Breaking Out
Two days after Ju Hyun Seo got married last November, he flew to the Yukon to teach breakdancing for a month at Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks.When artist director Andrea Simpson-Fowler asked if he’d be interested in...
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Tracking Canadian Icons
When Sue Waddington started a particular rug-hooking project in 1977, she had no idea what lay ahead for her and her husband, Jim.The tapestry was based on a pictorial image – a 1933 painting by A.Y. Jackson of a lake in...
Read MoreSomething Different Comes to Town
Larry Graves and I spoke just after the band’s van had rolled into Sault Ste Marie on its way to Thunder Bay, a nine-hour drive from Toronto.”We’re only a fraction of the way to the Yukon,” Parks said,...
Read MoreVolunteers and Other Visitors
Volunteering is something that a lot of people do to give back to their community. Sometimes it is more than that. Some volunteers go a very long way to help out others.We have had people volunteer to help out on the farm. Some...
Read MoreWorld of Words: Readings in parking lot country
With the simple tools of a canopy, lectern and public announcement system, six authors have banded together to create a Friday night reading program where none exists – in two parking slots outside the Whitehorse Coles on...
Read MoreSpace Race: A Toy Story
We’re in the thick of it now. Blockbuster season has arrived, with its bumper crop of sequels, remakes and films based on comic-book heroes. Still to come are Captain America, a Planet of the Apes sequel and, of course,...
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