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I have to begin by making a comment or two about yesterday’s election. I’m extremely pleased by the results generally. The two big wins for me are seeing Mark Carney remain as our Prime Minister, and seeing Bruce Fanjoy soundly beat Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in the Carleton riding....

On Tuesday, April 8th, I flew home with Air North after a particularly good visit with most of my family and a life-long friend. I had my son drop me at the airport at 10:30 for my 12:35 flight – being early greatly reduces my stress levels and of...

Backing up to Saturday afternoon (April 5th), the whole family headed into the Rockies for a hike to an abandoned Cold War bunker and then for dinner at Canmore. It was an excellent day 🙂 From southeast Calgary, it’s 100 km to the trailhead. It was about 10°C and...

I normally limit my visits with family to 3 days, but this time I went for 5, and it worked out very well. I spent a lot of time exploring the nearby Carburn Park and Bow River Trail, and walked almost 20 km there. I was amazed by how...

I’m way behind now, but I still want to post about my trip to Calgary. I flew down to see my kids on April 3rd and returned on the 8th. Unfortunately I caught a cold my last day there, and the day after I got home I was down...

A friend posted a meme on Facebook yesterday morning that got me thinking (thanks, Sue!). It said “Turn off the news. Go outside. Breathe. We were not meant to carry the burden of the entire world.” I’ve been doing quite well in moving away from the nastiness of politics,...

Last September I posted an article about “Paddling BC’s Bowron Lakes circuit in 1968,” a trip that I have many photos of but no memory of. That was an enjoyable way to recreate a significant adventure and it brought back some tiny fragments of memories of the trip. This...

As I went to bed Tuesday night, I looked outside and said to Cathy that it felt like an aurora night – “in a couple of hours.” An hour and a half later, she woke me up and said a display had started. I put my pyjamas on, got...

It’s been many years since I’ve posted a product review. I get occasional requests by manufacturers to review various products but none have caught my attention since I did a couple of motorcycle jackets. I’ve always been curious about high-end hiking pants, though, so when I got an email...

I’ve been watching the planning and construction progress of the Nisutlin Bay Bridge at Teslin since it all began, and have been planning for many months to drive down for a look. With Spring approaching, I’m getting very itchy to hit the road in some form, so when I...