With harvest in full swing, I am often asked for suggested uses of herbs other than drying or freezing.To enjoy your herbal harvest year-round, I like to keep a selection of herbal vinegars on hand.To make herbal vinegar, gather...
Read More“What’s that thing on the dike?””It’s art!””I thought it was an accident …”… comments from the public overheard about Brandon Vickerd’s Northern Satellite...
Read MoreThe hue and cry was heard across the world.It was the proposal that reached into the foundations of many a childhood and gave it a good shaking; indeed, you might have heard: Archie proposed to Veronica.For over 50 years and 600...
Read MoreJust as the metaphorical river is never the same after the water rushes past, you really can’t go home again.Home, for me, is my mom’s house, a place I spent my teenage years in jaunty development that relied too...
Read MoreYukon places are still in the realm of newness as I have lived here for only 15 months. In that time, I have had the opportunity to follow each of the cardinal directions: north, south, east and west. In each region I have found...
Read MoreIt is really annoying being on a road trip, not on a motorcycle.I am on a multipurpose trip; however, none of those purposes are compatible with motorcycling … 2,500 kilometres and no motorcycle.I may sound like a whiner,...
Read MoreThis is one event that doesn’t spend a lot of time looking for volunteers.George Maratos, Whitehorse organizer of the Terry Fox Run, says most of the crew from last year is returning because it was so much fun.”We...
Read MoreIn the early 1980s when Mike Gladish was working for the Canadian Weather Office, in Edmonton, he was given a choice between taking a job in Banff and taking a job in Whitehorse. He chose the latter.”I had just gotten into...
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