Faro
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Issue: 2019-06-19, courtesy of the Town of Faro
And many more ...
The town of Faro is turning 50 this year and the party runs all week. A birthday extravaganza will take place from June 28 until July 7. Read more
Jun. 19, 2019
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Issue: 2017-06-07, PHOTO: Jim McMynn
Tee Time in the Town of Faro
Faro Golf Club President Gary Jones remembers when it all started. “For our first tournament we drew circles on the soccer field to serve as holes,” he says. “There wasn’t much to do and not a lot of jobs. We used to hit golf balls around.” ... Read more
Jun. 07, 2017
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Alan Wilson
Nothing, Nothing, Nothing… Then Honks Galore!
Then the sky fills with hundreds of sandhill cranes, flying in huge Vs that morph and swoop as the birds soar to catch rising thermals. Everyone in Faro drops what they’re doing to look up. Read more
May 05, 2016
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Issue: 2015-04-23 PHOTO: courtesy Carolyn Vincent
A Northern Diary
AUGUST, 1976 We left our truck there — near the Hudson Bay airstrip — because that was the end of the Canol Road maintenance. We crossed the Yukon/ Northwest Territories border. From now on, we had to ford the creeks and rivers without the aid of... Read more
Apr. 23, 2015
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Justin Floyd
Road Ready
A Faro-based teacher pursues his second-career dream as a singer-songwriter. Read more
May 29, 2014
Faro Stories
Lest we forget
Each year we hope you take the time to remember on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, wherever we are. Read more
Nov. 06, 2019
Evan Rensch
As Elsa moves towards an uncertain future, a former resident reflects on its past
Elsa’s prospects rose and fell with the price of minerals. Its population swelled to 700 in the 1940s, drawing people from allover the world to work on the site. Read more
Oct. 09, 2019
Issue: 2019-08-21, PHOTO: courtesy of Sally Lee Baker
Faro writer nabs excellence award
Wise and wordy Sally Lee Baker weaves wicked words in Toni Tanager, the latest instalment in her series of alliterative children’s books. In doing so, she has also found herself the recipient of a 2019 Book Excellence Award. Read more
Aug. 21, 2019
Issue: 2019-06-19, courtesy of the Town of Faro
And many more ...
The town of Faro is turning 50 this year and the party runs all week. A birthday extravaganza will take place from June 28 until July 7. Read more
Jun. 19, 2019
Issue: 2019-05-15, PHOTO: Lillian Nakamura Maguire
When in Faro… Portugal
Here are some of my tips on travel to Portugal as a curious 70-year-old with a “willing to try it at least once” philosophy. This is based on two weeks travelling by train with another 69-year-old woman in late March and April... Read more
May 15, 2019
Issue: 2019-04-24, PHOTO: Imran Babur
New Kate Weekes CD reflects singer-songwriter’s growth as a musician
When Kate Weekes plays in Whitehorse on May 2, the audience will hear something new and maybe surprising, even if they’re already fans. Having lived in the territory from 2003 to 2014, the singer-songwriter still spends several months here each... Read more
Apr. 24, 2019
Issue: 2019-04-17, Photo: Dan Davidson
What is the Yukon Writers’ Festival?
In 1990, a number of organizations joined together to merge the Young Authors’ Conference (YAC) and the National Book Festival into the more far-reaching Yukon Writers’ Festival. The goal was to highlight Canadian literary arts in the Yukon... Read more
Apr. 17, 2019
Issue: 2018-11-07, PHOTO: Pixabay
We will remember them
It’s important to reflect each November 11th and remember those young men and women who gave their lives on behalf of their country. As time moves on, it’s important that our memories of what happened and our commitment to end conflict both remain... Read more
Nov. 07, 2018
Issue: 2018-06-13, PHOTO: Hugh Copland
The Tintina Trench
There was a not-so-urban myth out there that you could see the Tintina Trench from the moon. That is not true, unless the person on the moon had a good telescope. You can see the Tintina Trench from space, though, from the International Space... Read more
Jun. 13, 2018
Issue: 2018-04-25, PHOTO: courtesy of Owen Laukkanen
Owen Laukkanen: “Keep writing and edit your own work ruthlessly”
Owen Laukkanen is unabashedly a writer of commercial fiction, also known as “genre” fiction, having produced a novel every year since The Professionals came out (and was nominated for four major genre awards) in 2012. The Professionals was Book 1... Read more
Apr. 25, 2018
