Telling a new story
Yukoners Rosemary Oslund (l), Paige Hopkins, Emily Turner-Davis and Geri-Lee Buyck are heading to...
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Journalism
The Yukon’s Magnificent 11 – Part 4 of 6
For several years, the B.C. government had allocated funds to build a road from Atlin to the border, but the Yukon side remained unfunded despite pledges of support from just about everybody except the people signing the cheques.
Read MoreFellow retirees: How engaged do you feel?
I’m sitting in my skivvies, contemplating what pearls of wisdom to cram into a 400-word space.As I advise my writing students, when you feel stuck, start with a word. Any word. Today, that word is...
Read MoreEpiphanies
“It’s like everybody knows the story,” muses a reporter to her colleague. “Except us.” The journalists of “Spotlight,” a legendary investigative unit at the Boston Globe, won a Pulitzer for a series of revelatory articles on the...
Read MoreWho’s Out There?
Don’t bother asking Damien Atkins whether or not he believes in UFOs. He won’t tell you.What the Toronto-based playwright and actor will do instead is talk about his one-person play, We Are Not Alone, which...
Read MoreNewspaper-Making in Namibia
Murder, betrayal or New Year celebrations – these are the topics on the list. It is December 30 and we have to decide which story will be on the cover of tomorrow’s newspaper. Unfortunately, there will be blood leaking...
Read MoreLife of a Musician
Louise Burns, a Canadian singer-songwriter and former member of the girl band Lillix, just completed a month’s residency in Dawson City as the songwriter in residence. The Vancouver musician says it was her boyfriend who found...
Read MoreOff to Skagway to Explore Language
By the time you read this I’ll be “Exploring the Frontiers of Language” in Skagway, attending this year’s edition of the North Words Writers Symposium. I’ve been at most of these gatherings since the first one in 2010 and have...
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