Making the Best of a Gunshot Animal
The heart-lung area is the place to put your bullet for a quick, clean kill on any big animal. The lungs supply oxygen, and the […]
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Bigger is Not Always Better
In the 1970s farmers in the United States were told to “get big or get out” as a way to promote larger, corporately owned farms.
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Not the Last Hike of the Season
I always keep hiking until the snow becomes too deep. On October 18 it was snowing. The previous day I had gone for a full
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What’s in a Name?
It was Wilson’s idea to mount a fundraising event to give both bands more exposure. Together with Duncan Sinclair of Jazz Yukon
Big House Red
I was in the Yukon Liquor Corporation about six weeks ago, when I was delighted to make the acquaintance of an old friend. Looking for
A New Normal
No one gets out of paradise unscathed. That’s what Matt King says as The Descendants, a drama set in Hawaii, begins. Matt (George Clooney), a
Death of the American Dream
Dr. Hunter Stockton Thompson was a champion of fun. If he is remembered at all, it is through exaggerated shades of his personality. Bill Murray
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A Tale of Two Boxes
I had to do my first major snow clearance of the season on Hallowe’en. It wasn’t bad — took about half an hour. The snow
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Passion for Detail
Masamichi Nakatsuka has a painting, a watercolour on paper called “Passion”, that he completed in one sitting. The painting is of a skull with paint
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The Guild presents Dedication
Terrence McNally’s Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams, playing at the Guild Hall until December 6, is a love letter to theatre in an era
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Didee & Didoo – Poem “Playing With Words”
Playing With Words My honey likes honey. That fly can’t fly. An ant bit my aunt. my son likes the sun. Don’t swallow that swallow.
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Face Us
There are currently two mammoths at the Yukon Arts Centre. But they don’t interact; they are on different schedules. The one hanging out in the
Happy Birthday Eeyore
In chapter six of A.A. Milne’s classic, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore has a birthday. Miserable to begin with, and sure to become so again soon
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