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Doris loves to garden but lives in a small apartment, so she helps to plant and maintain the gardens at her church. Doris is grateful for the oppor...

Sara volunteers in an outreach program for a senior centre. She visits seniors who are in need. Sara visits Jay on a regular basis to check on how ...

Omar volunteers in a soup kitchen preparing meals for people in need. Omar was once in need himself and now is happy to have found a way to give ba...

Paul Taylor, a wealthy business man, is in jail for the cold-blooded murder of his lover Laura Flint. She is found dead in his bed one hot August m...

Biff held up a big bottle. It was almost empty. "This bottle was full this morning!" he laughed. Something in his laugh was not funny. "You've...

The Hot Summer Race is only a week away. Bob's car is not ready. So he starts calling in sick. "Don't worry," says Bob to his wife. "You watch....

Mel is happy making sidewalks and going out for a beer with the boys. He's a good worker, but needs his buddy Adam to get the job done right. Ada...

Buzz, click. Buzz, click. "Sometimes I get real tired of this same old job," says Sonny. Sonny works on a line in a machine shop. All day long ...

Vin demonstrates how to use environmentally friendly and affordable household products such as baking soda and vinegar for daily cleaning.

Bo becomes extremely frustrated one morning when the coffee maker refuses to work. He is ready to explode. His son then informs him that he needs...

An active teenager involved in many sports, Terry was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with bone cancer. His right leg was amputated 15 cen...

Wish you could find a money book that doesn't make your eyes glaze over or your brain hurt? Easy Money is for you. Gail knows you work hard for yo...

At the age of 15, Rick Hansen suffered an accident and was confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Unwilling to let his disability hold ...

Oskar Schindler risked his life to protect the lives of the Jewish people who worked for him during the reign of Hitler. As the horror of the Holoc...

Laura Secord found herself caught up in the War of 1812 after U.S. troops took over her family’s home. She overheard the U.S. troops’ plans to ambu...

Fannie Lou Hamer grew up in the South at the time of the Jim Crow laws. “Sick and tired” of being treated like a second-class citizen, Hamer overca...

Gandhi became one of the most respected political and spiritual leaders of the 1900s. He lived a spiritual and simple life of prayer, fasting, and ...

Robert Peary and Matthew Henson opened up the gateway to the North Pole. In 1909, they became the first people to reach the North Pole.

Spelling Toolbox 3 provides a strategy-based approach to spelling. It begins with an introductory lesson that describes the spelling "tools", and 2...

Exquisite photography documents the life of black and grizzly bears from mating, hibernating, and raising cubs to fishing for salmon and playing. A...

A humorous story about Bill, an older man who decides to experience nature. Bill encounters a series of mishaps during his hike.

Nelson Mandela is the most widely-known figure in the struggle against South African apartheid. He spent 27 years in prison for his beliefs. He was...

Cesar Chavez quit school after Grade 8 to help support his family. He laboured in the fields as a migrant farm worker. In 1962, Cesar founded and l...

“You like lawns. Fine. But think, Tony.” Tony is not one to rush into things. He likes to think things over. Now Tio, his great-uncle, pushes Tony ...