Issue: 2018-10-03
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Issue: 2018-10-03
Issue: 2018-10-03, PHOTO: Pixabay
Sometimes language smacks you in the microphone
I’ve already mentioned how easy it was to provoke calls on my radio open-line show in Charlottetown in the 1970s, by inviting listeners to share either recipes or gardening tips. One desperate morning, I stumbled across a topic that lit up the... Read more
Issue: 2018-10-03, Cartoon: Allan Benjamin
Didee & Didoo: Good to be a Musician
‘Cause I can use my bass fiddle for a canoe. ‘Cause I can use my fiddle for a paddle. ‘Cause I can use my fiddle strings for snares. ‘Cause I can use my fiddle bow for a cane. Read more
Issue: 2018-10-03, PHOTO: courtesy of Hospice Yukon
Healthy crying and how to do it
Everyone handles their grief differently. That is one of the fundamental ideas that Hospice Yukon uses to guide their approach in supporting Yukoners through their programming. Within that no-one-size-fits-all philosophy, children have a special... Read more
Issue: 2018-10-03, PHOTO: Murray Martin
Yukon’s Best Friend: DOG CULTURE, Murray Martin
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: 2018-10-03, PHOTO: Henry Navarro
The Junction and JAR (Junction Artist in Residence)
Landing in Whitehorse for the first time, Henry Navarro Delgado arrived in the Yukon knowing nothing about the place. Delgado wanted to remain as open-minded as possible when he settled into the coveted Junction Artist in Residence (JAR) Program... Read more
Issue: 2018-10-03, PHOTO: Courtesy of Cathy Deer Grasholm
Cathy takes a ‘Chance’ (and finds love)
Horses ... Many a little girl reveries in the companionship of this uniquely large pet that often towers over its owner, weighing in at over 1,000 pounds (draft horses upwards of 2,000 pounds!). Not many of us make reality of our childhood... Read more
Issue: 2018-10-03, PHOTO: Emma Barr
Myth Buster: Oils are too messy, toxic and expensive
Many people of all walks of life enjoy painting. Most of the time, acrylics trump oils in popularity. Children, starting out in school, are offered tempera, watercolour and acrylics. The general belief is that oil paints are too messy, toxic... Read more
Issue: 2018-10-03, PHOTO: Sydney Keddy
Ginger and soy braised tripe
A few weeks ago, a local association called GoOFY (Growers of Organic Food Yukon) held an event about nose-to-tail eating—eating every bit of an animal that is harvested. Which is not only sound ethical practice, but a really sustainable and... Read more
Issue: 2018-10-03, PHOTO:Jozien Keijzer
Adventure Awaits
Recently I visited Kluane National Park. After a few hours of driving and only a hike through the forest, I was in my element—a world of rock and grand vistas. My friend and I were on Sheep Mountain, a very popular trail, and I can see why it is... Read more
Issue: 2018-10-03, PHOTO: Kylie Campbell
The Aussie Girl Guide to surviving Yukon winters
I first arrived in the Yukon on April 30, 2017—springtime. Throughout the summer, Yukoners would catch my accent and ask where I was from, to which I would reply, “Australia.” “Oh my, why would you move here?” they would say, as though they... Read more
Issue: 2018-10-03, PHOTO: Pixabay
A Vast and awesome Universe – Understanding cosmic distance through analogy
When a budding interest in astronomy is pursued with even a cursory investigation into the nature of our cosmos, one quickly comes to the realization that the human mind cannot fully embrace the awesome extent of it all—the unfathomable distances... Read more
Issue: 2018-10-03, PHOTO: courtesy of Emilia Symington Fedy
Overloaded by motherhood
It’s a comedy about the darkness of parenthood. That’s how Emelia Symington Fedy describes Motherload, the collectively-created play she and three castmates are bringing to the Yukon Arts Centre’s mainstage on October 13. Fedy traces the... Read more
Issue: 2018-10-03, PHOTO: Pixabay
Old-Fashioned Marmalades from Grandmother Davenport’s Recipes
Allow me to take you back to the early 1940s, when Grandma Davenport made the sweetest-tasting homemade jam and marmalade. There was no guessing as to what hidden chemicals might be lurking in these recipes (unlike some store-bought varieties)... Read more
Issue: 2018-10-03, PHOTO: William Carlick
Yukon See It Here: William Carlick
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon life. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on to editor@WhatsUpYukon.com. Read more