Let There Be Light
The longest night, the shortest day. Either way you measure, if you celebrate during or near midwinter, or Winter Solstice…
Let There Be Light Read More »
The longest night, the shortest day. Either way you measure, if you celebrate during or near midwinter, or Winter Solstice…
Let There Be Light Read More »
In the Wheel of Fortune, we see a giant wheel turning in a blue sky while curious winged creatures upon clouds watch…
Take a Chance on Happiness Read More »
Ruled by Venus, The Empress brings our core values to the table. Heading into winter, we are encouraged to reflect on our deepest values.
Listen To Your Grandmothers, Mothers, Aunties And Sisters This Winter! Read More »
The Devil Tarot card says we all have a beast inside of us that can erupt without warning and make us our own worst enemy.
In a world where there is now a mix of work environments, here are some tips for working from home — for employees and employers (and family)
Keep the Humanity in the Work Read More »
August is Pride month in the Yukon with smaller events planned throughout the territory from Whitehorse to Watson Lake and beyond.
Pride: It’s Time to Shine, Yukon! Read More »
The Adäka Cultural Festival returns with the light of many suns, in full swing and in person this year! June 29 to July 5 2022
Adäka Cultural Festival Comes Back Into The Light—Renewed and International Read More »
Don’t immediately assume you are in a love triangle or that your partner is having an affair, each time you see the Three of Pentacles
Honesty and recognizing folks’ value is hot this summer Read More »
Splashes of lavish roses, bared teeth of an outraged woman, portraits of people stick gambling—all appear in the paintings of Mary Caesar.
Mary Caesar: An International Artist Continues to Shine Read More »
Is it weird to lick your fingers while you’re making Chocolate Poop? Use a dark high-percentage chocolate, ideally locally ground if available.
The Transformation of Waste Read More »
“For me, now, Star Wars (SW) is a familiar universe where you know the rules,” reflected Mackenzie Grant. Mackenzie’s birthday is May the 4th.
Born on May the 4th (be with you)— Destined to be a Fan Read More »
How can we best support our fathers? Card: Three of Wands, Minor Arcana. I smiled when this card appeared about supporting our fathers.
Take the Long View Read More »
Notes from ‘Sled Head Lane’ Three voices on the love of snowmobiling “You need to have an intimate relationship with your snow machine.”
Three voices on the love of snowmobiling Read More »
To me, pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs, is messy memories of making eggs with wax and dye, with my Baba or at Ukrainian Easter events.
Amelia Merhar, on Meanings within Pysanky Read More »
Tarot Question: How can we best support Ukraine? The Cards: Justice, Major Arcana XI. The Deck: The Rider-Waite Coleman-Smith
Tarot: Seek Justice with Perspective Read More »
Tarot: Six of Wands, Minor Arcana Rulerships: Leo. Element: Fire. Colours: Orange, Red. Time: Noon. Direction: South. Season: Summer.
Tarot: Homecoming for the heart Read More »
Yukon Rendezvous Festival has planned four possible versions of the festival this year, to quickly adapt to changing health regulations.
Celebrate the great outdoors! Read More »
TAROT: Advice on dealing with bullies and bullying. Two of Pentacles reminds us, change is possible, not linear and often unpredictable.
Advice on dealing with bullies and bullying? Read More »
Question: What will help us deal with anxiety? The Card: Queen of Swords, Minor Arcana Rulership: Scorpio. Element: Air. Colours: White, yellow. Time: Dawn. Direction:
Breathe with Perspective: Advice on dealing with anxiety Read More »
Tarot: The Card: Major Arcana VI, The Lovers Rulerships: Gemini, Mercury. Element: Air. Colours: Blue, Orange, Yellow.
Tarot: Nurturing Children in Intense Times? Read More »
Asking the Tarot for a wild card opens a window. Tarot readings offer you fresh perspective and realistic tools for change and re-balancing.
Take Care of your Experiment Read More »
Tarot Question: may we please have advice for residents of Canada who need to reconcile?
For those who need to reconcile Read More »
Tarot Reading: This summer, seek love aligned with your core values
Turns out, being just and fair is hot Read More »
Spring fever may feel overwhelming this year. Thank-you to my dear Taurus friend who helped me create the questions for this collective Tarot reading.
Sometimes less is more Read More »
An anonymous friend helped create the question/s for this collective Tarot reading: What kind of leaders do we need right now? What kind of leaders do we need to be?
Just as Bruce Lee advised, water is powerful Read More »
I’ve seen The Hanged Man provoke fear, but this Tarot card (mostly) comes in peace. Take note of your initial response to the hanging figure and keep that response in your back pocket.
Sometimes we need to surrender Read More »
No matter your spiritual practice, chances are there is a special holiday in December for you, celebrated with gatherings, rituals, and traditions. Of course, this year will be different and I surely need not tell you why.
Do not drown in nostalgia this holiday season Read More »
The Tarot continues to fascinate and amaze. Sometimes we ask a big question, and brace ourselves for a challenging or lofty answer, yet the advice given feels surprisingly achievable.
Recognize one another and act in ways worthy of recognition Read More »
With the Full Moon in Pisces, I decided to cast our collective Tarot reading about compassion. In Astrology, Pisces is the soul of compassion and represents (among other things) an expansive sea of empathy and understanding for others.
This reading is for all of us, collectively and as individuals, with a special dedication to all the Earth signs out there – Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn.
Let The Sun Shine on Your Work Read More »
I sought a message for us, collectively and as individuals, about our relationships to the some of the current events in the world. My heart was lifted by the card we were given. The Empress.
The Empress Will Lead the Way Read More »
Welcome to the first edition of “Traveling Light,” my new column for What’s Up Yukon. To begin, I’d like to launch the column by drawing one Tarot card for the human community of the Yukon, and beyond, at this moment.
Pace Yourself, You Animal Read More »
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.
My dance practice is rooted in uncultivated, wild, outdoor spaces. I often perform site-specific dances outdoors for audiences and/or camera. However, my latest collaborative
I usually keep a cool head in chaos. This was not the case one fine Friday when I stopped by the Whitehorse Real Canadian Superstore
Perspectives on the Whitehorse Extra Foods (aka Yellow Store) Renovation Read More »
I recently heard the term “supermarket spiritualism” to describe folks walking down the proverbial aisle picking and choosing bits and pieces from every spiritual practice
Do I look Enlightened to You? Read More »
The body is mysterious; it is intricately linked to all that we do, and the ways we think. I’m a dancer; this is my perspective.
Second Sunday Dance Shakes it Up in Whitehorse Read More »
The Animal Project, a new feature film by prolific Canadian indie filmmaker Ingrid Veninger, began as a leap of faith. To begin creating the film,
Canadian Indie Filmmaker Heads Our Way Read More »
Books really get around in the Yukon. On a behind-the-scenes tour of the Whitehorse Public Library, with Joyce Kashman, librarian, and Julianne Ourom, director of
It’s Not About “Shushing” Anymore Read More »
Songs tell the stories of places, and the Whitehorse Community Choir Yukon Song Project reflects the stories of the North. The WCC choir director Barb
Collecting songs of the North Read More »
I recently found myself on my knees, in front of a toilet in Home Hardware, being taught how to install a toilet by Megan Fuller,
Rubber Gloves Required Read More »
Yukon artist Helen O’Connor’s textural, organic, large-scale sculpture, assemblages, and installations beg the viewer to reach out and touch them. The works seem as though
Finding the Essence of Experience in Nature Read More »
International Women’s Day is Saturday, March 8, it’s a day to pause and consider women’s health, dreams, and safety — worldwide, and in Canada. It’s
A Testament to the Disappearances of Aboriginal Women Read More »
Why do people get so fired up about a little bush? In January, the British newspaper The Telegraph ran an article by Louisa Peacock describing
Bush is coming back? Read More »
Three luscious, solo visual art exhibitions are coming to the Yukon Arts Centre (YAC). Rosemary Scanlon’s The Rose Parade, Helen O’Connor’s Salutation, and Michèle Karch-Ackerman’s
The Natural, Bizarre, and Heart-Wrenching Read More »
I’m certain I’ll never speak to a more grounded Olympian than Whitehorse born-and-raised Emily Nishikawa. I caught Nishikawa on the phone the day before her
Emily Nishikawa Makes Tracks for Sochi Read More »
Attention hearty Yukon yuletide carolers: prepare to step up your game. Whitehorse’s choir collective, Messiah Chorale, invites you to sing-a-long this solstice weekend. And not
Take Caroling a Step Further Read More »
There are some jobs that appear thankless. To name a few, collection agents, nurses who take blood samples, and dentists. Parking meter attendants surely get
Parking Meter Attendants Have Feelings, Too Read More »
I came across this tidbit in the government study “Volunteering in Canada” by Mireille Vézina and Susan Crompton: In 2010, 88 per cent of Yukoners
Help a Brother, Sister, or Animal Out Read More »
Sometimes it’s tough to find the perfectplace to live, or even a place to live at all. During these times of scant housing, have you
The Cut-Throat World of Forest Real Estate Read More »
“Here it is, the tobacco. I am certain that you, O ghost, are not very far away, that you are in fact, standing right in
Celebrating Death:Roots of Hallowe’en symbols and traditions Read More »
I’ve got the creeps, the willies, and the jim-jams. I’ve just heard ghost stories from Heidi Bliedungand Aaron Burnie from the love-worn, historic Westminster Hotel
Things That Go Bump in the Night Read More »
Whitehorse-based theatre company Open Pit is on a mission. In addition to creating new performance works and fostering collaboration between local creators, Open Pit co-artistic
Courageously Putting your Voice into the World Read More »
Helene Dobrowolsky found her vocation as an author and historian by happenstance. “After a few years of camp cooking, a friend told me about a
The History Hunter Read More »
When I moved to the Yukon, a friend gave me a tip, “Join the ArtsNet internet mailing list. It’s the information pipeline for the arts
Clean Underwear, Job Ads, Ride Shares, and, of course, Art Read More »
Change sometimes takes time, even if the change means a return to the familiar. On July 26, 1978, the Whitehorse Star reported that, “a beautification
Naming and Renaming History Read More »
In a memorable scene in the 1983 movie Never Cry Wolf (adapted from Farley Mowat’s 1963 book), a biologist is dropped by floatplane in the
Hard Work, Long Days and Satisfaction in the Arctic Read More »
It’s easy to remember the three kinds of symbiosis if you apply them to your past relationships. Parasitism is where one species benefits and the
Friends with Benefits Read More »
It’s difficult to resist making puns about the title of the award-winning play Syphilis: A Love Story by Whitehorse playwright, and What’s Up Yukon assistant
Roller derby is a fast-paced contact sport, mostly for women, where players are known by cheeky monikers such as “Ruff Tuff Creampuff,” and “Fonda Spanks.”
Yukon Roller Girls: Rolling into an Adrenaline Rush Read More »
Late summer and early autumn is berry-picking time across the Yukon. Low- and high-bush cranberries, soapberries, Saskatoon berries, blueberries, strawberries, cloudberries and raspberries are each
Wild Berry Picking In Your Own Backyard Read More »
Running a theatre company is not for the faint of heart. Only those who work behind the scenes in theatre truly know the passion, work,
My grandfather’s backyard was a gardener’s dream. Flat as a postage stamp, with deep, rich soil and daylong exposure to intense southwestern Ontario sunshine. My
Seeking the perfect tomato for Northern summers Read More »
During early land claim negotiations, respected Teslin elder Virginia Smarch once said of her Tlingit community, “that is who we are: part of the land,
Part of the Land, Part of the Water Read More »
“How big is the space station and do you have enough room to dance?” a Grade 3 Grey Mountain Primary School student asked Chris Hadfield
Increase Your Chances of Communicating with Outer Space Read More »
From my cabin outside of Dawson City, nature’s transformative power is visible. In the tailing piles left behind by dredge mining, tiny plants push through
It’s only recently that most people have forgotten how to forage for food. For thousands of years, First Nations communities across Canada lived on food
The Wild Abundance of Food Read More »
I’m a transplant.I recently moved to Dawson City from Whitehorse, and I recently moved to Whitehorse from my birthplace in Ontario. In Ontario, I worked
Taking a Look Your Soil’s Fertility Read More »
The phone directory: the book that no one reads and everyone uses — no one buys it, but everyone has a copy. Lately, in the
Yukon Landscape is Poetry for the Eyes Read More »
“A woman needs to have an art form,” says Tlingit Tutchone master weaver. she’ll pass art of weaving to a generation of First Nations women
Healing and Transformation: Ravenstail Weaving Read More »
We use the word “the” to indicate when something is distinct.This may be why we have used the word “the” in “the Yukon”
The Controversial Three Letter Word Read More »
Tarot cards are tools for divination and reflection; giving the person receiving the reading insight into past, present and future. The exact origin of the
Yukon Artists @ Work Painter Neil Graham Unveils a Project Six Years in the Making Read More »
I love stories of miraculous cures that challenge status quo notions of medicine — stories of group prayers healing illness, terminal cancer eradicated by meditation
Angels, Energy, and Divining Read More »
Throughout his work, Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche expressed concern with (lambasted, even) people’s preoccupation with language, a system he saw as insufficient to express the complexity
Creative Arts Therapies Go Beyond Language Read More »
We live in interesting times. International political and energy crises challenge the current North American skill-set. We must ask, ultimately, what is more useful —
Finally, some house-building skills to go along with your sweet nunchuck skills Read More »
As a dancer, I often hear people say, “Oh, I wish I were a dancer,” or “I wish I had studied dance as a kid,”
Within the striking photographs gracing the walls of Rah Rah Galleryone can observe the weight of the body, the wonder of illusion, silence and visual
Viewers play a role in Allegory Read More »
Scrabble made international headlines recently when University of California cognitive scientist and computative data analyst Joshua Lewis suggested changing Scrabble’s age-old scoring system. Here in
At A Moment of Worldwide Controversy Read More »
Someone recently told my lover, “In Whitehorse you don’t lose your girlfriend, you lose your turn.” It’s a pithy summary of the dating experience in
Whitehorse Dating Scene: Hairy, Mysterious, Limited… Read More »
One could easily write a page-turning book about the life and accomplishments of outfitter, trapper, residential school survivor and honoured veteran Alex Van Bibber. I
An Inspirational Elder: Alex Van Bibber Read More »
“In the morning it was morning and I was still alive. Maybe I’ll write a novel, I thought. And then I did.” Charles Bukowski, Post
The storied 53-kilometre Chilkoot Trail crosses the border between Canada and the US and offers spectacular scenery to history buffs and hikers alike. Originally a
Contemporary Art Meets History Read More »
“A pivot,” David Skelton, artistic director of Nakai Theatre explains, “is the point around which action and movement occurs.” From Jan. 22 – 27 in
A Centre Point for New Theatre Works Read More »
I confess: as a child I was terrified of clowns. Met with the combination of red nose, garish wig and oversized shoes, I would silently
Claire Ness Camps it Up in New Solo Show Read More »
Wintertime in the northern produce aisle can be dispiriting — with mealy tomatoes and tired greens on offer. Even in fair weather, food shortages caused
Dawson Group Sowing the Seeds for A Communal Greenhouse Read More »