A champion of the World
Yukon snowboarder Stian Langbakk is on top of the world theses days and is ranked third in the world, for his age, in Rails…
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OUT North Turns 11
The 11th OUT North Queer Film and Arts Festival is happening April 15 to 19 and promises to be the most expansive iteration…
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From meadows to monsters
For Yukoners wondering if we’ll ever emerge from the seemingly endless winter, Yukon Artists @ Work (YAAW) is offering…
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knitting a community together
My Knitting Circle is a contemplative film, a quiet celebration of knitters and community. It’s also an ode to the Yukon…
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This One is for the ‘birds’
On the weekend that the Guild and Gwaandak theatres were holding auditions for their co-production The Birds, by playwright Yvette Nolan…
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the self-created being
Jessica Hall first made a film about the late James Kirby in 2017, during summer solstice. The short documentary was called Left Hand Path…
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tracy and martina are comin’ north!
Lately, while walking my dog, I’ve been listening to the podcast Shootin’ the Shit, with Tracy and Martina…
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A Gallery and A Garden
IIn 2020, in response to the closing of public spaces due to the pandemic, Nicole Bauberger created a gallery on the trails…
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Thrifted Gems and Hand-me-Downs
Wherever she goes, Paris Pick’s inimitable style goes with her. For example, when she calls me from the Fraser, B.C., highways maintenance camp, where she’s working as the cook, she tells me that she just dyed her hair pink because she’s turning 31 the next day. “I’m not going into my ‘thirty-one era’ without some colour,” she says.
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A Film Called Saturday
The idea for the film came to Jessica one Saturday when her mum and sister invited her to join them on their weekly excursion.
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In Reverence to Nature
Jackie Olson and David Curtis honor nature’s resilience. Their exhibitions at YAC blend eco-inspired art and collected materials,
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Lives Folding And Unfolding
The Guild Theatre’s Animals Out of Paper explores the delicate art of origami as a metaphor for grief and hope.
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Bringing Custom Orthotics North
Since Meagan McEwen Gerein and Kurtis Gerein opened Yukon Biomechanics in Whitehorse, in 2020, Yukon orthotic users…
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The Hottest Show In Town
Folks wanting to see Velvet Antler Productions shows need to act fast—really fast. Tickets usually sell out online before the dance…
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Ride The Cyclone
On the snowiest day of March, I arrive at the Guild Hall to meet part of the talented team staging the Guild’s next production…
Mustard Is A Must-see!
Brian Fidler, artistic director for the Guild Hall Theatre, has a knack for choosing plays that everybody wants to be part of.
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Drag Me North
We’ve all heard about the importance of eating local food, buying local products and supporting local businesses.
The Amazing Drag Journeys Of Indigi-Hauz Queens
Thanks to RuPaul Charles and her Drag Race franchise phenomena, drag performances are enjoying monumental popularity around the Globe.
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Yukon Pride—A Party With A Purpose
Pride is busting out in three Yukon communities in late July and in August. Celebrating its 10th anniversary…
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Summer In The City
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many key community spaces were forced to shut their doors, including the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre.
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Fabulous At 40
It’s one of the most-epic logistical and athletic feats to be pulled off in the Yukon and Alaska. Over 300 volunteers are recruited.
Remembering Jamie Shaw
Every one of us who goes to school or who participates in sports experiences a number of teachers and coaches along the way.
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Walking The Walk
Music teachers in the Yukon don’t seem to have a minute to rest. For example, Annie Avery, who spoke with me about the Yukon Registered…
The Wolves At The Guild
The play itself is written for female-identifying characters which was a huge draw for Pritchard, Clark and Sinclair…
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The Alchemy of ALFF
ALFF has evolved into a two-week, 100-plus film event. There are 45 feature- and mid-length films, over 50 short films, live concerts…
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The Simple Joys Of Yukon Count
This past Christmas season, Yukoners were introduced to a new children’s book created by local illustrator Tedd Tucker.
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Hecate Press, a stepping stone for northern comic artists
Hecate Press, founded a few years ago by artist Kimberly Edgar, is creating new opportunities for the Yukon’s established and emerging comic artists.
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Graphic Novel: Journey to Makalu
Artist Esther Bordet visits the same Himalayan summit as her great-uncle, to create a graphic novel based on his travels.
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Nathalie Parenteau: The Accidental Artist
It was never Nathalie Parenteau’s intention to be an artist. She still views her vocation as something she stumbled upon.
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Being Unorthodox in the Yukon
Unorthodox Yukon is one of the Yukon’s most-colourful spaces. The store’s owner, Douma Alwarid, is funny, open and animated.
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Yukon Association of Non-status Indians: Remembering the Forgotten People
Important history of Yukon Indigenous people is about to be told, by the Yukon Association of Non-status Indians
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Bobbi Rose Koe receives the 2021 Canadian River Heritage Award
30 year old Teetl’it Gwich’in woman Bobbi Rose Koe received the 2021 Canadian River Heritage Award. A lifetime achievement award.
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A look at the fate of Earth’s other inhabitants, should humanity disappear?
If humanity for some reason disappears, what will become of Earth’s other inhabitants? David Curtis: Shall Inherit at Yukon Arts Centre.
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‘Poop and the City’—The Whitehorse Sewage System
Where does our poop go after we flush? Turns out it is a journey after we flush, and we can help ensure that the system runs smoothly.
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“Vader’s Fist” in the Yukon
The 501st Legion (a.k.a. Vader’s Fist), a Star Wars costuming group, is in the territory. Hear from inaugural members of The Yukon’s Legion.
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Preparing for the Apocalypse (and being misunderstood): the Guild Hall’s ‘WROL’
WROL (Without Rule of Law) at the Guild is an all youth cast with no adult characters in this play about 7 girls preparing for the apocalypse
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The Extraordinary First Year of Mésdzįh Eskiye Designs
Cohen Quash is 12, which may make him the youngest fashion designer the Yukon. His Watson Lake business is Mésdzįh Eskiye Designs.
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Inked! The Indelible Art of Tattooing
Chat with artists at Yukon tattoo shops. They’re the most kind & community-minded folks & you might walk out wondering why you don’t have ink.
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Artists inspiring artists
Yukon artists & Yukon Prize for Visual Arts finalists, Krystle Silverfox & Veronica Verkley, talk about who inspires them in art and in life.
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ALFF 2022 goes online
A few of the the diverse offerings at the 2022 Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) happening online, and maybe a bit in-person.
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Dreamland underground
Yukon Illustration Coalition (YILCO) Dreamland: Demystifying Digital Illustration reveals the digital illustration processes.
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Collective Memory: Forty years of the Yukon Permanent Art Collection
Collective Memory exhibition: Marking the 40th anniversary of the Yukon Permanent Art Collection. Part of Yukon’s dynamic collective memory.
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Abstractions underground: Two artists turn inward with new shows
2 exhibitions at Arts Underground. Focus Gallery, Tedd Tucker’s Winter Sketches. Edge Gallery, Heather Von Steinhagen’s Hidden Details.
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The Yukon Theatre opens its doors after a two-year shutdown
Folks are excited that the Yukon Film Society has re-opened the Yukon Theatre on Wood Street after its former owners shut it down.
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Nourished by Nature
Their practices may seem different – Waters is a watercolour artist, Geary is a potter – their materials are drawn from the same elements.
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Fantasy in Miniature
Fantasy in Miniature, brings a little magic. Sharing the Planet features butterflies & moths. Both are at Arts Underground.
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Karaky Grocery: Tastes of home
International foods from many countries and a variety of cuisine – Middle Eastern, South Asian, European and Japanese.
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Craving Crepes? Crêperie La Petite-Maison brings French food to Yukoners
Crêperie La Petite-Maison brings French food to Yukoners. Morin & Veniatare passionate & Yukoners are crazy about their crêpes.
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Memories of the Yukon’s only psychiatrist: Still a Yukoner in his heart
From 1995 to 2001 Dr. Jaime Smith was the territory’s only psychiatrist. Jim Robb devotes page 38 in The Colourful 5% V:III to this Yukoner.
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Planes, trains and automobiles
Tullis, 83, likes to build. A retired heavy duty mechanic, the airplane, steam engine & Ford Model T occupied him for the last 30 years.
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Jim Robb is still coming up with new ideas
Imagine our understanding of the Yukon without Jim Robb. Colourless without characters like “Wigwam” Harry, Andy Hooper and Buzz Saw Jimmy?
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A dinner party: The Guild brings a new play to town for its first show this year
A Dinner Party at The Guild. “I love Whitehorse audiences, there’s an eagerness & openness to absurdity … and this play gets really weird.”
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Wonders Underground
The Eleventy-Leven postcards are years of original artwork postcards exchanged every Friday between artists Joyce Majiski and Zea Morvitz.
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The Resurrectionists
Larrikin Entertainment artistic executive producer Katherine McCallum is excited to be spearheading the dark comedy’s world premiere.
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A Yukon Horror Story, So Far
Graphic novels are Gallagher’s favourite art form. This exhibit is an artistic journey to produce a horror graphic novel set in the Yukon.
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Infinite flavours of Asia: Yukon Asian Market
If a customer asks for something, she’ll try to find it for them and the selection is impressive. There are products from many countries.
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Theatre in the Bush 2021
Ramshackle Theatre in the Bush “I’m already out in the yard,” Fidler says. “I’ve got my chainsaw out and I’m clearing the paths.”
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Vanessa Ægirsdóttir’s magical place
Meeting Bahm set her on a new personal journey, and professional path informed by his Tlingit heritage and traditional approach to trapping.
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Under the Yukon sky: The nature of joy
Natasha Henderson’s brooding skies, dense, lush forests and dark city streets in the appropriately-titled Under the Yukon Sky.
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Welcome back… to the Round Back
With an improved ‘Round Back venue in place, the Guild Hall unveils a new series of performances. Music, theatre, comedy and more.
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She Shreds
Michelle Friesen is part of the next wave of amazing Yukon women aiming to make mountain biking accessible and inclusive. And she’s clearly happy to be leading the way.
Karen Thomas’s 2020 Landscape series
Karen Thomas takes a light-hearted approach to art-making. This makes for a joyful experience for folks who take in her exhibit 2020 Landscape Series: A Path Forward which is currently showing at Arts Underground in Whitehorse.
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Jesse Devost’s Superposition
In Superposition, Jesse Devost’s new exhibition at Arts Underground, Devost defines superposition as “the physical paradox of two distinct states, when added together equal a new valid state.
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Jeszika Mae’s Joy of Cooking
Macarons represent the bonbons side of Jeszika Mae’s business slogan: “Bacon and Bonbons – smoked meats and sweet treats.”
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Regulars and Rooms for Rent
Compared to the Klondike-era poems we’re familiar with, it seems that Tara Borin’s poetry breaks ground by presenting a post-gold rush, post-Robert Service perspective of Dawson.
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Travels with a sketchbook
Virginia Wilson, whose exhibit Travels with a Sketchbook is currently showing at Yukon Artists @ Work (YA@W), approaches landscapes with a background in geography.
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Yummy dumplings
Anne’s Dumplings took off in the last year. Anne Huang-Power can’t keep up with the demand for her dumplings.
King of Bowls
Night Market offers a taste of Thai Troy King, the executive chef behind the recently-opened Night Market, is a person who seems to live by
Fragments in the Dust
Whitehorse artist Scott Price is the ultimate scavenger. His favourite source for materials is the nearest dump. He’s been to dumps in Whitehorse, Dawson and,
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Changing Gear changing hands
Changing Gear ticks off several boxes: it’s well set up, it’s a great facility, it’s something he can grow with, and the location
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Local beer and good cheer
There’s a whole lot of local in Gather Café and Taphouse, a recent addition to Whitehorse’s burgeoning culinary and bar scene.
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We Will Rendezvous
Rendezvous weekend takes place Feb. 26 to Feb. 28, with a mix of in-person and outdoor action.
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Anything you can imagine
The sky’s the limit for Lukas Kobler, a forward-thinking entrepreneur who sees endless possibilities in what 3D printers can do. Kobler, a full-time engineering student
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How to pivot the Pivot Festival
2021 Pivot Festival brings Yukoners work from nationals and locals. Folk Lordz will participate online from wherever they are in Canada.
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The fine art of drawing with fire
Learn about drawing with fire and its transformation into pyrography, showcasing artistry and craftsmanship through the ages.
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The Christmas elves of YA@W
Last-minute shoppers are sure to find something for a friend or family member at Yukon Artists @ Work. There are also lots of small treasures for topping up stocking, or add some sparkle to what has been a very strange and difficult year.
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Robyn McLeod: Culture meets couture
Robyn McLeod’s dresses from her fashion collection, Dene Futurisms: Series about the three Chu Niikwän residency artists and their work.
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What’s in a name?
Chishti’s Then and Now: Water and a Name is the second in a series of stories featuring the Chu Niikwän artists and their work.
Brothers in beer
Polarity Brewing, the latest addition to the Yukon craft beer scene, is a labour of love.
Going to the dogs!
Road Dogs is a music store, a coffee shop and the new Yukon Online Marketplace. It’s a place to buy a guitar, peruse vinyl while you enjoy a great cappuccino, and the pick up spot for a new online marketplace for Yukon products.
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Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing is a delightfully funny play about depression, but it’s not depressing. It’s also no surprise that the Guild theatre’s first indoor play of the season is about connection.
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Seven
Dawn Robinson is primarily a dancer, but is also a visual artist. She incorporated both these disciplines into her Chu Niikwän Artist Residency piece, entitled Seven.
Making a mark in the art world
Nicole Favron’s performance-based work is being recognized as the Yukon winner of the 2020 BMO 1st Art! Competition.
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Gwaandak Theatre’s The Born-Again Crow
Crow and Wolf, accustomed to several roles.“That’s how we’re used to working”.Indie theatre partners on Yukon production.
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Beauty Through Decay
Beauty Through Decay is Jennfer Jay’s first exhibit, although she has been making art all her life. Yukoners may not know her name. As she notes in her bio, Jay has spent a lot of time being put into boxes that she never felt like she belonged in.
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The shows must go on!
Yukon theatre companies are finding creative ways to present work. Adapting shows and developing unique formats to fit with our new reality.
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Isolation, underwear fights and hanging around the house
How Isolation, underwear fights and hanging around the house inspiration for Theatre in the Bush. ‘That would make a great spot for a show.’”
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Powering the North
When it comes to energy, northern communities require sustainable, reliable solutions. There are many challenges to planning a power project in the North, including severe
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Of Beasts and Branches
Of Beasts and Branches: an interpretation of nature is Jenifer Davidson’s first solo show. Just as her materials are drawn from nature, so is her subject matter.
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Racing in cyberspace
The Yukon River Quest goes virtual It’s hard to imagine a summer without the Yukon River Quest. For 21 years, the annual event brought paddlers
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Puppets and pandemics
Really big puppets are coming to a park near you, but they’ll be keeping their distance.
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Riding Alone Together for Dad
One of the summer’s most popular fundraisers, the Ride for Dad, has undergone some changes in response to COVID-19.
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Busting the myth of the small town artist
When the National Gallery of Canada announced the recipients of the 2020 Sobey Art Award in April, Yukon artist Joseph Tisiga was on the list
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The Dalton Trail Gallery: Art in the age of COVID-19:
Dalton Trail Gallery. a response to the void artists faced in the pandemic. In greenspace behind her house, Bauberger installed her dresses.
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