Bushmom
What am I doing?It is -45 C and I am starting to feel trapped. I haven’t left the house – unless you count visits to the outhouse or to grab more wood, which at these temperatures are so quick that they hardly bear...
Read MoreIssue: 2016-04-21
The Next Act
Longtime Yukon teacher Mary Sloan and rapper Eminem have something in common. Theyboth got their careers started in Detroit’s notorious 8-Mile district.However, Sloan’s teaching environment from the beginning to the end could...
Read MoreGetting in Sheep Shape
We drove four hours from Whitehorse to one of my favourite fishing lakes, then an hour and a half across. As a sheep hunter that’s all the info we give on our hunting spots.If you know where that is, you know the Yukon better...
Read MoreThe Art of Judo – Yukon-Style
Walk into École Émilie Tremblay (EET) on a Monday or a Thursday evening and you may be surprised to see that the usual school gymnasium is transformed into a dojo, complete with a giant tatami (floor mat) and filled with...
Read MoreMAKE A BETTER FIRE
Except above tree-line, good firewood is available in most places in the Yukon but a few days of rain can make pretty good wood too wet to get anything but thick smoke and little flame. A short time spent on preparation can...
Read MoreIt Takes Two
Biathlon is an Olympic Sport that combines two incredibly differentcompetitive activities. Which two incredibly different activities you ask? Biathlon is a combination of a cross country ski race and small-bore rifle...
Read MoreSurviving a Grizzly Attack and the Great War
Jim Christie was born in Scotland in 1867. He emigrated to Manitoba and then came to theKlondike in 1898. The short, wiry Scotsman took to living in the north like a duck to water. He prospected in the summers and trapped in the...
Read MoreHealthy Ways to Soothe a Hangover
If you are indulging regularly in the good old Yukon Happy Hour, you may have met last night’s mean morning friend: The Hangover. He may be dependable, but he sure is a jerk.While the obvious advice may be that prevention is...
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