Along the Jo-Jo Lake Trail
The history of the Jo-Jo Lake trail goes a long way back, as the people of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations can tell you. […]
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Sporting with Horses
Don’t know your Egg-and-Spoon from your Keyhole, or your Road Hack from your Show Hack? You can watch and learn this weekend as more than
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No Klatch Required
“I think we should take a break.” When slapped together, those can be the most dreaded words in the English language. And so, it was
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Bitter and Batter
If you read Dennis Zimmermann’s article last week on ice fishing and combined it with the weather in Whitehorse this weekend, you may well have
Fit ‘n’ Healthy: High-Test Fitness
In the last two weeks I was able to attend two very different, yet very interesting and informative workshops. One was a two-day seminar in
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It’s Like Solving a Puzzle
I think we may have been talking too much,” says Eleanor O’Donovan. She’s on the crest of a hill facing Grey Mountain, staring intently at
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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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Not Quite Alone in the Desert
The highest peaks of the Animas mountains in the east are already colouring light pink. As the road dips slightly through an arroyo, there are
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Panoramic Ponderings
Panoramic photos are a wonder to behold – capturing the broad expanse of the vista all in one image and fascinating the viewer. They are
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A Rookie Mistake?
In my experience there are two kinds of anglers you encounter out on the water. There are those who are tight-lipped, seek solitude and avoid
Fit ‘n’ Healthy: Eating Allergies Away
Do you suffer from seasonal allergies? Are you sniffing, sneezing and constantly rubbing your eyes? Do you stay inside when you see that yellow haze
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Quest for Fire
That is your favourite time at the fire? What makes the campfire the best place in world for you? Perhaps I am being a bit
Canyon Dreams
Warmer temperatures motivate and promote amateur astronomy in this marvellous northern land in which we live. For example, my favourite in-town observing site is the
Pancakes and Pie
It’s a sunny Sunday in Dawson, the first day of a new month. I am standing by the window at our kitchen counter eating a
Pass the Sugar
The large consumption of refined sugar is a problem for our fast-paced society. You may not realize how much sugar you are consuming. Items such
Quiverful of Coaches
If watching The Hunger Games made you wish you could take up a bow and arrow, then the Yukon Aboriginal Sport Circle has some very
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Klondike Korner: Just Watchin’ the River Flow
“But this ol’ river keeps on rollin’, though No matter what gets in the way and which way the wind does blow, And as long
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Pesach at Lake Sapir
The 100-day Walk About Love often follows old spice trade routes through the Israeli desert PHOTOS: Willow Gamberg It all began in the milling confusion
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Copying the Oldtimers
Everything tastes better at Pete and Mary’s. Beets have bite, tomatoes ooze with tart juice, and the chocolate cake is moist and thick with flavour.
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22 Years & Still Swinging
So what is it about a style of music, swing music, that goes back almost 80 years that still appeals to modern audiences?
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Aerating a Red (and a Money Diet Suggestion)
Drinking inexpensive wines does not have to mean you are missing interesting wine experiences. This was brought home to me this past Sunday evening, when
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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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Over the Rainbow
The Northern Lights School of Dance (NLSD) is bringing the story of The Wizard of Oz to Yukon Arts Centre stage in full colour this
Thyroid Problems
One of the more common problems that veterinarians deal with involves the thyroid gland. The thyroid is in the neck and has to do with
Gone Fishing
Many Yukoners live here because they enjoy the active lifestyle, interaction with wilderness, and distance from ties and pencil skirts. A visiting author from the
Return of the Cosmic Swan
Astronomy as a hobby can be challenging. You are always at the mercy of unpredictable weather, the local wildlife, and, especially, the bugs. Two weeks
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Better Late Than Never
Spring! There is just something about it that gets the blood moving. It could be the excitement of new life pushing its way up from
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Fit ‘n’ Healthy: Triathalons Demystified
If you can ride a bike, swim 25-50 metres, and walk for 20 minutes, then you can finish a sprint triathlon! For a lot of
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Out and Away: The First Camping Trip
What did you learn on your first camping trip this year? The first camp of the season is unique. It’s one of the only trips
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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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Walk on the Wild Side
On way too many days, I have been sitting at my computer working away on my business. Starting a new business is quite the adventure
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No Reservations About These Reserves
Holy cow, it has a cork!” These were the exact words I exclaimed to a friend when I went to open a bottle of Australian
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Bridging the Gap – Part 1
As I waved goodbye to my parents at the Whitehorse airport, I had no idea that within a little more than a year, I would
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Greetings, Fellow Sinners!
By the time you read this, The Rapture might have just happened. It was floating around the internets recently – a fundamentalist Christian group in
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Down and dirty in Dawson
They’re getting down and dirty in Dawson City – dirty actions of the gardening kind, that is. Dawson City Community Gardens, now in its third
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Multi-tasking Time
Springtime on the farm is one of the busiest times of the year. Harvest is busy, too. You’re racing the frosts and fall rains to
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Finding the Cure
Nature Deficit Disorder. Really? An official term for spending too much time not camping! The Yukon has your cure. Prescription strength!
Coffee Beans On The Rise
To paraphrase Bill Maher on the subject of rising oil costs: It’s not that oil is too expensive, it’s that it is too cheap when
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Elfin Creek Magic
This morning I heard the grouse drumming. All these signs of spring! This drumming is the mating call of the male grouse. He produces it
New Life, New Challenges
Well, spring has sprung. I am seeing the evidence of this everywhere. Trees and bushes are starting to bud, grass is coming up and crocuses
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Changing Accommodations
Every spring, we start preparing for chicks. This usually means a rearrangement of how animals are housed. In the fall we usually move everything into
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Play Makers: Has it Finally Sprung?
The Toronto Maple Leafs aren’t in the playoffs, brown is once again the most popular automobile color and ambitious motorcyclists are being pelted in the
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Coffee: A Medical Miracle
Iused to hate coffee. A close friend has just reminded me that as a teen, I could not stand the stuff and was more content
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Star Clusters and Ringed Giants
The month of February offers long, clear, cold nights, and a chance to explore five of the finest star clusters in the Yukon Night Skies.
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Ice Fishing: So Much More than a Trip to the Mall
When some of us see snow on the hills, they quiver and start to sink into their couches for the winter. Then there are a
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Exploring Gray Monk Estate Wines
Several weeks ago, I had the happy opportunity to explore a significant portion of the range of Gary Monk Estate wines. A friend of mine
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Lots of Surprises for a Vet on the trail of the Yukon Quest
A friend gave me a newspaper from Finland a couple weeks ago, and there was a two-page spread on The Yukon Quest. No idea what
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Cold Feats
Three young Yukon women discovered a way to tackle winter head-on this year: take up training for a winter marathon, and voilà, there you are
TV Devolution
I’m starting to think the doomsayers are right – perhaps the end is nigh. A chance flicking around the tube this past weekend landed me
Finding Middle Ground on Middle
With all the snow now melting, it brings back memories of spring hiking, which is soon to start. The southern-exposed hillsides are starting to clear,
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Play Makers: Produce pains
Wash your produce. We are taught this from a very young age, but it particularly holds true up here in the North. Some of the
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Showers Forecast for November
It’s going to be a busy season in those amazing Yukon night skies, with the possibility of three more meteor showers taking place in November.
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The Love Meter
I was cleaning out my dresser drawers the other day and stumbled upon my old silver charm bracelet, a Christmas present from my mom when
Cleaning Up Our Diet to Clear Out Eczema
When eczema shows up in my family I know it’s time to clean up a few things. The body is trying to tell us we
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Dog-sitting Duke: Confessions of a Turncoat
I grew up with a pretty cool cat named Bing. He was a grey, striped little scrapper who menaced the neighborhood biodiversity for most of
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First Skate of the Season is Wild Heaven
This year the skating started for me on October 22 after I woke up to -22 C. The morning before, the yard was full of
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Snake for Supper
Creosote bush as far as the eye can see. We are driving out of Animas in the far south-west corner of New Mexico. Only small
So Many Stars, So Little Time
The month of May brings warm weather observing – parka not required – a pleasant change of pace. It still gets frosty, though. Last weekend
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Springtime Energy Boosts
Spring is finally upon us and with it comes the energy to move and get outside. Did you know May is the busiest month of
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Season Change
Having more or less skipped over summer in Whitehorse this year, let’s get on with winter! At the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club, early season
Family Ice Fishing – Any Way You
As I walked down the chute, flanked by holes and anglers on both sides, I was struck by the diversity in the crowd. There were
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Astrophotography on a Budget
For many amateur astronomers, the passion for deep space observing ultimately leads them to photography and imaging of the night sky. It is a good
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Living Self-sufficiently
There’s more to farming than feeding animals and planting seeds.” This is a quote from my husband, Al. When he said this a few weeks
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December Total Lunar Eclipse
We are in for a rare astronomical treat this month. On December 10, early in the morning hours, we are going to experience a total
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Spring’s Rings and Things
This is the busiest time of the year for northern sky watchers. I like to refer to it as the changing of the guard. Winter
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Moose Meat in the Closet
I don’t keep moose frozen more than 6 months. Dry curing it for a few days, you intensify the moose flavour.
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The Skijorer’s Lament
Spring is a time of confusion for skijorers. The words “yes, but” are used more and more often as the days progress. “Isn’t the heat
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Fit ‘n’ Healthy: Gym Etiquette
If you are an avid gym user you know the after New Year’s routine – for the first few weeks you meet some new faces.
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Play Makers: Slo-pitch on Ice
Dust off the Easton’s and grease up the mitts: the 2011 Yukon slo-pitch season is officially underway. Believe it or not, the inaugural game took
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Flipping the Calendar
In mid-July, I dream of January. For most people it’s the other way around. Cold temperatures have never really bothered me and, after a very
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EA Wine Triple Treat
I was asked by some friends to participate in “An evening of Art, Wine and too much fun” presented by The Artist Relief Fund Society,
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Superbike School
I am so jealous. I just picked my guy up from the airport, back from a two-day Superbike school in California. And he was just
In Search of a Wee Dram: Part 2
Picking up from where I left off in my October journey across Scotland with my Klondike Fine Malt Society comrades, Kath and Jim: following a
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To India with Love
Across the territory next week, various Yukon Education Week activities will take place to help raise awareness of the importance of education. The path to
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Passion for the Planet
Passion and excitement practically explode over the phone as I speak with Veronica Huggard. Huggard is one of five young people chosen to represent Yukon
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Professional Thumbs
The year is 1985. A young Anthony sits crossed-legged in front of the television. The flickering images flashing across his eyes barely register in his
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My Mountain
I have this mountain in my backyard. Our elevation at home, somewhere along the Alaska Highway, is almost 2,500 feet. The top of my mountain
A Walk Through the YLC Wine Store: Part 2
The third Thursday of November, chalkboards across France announced, Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé! (literally, “The new Beaujolais has arrived!”). This annual event is the
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Washington Comes to Yukon
Most Canadian wine drinkers are pretty familiar with California wines. Their Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays have been celebrated in such movies as Sideways and Bottleshock,
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Klondike Korner: Look Out Below!
Discover the quirks of winter in Dawson City, including snow loads that can surprise car owners every season.
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Play Makers: Giving Back to the Sport
Rroy Henry was just seven years old when he first fell in love with speed skating. Today it’s his life. Literally. Up at 6 am
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Street Side Chai Affair
Each morning I make my way to the nearest tea stall and start my day with a street side chai. It’s 8 am, and I’m
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Didee & Didoo – Poem “Sewing”
Sewing My auntie makes extra bucks when she sews mukluks. When she sews beaver mitts Auntie never calls it quits. She makes tea in dippers
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The Customer Is Often Wrong (and That’s Okay)
I’m not Katya McQueen and I do not work in the coffee trade. But this is to your advantage. What I am is a writer
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Talking Turkey
While I grew up on a farm, it wasn’t until after I started farming as an adult that I realized how many phrases in our
A New Second Home
After the recent closing of the Whitehorse Public library, I found myself experiencing a surprising loss and rebirth. The move from its original home to
The Gift of Sharing
It was just an idea for its time,” concluded Donna Isaak. And today, it’s still time for the idea. Even though Donna and her husband
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Search for the Perfect Tree
I admit I will take the fullest, bushiest tree out there, like hunting for trophy. I know a friend—bless her heart—who just takes the little
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Unsolicited Winter Tips
Sure, he teased us all with an above average fall, but once again Old Man Winter has settled in. Every year there is a hope
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Crafting With Kids
There’s nothing like doing crafts with your kids to celebrate major public holidays. There’s nothing like browsing the vast number of craft blogs on the
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Winter-Walking
Yukoners spend a great deal of time hiking in the summer months, but what about winter? Having worked as a hiking guide for the past
International Potluck Party
Aman with dreadlocks dangling down his back sips a New Zealand-inspired kiwifruit cocktail. He’s deep in conversation with a companion clothed in a gabbi (a
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Shovelling Smart
Call me crazy, but I kind of like shovelling snow. Given my advanced age and generally sedentary lifestyle, it would probably be wiser to delegate
Leading by Example
Twenty five years ago Lucy and Jack Vogt left Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and came north looking for work. They found it in Dawson City. Every
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Gearing Up
With every new ski season (and with Christmas coming sooner than we think), skiers’ thoughts turn to buying new equipment. This is the time of
Wine Money Diet: Part 2
One of the delights of wine is that there are always surprises to be found and bargains to be enjoyed, if you are open to
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Cool Veggies
Most people associate fresh vegetables with summer, especially in the Yukon. So when my cousin came for a visit near the end of October, she
The Little Blue Daycare That Could
How did a little blue daycare put Dawson City on the map for early childhood education? By an employee winning the Prime Minister’s Award for
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A Little Horse Sense
Afew people have asked about horses, and with the white fluffy stuff sticking to the ground in the last week or so, maybe this is
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A Consuming Challenge
Marsh Lake-area family is working hard to demonstrate how well Northerners can reduce their energy consumption. Along the way, they hope to show other Canadians
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