As the slender and lean young man stood on the starting line, no one in the crowd knew who he was.
On either side of him were athletes who had spent their lives becoming elite runners.
They were the best of the best.
The official ...
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As the slender and lean young man stood on the starting line, no one in the crowd knew who he was.
On either side of him were athletes who had spent their lives becoming elite runners.
They were the best of the best.
The official ...
Frank Frederickson stood on the deck of the ship as it sailed on the Mediterranean Sea.
Months ago, he enlisted to fight in the First World War. Now, his home in Winnipeg seemed a world away.
Before long, he would be in Egypt to begin pilot training.
One late night back in the early-2000s, I was flipping through the channels trying to find something to watch.
When I landed on The Discovery Channel, I saw something unexpected.
A man was standing in the middle of the Canadian Arctic, tearing apart his snowmobile.
It’s February 1988.
The air is thin and sharp, as volunteers zip up red-and-white jackets.
Their breath is seen as they rehearse smiling and waving because soon, they’ll be hosting people from all over the world.
The wind blew fast across St. John’s, Newfoundland on a hot summer afternoon.
It was a day like any other.
Until it wasn’t.
At a barn atop Carter’s Hill, a lit pipe, placed too close to the ed...