Every few years the Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon brings either its spring or fall conference to Dawson City. TIA Yukon Executive Director Blake Rogers says that it makes even more sense than usual this year.“This...
Read MoreTake some time off work – that’s the only way you’ll be able to enjoy all the programming offered by the Adäka Cultural Festival this month.That’s the suggestion from Lynn Feasey, director of arts for Yukon First Nations Culture...
Read MoreThe Yukon is filled with culinary hidden gems, according to Eric Pateman. A culinary expert, Pateman had no idea how rich the Yukon food scene was until Debra Ryan, manager of strategic planning for Air North, finally persuaded...
Read MoreYukon artist Lawrie Crawford imagined a gallery, an airy space with high ceilings and bigbeautiful windows. She could picture Suzanne Paleczny’s sculpture of Icarus hanging there.With that vision an idea was born. Crawford and...
Read MoreI have an idea that would really put the Yukon on the world map: let’s build a True North Queen School. Tourists and Yukon students could spend few weeks at the Queen School, named after the wealth of history Rendezvous Queens...
Read More“I was ready to live here permanently the day I got here – the land just drew (me) in,” says Velma Hull. The day she is speaking of was 57 years ago, when she and her husband – well-known local handyman and one-time bike...
Read MoreAt the end of July, foodies from across the country will travel north to take part in the 2015 Yukon Culinary Festival.Now in its third year, the festival will showcase and celebrate the Yukon’s local food movement to visitors...
Read MoreThe Yukon Government (YG) finally decided to sign on in a substantive way to the push for UNESCO World Heritage Status for the site designated Tr’ondëk/ Klondike.The press release hasn’t been issued yet as I write these words,...
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