Issue: 2017-10-11
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Issue: 2017-10-11
Issue: 2017-10-11
Taking the reins at What’s Up
Fall has arrived and Yukoners have all started to settle into our winter routines. This busy time of year seems like the perfect time to take over as editor of What’s Up Yukon. I’m excited for the challenge and have already had some great ideas... Read more
Issue: 2017-10-11, PHOTO: Ride For Dad - Matt Jacques Photography
Ride for Dad Rolls Into Town
Sixteen of the country’s top prostate researchers are meeting in Whitehorse this month and it’s partly because of Mike Thorpe. “Mike is very much responsible for this,” said Garry Janz, president of Ride for Dad – a non-profit organization that... Read more
Issue: 2017-10-11, PHOTO: courtesy of This Is That
What was that?
They met as teenagers at an improv comedy club called Lucifer’s in Calgary, Alberta. Now, more than two decades later, they’ve just launched their seventh season performing together weekly for a coast-to-coast-to-coast audience. Read more
Issue: 2017-10-11, PHOTO: Larsjuh - Flickr
Hunting Season Recipes
The way to spoil a successful hunt is to cook your harvest in the same way as you would farm raised animals. A good idea is to have a qualified butcher cut the meat up properly and follow big game cooking procedures, not in the manner that... Read more
Issue: 2017-10-11, PHOTO: Rivers to Ridges
Local Female Entrepreneurs Share Their Best Business Advice
Wondering how to get your business from side hustle to full time? Struggling with balancing kids, hobbies and relationships, while building your brand? Looking for inspiration and motivation to get you through the inevitable blocks and challenges... Read more
Issue: 2017-10-11, PHOTO: TKS Photography & Design
Wines With a Cause
Wine-lovers will descend on the High Country Convention Centre on Thursday, October 19, for the 26th edition of the Rendezvous Rotary Wine Festival. These grape connoisseurs will have over 200 wines available for sampling and tasting. Those lucky... Read more
Issue: 2017-10-11, PHOTO: Yukon Beer Festival/Mark Kelly
Yukon’s version of Oktoberfest
The Yukon Beer Festival is returning for its fifth year on October 13 and 14, with proceeds benefitting the Boys and Girls Club of Whitehorse. Local beer aficionados will be able to taste beer from more than a dozen brewers and distributors... Read more
Issue: 2017-10-11, PHOTO: Sydney Oland
Bison and Squash Nikujaga
Nikujaga is a traditional Japanese style stew, usually made with thinly-sliced beef and potatoes and seasoned with sweetened soy sauce. While this version is more of an homage to the classic – substituting bison for beef and squash for potatoes... Read more
Issue: 2017-10-11, PHOTO: Yvonne Mueller
Late Fall Season in the Kluane National Park
The colourful fall season is over very early in the Yukon – much earlier than in my home country, Switzerland. But I found that the month of October is also very attractive for an amateur photographer like me, even if the coloured leaves have... Read more
Issue: 2017-10-11, PHOTO: courtesy of Lara Lewis
Local songwriter releases debut album
Last year Lara Lewis took some time off rocks to focus on rock. Now the Whitehorse-based geologist/songwriter is gearing up to release her first full-length album, Lov Lavatic, on Thursday, Oct. 19 at The Old Fire Hall. “It conflicts with winefest... Read more
Issue: 2017-10-11, PHOTO: Aislinn Cornett
Celebrating 10 years at Climate Clothing
From pizzerias, to cell service providers, to gyms and cheese shops, the landscape at Horwoods Mall has changed a lot over the past decade. Amidst all that turnover, one perennial business has proven that it can handle a little change in season... Read more
Issue: 2017-10-11, PHOTO: courtesy of Stefan Voswinkel
Accelerate your business results
Independent Management consultant Stefan Voswinkel has a question for Yukon entrepreneurs: “What does success mean to you?” Voswinkel is running a five-session workshop aimed at helping business-minded Yukoners figure this out for themselves... Read more
Issue: 2017-10-11, PHOTO: Glen and Kathy Piwowar
Yukon’s Best Friend: DOG CULTURE, Glen and Kathy Piwowar
Meet our dogs, they live for us, we live for them, the Yukon would not be the Yukon without Dog Culture. Send us photos of Yukon dogs and their people! Read more
Issue: 2017-10-11, PHOTO: Catherine Lalonde
Yukon’s Best Friend: DOG CULTURE, Catherine Lalonde
Meet our dogs, they live for us, we live for them, the Yukon would not be the Yukon without Dog Culture. Send us photos of Yukon dogs and their people! Read more
Issue: 2017-10-11, PHOTO: Natalya Keller
Yukon’s Best Friend: DOG CULTURE, Natalya Keller
Meet our dogs, they live for us, we live for them, the Yukon would not be the Yukon without Dog Culture. Send us photos of Yukon dogs and their people! Read more