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Tales from isolation: Working, learning, living

When the schools closed in Montreal, my wife and our youngest child moved to the countryside, where winter lasts till…

12Feb 201912 Feb 2019
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Bubby faced every challenge with head held high, back straight

We lost our Bubby last week. In a hotel in her hometown Winnipeg, my mother-in-law sat on one of the…

30Jan 201930 Jan 2019
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Fernandina and St. Augustine are in a battle for the ages

My favourite sort of gossip is the kind people spill about their home towns. Sometimes it’s the traditional kind of…

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We searched for my cousin’s bones in Telegraph Cove

3 Aug 20183 Aug 2018
TELEGRAPH COVE — My cousin Tony is a storyteller. I don’t know, maybe it runs in the family. He knows everything worth knowing about his small town, Port Hardy, and…
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How tragedy helped end the last of Canada’s logging railways

11 May 201815 May 2018
BEAVER COVE I pulled over between two one-lane bridges to take pictures of the rail. Melani waited in the car, as she does every time I do this. I have…
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The peacocks (and other wildlife) of Vancouver Island

26 Apr 201826 Apr 2018
PACIFIC RIM HIGHWAY The deer came out at dusk. They barely lifted their heads to acknowledge us, but I slowed the car and put everyone on deer watch. Bear watch,…
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A walk in the park: Beacon Hill and the running of the goats

25 Apr 201824 Apr 2018
Part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks. VICTORIA When you ask people for travel recommendations, you’ll mostly get answers similar to what the region’s tourism bureau…
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The sketchiest McDonald’s in British Columbia

23 Apr 201823 Apr 2018
VICTORIA This is how the math breaks down when your intention is to go to a nice restaurant but you're still a parent after all: Three exhausted children (new friends)…
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Having a breakdown: Don’t stop fighting — stop fighting alone

31 Jan 201810 Oct 2018
I had a mental breakdown and didn’t miss a day of work. I left an hour early one day this summer. I didn’t tell anyone why. But it was because…

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