Mother is coming
Helping my son learn to walk. PHOTO: Stu Clark Learning to climb with my son. PHOTO: Chris Clark...
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Kids and Family
Yukon See It Here: Murray Martin
Hello 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.I like to submit a picture along with a saying to go with it....
Read MoreCategories of Violence
My last article discussed the four phases of the Cycle of Violence: accumulation, explosion, the“honeymoon phase” and the justification phase I refer to as “But, it’s your fault.” It’s an endless cycle unless the victim protects...
Read MoreHalloween around the world
Halloween is most certainly a North American pastime, but this tradition has slowly morphed into a worldwide event for both kids and adults.I love Halloween … Ever since I was a little kid, I envied the kids I saw, on TV...
Read MoreOverloaded by motherhood
It’s a comedy about the darkness of parenthood.That’s how Emelia Symington Fedy describes Motherload, the collectively-created play she and three castmates are bringing to the Yukon Arts Centre’s mainstage on October 13.Fedy...
Read MoreHealthy crying and how to do it
“It’s like they are puddle-jumping. One moment they’re fully immersed and the next they’re fully out of it.” – Deb Higgins, Communications Coordinator Hospice YukonEveryone handles their grief differently. That is one of...
Read MoreToday’s the day the teddy bears have their clinic
September 9 is National Teddy Bear Day The inaugural Teddy Bear Clinic in November 2017 was a hit with families and medical professionals alike as about 200 families came through the door to get checkups for their important...
Read MoreMagic under the mountains
Haines Junction is gearing up for the second-annual Augusto Children`s Festival. With 28 workshops for kids aged five to 12, on puppet-making, magic, Southern Tutchone dance, circus skills, ukulele playing … and many more. It’s...
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