Shoes To Take You Anywhere
As a child, I learned the importance of spending time outside. My father taught me that fresh air was a mandatory part of everyday life, […]
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She is the face at the finish: She’s a clock-watcher
Anyone who has taken part in competitive cycling or running in the Yukon, in these past 20 years or so, has most likely experienced the
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Relay for Life celebrates, remembers and fights back
“It’s one day, one night; one community, one fight,” says Donna Hogan, co-chair of the Relay for Life steering committee. “It’s the largest cancer fundraiser
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A Broom With a View
March 28th marks the 30th anniversary of the Yukon Broomball Association. “We’ve come a long way from our humble beginnings playing on local community rinks,”
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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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Hops Across the Pond
Back in March, we sent one of our brewers on a jaunt to jolly old England. Alan went there to participate in a beerfest put
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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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Club Welcomes Beginner Dogs and People to Races
Whether you have a poodle, a retired sled dog, or a dog in race form, the Dog Powered Sports Association (DPSA) of the Yukon has
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Prepping for the Trail Run
It’s been called one of the hardest marathons in North America by iRun magazine and one of the top 10 trail races in Canada by
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(Ex)changing Paddling Gear
Perhaps you believe, as Kenneth Grahame suggests in his classic novel, The Wind in the Willows, that “there is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing
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Three Legs Inspire 4×2
This is just what hundreds of cyclists will be doing next week, as the Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay celebrates its 19th birthday. Teams ranging
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Derby Girls on a Roll
It’s a lot of work being a Yukon Roller Girl. There are two practices a week that keep you on your skates for a few
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Ultimately It’s About Fun
The Yukon Ultimate Frisbee Team will travel over 2,000 km next week to join with colleagues from the NWT, dress in costumes, and represent the
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River Runner Diary
I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I signed up for the River Runner 100 last year. The 130-mile race between
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Skipping Into History
We got our medals stuck in the ice” Thomas Scoffin. The 17-yr-old Whitehorse resident skipped the Junior Winter Olympic Team.
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An Ultra Experience
All I can say is this race has really impacted my life,” says Shelley Gellatly, a race coordinator for the Yukon Arctic Ultra. The Yukon
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Week of a Lifetime
You’ve just stepped off the plane in Whitehorse from your home in the Circumpolar North. You’re excited and proud to represent your region at the
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Try These at Home
Can’t afford to fly to London for the Olympics this summer? Not to worry, a world-class level of sporting competition is arriving on our doorstep
Eye on the Prize
Christina Macdonald is a woman on a mission. During her time in the Yukon she has seen the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous axe-throwing competition dominated by a
Climbing back
Over a decade ago, the climbing wall housed on the gymnasium stage at F.H. Collins Secondary School was awash with young climbers training to compete
Remembrance of Relays Past
This year the iconic Klondike Trail of 98 International Road Relay from Skagway to Whitehorse turns 30! On September 7 and 8,, teams of runners
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Calling All Awesome Warriors
Do you love to play outside? Are you always looking for the next challenge or surprise? Then Taelin Free believes he has something that is
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Biking the Lakes
The Yukon summer is event-driven. Because of this, once they step off the pedals after finishing their leg of the Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay
It Will Be Fast
“We’ve got lots do to, but we’re on schedule and on target, and we’ll get it all done,” says George Arcand, executive director of Softball
Defying Gravity
For anyone who likes to play on two wheels on the local bike trails, Mount Sima is the place to be the weekend of July
Navigating Point to Point
Every second Wednesday throughout the summer, you can find a full cross-section of Whitehorse’s population—children, seniors, families, teens, young professionals, even excited dogs—out in the
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The Little Blue Blur
Have you ever watched downhill skiing on television and caught the flash of a blue jacket running out of frame as the racer gracefully (or
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Do You Speak AWG?
The Beatles forever changed our musical landscape with the simple phrase, “You say goodbye, I say hello”. This week, hundreds of visitors from across the