Canadian Disasters

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The Halifax explosion and other Canadian disasters tell tales of horrifying wreckage and incredible human courage. Read about more recent disasters like the killer tornadoes of 1985 in Ontario, the Quebec ice storm, and SARS, and historical ones like the Spanish Flu, the Springhill Mine tragedies, and Hurricane Hazel. Scholastic Canada; paperback; 170 pages.

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