The streets of Dawson vary in size, height, width and smoothness with the seasons.In spite of snowfall and the need to plough them, they are really at their best in the winter, when the hard-packed snow fills in all the possible...
Read More“So, how many times have you used that plug this winter?” came the question from my fellow citizen today at the Post Office. He was looking at the plug attached to the three varieties of engine heater (block, oil pan and battery...
Read MoreLast Friday I returned from a run to find The Frenchman shovelling snow. The end result is like an iced cake: smooth, precise and clean.It’s peculiar how one can go from being wrapped in one’s tiny world to having a sudden...
Read MoreDawson has entered that phase of spring I call Puddletime. City workers have been trying to keep up by opening storm drains. The rapidly accumulating melt-water makes its way to the river, but it’s a losing battle. The darn...
Read MoreDawson’s streets will be wider and lower by the time you read this column.There will be the odd large puddle around town, especially at the corners where grates for the storm drains are located, but it won’t be...
Read MoreIt almost happened.That one sickening moment when we Yukoners look out the window and say, “That’s it … no more.”It was the morning of Saturday, Feb. 7, when our drapes opened to reveal a wall of snow...
Read MoreCall me crazy, but I kind of like shovelling snow.Given my advanced age and generally sedentary lifestyle, it would probably be wiser to delegate that task to some neighbourhood kid.But with a driveway roughly the size of Taylor...
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