Month: March 2017

For a couple of days this week, my focus was on helping YARN (the Yukon Animal Rescue Network) in Watson Lake get some supplies. My bonuses were seeing lots of caribou, and getting to snuggle with a litter of 7-week-old rescue puppies. On Monday, I made 4 stops around...

Parks Canada is sponsoring a contest that will be of interest any Canadian who wants to really get off the beaten track. The contest is only open to all residents of Canada, and you can only enter once, but check out the prizes. Grand Prize round trip, economy flight...

Dealing with death is a very personal experience, handled in an infinite variety of ways. People thinking about dying, and those dealing with the death of a loved one, have their own ideas about what to do with the body. Some choose burial, most of the others choose cremation....

Delta Air Lines paid the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport a surprise visit on Saturday night. Their Boeing 757-232(WL) N6713Y had to make a precautionary landing after the emergency oxygen supply dropped below 50%. It had over 200 passengers and crew on board. Every now and then, receives an...

The beginning of March already! This winter has gone by so quickly I can hardly believe it – the foster-puppies sure helped with that for a few weeks! With Father Winter still hanging on, dogs and old cars and writing about history are all helping the days go by....