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In
the News
- Edmonton
Journal -
Sunday, January
7, 2007 - Jeff
Holubitsky
Yurt fans live in the round, like
nomads
"Portable units
go up in a day, and foil insulation keeps out the cold
of winter"
Full
Story
- Vancouver Province -
Thursday, November 2, 2006 - Ashley
Ford
Hotelier adapts horde housing to
hospitality
"Yurts: Burnaby builder
one of the finest outside of Mongolia"
Full
Story
- Vancouver Sun - Saturday,
October 28, 2006 - Anne
Wallace Allen
Rent a yurt for winter camping
"Some B.C. campgrounds
provide these sturdy abodes"
Full
Story
 Real
Living's Country Homes & Lifestyles - Summer 2006
It's a
Yurt! Not exactly a tent and not exactly a cabin.
Outdoor buffs are quickly discovering
what many nomadic tribes in Central Asia and Siberia have known
since the 13th century - yurts are a fun, energy-efficient
and cost-effective way of living close to nature.
Full
Story
- The Georgia Straight -
May 25th, 2006
Camping around, yurt-style
Carolyn Ali
Some people love camping
and will happily trade their warm bed for a sleeping bag on
the ground. As a city girl, I prefer my tents furnished. Specifically,
I like those with sofas, such as the one I’m relaxing
on now. It’s a nasty night in the great outdoors, but
I’m enjoying the pitter-patter of rain on the roof of
the tent.
Full
Story
- Channel CFPN,
London, Ontario.
An interview introducing Yurtco to Ontario,
shown on April 21, 2006.
- Rogers Cable Channel, London, Ontario.
An interview with Beverley Hamann shown
on April 22nd, 2006.
"Yurts are durable,
fun dwellings that are growing in appeal as vacation cottages,
ski cabins and guest houses."
Full
Story
"Toilet technology
is a burning topic (sometimes literally) in the woods - even
for the Governor-General."
Full
Story
- Vancouver Sun -
Friday, February
25, 2005
The urge to yurt - Yurts are
cute and cosy, and low-impact, too
Shelley Fralic
"Portable Dwellings
- The dwelling has a proud nomadic past and a bright B.C. future.
Once you get past the name - and who can't help but smile at
the word yurt - you come to respect its genius as a portable
dwelling virtually unchanged over thousands of years."
Full
Story
- Vancouver Sun -
Saturday, February 19, 2005
Traditional cabin or portable
dome offer two styles of country getaway
Kim Pemberton
"Living in B.C. with
its recreational opportunities, who doesn't dream of owning
their own little cabin in the woods or on the waterfront?"
Full
Story
- The
Arizona Republic
Yurts reduce camping to simple pleasures
By Marla Jo Fisher
"Friday,
7 p.m. I feel darn smug, sitting here around the campfire,
watching the last crimson and amber rays of the dying sun
reflect gently off the lake. Unlike
us, everyone else in this campground is hurriedly setting
up their campsites. Not me......"
Full Story
- Global
TV, Vancouver, B.C. - June 27th, 2003.
Yurts in B.C. Provincial Parks
Global Television featured a story on
Yurtco yurts on the evening news at 6:00 p.m. and again at
11:00 p.m.
- International
Scout & Guide Event - June
10th, 2002
Hands Across the Border
"Yurtco Sponsors International Jamboree.
Yurts were used by V.I.P.'s for meetings throughout the daylong
event."
Full Story
- Yurt Camping - June
1st, 2002
Yurt Camping is Better Than Dirt Camping
"Going
back to the 13th century, yurts
were used by nomadic Mongolians
who trekked across Asia
and Eastern Europe. Yurts were
the ideal pack-and-go accommodations,
good for both the hot and cold
climates faced by the Mongols..."
Full
Story
- Real Living Magazine
- April, 2002
Yurts - 13th Century Accommodations
in 2002
"You may be asking
yourself what exactly a yurt is, but don't worry, you are not alone. Two
years ago, I spent a couple of months working at a summer camp. As I
arrived at the beginning of the summer, the camp director informed us
of where I would be living for the following two months. After hearing
this, I gave the camp director a puzzled ....."
Full
Story
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