VANCOUVER – Months after libraries closed to the public in order to help stop the spread of COVID-19, librarians are sounding the alarm about increasing waves of break-ins caused by people …
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Trudeau instructs Canadarm to extend middle finger every time it orbits over Alberta
An excerpt from The Beaverton Presents Glorious and/or Free: The True History of Canada. Available where books are sold. November 12, 1981 143 KM ABOVE THE EARTH – In a move that has furthe…
Study: Canadians unable to identify what a book is unless it has a ‘Heather’s Pick’ sticker
TORONTO – A groundbreaking new study from the University of Toronto has found that Canadians are unable to identify what a book is unless it has been ordained by Heather Reisman, CEO of Ind…
New prime minister to be paid 30% less in salary
An excerpt from The Beaverton Presents Glorious and/or Free: The True History of Canada. Available where books are sold. June 25th, 1993 OTTAWA – Canada’s first female prime minister, Kim C…
Winnipeg strikers demand casual Fridays
An excerpt from The Beaverton Presents Glorious and/or Free: The True History of Canada. Available where books are sold. May 15th, 1919 WINNIPEG – Thousands of striking workers have paralyz…
Local woman overcome with guilt after returning library book unread
CALGARY – Reading is known as a means of escape from the harshness of reality, but for one local woman who wishes to remain anonymous, a ticking clock turned her dream of a pleasant diversi…
Vimy Ridge: Canada becomes a nation after killing Germans for Britain on French soil
An excerpt from The Beaverton Presents Glorious and/or Free: The True History of Canada. Available where books are sold. April 9, 1917 VIMY, FRANCE – Following more than a century of strugg…
Women’s child-bearing hips too wide to fit in voting booth, say men
An excerpt from The Beaverton Presents Glorious and/or Free: The True History of Canada. Available where books are sold. January 31st, 1916 WINNIPEG – Despite desperate pleas regarding hip …
Harper government offers official apology to victims of long-form census
An excerpt from The Beaverton Presents Glorious and/or Free: The True History of Canada. Available where books are sold. June 10th, 2010 OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper has issued an…
The Beaverton’s book ‘Glorious and/or Free’ sweeps First Annual Beaverton Book Awards
TORONTO – The First Annual Beaverton Book Awards was handed out last night with The Beaverton Presents Glorious and/or Free: The True History of Canada. winning all 25 categories. The award…