Queer community sports leagues, by their sheer numbers, are changing the energy and space of school gyms and community recreational spaces. Some leagues are well-established – having been in existence for over twenty-five years –...
Sports & Recreation
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Author:Carter, ClaireSummary: - Author:Tersmette, SteveSummary:
Waterfall Hikes in Southern British Columbia is the comprehensive guide to discovering waterfalls in BC. It provides detailed access and hiking directions to more than a hundred cascading water features in the BC Rockies and Southern...
- Author:Simpson, JoeSummary:
The author relates his nearly fatal adventures mountaineering in the Andes, adventures that included a fall into a crevice, broken limbs, and return to safety.
- Author:Logothetis, PaulSummary:
The first ever biography of Toe Blake — Hockey Hall of Famer and eleven-time Stanley Cup winner 'Holy Dirty Dora!' Hector 'Toe' Blake would bark while pacing behind the Montreal Canadiens bench, hands thrust into his...
- Author:Penner, LyndonSummary:
Reverence takes on a new meaning in this original memoir of an avid gardener walking the Camino de Santiago. The Camino de Santiago has been a journey for pilgrims for more than 1,000 years, testing—to varying degrees—their spirit,...
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Popularly thought of as a recreational vehicle and one of the key ingredients of an ideal wilderness getaway, the canoe is also a political vessel. A potent symbol and practice of Indigenous cultures and traditions, the canoe has also...
- Author:Ménard, Jean François, Lachance, AndréSummary:
What is different about teams that are consistent winners, those teams that always seem to bring their A-game when the stakes are highest? A positive team culture is likely the answer. We've all seen it happen: the team that looks great...
- Author:Harris, ColinSummary:
- Author:Sandor, StevenSummary:
A car accident injures her parents and paralyzes Janine from the waist down. Her best friend and teammate urges Janine to look into sledge hockey. At first dismissing the sport as being just for the disabled, Janine agrees to play if...
- Author:Simmins, MarjorieSummary:
It's November 2006 and Brent MacGrath, a car salesman from Nova Scotia, has just had his first glimpse of a gorgeous yearling at the Lexington Yearling Sale--and his heart skips a beat. He takes another look. Even this young, the...
- Author:Storm, JoSummary:
Hannah must rely on her survival instincts to endure a brutal ice storm and save her family. At first, when a massive ice storm traps fourteen-year-old Hannah and her family in a remote cabin, it feels like a game to practise the...
- Author:Dean, AlisonSummary:
Kicking ass and taking notes-what it's like to be a woman in the ring. Alison Dean teaches English literature. She also punches people. Hard. But despite several amateur fights under her belt, she knows she will never be taken as...
- Author:King, PerrySummary:
From basketball hoops to cricket bats, the role community sports play in our cities and how crucial they are to diversity and inclusion. 'The virus exposed how we live and work. It also revealed how we play, and what we lose when...
- Author:Potvin, Marie, Lakhdari, NadiaSummary:
Le début de la saison s'annonce rude pour les Lynx ! Après un match nul, ils subissent leur première défaite et elle est de taille. L'entraîneur brasse ses trios, la pression monte et le nombre d'entraînements augmente. L...
- Author:Nugara, AndrewSummary:
Popular Day Hikes: The Castle and Crowsnest covers 37 of the best trails north of southern Alberta’s Waterton National Park. Featuring easy short-day walks, more-strenuous full-day hikes, and the occasional easy scramble in Castle...
- Author:Bérubé, FrançoisSummary:
Depuis qu'il est tout jeune, Éloi Leblanc adore le snowboard. À 13 ans, il est l'un des meilleurs planchistes de la région de Rimouski. Chaque hiver, son père Maxim, son grand frère Thomas et lui passent toutes leurs fins de...
- Author:Bérubé, FrançoisSummary:
Alexis Chevarie, 15 ans, entame une nouvelle saison de hockey, la dernière avant de pouvoir accéder à la Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec. Cette fois-ci, il est attitré à l'équipe midget AAA des Albatros, à Rivière-du-Loup....
- Author:Jérôme, RoxaneSummary:
Des parents, c'est censé rester ensemble pour toujours. Point final. Les miens, ils n'ont pas compris ça ! Fini les soupers à quatre avec ma sœur. Fini les Noëls en famille. Fini ma belle vie… Le pire du pire du PIRE ? Je ne peux même...
- Author:Thibault, VincentSummary:
Parkour, the art of displacement, or freerunning—whatever the name, this new discipline born in the Paris suburbs is rapidly being adopted by people throughout the world. Not satisfied to suffer through urban life, these athletic...
- Author:Ulysse, CollectifSummary:
9 fabuleux mondes insulaires est un chapitre en format numérique extrait du livre « Les 150 plus beaux parcs d'Amérique du Nord ». Isolé par sa nature même, chacun des parcs nationaux protégeant des territoires insulaires réserve...
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