Issue: 2019-06-6, Lacey McLoughlin Photography
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Issue: 2019-06-26
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Helen Booth
Twenty thousand leagues under … Chadburn Lake?
Virginia Labelle didn’t learn to dive in the Yukon, but that’s where she teaches others how to do it. Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Kylie Campbell
What it takes to be Canadian
What does it take to be Canadian? I’ve been in this country two-and-a-half years. After 18 months of processing, I received my permanent residency on Jan. 5, 2019 and started the march towards citizenship. Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Danny Macdonald
P and Q can make for some perky Saturday hookups
The last entry in this space provided a platform for a more-or-less true tale of undeserved punishment recalled (and still resented) from the mists of time. Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Navin75 on Foter.com
Affordable harvested fish recipes
Fish are one of the most healthy foods you could eat. Growing up in the 30s and 40s, it was a lot cheaper to put food on the table by fishing and hunting than by buying it at the grocery store. Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Doug Sack
Raven kronks, Leprechaun croaks
I remember my first conversation with Joe Ben Raven like it happened yesterday. It was the winter construction season of 1972-73 up on the Eagle Plains of the Yukon’s half-built Dempster Highway in a borrow pit south of the Oasis in the Wilderness Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Teresa Vander Meer-Chassé
Teddy bear time
It was about 7 a.m. when Bordertown Garage and Museum started waking up for its already lively season. Sid, the owner and curator, was up and about prepping his backyard museum for more visitors in June. Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Dan Davidson
Friends of the Palace Grand plan 21 shows this summer
The Friends of the Palace Grand (FotPG) has existed for a number of years. Originally under the umbrella of the Dawson City Arts Society (DCAS), its aim was to restore live performance to the Palace Grand Theatre Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTOS: Pixaba
A true telling, unchanged and sacred
I was fortunate enough to sit with Joe Jack, the grandson on Copper Chief, son of Billie Jack and Agnes Boss. Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Tony Gonda
Murray Lundberg - Yukon historian builds online community for sharing stories and building a collective memory
When it reached 500 people, Murray Lundberg was satisfied. Then, out of the blue, it jumped to 2,500, then 5,000. Now the “Yukon History and Abandoned Places” Facebook group has more than 11,000 users. And it steadily gains 50 new users each week. Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Carmen Gustafson
Just keep paddling
Carmen Gustafson is gearing up for her fourth Yukon River Quest. For those who are fond of stats, that means that by this year’s Canada Day long weekend she will have raced 2,860 km between Whitehorse and Dawson City. Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Sydney Keddy
Rosemary grilled herring
Grilled whole fish are easy and delicious and a great break from the classic hotdogs and burgers. Herring are an inexpensive fish, making them a great place to start if you’ve never grilled fish before. Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Steve Wilson
Living With Wildlife: Steve Wilson
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: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Lalithaa Krish
Tattoo You: Lalithaa Krish
Hello readers, Do you have a tattoo that is important to you? Is it inspired by something or someone in the Yukon? Please submit a highres image of your ink along with a brief explanation of its significance to editor@whatsupyukon.com. Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Alistair Maitland Photography
Tech company grows byte by byte
You’d be forgiven for thinking Triniti Technology only sells cell phone cases. Sylvio Lin, general manager for the Whitehorse-based company, knows that’s what it looks like from the outside. Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Pixabay
Confessions of an exercise hater
My inner brat just won’t listen. Some people are blessed with an inner prince or princess, but I am saddled with a brat, verging on a rebel. The adult me tells the inner brat about the benefits and merits of exercise. Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Krista Prochazka
Celebrate Canada your way
This Canada Day, Yukoners will celebrate in communities across the territory with traditional activities. Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Graydon Keenan
Graydon & Bandit: Inseparable Buds
I met Graydon and Bandit together, as everyone does, I suspect, because they are rarely apart. Read more