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Castor’s Letter No. 1
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Dear 1000towns Castor’s Letters, No. 1. Our new columnist writes in to introduce himself, correct one detail, and offer to write to us every week. We accepted. Byline: By Castor Date: May 4, 2026 Reading time: 4 minutes Castor reads our page on his hometown. White Goose Family Restaurant, Castor, Alberta. Editor’s note: A letter we […]
Castor’s Letter No. 2
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Castor’s Letter, No. 2 The country opens for the year this weekend May long weekend, small-town news from six provinces, and a man who drove twelve miles for a Tim Hortons in 1974. Byline: By Castor Date: Monday, May 11, 2026 Reading time: 8 minutes Two weeks ago, Castor wrote in to correct the population […]
Castor’s Letter No. 3
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Castor’s Letter, No. 3 The Morning After Victoria Day News from six provinces and one territory, a town with a ten-ton beaver at its edge, and a Nova Scotia town of seven hundred that won a Nobel Prize. Byline: By Castor Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 Reading time: 8 minutes Towns Castor mentioned this week […]
Castor’s Letter No. 4
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Castor’s Letter, No. 4 A Friend to Every Kid and Kit, for a Hundred Years Getting ready for Winnie the Pooh’s hundredth — and also news from four provinces and one territory, a reader’s question from Wheatley about a fishing tournament, and a Manitoba town that once landed a Boeing 767 on a drag strip. […]
Castor’s Letter No. 5
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Castor’s Letter, No. 5 The First Morning of June Lobster season at midpoint on the Bay of Chaleur. A new section: famous Canadians from small towns. A bear cub on Main Street in Canmore. News from four provinces and one territory besides. By Castor Date: Monday, June 1, 2026 Reading time: 7minutes Towns Castor mentioned […]
Castor’s Letter No. 6
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Castor’s Letter, No. 6 Ships of Ice Icebergs visible from the wharf at Bonavista. People of small towns goes to Stompin’ Tom. A T. rex named Scotty in a Saskatchewan town of five hundred. News from five provinces besides. By Castor Date: Monday, June 8, 2026 Reading time: 8 minutes Towns Castor mentioned this week […]
Castor’s Letter No. 7
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Castor’s Letter, No. 7 Taber’s Twelve → Twelve southern Alberta towns gave a thirteenth their ice this winter → Alan Doyle in People of small towns → A forbidden island off Vancouver Island holds half the world’s Cassin’s auklets → News from seven provinces and one territory besides. By Castor Date: Monday, June 15, 2026 […]
Castor’s Letter No. 8
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Castor’s Letter · No. 8 Where the Marathon Became Hope → Terry Fox crossed the Ottawa River forty-six years ago. He died forty-five years ago this Sunday. → Anne Murray turns eighty-one this Saturday in Springhill, Nova Scotia. → The longest day on the Midnight Dome above Dawson City → And news from six provinces and two territories besides. […]
Castor’s Letter No. 9
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Castor’s Letter, No. 9 Thirteen Canada Days → Castor’s first Canada Day at home in years — and the thirteen he spent somewhere else. → The red blanket of Birtle. → The man who composed O Canada. → The ninetieth Ponoka Stampede with its biggest Canada Day Dash ever. → News from cousins coast to […]
Castor’s Letter No. 10
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Castor’s Letter · No. 10 The Day Rimouski Saved the Cirque du Soleil → Forty-two summers ago this week, in Rimouski, Quebec, small-town Canada built a circus. → Sid the Kid grew up shooting pucks against the family dryer in Cole Harbour NS. → A reader in Highland Grove writes about the smallest museum in […]
Castor’s Letter No. 11
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Castor’s Letter · No. 11 The Things We Make Too Big → Castor wonders why small towns build giant things. → Astronaut Jeremy Hansen, back to Ingersoll after flying past the Moon. → Two hockey drafts in ten days — the first Yukoner and the first Islander. → Cardigan, and the Islander who grew the World […]
Castor’s Letter No. 12
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Castor’s Letter · No. 12 The Community Halls We Leave the Lights On For → These days, Castor follows fire and flood to the towns that open their doors. → A caribou feast for a thousand in Cambridge Bay. → A hometown that turned Nickelback into a walking tour. → And news from seven provinces […]
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