| Bruce Ricketts, chief investigator at Mysteries of
Canada, will be publishing a new book in 2007 with the above
title. The focus of the book is stories of ordinary Canadians who
have done interesting or remarkable, and sometimes, extraordinary, things.
Stories to be included in this new book will include:
- The Waterboy Who Started The NHL
- The last Red Knight
- The Caretaker Who Built A Lodge
- The Marine Treasure Hunter of Louisburg
- One man's rise from radar to TV and from England to Ottawa
- The "mother" of 345 babies in Carleton County
- Two hippies who carved a business out of the wilderness
- The Young Girl versus the Cougar
- The Mad Trapper
- Robbery by the clock
- Northern Justice
- The Human Guinea Pig
- The Scourge of Biddulph County
- The Philippines come to New Brunswick
- From stoves to streetcars
- Canada's top shoe seller
- The Used Car Teacher
- Screwed by doubt
- "T'anks for the VC, bye"
- The Chief versus the settlers
- In the steps of MacKenzie
- Pink Pills for Pale People
- Stitches and warrants
- Radiation 'R Us
- The Mystery of the Pen Name
- and many more...
There are many Canadians, some of whom live on your street, who
deserve to be recognized in this book. If you wish to tell us
about that person (or persons) feel free to drop Bruce a line at
ricketts@mysteriesofcanada.com.
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