Category: Whitehorse

It’s now been over 5 weeks since I last posted. After being very pleased with how easy the winter had been up until early December, a difficult winter pretty much took over my life since my last post on December 22nd. First we had a long spell of deep...

This post was spurred by Facebook Memories, which yesterday morning showed that I go out for Winter Solstice drives often, sometimes as far as the White Pass or Kluane Lake. With the temperature sitting at -38°C, I wasn’t going to do a long drive, but the city offers great...

This post is about a 3-hour wander on Thursday, December 11th, but there was a build-up to it. Two days before that, I had driven into Whitehorse to see if there were any good ice fog photos available yet, with the temperature at -28°C/-18°F. I shot the two photos...

Although we’ve been seeing good displays of aurora borealis since early August, last night was the first time I’ve been out for long enough with a good enough display to tell you about it here. Last night was actually the third very good night in a row but it...

This walk a week ago (June 12th) started off to be a look at a short trail I know (the East Airport Access Road Trail), that had just been re-opened, then the planned walk turned into more. Much more! There are 83 photos in this post, my longest ever...

Last night (June 16th), the second bike ride both in memory of Joe Morrison and as a call for bike safety, was held in Whitehorse, and I rode it as well as many more kilometers to and from it. The Facebook notice about the event said: “Join us again...

I have to begin by making a comment or two about yesterday’s election. I’m extremely pleased by the results generally. The two big wins for me are seeing Mark Carney remain as our Prime Minister, and seeing Bruce Fanjoy soundly beat Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in the Carleton riding....

On Tuesday, April 8th, I flew home with Air North after a particularly good visit with most of my family and a life-long friend. I had my son drop me at the airport at 10:30 for my 12:35 flight – being early greatly reduces my stress levels and of...

As I went to bed Tuesday night, I looked outside and said to Cathy that it felt like an aurora night – “in a couple of hours.” An hour and a half later, she woke me up and said a display had started. I put my pyjamas on, got...

My project yesterday (February 27th) was to document the entire Waterfront Trail, to show people what it looks like as a reply to some online complaints about how the new buildings in Whitehorse have ruined the views of the river we used to have. In actual fact, we now...