To those about to hammer, drill, screw and cut, we salute you
There seems to be a list of basic tools that you need to have to fill your obligations to society as a handyman of even a middling familiarity and competency.
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A Home Away from Home
“Gaby was four when she was diagnosed in June 2016, and her birthday is in October so she’s five now,” says Keira Kucherean. Her life changed dramatically when she was told that her daughter Gabriella has medullary pilocytic...
Read MoreThe Evolution of a Home
By 2001, however, that big detached deck on the front of the house was deteriorating and we decided that a verandah running across the entire front of the house would cut down on the seasonal evening sun glare and provide what...
Read MoreHome Is Where the Heart Is
In August of 2008, we had ground cleared so we could build a new house. It wouldn’t be very big or fancy, but it would be a clean, dry place to live.You see, the previous winter I had had pneumonia. Which was exacerbated...
Read MoreHold Onto that Heat
Woodstoves are still a very traditional heat source for our homes and cabins. Firewood and stoves have always been messy with chips and bark in a trail from the woodpile to the stove, but it’s the way of the north.Sadly firewood...
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This is Home
Former Yukoner Jerome Stueart and Yukon author Marcelle Dubé will read together form their books on Dec. 13 at Baked Cafe. It will be an evening about fantasy novels.
Read More“It Can Happen to Anybody”
“Once you hit homelessness your world crumbles. People don’t know that there’s people who care.”So says Kerry Nolan, who is speaking first hand.Now, she is the administrative coordinator at the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre...
Read MoreBorn at Home in Marsh Lake: Kristin’s story
Kristin homesteads at Marsh Lake with her partner Ron, her two sons and her stepson and herparents living close by. She had imagined having her babies at home since she was a teenager.“Giving birth is natural, every animal does...
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