Issue: 2019-01-16
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Issue: 2019-01-16
Issue: 2019-01-16, PHOTO: courtesy of Bob Hayes
ZHOH – The Spirit of the Wolf
“They were down to just four humans and a wolf puppy named Zhoh.” A funny thing happened in the two years between the ending of Book 1 of the Bob Hayes’ Zhoh trilogy, The Clan of the Wolf, and the beginning of Book 2, The Spirit of the Wolf... Read more
Issue: 2019-01-16, Cartoon: Allan Benjamin
Didee & Didoo: Merry January in Nanaimo
I didn’t need my snowshoes. I didn’t need my skis. I didn’t need my skates. I didn’t need my snowboard. Read more
Issue: 2019-01-16, PHOTO: Pixabay
Tips for cold hands and feet
In cold weather, a head without a hat on it can lose up to 50 per cent of your body heat and some of that wasted heat could have been going to your hands and feet to keep them warm. Your fingers and toes are the parts furthest away from the heat... Read more
Issue: 2019-01-16, PHOTO: courtesy of Yukon Cares
Continuing to care
Yukon Cares, the local grassroots refugee re-settlement group, successfully supported the arrival of a family of two from Liberia in December. The local organization arranged for the Liberian family to re-settle in the territory as part of the... Read more
Issue: 2019-01-16, PHOTO: Scott Holmes
Living With Wildlife: Scott Holmes
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what camera equipment you used to Editor@WhatsUpYukon.com Read more
Issue: 2019-01-16, PHOTO: Sydney Keddy
Pork tenderloin with mandarins
A healthy, weeknight alternative to that festive holiday ham. Lean pork tenderloin, some bright mandarin oranges and a few bits of bacon make this fast work night roast feel a bit special... Read more
Issue: 2019-01-16, PHOTO: Jason Westover
Unexpected Paths
Laura McLean was a teenager when she first encountered Christopher Durang, using one of the American playwright’s monologues as an audition piece for acting roles. “I remember first reading his work and absolutely falling in love with his... Read more
Issue: 2019-01-16, PHOTO: courtesy of Klondike Institute of Art and Culture
Nurturing a new generation of Yukon artists
Every year, the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture (KIAC) in Dawson City welcomes high school students from across the territory for a four day hands-on art-making intensive - the Youth Art Enrichment (YAE) program. Entering it’s 18th year, YAE... Read more
Issue: 2019-01-16, PHOTO: courtesy Erica Henault
Sliding doors
I think many of us have reflected on the “sliding door” moments in our life, the what ifs? What might have been? How would my life be different now? I know I have. It may be a split decision to take a different route home or leave 10 minutes later... Read more
Issue: 2019-01-16, PHOTO: courtesy of The Sufferettes/Nakai Theatre
Comedians Becky Johnson and Kayla Lorette find the laughs in suffering and the unexpected
Comedians Becky Johnson and Kayla Lorette have worked together for nearly a decade. The pair have performed around the world, worked with Second City and This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and acted in Baroness Von Sketch and Schitt's Creek. Now, they’re... Read more
Issue: 2019-01-16, PHOTO: courtesy of Frank Wasmer
Max - the right ‘wrong’ cat
Frank Wasmer’s door has always been open to a colourful array of souls in all shapes and sizes. Of the human variety, he and his late wife Nancy Schave, have fostered “somewhere in the neighbourhood of 40” children, hosted 7 foreign exchange... Read more