Issue: 2016-09-08
"Sharing the Love of Dance"
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Issue: 2016-09-08
Issue: 2016-09-08, PHOTO: Els Lundgaard
K - Come See Why People Line Up
Klondike Rib & Salmon is only open in the summer. Both tourists and locals alike flocking to the restaurant. It’s a welcoming place, from the steps up onto the cozy front deck and its patio tables, through the entrance foyer to the dining room... Read more
Issue: 2016-09-08, PHOTO: by Bruce Barrett
Who’s Line is it Anyway?
Expect the unexpected. This is good advice for both performers and audience at a typical improv event. Mind you, “typical” is a misnomer for a genre defined by having a unique performance every time. If you’ve ever had a yen to create... Read more
Issue: 2016-09-08, PHOTO: IMDb.com
Deadly Fascination, or, Better Living with du Pont
Panama Papers got you down? Still feeling the chill of tax season? A dose of the 2014 film Foxcatcher, based on a true story and available on DVD at the Whitehorse Public Library, might be just the thing to remind you to be thankful that you... Read more
Issue: 2016-09-08, PHOTO: Veronica Nelson
Four Years on the Road and Still Going Strong
We Found Roads is their latest album – and also the personal story of Cie and Karisa Hoover. They are a two-person indie rock band called You Knew Me When, currently singing, playing and camping their way through Alaska and the Yukon. Their road... Read more
Boat Launch Etiquette
This was an extreme situation, but I once pulled up to the ramp to put my boat in the water and a Zodiac owner had just pulled his inflatable out of the water and onto the ramp. He and his companion then proceeded for at least half an hour to... Read more
Issue: 2016-08-25, PHOTO: by Amelia Merhar
The Tale of the Tinder-Q
Say you’re a single person throwing a barbecue. No stranger to the rigours of quality event coordination, you line up a food and drink theme, secure a donated fire pit, invite all your friends and lots of peeps you know but never really hang out... Read more
Issue: 2016-09-08, PHOTO: wikimediacommons.com
Out of the basement, into the parks
The clever people who invented Pokémon Go obviously did not have my generation in mind when they launched the new smartphone craze that's taking the world by storm. When you give the name Snorlax to one of your ethereal and elusive characters, an... Read more
Issue: 2016-09-08, PHOTO: Christian Kuntz Photography
Footloose and Fancy Free
On the first of August, Gurdeep Pandher celebrated 10 years in Canada. “It’s been such a wonderful journey,” he says. His voice is light and full of joy and laughter. In the past decade, Pandher has lived in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, the... Read more
Issue: 2016-09-08, PHOTO: Selene Vakharia
Eating for Endurance
What you eat and drink before a long run impacts your performance and your ability to recover, post race. If you’re looking to beat a previous time, or just finish, it’s important to focus on the fuel you are giving your body. Read more
Issue: 2016-09-08, PHOTO: by Paul Rath
How-to Remember Five Species of Salmon
Remembering the five species of Pacific salmon is as easy as counting the fingers on your hand. Start with your thumb, which rhymes with chum. Chum, which is also called “dog salmon” is very good smoked. The late fall chum run is one of the... Read more
Issue: 2016-09-08, PHOTO: Charles Ketchabauw
Capturing a Country's Memories
When Charles Ketchabauw and Lisa Marie DiLiberto rolled into Whitehorse late last month, they weren't your typical rubber-tire tourists. Sure, they had two small kids and a teardrop trailer in tow, which made their eight-day journey from Toronto... Read more
Issue: 2016-09-08
Keep Your Bus on the Road
Mindful breath in, mindful breath out, mindful breath in why did he say that to me what a jerk I can’t believe he blamed me it’s not my fault, crap, right, mindful breath in… Yup, I know you’ve experienced this. Anyone who has ever tried to... Read more
Issue: 2016-09-08, PHOTO: Emily Sheff sheffdp.com
Three Things
Re-creating an Era The Last Waltz will be reenacted at the Gold Pan Saloon The The Last Waltz was The Band's farewell concert. The concert was filmed by Martin Scorcese, and through his direction, turned into a documentary film of the same name... Read more
Issue: 2016-09-08, PHOTO: Kim Melton
Pelvic What Now?
Ok, so when I hear the words “pelvic floor” the folks I think of are pregnant women and the elderly. It's also a term that has come up in yoga classes, usually in the context of maintaining strength en route to joining one of those groups of... Read more
Issue: 2016-09-08, PHOTO: Lori Garrison
On Simple Pleasures
There is a microwave placed awkwardly in front of the little, old fashioned split-glass window. The curtains are open and on the other side of the window freight ships move across the bay slowly, deliberately, as if the water was thick as muskeg... Read more
Issue: 2016-09-08, PHOTO: courtesy of Michele Romanow
Mentors now visiting Yukon entrepreneurs
It is possible to come up with a million-dollar idea. But, from that eureka moment to seeing your bank balance tip over into seven figures, there is a lot of planning and cajoling and spending and risking. A lot. Read more