The pre-Christmas season will soon be underway here in the Klondike, actually beginning a few days before this piece can see print. It’s a season of bazaars and open houses that lead up to the actual holidays.It begins with the...
Read MoreThe biggest change in the Canada Day Parade, this year, is where it will end. With traffic being directed along Fifth Avenue as a main thoroughfare (as a result of sewer and water re-installation blocking the use of Front...
Read MoreEvery two years the Yukon Historical & Museums Association holds a meeting for the entire Yukon heritage community. It moves around the territory, but executive director Lianne Maitland says that one of the places they like...
Read MoreCanada Day will be exceptionally busy in Dawson this year. Combining our nation’s birthday with a roster of events that normally occur on the first Saturday after that celebration will make for a packed schedule.The Klondike...
Read MoreEarly in May, with the deadlines for the 2017 edition of the Dawson City International Gold Show approaching, Coralee Rudachyk was busy, but calm. As the General Manager of the Dawson City Chamber of Commerce, she has the...
Read MoreAnna Taylor spent this winter stitching the stories of Dawson City women.In March, the Halifax-based textile artist completed a month-long residency at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture. There, her embroidery practice...
Read MoreEmployees at Klondike Visitors Association were surprised to find that a Jim Robb original hung on the wall for the centre.Early in summer, a call from Doug Thomas (also known as Gold Nougie Dougie), revealed to them that a...
Read MorePriska Wettstein’s love affair with photography began in 2008 when husband Paul presented her with a camera.“I don’t know why he did that,” she says, “but ever since then, I’m just hooked. So whenever I go for a walk, or drive...
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