Klondike Sun
Klondike Sun ~ January 27, 2010
Download full online edition: (pdf – 9.47MB) Many TH Citizens honoured for Service Story & Photos by Josée Bonhomme The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Community Awards were handed out at the First Nation’s traditional community Christmas Dinner open to all citizens. Volunteer of the Year went to Victor Henry, with Karen Farr and Kevin Mendelsohn as runners-up. Employee of the Year was... »
Klondike Sun ~ January 13, 2010
Download full online edition: (pdf – 12.58 MB) Story & Photo by Dan Davidson Grant Dowdell and Karen Digby were honoured as 2009’s Farmers of the Year at the North of 60° Agriculture Banquet in November. At the time Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Archie Lang spoke highly of their efforts. “Grant and Karen’s hard work has enriched... »
Klondike Sun ~ December 16, 2009
Download full online edition: (pdf – 5.81 MB) by Dan Davidson An application to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board, under the Act of the same name, is expected to be completed and approved by March of 2010. Catherine Harwood, project manager for the Dawson Secondary Sewage Treatment Plant, reported to Dawson’s council on November... »
Klondike Sun ~ December 2, 2009
Download full online edition: (pdf – 6.37 MB) CFYT-FM graduates to a 7-year license Story & photo by Dan Davidson The big news at the annual general meeting for Dawson’s CFYT-FM radio station was that the volunteer run not-for-profit society had received approval from the CRTC to extend its broadcast license for another 7... »
Klondike Sun ~ November 18, 2009
Download full online edition: (pdf – 6.37 MB) Story & Photos by Dan Davidson “I almost cried when I saw Kevin (Mendelsohn) coming up the street with the torch,” said local relay organizer Jody Beaumont (Cirque Consulting & Communications). Th e r e wa s a l o t o f excitement all through the streets of... »
Klondike Sun ~ November 4, 2009
Download full online edition: (pdf – 4.36 MB) The Icing on the Season by Dan Davidson There are signs of seasons changing that we all can recognize: falling leaves and boarded windows, filled with plywood cut to size. Hotels close and shops cut hours and the RV parks shut down, and the last canoeing Germans take their tours around the town. But the icing on the season’s when the snow comes down to stay; puddles frozen in... »
Klondike Sun ~ October 21, 2009
Download full online edition: (pdf – 4.84 MB) Story & photo by Dan Davidson In a race that see-sawed back and forth through the entire count, the unofficial report from Dawson returning officer, Bonnie Barber, is that Peter Jenkins has reclaimed the position of mayor by the slimmest of majorities, beating incumbent John Steins by a... »
Klondike Sun ~ October 7, 2009
Download full online edition: (pdf – 5.86 MB) Story and photos by Josée Bonhomme Dawson City was chosen as a venue for a World Religions Conference on the evening of September 29, 2009 at the Dӓnojà Zho Cultural Centre. The event was very well attended on a cool Tuesday night, reminding us all that winter is... »
Klondike Sun ~ September 23, 2009
Download full online edition: (pdf – 4 MB) Story & Photos by Dan Davidson “I wanted to come and visit you,” Brigadier General David Millar told the Dawson Junior Rangers, “because I have heard that you are one of the most enthusiastic, outgoing, energetic Junior Ranger Patrols in all of the North.” This must have put the... »
Klondike Sun ~ September 9, 2009
Download full online edition: (pdf – 4 MB) By Stephanie Waddell Whitehorse Star, September 2, 2009 A $1,000 reward is being offered by the Yukon Fish and Game Association for information that leads to a conviction in the shooting of a muskox on the Dempster Highway. Last Friday, a driver on the highway came across the bull laying... »
