Funeral procession for Marty Dobbin, Yukon Fire Marshal
A funeral was held in Whitehorse yesterday for Marty Dobbin, the Yukon’s Fire Marshal. It began with the air and land procession seen in the photos below. I didn’t know him, but the obituary at the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs site says: “Marty was the backbone of the...
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The road chose Dan Grec
As Steve and I were starting down the WP&YR tracks after taking the Bare Loon Lake cutoff trail from the Chilkoot Trail on Tuesday, we met an Aussie fellow on a Great Adventure. Dan Grec is a few weeks into a 50,000-km drive from the Arctic Ocean at Prudhoe...
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Honouring a real hero – Captain Bob Bartlett
In this modern age when hockey players and musicians are considered “heroes”, I think it’s important to occasionally point out what a real hero is. In 2009 Canada is celebrating the life of Captain Robert Bartlett, one of the greatest Arctic explorers in history. Have a look at the...
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Hospice Yukon & the Yukon Quest
This year, for the first time in several years, I’ll be home for the start of the Yukon Quest on February 14th so Cathy and I can both go to it (oh yeah, I’ll be home for Valentine’s Day too 🙂 ). In this year’s Quest, my friend Michelle...
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Will Sarah Palin be welcomed back to Alaska?
When Palin loses her race for US Vice-President in a few days, will she be welcomed home? A few weeks ago it looked like she would be – a lot of folks back home were pretty pleased by all the attention the state was getting. To say that the...
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The upcoming election in the Yukon
I post more about the US election than I do the one that’s coming up in Canada on October 14, simply out of amazement that Sarah Palin is still on the ticket in the States. In the Yukon, though, we have a situation that looks somewhat similar – in...
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Foreign relations, Sarah Palin style
Here’s a photo I took at the Trans Alaska Pipeline interpretive centre in Fairbanks in July 2006 when Palin was running for Governor. The slogan “Canada my ass, it’s Alaska’s Gas!” was used by the Alaskan Independence Party, which she supported. Doesn’t that give you a warm fuzzy feeling...
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Ramesh Ferris and the Polio Awareness Trek
All of you in the Yukon surely know who Ramesh Ferris is, though you may not be watching his progress. For those of you Outside, Ramesh is a Whitehorse resident who is going across Canada (over 7,200 kilometres) by handcycle to raise funds and awareness about polio. I met...
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Senior sled dogs need homes
I just got this message from Michelle Phillips: I am writing concerning Thalina Tchulokvsky. For those of you that know her Thalina is a renowned bush woman. She has lived most of her life in the bush with her close companions – her sled dogs. Some of you might...
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The tragedies continue…
The people killed in the balloon fire/crash in Surrey on Friday were the sister of a school friend of mine and her daughter. One of my sisters went to school with Shannon and was going to meet her on a school reunion cruise next month. To the Rogers and...
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