As its title suggests, Cowboys and Aliens is a mélange of western and science-fiction genres. Unfortunately, it is another example of a good idea gone […]
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For the upcoming edition of The Natural and the Manufactured exhibition, art projects by Bill Burns, Deborah Stratman and Steve Badgett hold the lens up
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For a summer blockbuster, Captain America: The First Avenger stands up remarkably well. Perhaps it’s the film’s faithful attention to detail as it portrays ’40s
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People who enjoy sharing music files with friends don’t need to change their habits, says guitarist and songwriter Bill Henderson in a lead-up interview to
Supplies!” A brightly painted sign at the far end of the Confluence Gallery in Dawson City sits in front of a 15-foot deep collection of
The Whitehorse Public Library was my second home as I was growing up. My mother started working there when I was barely past infancy, and
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Silence. Except for the wind whooshing through the open windows, the tires treads padding on the pavement, and the hum of acceleration, like a bicycle
The Filmtastic Films series at the Qwanlin Cinema winds up this week with The Devil’s Double, a thoroughly violent and often horrifying film that will
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How can a mother of three small children with a busy job in the health care field create balance in her life? Open a home-based
Imagine a dark, slender, vertical shape leaning into the distance. If there’s nothing else in view that indicates scale, it can be hard to tell
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Jamella Hagen likes to play with fire – at least in her poetry. “There is something very attractive but also troubling about fuels,” Hagen says
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Landmark Cinemas’ Filmtastic Films series (formerly called the Arts Films series) reaches its halfway-point this week with Like Crazy. A shoestring-budget independent feature that won
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Landmark Cinemas’ Filmtastic Films series has returned for another season at the Qwanlin Cinema, showing recent independent films and mainstream movies that would not normally
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I’m a sourdough now.” “Oh yeah, by whose account?” “By mine, by everybody’s – you know, if you’ve seen the river freeze over and thaw,
In Cambodia less than three days, I find myself driving 10 minutes out of Siem Reap to Vi HeaChhin, a small village in the Svay
This time of year, I like to make all sorts of different food to transport my mind to faraway places. Stoke the fire up high,
For Toronto film director Ingrid Veninger, keeping it in the family seems to be a recipe for success. She will be accompanying her newest film,
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It’s almost as if the summer blockbuster season has started early, with the much-heralded opening of The Hunger Games. Based on a best-selling trilogy by
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During my time in Europe I met some incredible people, saw the most amazing firework display, put on 5kg from indulging in some delicious food,
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As I watched footage of Paul Litherland’s “near miss” during his first BASE jump in a squirrel suit, I thought to myself, “that’s enough to
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Dennis Victor Allen grew up far from the cradle of country music. Born and raised in Inuvik, NWT, Allen heard the musical style that emerged
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In the Yukon, we have wild meat. In Vietnam and Cambodia, they also make the most of wild game. I wandered into a pharmacy in
Coffee isn’t content just to rule the earth as the number one consumed beverage. It also shows its multi-purpose flare by boasting many interesting uses.
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Editor’s Note: What’s Up Yukon asked a number of Whitehorse and Dawson residents in their 60s, 70s and 80s what advice they would give younger
The Toronto-based Griffith-Hiltz Trio will make its Yukon debut this weekend as the latest offering in the Jazz on the Wing concert series. The trio
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Subject: We have a houseguest. Sarah, Glad to hear your travels are going well. Our guest’s name is Theo. He is a Norwegian high altitude
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For just about everything we do, our backs are “into it”! Every move we make, every breath we take, our backs are moving too. The
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The second-last movie in Landmark Cinemas’ FilmtasticFilms series at theQwanlin Cinema this week isCarnage, a black comedy with an all-star cast. Academy Award winners Kate
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Few things in cooking are as important as the ingredients. The knowledge of how pantry items are prepared in factories, versus the old-world way of
Looks like The Arrogant Worms are happily wriggling their way back to the Yukon after a seven-year hiatus. In 2005 they performed at Nakai’s Comedy
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Now that the Oscars buzz has subsided, with the winners all declared, it’s gratifying to see that at least one Academy Award nominee has currently
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Gene Batten sits peacefully in the Yukon College bistro during an off-hours hush. For the college’s manager of food services and co-ordinator of the culinary
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Billy and his mom went to the store and mom went up and down the aisles shopping. Billy wandered around and then he saw the
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Vietnam provokes strong reactions. Either you love it or you hate it. I’ve found endless travel blogs dedicated to scams perpetrated on the back packing
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The most recent in Landmark Cinemas’ Filmtastic Films series (formerly the Art Films series) is Canadian director David Cronenberg’s 2012 Cannes Film Festival entry, Cosmopolis.
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Haines Junction was honoured with Gwaandak Theatre’s production of Justice on the evening of Tuesday, October 2. Playwright Leonard Linklater’s latest offering captures the juxtaposition
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“I love all of Canada, from Vancouver to the East Coast,” Martin Sexton conveys from his home in western Massachusetts. “The Canadian fans, they buy
Clint Eastwood’s new film Trouble With The Curve is the first on-screen featurre outing from the 82-year-old actor since his 2008 appearance in Gran Torino,
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“Wow, I didn’t know all this was in here!” That’s one of the most common expressions heard when people turn the corner at the top
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Summer may be over, but it seems the sequels and remakes are not. Quickly ascending to the Number 1 box office position in its first
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His name was David. He had short blond hair and big blue eyes, but he could not tell the truth. He told his friends that
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Atlin, B.C., a town of 450, is set to swell by over 2,500 on Friday, July 6. No, it’s not part of any Mayan prophecy-clad
I was sitting in the Vancouver airport a few years ago when, down the passageway, came the biggest men I had ever seen. Dressed in
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It was my second day into the trip and it wasn’t looking promising. We had been at chucking metal and waving our rods around for
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Since Judo became an Olympic sport, it would be hard to find someone that has not heard of it. Judo is one of the most
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Crafts don’t come naturally to me. To be honest, even Play-Doh is painful … anything that requires considerable cutting or gluing, forget about it. Thank
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