Sports

Digger, an 85 kilo wrestler, and Sadie, a 26-year-old speed swimmer, stand on the verge of realizing every athlete's dream—winning a gold medal at the Olympics. Both athletes are nearing the end of their athletic careers, and are forced to confront the question: what happens to athletes when their bodies are too old and injured to compete? The bl …

Butterfly Winter, W.P. Kinsella's first novel in 15 years, is the story of Julio and Esteban Pimental, twins born in the Caribbean country of Courteguay, a lush and enchanted but impoverished enclave on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic where time moves at its own pace and reality is open to question. The brothers are destined to …

In 1905, the Dawson City Nuggets trekked to Ottawa to capture the Stanley Cup. “Challengers . . . Spent 23 Days En Route,” screamed the Ottawa Citizen. Even though the exhausted Nuggets lost the first game, they still planned to rechristen themselves the Dawson City Seven when they won the series. Dawson City Seven is the ideal historical novel …

Gord Keeler was like thousands of other boys who played and loved hockey. Growing up in Eyebrow, Saskatchewan, hockey was the passionate game of choice during the long winters. From the boys on open-air ice surfaces and village rinks came the stars of the National Hockey League. But the journey to professional hockey could be long, hard and lonely. …

The Islands Investigations International team is back! This time, Kyra Rachel and Noel Franklin are sleuthing around Quadra Island in the employ of Noel's old high school buddy, Jason Cooper. In a quiet wooded area of the island, Jason, his wife and two younger boys are worried for the oldest son in the family. Derek was discovered badly beaten in …

Debate still rages on about who invented baseball. But one thing is certain...it was alive and fractious in southwestern Ontario in the summer of 1949.

It was a remarkable summer. For Charlie Hodge, just finishing his last year of high school, the summer of 1949 begins with great fanfare and excitement. He has made the Galt Terriers’ roster and …