I can see I need to assemble some pictures for you of my late father, Ross Moore. We still have the family cottage on Hudsons Bay that he purchased the lot for in 1957. He was a guide on the Big Rideau for Lake Trout for many years, and a lot of people used to follow our little blue boat. He knew every shoal there is at the bottom, long before sonar and fishfinders. I will see what i can do for you. Robin Moore
...though I bet Diefenbaker is also giving Gould a dirty look. In an essay in this months issues of The Literary Review of Canada Adriana Craciun explores the search for the Franklin expedition as part of the federal governments strategy in claiming the North as Canadian and for Canada. […]
I just heard news that a former prof. of mine at Carleton just published a political biography of John Turner. It's in an article in FASSinate (Carleton University Faculty of Arts and Social Science newsletter) "Reflecting on Turner: By looking at the past, Litt’s biography helps us understand the present political context." […]
Since last September I've had the pleasure of being involved with the Vimy Foundation in researching and consulting for a online interactive experience on the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Just recently we released the final project to the world! The experience, Vimy Real is a bi-lingual,"...interactive, multimedia game that you can play in class or at hom […]
To the Edge of the Sea by Anne McDonald wins the Saskatchewan Book Award for First Book At the big gala on Saturday April 28 I'm thrilled to say that my novel, To the Edge of the Sea, set during the Confederation Conferences of 1864, with John A Macdonald and Mercy Coles, daughter of the PEI delegate and Father of Confederation George Coles, won th […]
Allan Levine's Mackenzie King biography wins at the Manitoba Book Awards:Allan Levine's King wins Manitoba Book AwardDouglas & McIntyre is delighted to announce that Allan Levine's King: William Lyon Mackenzie King: A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny has won the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction. Established in 1988, the M […]
I can see I need to assemble some pictures for you of my late father, Ross Moore. We still have the family cottage on Hudsons Bay that he purchased the lot for in 1957. He was a guide on the Big Rideau for Lake Trout for many years, and a lot of people used to follow our little blue boat. He knew every shoal there is at the bottom, long before sonar and fishfinders. I will see what i can do for you. Robin Moore