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Louis Riel was no hero

Although you wouldn’t know it from the U of S campus, Louis Riel wasn’t the hero we think he was. In fact, the famous rebel hindered the Métis cause more than he helped it.

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REVIEW: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer

Nothing is new in this book; in Shirer’s account Hitler is still a vile man and his henchmen still do vile things. Why then, you might justifiably wonder, is this colossal book so important?

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The darker side of Canadian history

Yves Engler has laid out a difficult task for himself. Although most Canadians believe Canada’s foreign policy is built on peacekeeping and resolving conflicts, Engler is out to disprove such notions.

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