Grand Canyon
Whitehorse-based, Swedish-Canadian songwriter Sarah MacDougall has a new album, Grand Canyon, with some dark, intense lyrics, mixed against pop-inspired folk music. It’s not a departure […]
A Hike or a Walk
Both hiking and walking use feet for propulsion. A walk is often more leisurely, unless it’s your mode of exercise, and it’s done without a
Leapin’ Lizards! It’s Annie
Curious Fact #1: stories about plucky orphan kids make wildly popular musical theatre fare. Witness Oliver!, Anne of Green Gables, and Annie. Curious Fact #2:
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Serving dinner by the truckload
There is the story of an ice cream shack in Carcross that had no ice cream for the weekend. So, an employee of G-P Distributing
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Three French guys and a moose: Part 3
The following excerpt is based on true events that took place around 1980. What’s Up Yukon’s editorial staff would like to remind you that there
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The Newest Coffee and Beer Headquarters
Micah Quinn likes a challenge — whether it’s hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada (4265 kilometres) alone, or re-imagining a local Whitehorse
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Brave Old Words
Compared to what I did last time (playing my banjo and singing in front of a rowdy bar crowd) the prospect of reading poetry to
No Singing, No Dancing, No Silly Cartoons
Walt Disney’s magic touch on celluloid created indelible memories for many moviegoers, but it induced tears of rage in P.L. Travers (born Helen Goff) at
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Didee & Didoo: Trading Post
YOU Moses can buy a gaslamp an’ everything for his camp. Neil can buy muskrat traps and old time caps. Eliza can buy pots an’
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Dawson Moves Into Puddletime
Dawson has entered that phase of spring I call Puddletime. City workers have been trying to keep up by opening storm drains. The rapidly accumulating
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Cranes Fly High Up in the Sky
The thermals above the town of Faro may account for the “tens of thousands” of sand hill cranes that fly above it each spring. Or
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My Day in Court
On February 16 I picked up my roommate, Taylor Tiefenbach, from the Erik Nielsen International Airport. His flight was due to arrive at 3:05 p.m.
Northern Bard: Don Green ” The Ballad of Baldy and White-Tail”
And the Winner of our Northern Bard poetry contest is… Don Green The subject line on the email began, “DON YOU HAVE WON” and I was
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Northern Bard: Elke Gruninger “Coming To The Yukon”
Coming to the Yukon In the past it was the gold rush to make a fortune with a claim. Many people came to Whitehorse, some
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Northern Bard: Heidi J Loos “T-Bug”
T. Bug A long time ago in the Land of Snow A little girl found a bug, Atop her magic carpet (which was really just
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