The Yukon will be launching a satellite into orbit for the first time, as part of a Canadian Space Agency-led project.Yukon College students are in the conceptual stage of their first-ever space mission. “A Yukon satellite will...
Read MoreLocated on the northeastern corner of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Quttinirpaaq National Park is Canada’s northernmost national park. Until recently it was virtually inaccessible to your average earthling.Quttinirpaaq just...
Read MoreDriving to Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. (located on Kugmallit Bay of the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean), is no big deal. Canadians have been doing it for many years on the annual winter ice roads that used to run down the Mackenzie...
Read MoreThe Guild Theatre will launch its 2018–19 season this week with Lawrence and Holloman, a darkly hilarious two-hander by award-winning Canadian playwright Morris Panych.First produced at Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre in 1998, it...
Read MoreHello Everybody,We invite you to share your photos of Yukon life. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on to editor@WhatsUpYukon.com.The International Falls Trail, in the White Pass, is well-known...
Read MoreIf you have a glass or cup of something handy, get it ready. At the end of this piece we’re going to raise a glass to a woman named Nellie. You might want to get a handful of penny candy too … you’ll see why.Nellie and her...
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The 2018–19 Whitehorse Rapids over-35 soccer season kicks off at the end of September, bringing together a collection of expats and non-hockey-playing Canadians in one homogenous mix.
Read MoreInternational Falls. You’ve probably seen the signs, but have you gone for the hike yet? If not, what are you waiting for?Just past the Fraser border crossing, it’s a pretty chill adventure you can easily do enroute to Skagway....
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