Living With Wildlife: Erin Purdie
It was a cloudy afternoon in late August at approximately 2 p.m. when my husband called me to come to our bedroom. Through the bedroom
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Issue: 2014 April 10
What’s Up Yukon April 10 Issue
“The Education Issue”
The Arrival of the Swans Means Spring is Near
If you spend time at Marsh Lake’s M’Clintock Bay this week, you may see new visitors. At up to four-and-a-half feet tall, 35 pounds, with
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Next Stop: Old Crow
At the Old Crow Airport Joseph said, “Let’s get on my ski-doo and get the cargo” My face said,“Sure,” my brain “Dude! It’s -40°C”
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Managing Recoil in Rifles
Newton’s law about every action having an equal and opposite reaction becomes obvious, and sometimes painful, when shooting any type of firearm. Firearm recoil or
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Around the world in a weekend
Dawson City International Short Film Festival (DCISFF) started in 2000, Dan Sokolowski has been organizing the festival for eight years.
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One to Watch
From the Scottish Highlands to the Dawson City Music Festival (DCMF), 22-year-old folk singer-songwriter Rachel Sermanni has been sharing her craft throughout the world. Sermanni
It Pays to Go to School
According to Statisics Canada, the average undergraduate tuition fee for 2013-2014 is $5,772. If your teenager wants to attend post-secondary away from home, then add
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Focused Programs For Focused Students
The experiential programs at Whitehorse’s Wood Street School are known for providing practical, hands-on learning to those students lucky enough to get in. Each of
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Cross-Cultural Advances in Klondike Education
On March 31, the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in (TH) held a feast to remember the mixed-heritage children who came to Dawson City to live at St. Paul’s
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Taking The Long View
Eating seasonally teaches long-term thinking I love watching tomato seedlings poke their tiny shoots out of the soil, eagerly seeking sunlight — or UV light
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Mystic Mojo
Paranormal is normal. Everybody is psychic — some just a little more than others. That might sound untrue, but one must understand that, if interested,
Blues Musician Brandon Isaak Brings it Back Home
“The blues and country music were the same. A lot of what I play comes from that time when they were one.” Isaak
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We’re all works-in-progress
Sometimes it’s hard to believe you’re related. That’s the reality for Maggie and Rose Feller, the central characters in the 2005 film In Her Shoes, a
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At Least 3 Ways To Use The College
The Yukon College offers a few paths towards a career – even if you don’t know what you want to do, yet. Dibble-dabbling in classes,
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Captain Neely leaves the ship
Tamara Neely, the stalwart editor of What’s Up Yukon since October 2012, is having a kid. As assistant editor, I’ve watched her grow rounder month-by-month
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