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Nov 28, 2017
Raffi, Children’s Champion
Until 2015, Raffi was a melody. Raffi was my six-year-old voice asking my mom to put on a tape when we got in the car. He was Baby Beluga and...
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Nov 24, 2017
Kris, Doctor
Kris grew up in Prince Albert, SK, and moved to Saskatoon in 1990. He’s a doctor who specializes in infectious disease, which gives him a unique perspective on Saskatchewan medical...
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Sep 29, 2017
Willie, Youth Worker
The Skidegate Youth Center is in a longhouse beside the ocean. I met Willie when I stopped in on a rainy afternoon and found him neatening up and getting ready...
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Sep 9, 2017
Lessons From Wild Harvesting, Some About Wild Harvesting
Through the trees beside the highway I could see a dozen or so tents, trucks, trailers and other miscellaneous temporary-style shelters. I stopped at the turn-off and stood for a...
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Aug 17, 2017
Dawson Creek Exhibition & Stampede
I crossed into British Columbia in time for the Dawson Creek Exhibition & Stampede. I expected it to be sort of similar to what I knew from fall fairs in...
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Aug 6, 2017
Howard, Farmer
I had stopped bicycling and was texting Asad on the phone when Howard pulled off the highway in front of me. He had stopped to check and make sure I...
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Aug 6, 2017
Artists Do
At its surface, this is a story about a cool thing I did. On our last full day in Thunder Bay, I went to Cascades Conservation Area with a few...
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Jun 22, 2017
Salaweg
I originally stopped because the logo of the Mi’gmaq Maliseet Aboriginal Fisheries Management Association (MMAFMA), on a signboard beside the highway, was so intriguing. It featured a modern fishing boat...
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Jun 21, 2017
Shigawake Fair
360 days of the year, the fairgrounds in Shigawake are ruled by cattle. Asad and I were shown around Nikki and George Hayes’ farm, and the tour ended across the...
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Jun 10, 2017
Saltwater Trapline
The commercial fishing industry in Tignish in northwestern Prince Edward Island began in 1845 when Frank Arsenault and Thomas J. Caie set up multiple stores in the Tignish district and...
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Jun 7, 2017
Work Party
This is probably something everyone knows about. At least in some form or another, a work party isn’t a new or transformationally eye-opening experience. But that’s still how it felt...
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Jun 6, 2017
Pal-o-Mine
This is just a little story, but it’s a special piece of New Brunswick that I think is worth holding on to. We were at our host’s place in Fredericton...
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May 26, 2017
Mi-Carême
I forget for how many years Lucille à Joseph LeBlanc lived away from her hometown on the west coast of Cape Breton, Chéticamp. It was more than two decades, and...
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