Dawson City ~ Yukon

Klondike Sun ~ June 15, 2011

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On June 4th seventeen of our children graduated from Robert Service School and began their journey into adulthood. Graduation in Dawson is when the community becomes a family. The graduates marched proudly onto the stage, at the Palace Grand Theatre, to the strains of AC/ DC’s” Back in Black”, followed by an astounding rendition of “Oh Canada” sung by Tracy Nordick, whose voice sent shivers through the audience. Brian Pate and his

Klondike Sun ~ June 1, 2011

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Organizers of the 25th Annual Dawson City Gold Show could hardly have been more pleased with this year’s event. Arctic Inland Resources owner Bill Bowie, who first pitched this concept back in 1986, was fairly beaming as he surveyed the 70 plus display booths that lined the Art and Margaret Fry Arena and the parking lot across Fourth Avenue on Friday and Saturday.

Klondike Sun, May 18, 2011

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Dawson’s Chamber of Commerce and town council are up in arms over recently announced decisions to shorten both the season and the hours at the border station on Top of the World/Taylor Highway route. It had been announced that the border station would open on May 15. Word has arrived here that this has been moved to May 22, a delay of seven days

Klondike Sun, May 4, 2011

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Daniel Janke’s “Finding Milton”, a tribute to the work of peoples’ poet, Milton Acorn, captured the Made In the Yukon (MITY) award in the professional category at the 2011 Dawson City International Short Film Festival. The award (a handcrafted statue which changes a bit from year to year) comes with $1000 cash, a $1000 equipment rental from the Northern Film and Video Industry Association (NFVIA) and a guaranteed screening at the 2012 Tromso International Film Festival in Norway.

Klondike Sun ~ April 20, 2011

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With spring in the air in Dawson City, excavation and foundation work has begun on the new 24,000 square foot (2600 square metres) replacement for the aging Dawson City Health Care Centre. Designed by Stantec/ Kobayashi Zedda Architects, the building will be constructed by Dowland Contracting Ltd. at a cost of $22.2 million, according to the Yukon Hospital Corporation.

Klondike Sun ~ April 06, 2011

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It’s not often that Dawsonites hope for a cloudy day in late March, but with temperatures hovering around -10° C, organizers of the Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race were rather hoping that the sun wouldn’t peek through the overcast. If the sun had been shining at 10 a.m. Thursday morning, it might have been too warm for the 14 dog teams about to head out on the 210 mile (340 km) round trip to Eagle.

Klondike Sun ~ March 23, 2011

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Klondike Sun ~ March 9, 2011

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The rate that Dawsonites pay for utilities is either rising or falling, depending on how you look at it. For some years now the annual fee for water, sewer and waste management has been pegged at $1700, that being the total if you were not a resident and didn’t pay your bill on time each quarter. The total bill included a $100 waste management fee. If you paid your bills early or on time, the total amount dropped to $1,125.00, the remaining $575.00 being described as a subsidy. In addition, the bill would drop by another $425.00 if you were a senior.

Klondike Sun ~ February 23, 2011

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Klondike Sun ~ February 09, 2011

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In what might be the worst of all possible worlds, February 2, 2011 begins with an earthquake in the Tintina Trench. Registering 6.9 on the Richter Scale, the quake’s epicenter is determined to be 35 km east of Dawson City and 11 km north of the Klondike River Lodge. The quake hits at 8:20 a.m. and lasts for just 35 seconds, but in that time Dawson loses nearly all of its historic buildings, the Yukon Energy diesel plant, the hydro line from Mayo, and all the communications towers located part way up the Dome.