
Robert's brother vanishes and he has to find him. This award-winning book offers a new sophistication to young adult fiction, and a terrifying take on the psychology of fear.
- Author:Bergum, VangieSummary:
Vangie Bergum delves into her family's history which involves family secrets, mental illness and murder.
- Author:Lazurko, AnneSummary:
Housekeeper or whore? A dollybird is either or both in the vocabulary of the prairie west in 1906, leaving the community to draw its own conclusions about who and what Moira is and isn't. Determined to find redemption in the midst of...
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"Over the past decade, a climate of polarization and hyper-partisanship has swept Saskatchewan into a near-perpetual state of anger and social division. Embers of discontent have been fanned into flames by opportunistic politicians and...
- Author:Silverthorne, JudithSummary:
Daniel once again travels back to the time of dinosaurs to learn more about the prehistoric creatures he loves. This time he has an unexpected companion.
Following the adventures of Dinosaur Hideout and Dinosaur...
- Author:Silverthorne, JudithSummary:
How can the remains of long-dead dinosaurs help save a modern family farm?
For Daniel, things can't get a lot worse. First of all, he's an amateur palaeontologist but his dad's always on his case about it. They live on a busy...
- Author:Silverthorne, JudithSummary:
This time, twelve-year-old Daniel travels back millions of years to the time of living dinosaurs - a terrifying journey from which he may never return.
In this exciting sequel to Dinosaur Hideout, twelve-year-old Daniel...
- Author:Foran, Timothy P.Summary:
"Defining Métis" examines categories used in the latter half of the nineteenth century by Catholic missionaries to describe Indigenous people in what is now northwestern Saskatchewan. It argues that the construction and evolution of...
- Author:Bowen, GailSummary:
Andy Boychuk is a successful Saskatchewan politician – until one sweltering August afternoon when the party faithful gather at a picnic. All of the key people in Boychuk’s life – family, friends, enemies – are there. Boychuk steps up to...
- Author:Draper, PennySummary:
12-year-old Ella is surprised by an unusual birthday gift from her father: a Brownie camera and the advice to seek pictures of things that 'don't belong'. This is how Ella first notices Billy, a boy at her school. When Ella's mother's...