In 1979, I was in a Katimavik group in a little tiny Quebec village up near the New Brunswick border. The villagers put on a feast for our group in late November, just before we left for our next rotation. It included a massive taffy pull! It was so fun. Thanks for enlightening me as to its origins.

I remember that election. There was lots of fallout. I wrote a short piece about that on my blog: livingthecanadalife.wordpress.com/2021/09/06/f...

A very interesting account! I didn't know she was Canadian. I loved her depiction of Moneypenny. She was also in a short-lived Canadian TV show that I loved as a kid: Adventures in Rainbow Country, 1970 to 1971.

I grew up in St. Lambert and spent my whole childhood travelling back and forth across this bridge -- and past the black rock, which my parents told us was a memorial to a plague. Thank you for all these details that I never thought to look into myself!

The Western Development Museum in Yorkton is very nice.

If, on your travels, you have a chance to go to the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon, there's a whole room full of those impressive machines!

"North of Nowhere" by Marie Wilson is a pretty amazing account of the Truth and Recociliation Commission -- written by one of the commissioners.

Infinite tea space is key!

There's a Bricklin at the Western Development Museum in Moose Jaw. Very interesting to read the whole story!

I'm in the same boat: catless. So the only time I get an editorial assistant who also occupies my knapsack is when I'm working at my sister's.