Beaver Creek
What's Up Beaver Creek
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Issue: 2018-10-10, PHOTO: Teresa van der Meer-Chassé
Turn up the amp ...
For a two-night gig this past July in Beaver Creek, Larry Berrio and his band shut the town down! Berrio, from Sudbury, Ontario, travelled 5,000 kilometres with his bandmates to the most westerly community in Canada. With open arms, the town of... more
Oct. 10, 2018
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Issue: 2015-04-16 PHOTO: Teresa Vander Meer-Chasse
Diner Lights
Sid van der Meer recently travelled from the gold rush fields of Arizona back to Canada’s most westerly community — Beaver Creek, Yukon. Sid has strong family ties to the White River First Nation, on whose lands he resides. more
Apr. 16, 2015
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Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé
South to Alberta (a.k.a. Sid’s trip down memory lane)
“He had a bunch of old cars and I had a bunch of old cars.” That evening the long-time friends spoke about their recent projects and past finds. Van invited the guys—and me—to his garage, only to discover a treasure trove inside. more
Aug. 08, 2018
Issue: 2018-10-10, PHOTO: Teresa van der Meer-Chassé
Turn up the amp ...
For a two-night gig this past July in Beaver Creek, Larry Berrio and his band shut the town down! Berrio, from Sudbury, Ontario, travelled 5,000 kilometres with his bandmates to the most westerly community in Canada. With open arms, the town of... more
Oct. 10, 2018
Issue: 2018-10-03, PHOTO: Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé
Scavenging for Raven
Upper Tanana artist Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé has teamed up with Whitehorse-based artist Nicole Bauberger to create a scavenger hunt of installations and events this fall. The artists began collaborating a year ago around the idea that the... more
Oct. 03, 2018
Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé
South to Alberta (a.k.a. Sid’s trip down memory lane)
“He had a bunch of old cars and I had a bunch of old cars.” That evening the long-time friends spoke about their recent projects and past finds. Van invited the guys—and me—to his garage, only to discover a treasure trove inside. more
Aug. 08, 2018
Issue: 2018-08-01, PHOTO: Hugh Copland
The White River Ash, the mega eruption next door
The recent eruption of the Kilauea volcano, on the island of Hawaii, has consumed property and displaced people. The eruption at the Fuego volcano, in Guatemala, has killed dozens of people. Past volcanic eruptions in Alaska have resulted in... more
Aug. 01, 2018
Issue: 2018-07-18, PHOTO: Steve Israel, Yukon Geological Survey
A whole lotta quakin’ goin’ on
On Monday May 1, 2017, at around 5:30 a.m., a magnitude 6.2 earthquake landed near the B.C.–Yukon border, followed by another slightly stronger one at around 7:30 a.m. The rare event got a lot more people talking about seismic activity in the... more
Jul. 18, 2018
Issue: 2018-06-20, PHOTO: Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé
South to Alberta – Part I
Exploration, adventure and community are among the most important aspects of living in the North. For many Yukoners, it was the “want” to explore a fantasized part of the world and to seek adventure in discovering Canada’s North, but it was the... more
Jun. 20, 2018
