Issue: 2017-02-08
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Issue: 2017-02-08
Issue: 2017-02-08, PHOTO: Amazon.com
On the Quest For A Good Story
Parents and teachers, do you have a budding Jack London in your midst? Kids in Grades 1-7 are invited to enter the Yukon Quest Short Story Competition. The contest is divided into two categories with children in Grades 1-3 and Grades 4-7 will be... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-08, PHOTO: Pixabay Photo
That new guy next door is definitely one of a kind
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States of America. The wealthy and patrician New Yorker, whose New Deal policies helped pull the U.S. out of the Great Depression and laid the foundation for much of its existing... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-08, PHOTO: Nellie Dale
McQuesten’s Diary a Historic Treasures in a Box
I have been told the "winner writes history." Taking this idea a bit further and you might think history is all about battles, economic or ecological, or just about power. But history is much more than that. I recently had an opportunity to touch... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-08, PHOTO: Amazon.com
Birdie - Tracey Lindberg
“Maybe she didn’t cry because tears were a currency in her life for so long that holding them back meant she was richer.” Birdie is an experience. Here the written word weaves between oral and written history, dreamtime and shared reality... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-08, PHOTO: Tess Casher
Ancient Februarys
As the name suggests, the modern Valentine’s Day originated with a Saint Valentine. However, our Valentine’s Day is parallel to Disney stories, while the initial holiday is more comparable to the Grimm’s Fairy Tale version, intertwined love with... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-08, PHOTO: Gerry Whitley
Why Fly South When You Can Tough it out Here
Mary Whitley felt surprise and compassion when she saw a robin perched in a tree in her Hillcrest yard on December 9th. It was -19ºC — and a strange place for a bird that heralds Yukon spring. Her husband saw it first. “He looked out the window... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-08, PHOTO: Aislinn Cornett
Home for a Yukon Spell
When my parents drove the Canadian Shield to Whitehorse 34 years ago in a rusted, steel blue Pontiac, they were unaware of the lifelong curse they were casting upon me. No, my parents are not wiccan worshippers, or practitioners of the Craft, just... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-08, PHOTO: Pixabay Photo
From the Catch to the Table
For those who don’t like the taste of fish, the reason is because of the lack of proper handling of the fish from the time it is caught to the minute it is served. It might come as a surprise to some, but a fish starts to deteriorate the minute... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-08, PHOTO: Pixabay
For the Love of Tomatoes
Allow me take you back to some 65 years to a recipe dated in my mother’s hand written book as 1951. That was a memorable year for me as I had waited patiently for years to reach 18, so I could join the Air Force without my parent’s consent... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-08, PHOTO: Sydney Oland
Roasted Sausages with Arugula and Barley
There’s a point every winter when rich stews, casseroles and braises start to become more of a burden than a pleasure. And yet a light meal doesn’t feel right either. It’s at this trying moment that turning to a hearty meat-studded salad is the... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-08, Graphic: Michelle Eshpeter
The Best Trend in Wine
This is a wine trend that anyone could enthusiastically embrace – wine and chips! Planning a casual night of watching a show or reading by the fire welcomes a glass of wine and a little snack into the evening. But the snack suggestions with wine... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-08, PHOTO: Kim Melton
Growing in the Dark
Some of my favourite food-related activities would be better described as passive-ities. I’m referring to the kind of work that involves setting something up, forgetting about it for some time, and then discovering one day that something delicious... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-08, PHOTO: courtesy of Yukon Quest
Brave and Bold
“In the 2015 Yukon Quest, we were going up over Eagle Summit… it can be a real challenge, an extremely steep summit, and we'd heard terrible things about it. My dogs were amazing, barking, screaming with happiness, getting a high off of having to... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-08, PHOTO: GraphicStock
Hold Onto that Heat
Woodstoves are still a very traditional heat source for our homes and cabins. Firewood and stoves have always been messy with chips and bark in a trail from the woodpile to the stove, but it’s the way of the north. Sadly firewood isn’t as close... Read more
Issue: 2017-02-08, PHOTO: Paul Carrick
Riding Motorcycles for a Good Cause
Dawson City’s Eldo Enns has found the best of both worlds. Ten years ago, Enns saw an ad in Cycle Canada magazine by Cause Canada, a Canadian NGO that provides sustainable, integrated community development in rural West Africa and Central America. Read more