SARS reminds us that life can be uncertain. These days we receive vaccinations for what were not many decades ago dreaded and often fatal diseases. We advance but we do not wholly escape. We have the complications of an enormous population and the immediacy of air flights to carry unsuspecting contagion far and wide. In some sense we continue to share a common experience with our ancestors because we are, after all, human. Science improves. Science mitigates but science does not absolutely defeat all the forms of illness that periodically rise up to threaten us. ...
The National Library of Canada and the National Archives of Canada has created a website that celebrates the lives and literary works of Canada's most celebrated 19th centu...
Review by Bruce McKinneyOne of the very interesting ways to discover the past is to visit a bookstore, in person or online, to look for books about an historical period, a subject, an individual or...
