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Modern knights chase dragons southward

Modern knights chase dragons southward

DAWSON CITYHundreds of years ago in Costa Rican caves, druids toiled to turn metals into gold.To keep the local villagers away from their secret…

Moves and miming all the way from old Bombay

It’s Tuesday afternoon in the Elijah Smith School’s gym and a couple hundred students are sitting in rows on the wooden floor.

Yukon youth becomes Hilfiger poster boy

Sometimes life is just like the movies.This is what 12-year-old Miguel Rodden realized last week when he was suddenly discovered.

Modern Yukon stories salt Dawson’s film fest

This week, five-year-old Sam Crocker will make his filmmaking debut.“He heard about the film festival and asked his mother how to make a…

Spirituals, field hollers and freedom songs

‘Lift up your voices and sing,” Linda Tillery proclaims in her rendition of the traditional spiritual Lift Ev’ry Voice.

Former mayor was the stuff of tragedy

DAWSON CITYGlen Everitt is barely through the front door when he says, “I don’t have much time for this.

Finger painting spurred civilization

This is a tale covered in ancient fingerprints.The red handprints in this story have nothing to do with crime, however.

Empowering women is the secret to ending much African misery

After the water washed back into the sea, aid continued to pour into the countries bordering the Indian Ocean that had been devastated by the 2004…

Dawson to turn New York North

The town of 1,800 is preparing to get a little more colourful next year.Adding to its wealth of arts programs and festivals, Dawson City is poised…

Interpreter goes global to explore nature as language

HAINES JUNCTIONTalking to Brent Liddle, one quickly gets the impression both the left and right hemispheres of his brain are constantly in…