Yukon Careers
Yukon Careers
Issue: 2019-10-30, PHOTO: courtesy of Skills Canada Yukon
Getting on the wrench
As a kid, I always enjoyed taking things apart and figuring out what makes them “tick.” Finding ways to make them work better or perform different functions than originally intended. Turns out a career as a heavy equipment technician Read more
Oct. 30, 2019
Issue: 2019-10-02, PHOTO: courtesy of Norman Mervyn Barrington-Foote
Ready, Set, Howl will visit Whitehorse for a show on Oct. 10
Norman Mervyn Barrington-Foote is bringing his own unique combination of music, comedy and puppetry to Whitehorse for a Halloween-themed show on Oct. 10, 2019 at the Yukon Arts Centre. Music, costumes and Halloween are all part of Ready, Set, Howl... Read more
Oct. 02, 2019
Issue: 2019-10-02, PHOTO: Doug Davidge
For more than 30 years Doug Davidge has helped solve Yukon’s historic mysteries, both hidden and exposed
Doug Davidge finds lost things. Over the course of more than three decades in the Yukon, Davidge has been known to find things that people know are missing–such as the A.J. Goddard, a steamboat that vanished in Lake Laberge in 1901–and things that... Read more
Oct. 02, 2019
Issue: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: courtesy of Paris Pick
Still feeling the love
Paris Pick has been up to a lot this past year. Last November, she was featured in What’s Up Yukon for the local release concert of her debut album, Feeling Love, and its subsequent touring. It’s been nearly a year since then, but the Whitehorse... Read more
Sep. 25, 2019
Issue: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: courtesy of Carey Marshall
You talking to her?
“When you haveit flat tire, you throwit over there and you takeit spare tire from that pile. Every three days you takeit air filter out of car and you putit on dirty air filter pile and then you grabit filter from clean filter pile and putit in... Read more
Sep. 25, 2019
Issue: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: Leighann Chalykoff
Erin Dixon - Artist documents the vintage, the eclectic and the historical houses of Whitehorse and Dawson
Erin Dixon is interested in how other people live. “I have been interested in other people’s houses, since I was a little kid,” she said. “Trick-or-treating was always my favourite because you got to go to other people’s houses and peek inside... Read more
Sep. 25, 2019
Issue: 2019-09-18, PHOTO:courtesy of Caribou RV Park
Saved by The Caribou and wolves
Considering the Caribou RV Park at km 1403 of the Alaska Highway was established in 1974 and your humble correspondent lived in Atlin from 1977 to 1984, I must have driven right by it hundreds of times over the years without giving it a look or... Read more
Sep. 18, 2019
Issue: 2019-09-18, PHOTO: Aimée Dawn Robinson
Local squared
Chef Robert Brouillette, of the storied Gold Pan Saloon in Whitehorse, is passionate about showcasing local ingredients. Brouillette began working in restaurants at age 16. After working in his family's Québec vineyard for six years and studying... Read more
Sep. 18, 2019
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Alistair Maitland Photography
Tech company grows byte by byte
You’d be forgiven for thinking Triniti Technology only sells cell phone cases. Sylvio Lin, general manager for the Whitehorse-based company, knows that’s what it looks like from the outside. Read more
Jun. 26, 2019
Issue: 2019-06-12, PHOTO: Alistair Maitland Photography
Women fight fire
Many ancient civilizations had a form of organized firefighting. The earliest recorded fire services was in Ancient Rome. Read more
Jun. 12, 2019
Issue: 2019-06-05, PHOTO: Danny Macdonald
Worming their way onto a kitchen counter near you
Yukon Innovation Prize finalist Sabrina Clarke was a worm composting novice when she first moved to Montreal. In fact, the city didn’t have a composting program at all and residents had to devise their own solutions. Clarke lucked out by... Read more
Jun. 05, 2019
Issue: 2019-06-05, PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons
A breath of fresh air
Energy efficiency and well-ventilated healthy air. Yukon Innovation Prize finalist Shane Wolfe is attempting to maximize the potential of heat-recovery ventilation (HRV) units that are integral for those two concepts to co-exist in a building... Read more
Jun. 05, 2019
Issue: 2019-05-29, PHOTO: courtesy of Outpost 31 / GBP Creative Media
Outpost is in this year
In 2018, the Yukon saw vast growth within the local film industry. One of the reasons for this was the emergence of northern production company, Outpost 31. Outpost 31 is a full-service media and entertainment company located in Whitehorse and... Read more
May 29, 2019
