Making A Fashion Statement
On a narrow street in Milan, motor scooters are parked on the side of the road and people are rushing by. A woman is wearing a black dress…
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It’s a small world – Part 2
Weather, nature and life in the wild (mosquitoes included) continues to carry on, untouched by COVID.
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It’s a small world – Part 1
While tourists worry about bears in the Yukon, I worry about the excess of mosquitoes we’ve had this summer. I am prone to bad bug bites.
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Ross River coal: Transforming plants to carbon
The widespread use of coal was one of the major factors in fueling the Industrial Revolution of the late 1700s and early 1800s. In recent
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The Tintina Trench
There was a not-so-urban myth out there that you could see the Tintina Trench from the moon. That is not true, unless the person on the moon had a good telescope.
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Owen Laukkanen: “Keep writing and edit your own work ruthlessly”
Owen Laukkanen is unabashedly a writer of commercial fiction, also known as “genre” fiction, having produced a novel every year since The Professionals came out (and was nominated for four major genre awards) in 2012.
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Gearing up to explore ideas and the written word
PHOTO: Dan Davidson The Yukon Writers’ Festival takes place May 2 through 5, with events throughout the Yukon In 1990, a number of organizations
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In The People’s Voice
Kaska-language Musical Duo Dena Zagi tours Germany Ross River musician Dennis Shorty grew up in a musical family that spoke Kaska and performed at social
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Cello Lessons in the Communities
“They just don’t stop!” That’s the coordinator of the Yukon Cello Project, Nico Stephenson, describing the energy and enthusiasm his students bring to music class
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A Mothering Hen
When Kaska master carver Dennis Shorty talks about his art, the conversation is more likely to focus on his respect for the materials he uses than
What it Means to be Two-spirited
In some First Nations, two-spirited people are a common part of the history of their culture. Will Roscoe, for example, writes in the book The
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Sharing Traditional Art with Europeans
Dennis and I leftRoss River, and landed in Germany on our annual trip to promote tourism, culture, and Yukon artists,.
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World of Words: Crime writing in a small town
Justine Davidson has been the Whitehorse Star court reporter for three years. Recently I moderated her presentation at the Yukon Mystery Lounge. Below are highlights
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Heritage New & Old
When Natasha Peter walks into the coffee shop, she’s grinning with excitement. “We were just down the street looking at rifles,” she says of her
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