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Monthly Archives: October 2015
A visual opinion poll to predict the Dawson City Federal vote: NDP wins.
By Chris Healey Today we conducted a very informal, casual count of front lawn election signs in an attempt to predict which party would garner the most votes in Dawson City.
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Tagged candidates, federal elections, klondike, lawn signs, politics, poll, prediction, public opinion, research, survey, Yukon
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Klondike Sun Podcast #1: Interview with Artist Laurence Dauphinais
By Chris Healey The Klondike Sun is pleased to introduce a new podcast feature to our community newspaper. We start with an interview with one of the many artists who have come to Dawson City to explore and create work … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and Culture, Dawson news around the web, Podcasts
Tagged artist, artist in residence, arts, audio, contemporary art, contemporary arts, culture, Dawson City, interview, KIAC, klondike, Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture, midnight sun, Montreal, photo, photography, podcast, practice, streaming, Yukon
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One way or another Larry Bagnell hopes to be back in Government
By Dan Davidson If you didn’t know that Larry Bagnell was fond of Dawson City, the name he and his wife, Melissa, gave to their son might give it away. His name is Dawson. “I’ve always been very committed to … Continue reading
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Tagged Dawson City, federal elections, interview, klondike, Liberal Party, politics, Yukon
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Winning isn’t everything for the Green Party’s De Jong
By Dan Davidson Interviewed in Dawson in September Green Party candidate Frank De Jong was candid about his chances of winning the Yukon’s Parliamentary seat. He doesn’t expect he will, but he expects to do better than people might think.
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Tagged Dawson City, federal elections, Green Party, interview, klondike, politics, Yukon
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Dawson’s incumbents will continue on Council
By Dan Davidson In Dawson all the incumbent councillors were reelected to their seats on council, making it a clean sweep of all the current councillors who had wanted to run. Mayor Wayne Potoroka was already acclaimed to a second … Continue reading
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Tagged candidates, council, Dawson City, elections, forum, incumbents, local, mayor, municipal, votes
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Dawson’s Last Minute Candidates’ Forum
By Dan Davidson Two days before the election day is a bit late to be having a municipal election forum, but it was better late than never in Dawson City. Even then, two of the candidates, one of whom is … Continue reading
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Tagged business, city dump, communication, community, construction, Dawson City, education, election, farms, food security, forum, gardens, greenhouses, heritage, housing, klondike, marketing, municipal, politics, rec centre, recycle, reduce, reuse, students, taxes, tiny houses, tourism, UNESCO, waste, world heritage site, Yukon
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Join us October 21st and be part of the conversation
October 21st, 7pm at the Legion Hall, The Klondike Sun is having a community consultation. Whether you want to volunteer, contribute content, voice a concern or even help steer the ship, please come and have your say about the future … Continue reading