Issue: 2018-06-27
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Issue: 2018-06-27
Issue: 2018-06-27, PHOTO: Dan Davidson
Dawson is gearing up to celebrate Canada Day with both new and old traditions. Here’s the scoop!
The biggest change in the Canada Day Parade, this year, is where it will end. With traffic being directed along Fifth Avenue as a main thoroughfare (as a result of sewer and water re-installation blocking the use of Front Street), the City of... Read more
Issue: 2018-06-27, PHOTO: Don Hutton
It’s a cultured Canada Day in Mayo
The Mayo Arts Festival and Canada Day celebrations are highlights during the summer. Everybody is looking forward to the celebrations, and preparations have already started, said festival coordinator, Esther Winter. Since 2007, Esther Winter has... Read more
Issue: 2018-06-27, PHOTO: Pixabay
Axes
Axes are very useful tools here in the north where campfires, bonfires and wood stoves are a big part of life. Everybody has at least one tucked away somewhere. I recently did an inventory and found that I had 11 or so, including mauls, splitters... Read more
Issue: 2018-06-27, PHOTO: Kylie Campbell
The Perpetual Immigrant
Since I was 18 years old, I have been an immigrant 12 times. My entire adult life has been spent as a foreigner to those I live and work with. Always being different. Never quite fitting in. So what makes someone want to leave their friends... Read more
Issue: 2018-06-27, PHOTO: courtesy of Nicole Bauberger
‘Make me a vessel and I will paint a raven on it’
For the past year or so, I have been collaborating with the makers of vessels to co-create unique raven-adorned cups and bowls. They were released at a reception on May 4 at the Lumel Glass Studio in Whitehorse... Read more
Issue: 2018-06-27, PHOTO: courtesy of Yukon College
Sun, water and wind
Burning one litre of diesel fuel produces about 2.7 kilograms of carbon dioxide. So, for example, Grise Fiord (Ausuittuq), a community of 150 located on the southern shore of Ellesmere Island, in Nunavut, is dependent on burning diesel to provide... Read more
Issue: 2018-06-27, Photo: Pixabay
Yukon Montessori School battles plastic pollution
When discussing the global plastic pollution, things can often seem bleak. That is not the case at Yukon Montessori School, where, in Kelly Scott’s Lower Elementary class, the future looks bright. Very bright. Through Cosmic Education, the class... Read more
Issue: 2018-06-27, PHOTO: Sydney Oland
Foil-wrapped cheesy eggs in peppers
A satisfying breakfast is so important to a good camping trip; it should be simple but filling—and, ideally, piping hot. Don’t try and feed me granola if I’m waking up in a tent. It will just set me off on a day of chasing snacks and being cranky... Read more
Issue: 2018-06-27, PHOTO: Jerry E and Roy Klotz via Wikimedia Commons
Atlin: Boom town to burnt down … to boom, burn, bust and boom again - Part 2 of 6
Of all the cities, towns and villages in northwestern Canada, Atlin's journey through the turbulent 20th century was more dramatic than most. It went from a golden boom town, in 1898, to a burnt-down town in 1901, then another boom until the fire... Read more
Issue: 2018-06-27, PHOTO: Pixabay
White wolves of summer
Have you ever been seized by the sudden urge to don a suit of plate armour and bludgeon other armoured people with a mace? Perhaps your answer is a hearty “Yes!,” but it certainly wasn't for Land Pearson, at least not before he strapped on the... Read more
Issue: 2018-06-27, PHOTO: Bonita Bibby
Yukon’s Best Friend: DOG CULTURE, Bonita Bibby
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: 2018-06-27, PHOTO: Erik Pinkerton
Seize your Canada Day
No summer in the Yukon can be complete without the yearly Canada Day events. The very mention of Canada Day can conjure up memories and build anticipation for just about any Yukoner. Like any other year, 2018 is promising the fun Yukoners have... Read more
Issue: 2018-06-27, PHOTO: Amos Scott
No maple trees? No problem
The maple leaf is an iconic symbol that comes to mind whenever "Canada” is mentioned. But, aside from being on our national flag, the maple leaf also makes its way to our breakfast tables—in the form of maple syrup. Typically used to pair with... Read more
Issue: 2018-06-27, PHOTO: Kylie Campbell
Learn to fly
It’s always been a dream of mine to learn how to fly. Having spent so much time travelling in planes I always wondered what it would be like if flying was my job. Fortunately, I learned that Alkan Air offers the chance to try flying through their... Read more