The Blind Assassin
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The Blind Assassin is a novel by the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. It was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 2000. Set in the fictional Ontario town of Port Ticonderoga and in Toronto, it
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On-to-Ottawa Trek
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The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a mass protest movement in Canada in 1935 sparked by unrest among unemployed single men in federal relief camps principally in Western Canada. The trek started in Vancouver a
The Blind Assassin
…mostly the 1930s and 1940s. It is a work of historical fiction with the major events of Canadian history forming an important backdrop, for example, the On-to-Ottawa Trek and a 1934 Communist rally at Maple Leaf Gardens. Greater verisimilitude is given by a series of newspaper articles commenting on events and on the…
Rioters converging on an injured man during the riot
Strikers from unemployment relief camps climbing on boxcars in Kamloops, British Columbia
Scene from the Regina Riot