Barf Bag Ballad
For the past 20 years or so, I have made it a habit to try to find out the details about where certain songwriters get their initial idea…
For the past 20 years or so, I have made it a habit to try to find out the details about where certain songwriters get their initial idea…
“It was a brand-new century when Robert Service wrote in one of his poems about the Arctic trails (that had their secret tales)…
His mellow voice started crafting an unvarnished tale, with campfire simplicity. I had never heard of the Edmonton Story Slam “Slam Off”…
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Every muscle sprang into action, and without a single ounce of energy left for cursing, he hoisted the tranny into place.
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In early 1970s young skiers from Finland, Sweden, more countries came the Mackenzie Delta to race the best Cross Country skiers,
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Contrary to the adage “You can’t fight City Hall,” we had – and we’d won. A 25c raise sounds like peanuts. The fact is we received a 33% raise
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How to put a system in place that all of the companies could trust. First eliminate the bad blood between the companies.
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Driving taxis in Inuvik in 1972, The minimum fare in other towns was $1. In high-cost Inuvik, the taxi fare minimum was 75c.
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I argue that if Laserich had been American, I would not be telling you this story. You would have already seen it on the big screen.
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Inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame with more than 45,000 hours, 5,000 medical trips a perfect safety record
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The Russian Space Agency gave it to me for helping them out,” he said. He went on to tell me how he had attracted the interest of the Russians
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I have a clean driver’s slate. I mention this because it shows that most people, no matter how many goofy things they do when they
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“When you haveit flat tire, you throwit over there and you takeit spare tire from that pile. Every three days you takeit air filter out
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I arrived in Inuvik for the first time in early July 1972. What first struck me as I toured the town was A) the 24
One afternoon, in the mid-70s in Inuvik, I was looking for some oddball thing for my vehicle. I looked almost everywhere and then I decided
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One morning in the mid 1980s, a pilot named Fred came to my house. Since I had only met him on a few occasions at
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I think almost everyone who was living in the Yukon at that time has probably figured out that I’m writing about Andy Philipsen. The courthouse is named after him.
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