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The thrill of the Yukon is all in the Quest

By Lisa Pasold
Huskies in snow boots, temperatures of minus 40, and northern lights that appear like messages from the beyond: that’s Dawson City, Yukon, in February. It’s not your typical vacation destination, but there’s a secret thrill to being there at this time of year, when the community pulls together for the Yukon Quest.
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Vélos bring a new joie de vivre to Paris

By Lisa Pasold
As soon as I got back home to the City of Light, I noticed them: weird silver-violet installations all over Paris. I heard they'd appeared at the beginning of the summer, while I was visiting family in Canada. By August, the implantation was complete: Paris had been taken over by bicycles.
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Road show heads for Fringe

By Lisa Pasold
When I went on my first Fringe theatre tour, I'd been living in Paris for six years. I wasn't ready to come home to Canada for good, but I liked the idea of touring the country for a summer. The Fringe is a low-fame version of Canadian Idol-bare your soul, see the country, make some money. And as a bonus: since I was only stage-managing my husband's show, it wasn't my soul (or my butt) being bared up there on stage. I just had to make sure the lights worked.
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