Sleeping Outdoors
Trappers and dog mushers have always slept out in the cold and with a few exceptions have done well. I got my start in occasionally […]
Special Olympian Brings Back Hardware
It’s not every day that a Yukon figure skater is named to Team Canada for the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games. For that athlete
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Dawson Looks After Those in Need
Food banks often start with the churches, which are acting out their faith’s instructions to look after the poor. In Dawson, the Transients’ Dinners that
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Trails, Trials and Turkeys
A couple boarding passes and a rental car and before I knew it I was back in Ontario after my junket to Minnesota. Duntroon. Ever
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Kitchen Sink Wines
With the exception of New Years Eve, I think I drank two glasses of wine in January — not propitious behaviour for a wine writer.
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A Sign of the Times
One conversation can change everything. Now, thanks to the services of American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter Amanda Smith, the gulf of silence between members of
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Not Every Silver Lining Leaves You Satisfied
I wanted to like Silver Linings Playbook more than I did, and really anticipated seeing it when it came to Whitehorse, two months after its
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Russian Fireballs, Comets and Asteroids
This year it appears that we are going to have comets and asteroids aplenty for our viewing and photographic enjoyment. The first visitor was called
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Breakdancing is Still Cool
Somehow the days of popping a mixed tape into the ghetto blaster and breakdancing on a cardboard box slipped away. But breaking never died, it
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Hello DarknessMy Old Friend
Dedicated to Catherine O’Donovan Sometimes I’m asked how I deal with writer’s block. Writer’s Block I hate writer’s block.Damn itDamn it to hell. Peter Jickling,
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The Tradition of Trek
Learn about the history of Trek Over the Top 2013 and how snowmobilers revived the scenic Top of the World Highway.
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