It always seemed unlikely the yellow school bus would appear.I’d stare through the mist, hands firmly in pockets. The shuffling feet and murmurs from the kids around me — my brother and cousins, all older — barely made a dent in...
Read MoreAt some point Bob Dylan claims to have lost his edge. Or more specifically, his ability to capture transfixing and haunting images waned ever so slightly —at least in his own estimation.In a 1991 interview he quotes...
Read MoreThis August, Dawson City celebrates one of its last summer events. From August 14 to 17, Discovery Days, the Riverside Arts Festival, and the Dawson Daily News Print & Publishing Symposium aim to keep people of all ages and...
Read MoreHigh school is possibly the five longest years of your life.You spend the first year coming to grips with the fact that everyone has to shower after gym class, then you spend the next four years waiting for the experience to be...
Read MoreRobert Service School (RSS) celebrated its 25th year in its present building last May. There were no special celebrations, and I suspect that not too many people were aware of the anniversary. It was probably my time on the...
Read MoreWhen Whitehorse students go back to school on August 25, many of them will be meeting Peggy Hanifan for the first time.Many others will have spent hundreds of hours with her already, but they won’t call her Peggy.To them, she is...
Read MoreThe 20th Century artist Marc Chagall once stated, “Great art picks up where nature ends.”After organizing this year’s Miles Canyon In Art event, hosted by the Yukon Conservation Society (YCS), I certainly agree.On Friday July...
Read More“They can’t be taking that little girl in there — really.”Those were the whispered words that Dawn Kostelnik heard as a child in the 1960s before she boarded a plane to Fort Norman, N.W.T, where her father was hired by the...
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