Issue: 2019-09-25
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Issue: 2019-09-25
Issue: 2019-09-24, PHOTO: Robert Stitt
Eric the Red goes trapping
Readers of What’s Up Yukon may remember the Aug. 1, 2018, article in which I described my attachment and fondness for my Canadian Eskimo dogs, past and present. I talked about the role they play in providing an effective distant early warning... Read more
Issue: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: Marzena Manganaro
Swing like a beast
One person’s trash is another’s treasure. When Larry Fuller’s older brother brought home an upright piano a cousin was discarding, the “little kid” from Toledo discovered a passion that would take him to the forefront of North America’s jazz... Read more
Issue: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: Amy Kenny
Dog Culture: Amy Kenny
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: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: Pixabay
How was Your Summer?
How was your summer? That seems to be the question Yukoners ask each other at this time of year. Along with recounting various adventures, most of us give our summery (pun intended) of the weather... Read more
Issue: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: Pixabay
Another opening, et cetera
Six hours after I email this column to Danny Macdonald, and long before you read it in What’s Up Yukon, these words by Cole Porter from the 1948 Broadway smash, Kiss Me, Kate, will be part of my remembered experience: Read more
Issue: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: Pixabay
Boat trailering suggestions
I frequently see trailered boats with the outboard in the “down” position. This increases the chances of damage to the lower unit or broken prop blades from rocks thrown up by the truck or the trailer tires. If you must use the “down” position... Read more
Issue: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: Sydney Keddy
Peach and blueberry crumble
Now is the time to get in as much end-of-season fruit as you can handle. This simple crumble is great with pretty much any combination of fruits, just make sure they’re super ripe and flavourful... Read more
Issue: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: Lilly Milman/Skagway News
North of sexy
Skagway’s Nude and Rude Revue is once again visiting Whitehorse to share its specialized mx of performance art, including variety, vaudeville, burlesque, song and dance. The 12-member group, led by Juneauites Taylor Vidic and Cameron Brockett, is... Read more
Issue: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: courtesy of the 2020 Arctic Winter Games Host Society
Däch'äw’s debut!
In true Yukon fashion, the anticipated arrival of the Whitehorse 2020 Arctic Winter Games (AWG) mascot was delayed a few days. “They’re definitely living on Yukon time,” said George Arcand, president of the 2020 AWG Host Society... Read more
Issue: 2019-09-25, 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: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: Brenda Humenny
Yukon See It Here: Brenda Humenny
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
Issue: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: courtesy of Paris Pick
Still feeling the love
Paris Pick has been up to a lot this past year. Last November, she was featured in What’s Up Yukon for the local release concert of her debut album, Feeling Love, and its subsequent touring. It’s been nearly a year since then, but the Whitehorse... Read more
Issue: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: courtesy of Carey Marshall
You talking to her?
“When you haveit flat tire, you throwit over there and you takeit spare tire from that pile. Every three days you takeit air filter out of car and you putit on dirty air filter pile and then you grabit filter from clean filter pile and putit in... Read more
Issue: 2019-09-25, PHOTO: Leighann Chalykoff
Erin Dixon - Artist documents the vintage, the eclectic and the historical houses of Whitehorse and Dawson
Erin Dixon is interested in how other people live. “I have been interested in other people’s houses, since I was a little kid,” she said. “Trick-or-treating was always my favourite because you got to go to other people’s houses and peek inside... Read more