Klondike Sun

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...
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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...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 6.4 MB) Story and Photos by Josée Bonhomme Eight local commercial fishers out of a possible total of 21 licensees took 364 Chinook salmon this year in two limited openings. The first opening was for 36 hours on July 30-31, and a second was announced for 48 hours...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 5.8 MB) Story by Josée Bonhomme The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in were hosts to Chief Clarence Louie of the Osoyoos Indian Band on Saturday August 1st for a feast followed by a multi-media presentation by the Chief. The Community Hall was filled to capacity with no chairs left empty, and...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 5.8 MB) Story & Photos by Dan Davidson After the Great Flood motif of 2008, the combination of sunshine, rain, thunder & lightning and forest fire smoke was still seen as an improvement for the 2009 edition of the Dawson City Music Festival. A City of Dawson crew...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 3.39 MB) Everybody won, even if they did not complete the race. The weather got gnarly, it rained cold buckets for six hours solid, and it never ever gets dark. Sleep was a rare commodity, especially for organizers (see more on pages 18-19). Seen above is the Paddlers...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 4.43 MB) Story & Photos by Kristen Carlson Traditional dancing and singing, a bannock cook-off, jigging competitions, local music and a barbecue were part of the Aboriginal Day celebrations in front of the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre on the day of summer solstice, Saturday, June 21. About 350...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 3.03 MB) Stunned by Eagle’s Devastation Story by Eldo Enns Photos by Alex Brook “I’ve never seen anything like it!” These are the words of Mike Crelli as we enter ‘ground zero’ in Eagle, Alaska. There isn’t one of us who doesn’t agree. Cars, houses, and trees tossed...
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Download full online issue: (pdf – 3.15 MB) Bob Sutherland Retires after Three Decades Story & Photos by Dan Davidson The initials RSS usually stand for Robert Service School, but for the last Good News assembly of the year, something new was added. For this year Bob Sutherland is retiring from the profession after...
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Download full online issue: (pdf – 2.72 MB) Gold Show Opens the Visitor Season Story & Photo by Dan Davidson It may have been chilly in the Arena on Friday, but the 23rd International Gold Show got off to a good start and seemed to be a hub of activity all day. The Chamber...
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