CBC Top Stories : Kingston Penitentiary opened in 1835 to close in budget cuts

Date: 2012-04-19
The government will close the maximum-security penitentiary in Kingston, Ont., that opened in 1835 and houses some of Canada's most notorious prisoners, CBC News has learned
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Canada's big house : the dark history of the Kingston Penitentiary
By: Hennessy, Peter H.

CBC Top Stories: Something Fierce wins Canada Reads: True Stories

Date: 2012-02-13
The Canada Reads: True Stories panel has chosen Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter by Carmen Aguirre as the winning book, after a controversial four days of debate
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Something fierce : memoirs of a revolutionary daughter
By: Aguirre, Carmen, 1967-

Man Booker Prize 2011: two Canadian writers shortlisted

Date: 2011-09-14
Julian Barnes, Carol Birch, Patrick deWitt, Esi Edugyan, Stephen Kelman and A.D. Miller are today, Tuesday 6 September, announced as the six shortlisted authors for the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
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The Sisters Brother
By: deWitt, Patrick