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Winter 2008/09

Inside

Editor's note
A howling good time

Miscellanea
North of Ordinary trivia,
North of Ordinary on tour,
Your letters read more

Message from Joe Sparling,
President of Air North, Yukon´s Airline

Vuntut Development Corporation
The fast runner

Travel the Yukon
Three things to do in the Yukon this winter

Where are they now?
Catching up with Bill Chapman and Susan Toews

Extra! Extra!
Yukon newsmakers

Venture north
Interviews with Secure Mobile Shredding,
Mammoth Tusk Gold and Lilli Pie Lotions

Yukon spotlight
You, too, can Yukon your brand:

What’s behind naming a brand after our Territory,
by Leighann Chalykoff.

In 1997, Bob Baxter and Allan Hansen opened Chilkoot Brewing Company, the first brewery in the Yukon since prohibition. The Whitehorse-brewed lager and pale ale were hits locally, but when the company tried to market its beer outside of the territory, buyers for restaurants and bars in British Columbia and Alberta were not interested. They didn’t identify with the name. READ MORE IN THE WINTER 2008/09 ISSUE OF YUKON, NORTH OF ORDINARY.

Citysnap calendar

What's going on in the Yukon, Vancouver,
Edmonton and Calgary.

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Features

Cover story: Hail to the Queen

By Mitch Miyagawa

The Rendezvous Queen pageant is a long-time Yukon tradition that upholds goldrush-era clichés, and the resulting raffle-ticket sales are the envy of fundraising organizers throughout the territory. But few people know how hard the queen candidates have to actually work. The reality of what goes on behind the scenes will make you love Rendezvous, as you never have before.

February 15, Zola’s Café Doré
Jen Paton is the only person wearing a silk Victorian walking-suit in this busy Whitehorse coffee bar. Her grey skirt reaches the floor, and the rhinestones in her white gloves sparkle. A green ostrich feather flutters above her fur hat. She stands out, in other words. A few patrons stare, but she doesn’t turn her head or stiffen in response. She barely notices, as she’s been strolling around town in the suit for more than three weeks.. READ MORE IN THE WINTER 2008/09 ISSUE OF YUKON, NORTH OF ORDINARY.

Sleddin’ heaven

By Wayne Potoroka

Only 155 kilometres west of the capital of the Yukon, the Haines Junction area, home to the tallest mountain in Canada, has some of the best snowmobile-riding terrain in the territory, if not the country—many might even say, the world.

Picking out Ross Mercer as he manoeuvres his snowmobile around the Chilkat Pass, 120 km south of Haines Junction, is easy: he’s the one often clad in a cranberry-red Team Canada hockey jersey. But it’s not his clothes that set him apart from the other backcountry riders; it’s his ability to carve through snow easier than dad drags a blade through a Christmas goose. READ MORE IN THE WINTER 2008/09 ISSUE OF YUKON, NORTH OF ORDINARY.

Grace among us

By Claire Festel

At 93 years old, Betty Taylor has lived a long life. A woman with a generous nature, she always had time for a cup of tea for anyone who knocked at her door.

Betty Taylor sits in her living room and fumbles with a remote control, quieting the noise of an afternoon newscast. The frail 93-year-old turns to me and looks confused when I remind her of our scheduled interview. “Oh, really? Well, I don’t remember but that’s nice,” she says, before offering a cup of tea. “I don’t know why you’d want to talk to me. I’ve just been a housewife all my life; I’ve never really done anything.”

READ MORE IN THE WINTER 2008/09 ISSUE OF YUKON, NORTH OF ORDINARY.

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Travel Outside

Outside highlights

Three events to check out in Vancouver, Edmonton, or Calgary.

In love with Edmonton

By Lily Gontard

Looking to spend some time with your honey in Edmonton this winter? Here are some ideas to stoke your romance.
For old, new, and tried-and-true love, there’s no better city in which to renew your passion than Edmonton, the western hub for festivals and all things art and culture. When looking for the perfect place to stay with your amour, there are several romantic hotels in Edmonton that will keep the embers burning good and hot all winter long. READ MORE IN THE WINTER 2008/09 ISSUE OF YUKON, NORTH OF ORDINARY.

R & R

The boreal chef: Mmmm … mighty moose ribs

Miche Genest has learned the secret to fall-off-the-bone-tender moose ribs.
Seven years ago, with my partner at the time, I went on my first and only moose hunt, on a lake one hour south of Teslin. This summer, by a total fluke, I ended up on the shores of that same lake with my husband, who doesn’t hunt—he says he can’t take himself seriously, moose calling in his Scottish accent—so I took him on a tour of all the landmarks of that distant and mind-altering experience READ MORE IN THE WINTER 2008/09 ISSUE OF YUKON, NORTH OF ORDINARY.

Of note: The spirit that shines

Brenda Barnes talks with the Blue Feather Music Festival founder and producer, Gary Bailie.
It was an accident,” says Gary Bailie, about how the Blue Feather Music Festival started in Whitehorse, eight years ago. Bailie has been the lead organizer, motivator and spiritual beacon of the event since its inception. Nurturing the festival has been a personal healing journey for Bailie, and the production itself has facilitated the growth of—and mentoring relationships within—a whole community. READ MORE IN THE WINTER 2008/09 ISSUE OF YUKON, NORTH OF ORDINARY.

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It all fits on one sled

Have a look at Ann Ledwidge’s Yukon Quest kit. READ MORE IN THE WINTER 2008/09 ISSUE OF YUKON, NORTH OF ORDINARY.

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