Toronto-based poet Claire Caldwell’s role as writer-in-residence at the Berton House inDawson City ends this month.Caldwell is no stranger to the Yukon. She lived in Whitehorse from ages three to nine.These years had a deep...
Read MoreThe headline on the front page of the July 24, 1997 edition of the Klondike Sun proclaimed, “Berton Proposes Dawson for World Heritage Site Status.”The Berton was Pierre Berton, of course, Dawson City’s most...
Read MoreOur mayor, Peter Jenkins, likes to say that moving the capital city to Whitehorse did Dawson a favour. We lost the politicians but got to keep the buildings.Leaving aside the fact that this comment comes from a man who has been...
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