Sheila MacLean, 18, recently won the Safe Partying Comic Contest put on by Les EssentiElles and the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre. MacLean did not even hear about the contest until three days before the comics were due, when her boyfriend, Dean Williams, pointed out the advertising poster in Starbucks. This direct deadline did not intimidate …
I have always been skeptical about my brother, Karl, never going to school … but now my doubts have vanished. I am so proud of him. When Karl was only 14, he started his apprenticeship with our Dad, Martin, to be a machinist. Karl was not attracted to this trade because of the potentially high …
Kelly Bowers recently shared her writing with the public for the first time. Bowers, 16, has always enjoyed writing as a hobby, but she is very careful not to leave any of her pieces lying around. Having other people read her work terrifies Bowers. “I guess it is because I just don’t feel it is …
Nick Robinson, 19, has an “explosive” style. He likes to do a lot of flips and power moves when he breaks. For Robinson, breakdancing is no longer just a hobby, it’s his craft as a professional artist. Breakdancing is his way of life. Robinson has been taking Physical Education at the University of Toronto this …
Dave Pedersen was shocked and horrified to discover the brutal life that the homeless suffer all over Canada. Pedersen, who graduated from Vanier Secondary School, spent last summer on Hastings Street in Vancouver sharing his beliefs and his music with the less fortunate. This summer, Pedersen has organized a similar expedition for Whitehorse. He has …
After seven months in the surf and sun, Nina Reed, 18, was ready to come back to the sludge and muck of the Yukon’s April. Spontaneous Reed had set out on her own after high school to explore the section of the world she had once known as home. Originally from New Zealand, Reed and …
Calvin Laveck, 15, never goes a day without singing, dancing, acting or playing music. He recently performed in the MAD variety show as a Spice Girl, a nerd, a comedic character and sang the challenging Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera. This is his first year in the Music Arts and Drama …
The highlight of my Rendezvous was the Friday night, in the tent at Shipyards Park. It was here that I was lucky enough to watch the band, Plaid, and dance crazily amongst their screaming fans. “We got paid, so technically we’re professional musicians now,” says Bram Komaromi, one of Plaid’s guitarists. He laughs. Although this …
Jorden Murray had an unusual motive for moving to the Yukon: he came to Whitehorse to skateboard. Murray’s skateboarding has inspired him to travel and live in many different parts of the country. Originally from Salmon Arm, BC, he moved to Whitehorse in January 2007, but “little pieces of me remain scattered around western Canada,” …
