The hallowed halls of learning are hushed, today. “It’s exam week,” Rebekah Bell, band teacher for Porter Creek Secondary School, says, explaining the surprising silence. There are none of the scuffling sounds...
Read MoreHockey and Valentines.Although it doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as “love and marriage” and it doesn’t seem to go together like a “horse and carriage,” the two have come together in a...
Read More“You can’t read the Avalanche Conditions Report and make it apply to backcountry skiing,” Jennifer Magnuson warns me.She’s the communication analyst for the Department of Highways and Public Works....
Read MoreLara Melnik, queen of craft fairs and cafés, has created an intricate and colourful show of work in polymer clay at the Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery.If February seems black and white and grey to you, Polychrome could be...
Read MoreLast Saturday evening, a friend of mine invited me and several of my co-workers to dinner at her cozy little apartment.My friend is an artist, and her work and her exploratory nature have taken her all over the Pacific Rim....
Read MoreClinton Walker, the director brought up from Toronto for The Laramie Project, has made me chili. Little triangles of toasted bread sit next to the bowl.Walker is staying at the Almost Home Bed and Breakfast, a cute B&B in...
Read MoreThe weight of Misty, our 20-year-old cat, curled up on my lap, has never been felt more.She loves the fact that I work from home and, other than being in front of the fireplace or sitting in one of three windows that is being...
Read MoreWhat is Valentine’s Day without chocolate?Cut into heart shapes and sprinkled with a dusting of icing sugar, these are moist and not too sweet. They make a nice presentation on a dessert tray or a happy surprise in a lunch...
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