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Montreal/Ottawa October, 1998

On every license plate in the province of Quebec, the motto "Je me souviens" appears. It means simply, "I remember." It's not just a motto, but for many Quebeckers, a political statement as wel...

Toronto the Good

In May '98, I went up to Toronto to get out of the US cheaply and (relatively) easily for just a few days. Toronto is known as "Toronto the Good" because in the forties and fifties it was known...

Arctic 2002: aboard the laurier

I wrote this last night after seeing the first real pack ice of my trip: I had gone to sleep in the afternoon to rest before working stations at two am and when I lay down, open waters surrounded ...

During the 1920s and 30s there was a RCMP detachment at Pearce Point during the summer months when the Inuit maintained a seasonal hunting camp. For these hardy men from the south, it must have see...

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Montréal, Québec I never seem to visit Montréal in good weather. Either it's the rainy season or, more likely, the dead of winter when I'm invited to come. It's fortunate that the...