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Canadian author, humorist and storyteller W.O. Mitchell talks about his career as a writer and performer. Known for his witty radio and television app...

Carol is interested in playing the lead in her school's annual play. The only problem is that the school puts on "Snow White" every year, and Carol is...

Some people call it an engineering triumph. The Cree and Inuit refer to it as cultural genocide. This is the controversy surrounding the James Bay hyd...

Eileen is an eleven-year-old who hates school. She feels stupid compared to the other kids, especially in math, and a large birthmark on her arm has a...

From the flat roof of his old house, a young Nova Scotian turns and takes a 360o look at life in Sambro, Nova Scotia, the small coastal village where...

A historical survey of the office of the Canadian governor general, from its inception through the inauguration of Edward Schreyer to office.

A satirical history of Halifax, written and sung in honour of the city's founder by balladeer James Bennet.

In this animated warning against pushing up prices during wartime scarcity, an auctioneer manages to sell a basket of goods worth under $10.00 for $35...

Is global democracy an inherent right or just a can of worms? Michèle Garneau's The Ballot takes a satirical look at this Pandora's box. A tongue-in-c...

With music by Mathieu Vanasse and uncompromising lyrics, Virginie Egger's Un pas uses a photomontage technique evoking glossy media images to illustra...

Laughing and carefree, the children in Sous un ciel burlesque are playing catch. With a few strokes of Pierre Sylvestre's pen, their innocent game tur...

A constellation of stars spread over the wall of an artist's studio metamorphose into a tumult of organic forms, which explode into a whirling, sparkl...

Every night, when the vampire bats fly off in search of nourishment, they avoid the dead tree where victims of the Great Sickness are left to die. Sin...

A charming children's story about three birds--one is being served for Thanksgiving dinner by Grandma. The other birds are featured in two improbable...

Within a circle humans exploit animals--predators and victims share the same vital space, for good or for evil. Was the first weapon created to kill,...

When the celebration of Mother's Day was introduced around 1910, Stephen Leacock observed the quaint idea with a short story. The family in Leacock's...

A little girl espies a wondrous pony under her window one charmed moonlit night. Is it all a dream? Flora is spirited back in time to an enchanted for...