Biker Chicks: The Next Generation
It’s great to see more women on motorcycles these days. About a year ago, I read that women are a new target demographic for the […]
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Stop and Get to Know the Northern Tutchone
Explore Northern Tutchone culture at the Big Jonathan Interpretive Centre. Discover the history of Fort Selkirk and Pelly Crossing.
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Looking for a Kinder, Gentler Beer Drinker
With binge drinking and bar violence on the rise, the Province of Alberta has made some policy changes that it is hoping will curb public
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Tomatoes: The Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few
One sunny August afternoon, I walked into our “Tomato” greenhouse only to find my husband, Frank, yielding a machete (OK, a large knife) chopping off
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
We have all seen spectacular homes and gardens that catch our eye and cause us to pause during our busy lives. Gardens that are so
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A Born Singer
I should know better than to schedule these interviews for Thursday afternoons, but luckily Seki, a Whitewater Wednesday Jam Night regular, understands. We reinvigorate ourselves
Yukon Salmon Goes Upstream
Succulent salmon is a new gold in Yukon rivers and streams. If ever you cook, bake or BBQ a fillet and are fortunate enough to
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Photographer Helps Protect Canada’s Artists
BY NICOLE BAUBERGER It’s a common Yukon experience. You’re at the board meeting, looking around the table. There’s a vacancy in a leadership position. “I
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Raising an Olympian
Standing in front of the large crowd of Yukoners that had gathered earlier this month at Sport Yukon for an Olympic pep rally, Greig Bell
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A guest column: The Yukon’s peaceful, easy feeling
by the Globe and Mail‘s Gary Mason A couple of years ago, I flew to Whitehorse for the opening of the Canada Winter Games. Prime
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A Rich Ore Body Opens Underground
On Aug. 22, three shows will be opening at Arts Underground: the Arts in the Park Season Exhibition, a historical show of Yukon erotica and
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It’s not just a part of it; it’s the heart of it
The heart continues to inspire us: it is the cornerstone of religious thought, the muse for artistic expression and the stuff—practical and otherwise—from which love stories are born.
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Heidi Hehn Uses the Big Brush
BY JANELLE HARDY Crisp, precise and focused. On viewing most of Yukon painter Heidi Hehn’s paintings, these words draw closest to finding an underlying mood
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Beer Can Chicken: The End Justifies the Means
“When the meat is gone, we’ll eat the vegetarians”. This is the rallying cry of a barbecue herd from B.C. that takes the grilling of
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Zoo Cougar Streamer
The Zoo Cougar is a very effective sculpin version of a muddler minnow. These sculpins are very attractive to large fish in the Yukon. I
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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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The View From a Horse is Spectacular
Having completed her review of a few basic riding skills, Mandy checked back and forth, matching rider with horse. “You can go with Nakinaw.” She
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Energy and intimacy with Eliana Cuevas
The last two times Eliana Cuevas visited the Yukon, audiences were huge. She liked the big rooms of the Yukon Storytelling Festival in 2003 and
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Moving Day Dilemmas
Moving is always a hectic time, whether is just across town or across the country. Animals also find this time stressful. Dogs and cats are
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Root Sellers’ International Career an Olympian Feat
BY JANELLE HARDY They’re a fixture in the local music scene and, increasingly, nationally. Now at the Beijing Olympics, the brotherly duo of the long-blonde
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Building Character With (Carcross) Style
CARCROSS The epitome of character building is reflected in the faces and personalities of the Carcross Visitor Information Centre (VIC) team as they meet the
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Bread Making is the Metaphor
A few weeks ago, I was involved in a discussion about bread making. No, I do not mean those bread making machines you can buy
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End of the World Highway
It was spring of 1998, in San Diego, and I came across an article in a travel magazine: Klondike Gold Rush Centennial Celebration. I looked
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Hey, Hi, Hello … I’m a Yukoner
“Hello, my name is George … and I nod my head.” I thought I should confess that right away and get it out in the
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The Return of ParticipACTION
If you are between the ages of 35 and 55, chances are you are familiar with ParticipACTION. Heck, I am 32 and I remember it
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Singing His Heart Out
BY GEORGE MARATOS He has sung with the Whitehorse Community Choir, played the role of a southern preacher in Dark of the Moon and most
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