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Nov 29, 2017
Brian, Chef
I forget who it was, but someone in Inuvik suggested that I talk to Brian at Alestine’s for a perspective on local history and culture. Brian told me right away...
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Nov 22, 2017
Alishia, Tarot Reader
Even when I was there, Ucluelet was hard to put into words. A peninsula on the edge of the Pacific, a town fit between a natural harbour and the wide-open...
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Nov 20, 2017
Mary, Conservator
While we were in Winnipeg, we cycled up to St. Mary Ave. and Memorial Blvd. to get a tour of the provincial archives. We’d seen but hadn’t visited the archives...
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Nov 17, 2017
We Can Still Be Here
No sooner had I reached the chain-up pull-out outside of Bezanson, I wrote in log 103, than a pickup truck stopped in front of me and a woman and a...
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Nov 13, 2017
Glenn, Carver
The journey from Port Hardy on the North Island to Long Harbour on the Gulf Islands felt like travelling from wilderness to civilization. Northern Vancouver Island is essentially forest and...
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Nov 11, 2017
Ruth, Advocate
This story has been waiting to be told for almost four months. It takes place under the midday sun of Thunder Bay in July, in The Hub Bazaar where I...
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Sep 19, 2017
Marl, Mechanic Historian
The Fort Nelson Heritage Museum is bigger than you probably imagine. It contains a sprawling collection of artifacts and memorabilia set up in a group of restored buildings and outside...
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Aug 5, 2017
Lori, Entrepreneur
When we reached Thunder Bay, we headed to Community Spokes, a co-operative that is committed to providing accessible resources and skills training for people using bicycles in Fort William and...
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Jul 30, 2017
Tanner, Carrier of Hope
I first met Tanner in Lennox Island First Nation on Prince Edward Island. He joined a few other members of Hey Cuzzins drum group to record part of an Indigenous-mixed-punk-rock...
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Jul 28, 2017
Doreen, Trailblazer
This was one of those encounters you can’t anticipate or predict. Asad and I make an effort to be open to conversations happening organically, which is how I came to...
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Jul 20, 2017
Annise, Scientist
I don’t remember how we started talking about earthworms. I guess it wasn’t unlikely—Annise is a charismatic, conversational young adult who is deeply engaged in her post-doctorate research on earthworms....
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Jul 9, 2017
Stéphane, Potter
There’s a place on the north coast of the St. Lawrence in Québec where a barn is now a pottery workshop, and a potter works through 10 tons of clay...
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Jul 5, 2017
Isabelle, Blood Donor
Half of all Canadians will either need blood or know someone who will need blood in their lives. Half of all Canadians are eligible to donate at any given time....
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Jun 26, 2017
Lucie, Visionary
“Free aromatic fountain,” the sign read. I pulled onto the highway shoulder and stared at it. Aromatic fountain? After a moment, I turned into the wet gravel driveway, half-expecting to...
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Jun 25, 2017
Margot, Artist
The moment I walked into Margot’s studio gallery, my jaw dropped. I had never seen anything like it. Paintings covered the walls, sculptures lined the counters, tools and extra materials...
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Jun 20, 2017
Marc, Scuba Diver
Yet another quick piece because time keeps slipping away. Marc and his family shared the same halte municipal as Asad and I on the south coast of the Gaspé Peninsula....
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Jun 18, 2017
Isa, Gaspésienne
I’ve always liked the French language, and in particular liked the skill of being bilingual. That skill began, in large part, in Gaspé. I originally wanted to go to a...
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Jun 18, 2017
Benji, Hitchhiker
My encounter with Benji was one of those conversations where you start talking, thinking you’ll just exchange a couple sentences, and then discover that you’re so interested in each other...
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Jun 11, 2017
Viviane, Francophone
“It had been my lifelong dream to study at the University of New Brunswick,” Viviane said. “I knew that’s what I wanted to do.” Viviane’s high school was a French...
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Jun 10, 2017
Ken Montgomery, Wind Energy Engineer
As we bicycled to North Cape, the wind picked up behind us. What had previously been a relatively calm day on the inland highways of northwestern Prince Edward Island became...
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May 28, 2017
Patsy, Daughter
This is a story back from eastern Newfoundland, but it’s stayed with me and I can’t help thinking that it ought to be shared. Patsy was one of those friendly...
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May 15, 2017
Terry, Outport Photographer
“Yeah, there’s a lot of sea ice,” Terry Adey said as we stood on an old fishing wharf. A piece of ice about eight feet across had run aground in...
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May 9, 2017
Jason, Drag Queen
The TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race has popularized drag in North America in the last several years. It’s on its ninth season and up until last week it was more...
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May 7, 2017
Michael, Artist
Spent some time with an artist, Michael Ciesielski, who is currently operating out of St. Michael’s Printshop in St. John’s. His hands had less ink on them than I expected...
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