About six years ago, Fred Penner came to town and I was very excited. I was freelancing for the Yukon News at the time and I pitched the idea of a profile to my editor.Alas, it had been promised to someone else.But now I am an...
Read MoreThe month of December promises to be an action-packed month of celestial events for every amateur astronomer and nighttime photographer. As long as the weather holds, we will be in for a very busy month.The month starts out with...
Read MoreI’m in Dawson City, Yukon. It is 10:30 pm on a Sunday night and I find myself walking the icy boardwalks as a few brave and hearty ravens fly overhead.I am with a handful of Dawsonites who call this place 500-plus...
Read MoreThere’s a lot happening in Whitehorse at local community venues for film this upcoming week.The Alpine Film Night series returns with a powerful documentary, the Yukon Film Society highlights two features in its Fire Hall...
Read MoreNow that the Yukon snows have finally arrived and the all-too-brief weeks of skating the magically bare icy surface of my lake are done, I am looking forward to short, early twilights leading into our the long winter nights.For...
Read MoreValerie Salez gives voice to her mixed feelings about beauty in Fourth Nature up at the Yukon Arts Centre.Italian Renaissance grottoes inspired this show.Salez was fascinated by those layered spaces. One generation of art...
Read MoreAccording to John Firth’s new book One Mush, Jamaicans hate dogs.So what was Caribbean musher Newton Marshall doing on the Yukon Quest in 2009? One Mush, self-published jointly by Firth and the Jamaica Dogsled Team, tells...
Read MoreAfter my very first kickboxing class, I realized two things. One, don’t eat a big meal beforehand, and two, even if you think you’re in good shape, after a two-hour class muscles you never knew existed will make...
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