Beer By Committee (this will end badly)
How would you like to start a business with 50,000 of your closest friends, pals, friends of friends, acquaintances and complete strangers? What if it […]
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Singles group enjoying success
Simonne Chalifoux is well on her way to becoming an expert on the single scene in Whitehorse. As the founder/organizer/host/everything else of the Whitehorse Singles
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The thinking-man’s folksinger
There’s a new folksinger passing through the Yukon … and he’s prepared. He may never have been North before, but Cort Delano’s “got my tin
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Getting Your Greenhouse In Order
At this point in the season, maintenance is the goal for keeping your greenhouse productive now and in the coming month. Despite the snow at
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Ich Bin Ein Yukoner
Happy Birthday, Canada! You have come into your own these past 141 years, warmly regarded as a place of strong values, freedom and a sense
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Beautiful Beans
Here is another make-ahead salad to add to your summer repertoire. This recipe is a great one for adding colour, fibre and flavour to your
Casper, The Friendly Colt
There’s a new baby on the farm. Well, I am far too excited to write anything serious today. We have a brand new addition to
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Come to the Klondike
On hillsides around us the trees are all blooming; While yards are responding to home owner’s grooming; And out on the highway the RV’s are
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Bringing Up the Rear
Riding has a tendency to push your personal limits. Whether it is the distance you cover in a day … or your speed … or
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There’s a party goin’ on!
Here’s a taste of how Yukon communities, from B to W, will be celebrating Canada Day on July 1, 2013: Beaver Creek festivities will kick
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The Religion and Rigour of Sumo Wrestling
I was sitting in the Vancouver airport a few years ago when, down the passageway, came the biggest men I had ever seen. Dressed in
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Swimming, Cycling and Running for Shelter
The need for the Dawson Women’s Shelter is a serious concern, but raising money for its programs and operation can be fun.
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Subject Matter
Our first conversation, we were slouched on separate couches in a living room. The clock had struck way past midnight, but we stayed awake talking
All Kinds of Yukoners
BY BARBARA HANULIK, Dawson City It takes all kinds of people to make up the Yukon – the young and the old, the educated and
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Virtual Stampeders
So, you are not the type to visit a museum … or your latest trip to a museum has left you wanting to learn more.
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World’s Best in Whitehorse
They have travelled from all over the world to the Yukon to participate in the 8th ISF Junior World Fast Pitch Championship. The 12 teams
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The Untimely Demise of Volcanic Joe
BY GEORGE MARATOS The pink roses fell gently from Miles Canyon Bridge and the ashes soon followed. Scattered from an empty case of 12-year-old Glenfiddich
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The Right Tree for the Right Location
A new tree is a wonderful addition to any landscape project. Beyond providing shelter, shade and food for birds and small animals, trees also benefit
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The Green Comet
The Comet has got to be one of the most popular salmon flies. Tied in small sizes (Size 8 and 10), sparsely tied Comets are
His Guitar is The One
“I’m going to play some songs Wayne Garrett has never heard before,” Angel Hall announces from the Whitewater Wednesday Jam Night stage, introducing her lead
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Espresso: From Italy With Love
Would an espresso by any other name still taste as sweet? Espresso, not EXpresso, describes three different things; a method of making coffee, the drink
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We wanted a community we could call our own
“We were in Pakistan — as ever, saving children,” Martin Crill says at the Baked Café, where the sun has finally come inside. “We believed
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Demystifying the Myths of Fasting – a Yogic Ayurvedic Perspective
Fasting has several purposes throughout many cultures: one being religious and the other for improving physical health. Fasting methods range from eliminating certain foods to
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MacLean Offers Peers Comic Relief
Sheila MacLean, 18, recently won the Safe Partying Comic Contest put on by Les EssentiElles and the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre. MacLean did not even
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Support Your Local Sweatshop Union
Two-time Juno Award nominees Sweatshop Union is returning to the Yukon to tear up the Whitehorse hip hop scene for Canada Day. Sweatshop Union, a
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The Greeks Know Barbecue
On a trip to Greece, we set up camp just off the beach at the bottom of a huge cliff; to reach this location we
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Admitting I Have a Kokanee Problem
I knew I was going to regret that last Kokanee. It was excessive and I should have stopped. Peer pressure forced me past the point
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The Family That Plays Together, Stays Fit Together
Well, they opened the water park at Rotary Peace Park and the kids are out of school … that must mean summer is finally here.
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This Publisher is Willing to Wait
Budding writers are often advised to put their writing away in a drawer and leave it there for anything between three days and three years
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Klondike History Comes Alive
DAWSON CITY For many people, coming to the Yukon means coming to Dawson City. Located in the heart of the Klondike, Dawson is one of
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