Bill Waiser: 4 books

Book cover of Who Killed Jackie Bates?
by Bill Waiser
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011

Short listed for 3 Saskatchewan Book Awards:Non-Fiction Award, Saskatoon Award, Book of the Year Award. On the morning of 5 December 1933, a young RCMP constable discovered a grisly scene in the Avalon schoolyard in rural Saskatchewan. A young boy lay dead in a rented car, an apparent victim of carbon...
Book cover of A Century of Parks Canada, 1911-2011
by Alan MacEachern, John Sandlos, Ben Bradley
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2012

"... a diverse and fascinating array of perspectives on the history of Canada's national parks, illuminating many less well-understood aspects of the evolving place of people in and near these parks." - Stephen Bocking, Professor and Chair, Environmental and Resource Studies Program, Trent...
Book cover of All Hell Can't Stop Us
by Bill Waiser
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011

The Great Depression of the 1930s brought drought, unemployment, and poverty to the West, and the token wages from the government's "make work" projects only fanned the flames of unrest. In 1935, this unrest took on a purpose: to march on Ottawa and demand a solution from Prime Minister...
Book cover of Reconsidering Confederation

Reconsidering Confederation

Canada’s Founding Debates, 1864-1999

by J.R. Miller, Marcel Martel, Colin Coates
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018

July 1st 1867 is celebrated as Canada's Confederation - the date that Canada became a country. But 1867 was only the beginning. As the country grew from a small dominion to a vast federation encompassing ten provinces, three territories, and hundreds of First Nations, its leaders repeatedly debated...
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