Month: January 2008

The Yukon is sure changing. Or at least Yukoners are. Not that many years ago, the deep-freeze that we’re now in was the norm for a few weeks every year. While it was still a common conversation starter, life went on as usual. This year, activity has noticeably slowed...

The one by the hot tub only reads to -50° Celsius! This photo was taken a few minutes ago, at about 10:30 a.m. – that’s -56.2° Fahrenheit....

Demographia has recently published their International Housing Affordabiltiy Survey [now gone], and a brief look at it this morning was interesting enough to set it aside for a deep read in the near future. Although I haven’t seen any Northern information yet, the report is 52 pages, so it...

When you’re running Web sites, paying attention to the details of your stats is important so you can focus where the interest is – if that’s also within the range of your own interests, too, of course. Among the searches that bring people here, travel reviews of various kinds...

Officials from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (the DFO) are meeting with members of the public and other organizations in Dease Lake today, to discuss problems that have arisen in a complex enhancement program. I met Kevin Gould and his father Bob last night at the Gold Rush to discuss...

When you travel, what happens to your postal mail? I expect that most of you do what we do – just let it pile up somewhere, whether at the post office or in a box at a neighbour’s. But what if you’re going to be gone for a long...