Living Archive
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- Comments should be thoughtful, not abusive (9)
- Proposed building called inappropriate for neighbourhood (7)
- Building’s entry system swiftly repaired (3)
- Electric vehicles will shuttle bus drivers to and from routes (3)
- Meters pilfered, damaged beyond repair (3)
- Respiratory illness season is proving routine, MD says (2)
- Games Centre to receive major improvements (2)
- Hoofed animals may come under management protocols (1)
April 30, 2014
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Film festival filled more seats more of the time Four days and 125 films later, the 15th edition of the Dawson City International Short Film Festival flickered to a close and the lights came up on the packed ballroom at the Odd Fellows Hall.
April 28, 2014
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The Ceremony Begins The Kwanlin Dun Drummers led the First Nation's new council and dignitaries into the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre last Wednesday evening
April 25, 2014
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How to butcher and care for your meat – from an expert John Pauch, the owner of Off The Hook Meat Works in Whitehorse, has offered us some great advice for those who would like to butcher their own wild or domestic meat.
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Arts society celebrates old and new programs The Dawson City Arts Society (DCAS) met for its AGM in the Oddfellows Hall ballroom on March 27.
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Many things combine to tilt this teenager's world ( Bookends ) There comes a time in the life of a young person when the whole world seems to tilt.
April 24, 2014
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‘Don't be afraid to write,' counsels comic Charles Demers The first time Charles Demers was in the Yukon around 2010, it was a quick trip in and out over three days to do a taping of CBC radio's The Debaters, and he didn't get to see a lot of the territory.
April 23, 2014
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‘Write because you love to,' visiting author advises Alan Cumyn returned to the Yukon on April 1 to take up a three-month residency in the Berton House, along with his wife, Suzanne.
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Harvest time is within sight for some salad greens Now that spring is knocking at our door, there is the urge to grow and eat fresh garden delights.
April 22, 2014
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‘The writing knows more than you,' author says Gary Barwin is a poet, fiction writer, composer, visual artist and performer.
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Dawson City in the spring: ice bridge declared closed ( Uffish Thoughts ) The sign says "Ice Bridge Closed”.
April 21, 2014
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Dawson's coffee houses are a good time for all ages ( Uffish Thoughts ) The first week of every month is a musically intense time for me.
April 17, 2014
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It's indeed a wild ride across the Atlantic Ocean ( Bookends ) I met Charlie Wilkins in 2005, when he spent part of a chilly winter at Berton House in Dawson City as writer-in-residence.
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What we take for granted can provide sobering reflections About 15 years ago, I took a trip from Ontario to Alaska. I met a young lady and two male zoology students chipping away at a glacier.
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‘You have to actually write if you want to be a writer' "I don't think that writing is something you're inspired to do actually,” says Whitehorse writer Lori Garrison. "I think it's just something you end up doing because you can't not do it ….
April 16, 2014
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Exhibit Continues Linda Leon is one of several artists in the What About the Peel?
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Dawson provided uncluttered time and a cultural surprise Clem Martini learned about Berton House from a number of residency alumni who were visiting as part of the Distinguished Writers Program at the University of Calgary, where he is a professor in the drama department. The program sounded interesting.
April 11, 2014
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There is more to birds than simply their looks During my early days as a conservation officer in Ontario (in the late ‘50s and ‘60s), I spent three years researching the life cycle of the Hungarian partridge.
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Teenagers face the menace of werewolves, actual wolves ( Bookends ) The Reckoning concludes the Darkest Powers Trilogy,