Column – French Toast

Here comes November, a month full of events for the Francophone community. The big news is the recent accessibility of the Coup de Coeur program

Recently, with the massive interest in television reality shows, came a remake of old-style living and old-style adventure. The Rivard producers from Manitoba are currently

As everybody knows, the Dawson City Music Festival 2010 is coming this weekend, July 16 to 18. This year, the Francophone voice of the festival

There is a new, francophone face in the artistic landscape of the territory. Indeed, everyone in the Yukon’s francophony talks about this night of May

It’s hard not to find her; she is everywhere. I’m talking about the performance artist, poet, writer and painter Josée Fortin. And starting on Nov.

It’s a landscape in monochrome colours, a mysterious detail of a natural scene, an abandoned truck in the middle of the winter or the behaviour

The colourful Gala de la francophonie is coming up soon. For the 16th year in a row, the Francophone community will get together to celebrate

The Francophone Film Festival 2010 is your chance to check out the best Francophone cinema from Canada and Europe. From Oct. 14 to 17, more

The winner of this year’s Juno award for best Francophone album will make her Northern début at the Old Fire Hall next week. Andrea Lindsay,

After a year of silence, Soir de Semaine is back, with something solid. With their new album Faire des voeux, it seems like they have

The annual St-Jean-Baptiste festival has introduced a variety of well-known Francophone musical groups to Yukon audiences. This year the Francouverte prize winning group, Monogreanade, will

Award-winning contemporary and classical ensemble, Quatuor Bozzini, will make its Yukon debut next week at the Yukon Arts Centre. The Montréal-based ensemble will present an

Do you feel like there is almost too much to do in this town of 24,000 souls? We can certainly say that the activities never stop

Every two years, Nakai Theatre provides an opportunity for professional and non-professional creators to present new, often experimental, works at its Homegrown Theatre Festival. This

We are in the heart of the winter and there is only one way to survive cabin fever: by tasting everything that the cultural life

Beginning April 29, clients of Baked Café will have a chance to admire the mysterious and attractive work of painter Josée Fortin. Her work is

The year 2011 is a time of celebration for the Francophone community; it’s the 25th anniversary of Rencontres, the Francophone radio program broadcast on Saturdays

On a beautiful day, when you go to the Alpine Bakery to get your traditional coffee-and-muffin, you might notice how good-looking the food is. This

For the fourth year in a row, representative films from the 2012 Rendez-vous du cinéma Québecois will play in Whitehorse next week. Filmmaker Guy Édoin

Two evenings of French cabaret theatre are coming on Friday, March 16 and Saturday, March 24. The shows are presented by Art-Lequin Theatre and the

The Arctic Winter Games are full of beautiful surprises. One entertainment event in particular during the Games caught my attention – the return ofRaphaël Freynet

One of the highlights of this year’s Available Light Film Festival is Philippe Falardeau’s 2011 film, Monsieur Lazhar. The film won two awards at the

The project, Mapping Inuvik, which is on display at the Yukon Art Centre until early next week, began with a virtual trip to Inuvik along

The man behind the Association Théâtre Art-Lequin is bringing his final theatrical venture to Whitehorse audiences this week. Pierre Gauthier and his team have made