Halloween
Issue: 2018-10-24, PHOTO: Pixabay
Halloween 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 and in movies, who got... Read more
Issue: 2018-10-24, PHOTO: Erik Pinkerton
Be afraid … be very afraid!
As the days grow dark and the cool air settles in, Yukoners begin to turn their attention from campfires to pumpkins, embracing the spirit of Halloween. The City of Whitehorse bristles with spooky events for all ages. One of the largest and... Read more
Issue: 2017-10-25, PHOTO: courtesy of the Klondike National Historic Sites
A spooky pre-Halloween evening
Dawson City’s Old Court House on Front Street will be the site for this year’s Haunted House event, a yearly offering to the community sponsored by Parks Canada. For many years the RCMP took the lead in providing this Halloween celebration, but... Read more
Issue: 2017-10-18, PHOTO: Carolyn Westberg
The fear is real...
If you’re the kind of person who enjoys creepy strolls through dark spaces with ghouls and goblins festering around every corner, perhaps it’s time to head to The Guild Hall in Porter Creek, as the Guild Society is preparing to scare the wits out... Read more
Issue: 2016-10-26, PHOTO: amazon.com
A Good Read for Halloween Night
Do ghosts exist? For some they do. The main character in Marcelle Dubé´s novel, Shelter, moves into a haunted house in a small town in Ontario. Dubé started the story as a gothic novel and in the end it became a ghost story. Read more
Issue: 2016-10-26, PHOTO: by Meagan Deuling
The Life and Times of Teenage Metalheads, WaRRmAuth
WaRRmAuth is one of the most intriguing bands to be rising out of Whitehorse’s small but strong musical talent pool. At the forefront of the metal scene revival, these teenage stars rock harder than most with talent and ingenuity to back them up... Read more
Issue: 2016-10-26
The Dead Man’s Gold Pan: Fiction
There is a crack at the base of the Yukon River, a portal to the the underworld. It lays just above Miles Canyon at the deepest part of the mighty Yukon River and has seen ice ages come and go; the birth of mountains, the carving of canyons, the... Read more
Issue: 2016-10-26, PHOTO: by Ruth Lawrence
All Kinds of Bargains
It’s autumn and time for the thrift shop in Haines Junction to ramp up again for winter. Dozens and dozens of bags of used clothing and housewares have been dropped off in the last month at the back door of St. Christopher’s Church. Local women... Read more
Issue: 2016-10-26, PHOTO: Elke Reinauer
Lonely Nights in an Old House
If you live all by yourself downtown Whitehorse, the last thing you want is somebody knocking at your door in the middle of the night - somebody who is strange, somebody who calls your name and you don`t know what they want from you. One night in... Read more
Issue: 2015-10-29 PHOTO: Frank Flavin
Alaska Haunting
Wherever your travels take you, there is bound to be a place that has a ghost living in the shadows. England has the ghastly Tower of London, Romania has the mysterious Hoia Baciu forest, Japan has the eerie Hanging Ruins... Just over the border ... Read more
Issue: 2015-10-29 PHOTO: kozzi.com
Chance of a Ghost
Claude Turcotte was the father of my two younger kids, Josh and Sophie Turcotte, also Dad to then-toddlers Geordie MacInnis and Lee Robitaille. He was my partner, lover and frenemy from 1979 to 1988, when his shenanigans became too much for me... Read more
Issue: 2015-10-29 PHOTO: Jordi Jones
Dancing for Doggies
On Oct 31st Whitehorse residents will have a chance to work up a sweat to some sweet electronica tunes at the second annual Masq dance party. There will be a full bar, photo booth, catering, music and a costume contest with prizes from Air North, ... Read more
Issue: 2015-10-29 PHOTO: Helene Roth
The future is now
The Yukon Rendezvous Society is throwing a Halloween dance party again this year, and the theme is Back to the Future Part II. The trippy concept is that in 1989, when Back to the Future Part II came out, our man Marty (Michael J. Fox) ... Read more
Issue: 2015-10-29 PHOTO: Jason Westover
An Old Crow Halloween
I looked out our window on Halloween Day, 2014. It was only -10ºC outside, but the trees were shaking as the wind howled making it much colder. The weather network put out a warning for Old Crow the night before announcing winds up to 40 kilometres.. Read more
Issue: 2015-10-29 PHOTO: Tamara Neely
Where There’s a Wig, There’s a Way
If you’re under pressure to get a Halloween costume together, take note that going as a ghost in a sheet with holes cut for eyes seems quick and easy, but it’s a ball and chain that will be annoying all party long. The whole night will be spent... Read more
Issue: 2015-10-29 PHOTO: Sarah Ott
How Old is Too Old to Go Trick-or-Treating?
That time of year has come again and Halloween is upon us. Goblins, ghouls and vampires are sure to be scouring the streets on the 31st of October in search of the houses’ treasure: candy. But among the 4 foot gremlins, the outlines of lanky... Read more
Issue: 2015-10-29 PHOTO: Dan Davidson
What to Do in Dawson in the Winter
The snow has come and gone… and come and gone again… but the heavy mist on the hillsides around the town – mists that last well past the morning and into the afternoon – tell their own story of seasonal change. Winter, as they say in Westeros, is... Read more
Issue: 2015-10-29 PHOTO: Angela Szymczuk
A Buffet of Freaky Treats
Halloween parties for the mature crowd can’t simply offer a feast of candy and chips. We have issues such as cholesterol, blood pressure and the adult palate to keep in mind. Luckily, there are many healthy party snacks that can be served. Here... Read more
Issue: 2015-10-29 PHOTO: Angela Szymczuk
Hobgoblins, Skulls, and Warlocks
While the chip and candy industry churns out boxes of treats for the kids, there lies another type of treat adults can enjoy at Halloween: creepy cigars. With names like Insidious, Exorcist, and Warlock, there is a niche market of cigars with... Read more
Issue: 2015-10-22 PHOTO: kozzi.com
Three Books for a Haunted Hallowe'en
I don’t mean to alarm you, but it’s almost Hallowe’en, which, as all Yukoners know, means winter will soon descend upon us with the stumbling, frozen fury of a zombie horde from The Walking Dead. If that’s not scary enough for you, here’s three... Read more