Yukon Events Magazine
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Dan Davidson
The Palace Grand Theatre is back in business
When "Arizona" Charlie Meadows built his Palace Grand Theatre, in 1899, it probably never occurred to him that some version of the place would still exist in 2018. more
Aug. 15, 2018
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Primary Source: Hougen's History, a CKRW Yukon nugget by Les McLaughlin
The Yukon's greatest love story
It's a story many times told but never gets old, this tale of Kate and Otto Partridge of Ben-My-Chree, which is Manx for "Girl of my Heart" and is the greatest love story in the history of the Yukon. more
Aug. 15, 2018
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Photo: Erik Pinkerton
Dancing with the stars
After testing the waters in 2017 with the first-ever Yukon Star Party, the Yukon branch of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) is bringing back the event, with promises of education, fun and most of all, community engagement. more
Aug. 15, 2018
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Kylie Campbell
Get Lost! Navigating Whitehorse trails
We live in the wilderness (in case you didn’t notice). Literally, we have 12 square kilometres per person of wild landscapes, untamed animals and often dodgy cell reception—and that can be all within city limits. The City of Whitehorse has over 700 k more
Aug. 08, 2018
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Credit: Pixabay
Hints about cooking from the 1950s
Back in the early days of the 1940s and ’50s we made most of our desserts at home rather than buying something at the local corner store. That way we knew exactly what was in them and the lady folks experimented from there to enhance the home baked t more
Aug. 08, 2018
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Cathie Archbould
Knowing our strengths and weaknesses helps weather climate change
“Northerners have been adapting for generations. It’s part of being a northerner … [it] is part of the culture. So, in some ways, some of these adaptation actions that we’re taking haven’t been traditionally labelled as climate change adaptations— more
Aug. 08, 2018
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Danny Macdonald
They sang then and played to please the hero
A local Whitehorse book group, inspired by the epic poem Beowulf, have composed songs that will be performed on August 13. Keitha Clark, Kate Weekes and Brenda Berezan originally joked about the idea of writing songs based on the poem, but then one e more
Aug. 08, 2018
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Credit: brizzle born and bred on Foter.com
Cooking with moose meat
When preparing to cook any wild game meat, try to remove as much of the fat as possible as this is where the game taste lingers. To reduce the game taste you can rub prepared mustard over the meat and leave it for a couple hours, then wash it off and more
Aug. 08, 2018
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Grace Snider
Canada Wide Science Fair Winners
The Canada Wide Science Fair (CWSF) has been happening since 1962, and every year around three projects from the Yukon/Stikine Regional Science Fair are chosen to be part of the annual national event. This year, the CWSF took place in Ottawa, where, more
Aug. 08, 2018
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Credit: courtesy of the Government of Yukon
Grandpa's Favourite RV Hotspots in the North
There is a precise and exact spot on the Alaska Highway between Watson Lake and Teslin, a little way northwest of Rancheria, where you cross the Continental Divide for the last time on your long journey to the northern hinterlands of our continent. more
Aug. 08, 2018
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