Getting Real and Local with Christmas
It’s that time of year again. The season that we all go a bit funny in the head and start manifesting an unusual disregard for
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What’s Up Yukon Cover December 18, 2005
It’s that time of year again. The season that we all go a bit funny in the head and start manifesting an unusual disregard for
Getting Real and Local with Christmas Read More »
The first time I saw Rob Stalkie take the stage, I could tell he was a natural. And now, only one short year later, this
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One of the things that I have been delighted to find, moving from the United States back to Canada, is that a much greater percentage
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Part 4 of 6 I was making my way down Main Street looking for a barber’s when I happened to glance into Baked Café. There,
If you’ve worked with young children for close to three decades like MaryAnn Annable-Roots has, you’ve seen a lot of tears, laughter and runny noses.
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“Sure, go ahead and laugh. You may think I’m joking, but … my tongue is insured.” I suppose, since she claims to be the world’s
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Does this happen in other places? I find I’m asking myself this all the time living up here in the Yukon. Most recently it is
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Squinting her left eye a little in emphasis, Danette Readman says she started her introduction to the Suzuki Method of musical instruction with a grain
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The snow is flying, the sky is full of clouds and apparently this is the way it is to be for a while. What is
The Astronomers Christmas Wish List Read More »
It’s seldom that the Yukon Gallery clears its walls to feature one artist. Solo shows haven’t been the focus of the commercial gallery and frame
Freedom Opens for Stace Pshyk Read More »
Everyone in North America knows who Saint Nicholas is, right? Obviously, he is the guy dressed in the red and white suit who gives away
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“Like all actors, I enjoy the spotlight. So if there’s an opportunity, I like to break out.” That is how 21-year-old Winluck Wong explains his
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Cher Yukon, Comment ca va? Today’s letter isn’t a funny story or even a human-interest story. It is a little bit more in the realm
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Long been a symbol of the holiday season, the infamous mistletoe — or modern-day kissing ball — has been placed in doorways and arches the
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I met an old co-worker downtown the other day and, as luck would have it, I had a spare half-hour. Maybe we could grab a
The societal imperative of coffee shops Read More »
Inspiration comes to novelists in many ways, but not usually on four feet and with a pedigree. Even so, it was an Alaskan malamute who
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Besides the regular fare of snow-covered sidewalks, holiday decorations and bundled-up pedestrians, this time of year signals the impending arrival of two familiar – and
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On the corner of the building at Third and Black, there is an office with no sign above the door. On a quick scan you
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You have seen them on stage, heard them on the radio, listened to their music, looked at their art and viewed their photography. They are
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“Jesus wept.” That is the shortest verse in the Bible and one of the most powerful. It has a subject and a verb, and that’s
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