Klondike Sun

Download full online issue: (pdf – 3.32 MB) The Good Old Days according to JJ Van Bibber On family, mining and freighting: Story by Josée Bohomme, as told by JJ Van Bibber The Van Bibber family is legendary in the strength and diversity of Ira and Eliza Van Bibber’s brave resourcefulness. It takes a...
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Download full online issue: (pdf – 2.0MB) New Hospital Planned for Dawson City Story & Photos by Dan Davidson Minister of Health and Social Services Glenn Hart and Klondike MLA Steve Nordick announced on April 9 the start of a process to build a new hospital in Dawson City. This announcement follows the signing...
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Download full online issue: (pdf – 2.73 MB) The Percy welcomes First Ski Jorers in its 33rd Year Story & Photos by Josée Bonhomme For the first time in the Percy de Wolfe Memorial Mail Race’s history, three elated ski jorers completed one 35-mile figureeight loop repeated over two days for a total distance...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 2.55 MB) Front Street in Dawson City to be Paved Story & photo by Dan Davidson The long overdue repairs to Front Street in Dawson City will begin this spring, according to a press release issued by Highways and Public Works Minister Archie Lang on March 13/09. The...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 3.47 MB) Story by Josée Bonhomme Jean-Denis Britten didn’t know, when these photos were taken at the start of the Yukon Quest Race in Whitehorse, that he would soon have to make the most difficult decision of his life: dogs first and foremost in all the options he...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 4.47 MB) Story and photos by Josée Bonhomme An Open House was held in Dawson at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre on February 3. Some 45 people attended or took part in the discussion during the 9 am to 4 pm workshop-type informal but informative meeting. Good opportunities...
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Download full online edition: (pdf – 2.56MB) Rain, sleet, snow, ice and now…Avalanche Hazard No Joke! Story and photos by Josée Bonhomme Hector MacKenzie is the Territory’s avalanche expert. He makes the final decisions of when to close roads to traffic in unsafe avalanche conditions. His work affects the southern Yukon, especially on the...
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Downoad full online edition: (pdf – 2.60MB) Story & Photo by Dan Davidson How does a town council address development issues in a living historical community, a large portion of which is already designated as a National Historic Site? Dawson’s councils have faced this issue many times since the establishment of Bylaw #203, a...
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Welcome to the April 23, 2004 online edition of the Klondike Sun, reproducing a selection of the articles and photographs from the April 20 newsstand edition. The Sun has only recently been updated on the web after a hiatus since the January 16/04 issue. Current issues are now available on the site, and the...
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Dawson’s council faces a difficult choice. By April 6 the members must decide whether to follow the direction of Financial Supervisor Andre Carrel or to defy his orders and face what Community Services Minister Glen Hart has said will be dissolution of the council. Council has been ordered to rescind a garbage contract it...
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