November 7 turned out to be an incredibly busy evening for anyone involved in community events in Dawson. There was the closing banquet for the Youth Art Enrichment program, which I mentioned here a few weeks ago. There was an outdoor art installation on the dyke and waterfront called The Deep Dark, involving contrasts of …
A man who has helped Yukon musicians for years — as a key organizer of the Alsek Music Festival and as a music teacher at St. Elias Community School – is now being offered help. While Haines Junction’s Richard Godson is receiving treatment for cancer in Vancouver, a musical benefit will be held Saturday, Feb. …
Imagine children, some as old as 17, who have never held a book – never read a book in their own language … Liesel Briggs and her daughter Rosemarie have handed books to children in Nepal and India. Their passion is to provide “books and basics”. Where did this passion come from? Liesel has volunteered …
Darcy Laliberty is living proof that friendship goes as far as it takes. The Yukon Brewing Company sales rep is organizing the Jessica Frotten Mobility Fundraiser. “A gathering of friends and family,” Laliberty says, to help offset the cost of renovations that will be required following his friend’s injuries from her Dec. 14 automobile accident. …
Just how far does friendship go? As far as it takes. Read More »
Brendan Kelly had a lot on his mind when he went to the 1 a.m. show at Foxy’s Lounge the morning of October 22. An avowed country and western music fan, Kelly had been looking forward to hearing one of his favourite singers, Aaron Pritchett. But just over 24 hours previously, three students at Porter …
“We were in Pakistan — as ever, saving children,” Martin Crill says at the Baked Café, where the sun has finally come inside. “We believed Canada had forgotten about us.” He worked for Save the Children UK, an independent children’s charity, often intervening in war situations to help displaced children find families. Martin’s Canadian journey …
