Trail Blazer Harris Cox
Nobody knows the cross-country ski trails around Whitehorse like Harris Cox. His work in the Yukon has earned him international recognition.
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Whitehorse Gymnast Is Golden
Taylor Kennedy has won a title at the Western Canadian Gymnastics Championships (WCGC). Kennedy, of the Polarettes Gymnastics Club…
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Broomball Dynasty
They say the family that plays together, stays together. Such is the case with the Nadon family of Whitehorse…
Skills Canada Yukon Interview: Isaiac Tracey
I feel like I have learned a lot of life lessons working in the trades, having learned a lot about myself and how to work with others….
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Skills Canada Yukon Interview: Jonathan Fillmore
It is hard to sum up briefly, but overall it has been an exciting and very rewarding journey. Throughout my early twenties…
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Brandon Isaak Is Back At It Again
It’s been a while since we caught up with Brandon Isaak. Far from idling since our last conversation, the Whitehorse-born blues songster…
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Skills Canada Yukon Interview: Oriana Gallina
Full Name: Oriana Gallina Age 17, grade 12Trade: Fashion Technology Skills Yukon Affiliation: 2023 Territorial Skills Competition Gold Medalist, 2023 National Skills Competition CompetitorSchool: F.H.
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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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Storytelling Specialist Honoured for Excellence and Leadership in Teaching
Patricia Joe, of KDFN, recognized as an Outstanding Indigenous Educator. She credits her grandparents for gifting their knowledge to her.
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Diyet and the Love Soldiers
This July, Diyet and the Love Soldiers released a video project to accompany their song, “Brave Face.” The track was the third single and opener
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Teslin students win national award
hàtìnas.àxh Community School won 2019 Canada’s Coolest School Trip. A photo essay shares Tlingit culture & promotes Tlingit language.
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Faro writer nabs excellence award
Wise and wordy Sally Lee Baker weaves wicked words in Toni Tanager, the latest instalment in her series of alliterative children’s books. In doing so,
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Canada Wide Science Fair Winners
All three Yukon participants in the 2018 Canada Wide Science Fair have brought home medals
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2018 CBC Indigenous Music Awards
On May 18, the Indigenous Music Awards will return to Winnipeg with awards in 19 categories that honour music that has been created by First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples of Turtle Island.
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Yukon Artists in the International Songwriting Competition
Learn how to participate in the International Songwriting Competition. Singers and songwriters can compete for great exposure.
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Our boxers respected Outside
Levi Commons, of the Yukon Amateur Boxing club, returned from the Alberta Bronze Gloves tournament with a gold medal. Edujardo Aragon and Micah Hoeschele, of
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Syphilis Spreads like Wildfire: Peter Jickling’s Play Syphilis: A Love Story wins comedy award
It’s difficult to resist making puns about the title of the award-winning play Syphilis: A Love Story by Whitehorse playwright, and What’s Up Yukon assistant
Local Pilot Honoured ForThree Decades Of Service
Kelly Collins received Yukon Transportation’s Order of Polaris Local flight instructor Kelly Collins has spent nearly three decades helping Yukoners earn their wings. This month
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George McConkey’s First Solo CD
A former member of the Undertakin’ Daddies, Harmonica George McConkey drew on bandmate Nathan Tinkham’s resources to cut a CD.
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Sharing Their Roots
Kim Beggs, Jonathan Byrd and Corin Raymond were driving from Medicine Hat to Calgary when I spoke with them about their current musical tour. But
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Skipping Into History
We got our medals stuck in the ice” Thomas Scoffin. The 17-yr-old Whitehorse resident skipped the Junior Winter Olympic Team.
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From Broom Handles to Beijing
Fifteen years ago, a young Yukon girl, armed with just an old broom handle, would relentlessly practise her weightlifting technique and form. A member of
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Machinist Creates a Silver Medal
I have always been skeptical about my brother, Karl, never going to school … but now my doubts have vanished. I am so proud of
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