Friday Nights are Bombay Nights in Dawson City
Not many people know that an annual winter tradition in Dawson City started seven years ago as a joke. In 2006, Bombay Peggy’s, a popular […]
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New Show of Portraits Mixes Softness of Beauty with Edge of Reality
There’s a feeling of gentleness and raw humanity to Whitehorse artist Suzanne Paleczny’s portraits, which is an amazing thing considering they are, at their base
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Klondike Korner: Laying Down Tracks in Dawson City
One of the things Nathan Tinkham likes about working in Dawson City is the way things just seem to fall into place. When he arrived
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Finding the Fiddle in the Yukon
Strains of lively, lilting fiddle melodies filter through classrooms up and down the Klondike Highway, played by children of all ages. This music has a
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Snake Eyes
In the spring of 2011 my ex-roommate Gavin Gardiner bought a piece of taxidermy featuring a stuffed mongoose engaged in mortal combat with a stuffed
Claire Ness Camps it Up in New Solo Show
I confess: as a child I was terrified of clowns. Met with the combination of red nose, garish wig and oversized shoes, I would silently
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Olympian is a Special Gift to Christmastime Basketball Camp
When a former Olympian is willing to travel from southern France to Yukon in the middle of December you know there has to be a
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Take It In Stride: Winter Running? You Bet!
For many runners and walkers, winter signals the time to tuck away their gear until spring. But this need not be the case. I hear
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Northern Opry Project takes the Yukon back In time
Lovers of old-style country music will gather together this month to recreate the golden age of country radio. Singer-songwriter Kim Beggs and music fest organizer
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Belgian Street-Meat Heaven
Mitraillette: it’s the world’s most perfect food. Without a description of its component parts you may mistake this culinary art form for a simple hot-dog
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Holiday Feasting Tips
When I was growing up, a Christmas feast at our house included turkey and stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, ambrosia salad, cranberry sauce, homemade
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Recipe: Santa’s Whiskers
Thank you to Mayo resident Cheryl Klippert for this recipe. She says she makes these cookies every year, “My children liked them and I am
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Surviving the Culture Clash
Five months ago I left on an international exchange to Mozambique. Out of all the continents, Africa was the last one to strike off my
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