Finding great finds
by Joie Quarton The Whitehorse Community Thrift Store Society will be looking to open a local...
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Consignment & Thrift Store
Garage Sales – Doing it for (the) community
In early April, 79-year-old Lorraine White did what lots of Yukoners do: she held a garage sale.White, who was moving to Vancouver Island, sold her furniture and old china at her Takhini senior’s residence, and gave away the...
Read MoreFilling the Void
For Patrick Jackson, the owner and operator of Changing Gear, it seems like only yesterday that he moved from Vancouver up to the Yukon, but 20 years later he’s still here using his experience and passion to run a successful...
Read MoreTake My Jeans… Please
It’s May. The time to spring-clean which, for me, means emptying out my closets and passing on the gently-worn-but-no-longer-fitting clothes to someone else to love. Especially my jeans, which have survived my hopes of losing...
Read MoreThoughtfully Thrifty
“To have local students take part in the project gives us something to be proud of,” he says. “Yukon College is always trying to meet the needs of the communities and having input from them is always helpful.”Five females and...
Read MoreShe’s Been Bitten
It was the promise of bannock that first lured Melaina Sheldon into the orbit of Gwaandak Theatre in 2010.The show’s limited budget also allowed Sheldon to use some of the design skills she had developed in a one-year...
Read MoreAll Kinds of Bargains
It’s autumn and time for the thrift shop in Haines Junction to ramp up again for winter. Dozens and dozens of bags of used clothing and housewares have been dropped off in the last month at the back door of St. Christopher’s...
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