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The 10th installment of Yukonography has now been published in the July/August 2008 issue of above&beyond magazine, which can be found in seatbacks of First Air planes across the North. It should also be on the magazine rack at Mac’s Fireweed bookstore in downtown Whitehorse.
The column, titled “Requiem for a Cabin,” is a bit of […]
Southeast Alaska offers ocean-loving Yukoners an easy way out.
When it’s time to celebrate Canada Day or the birth of Queen Victoria, there’s nothing Yukoners enjoy more than a trip to the United States. No doubt, America is also a favourite long weekend destination for patriotically-challenged Canadians who live along the 49th parallel. But, due to […]
It’s time to show some respect for Old Man Winter
Around the time of the spring equinox, a group of people gets together to “burn away the winter blues” in Whitehorse. From what I gather, the participants construct an effigy of Old Man Winter from willow branches, march the condemned twig figure along the banks of […]
The more things change…
In the dead of winter, the City of Whitehorse is full of life and colour. The frosted trees along Main Street are tangled with festive lights, people are flush with the holiday glow, and the promise of other winter traditions on the brightening horizon—the Yukon Quest, Frostbite (the music festival, not the […]
