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Meet Alyssa Friesen

This summer Alyssa will be our student reporter at the Klondike Sun. She will be gathering news, writing, editing and helping with the growth of our website. Alyssa grew up on a chicken farm outside Vancouver and moved to Toronto … Continue reading

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The Yukon Open Goldpanning Contest Has a New Champion

  Story and photo by Dan Davidson Paul Robitaille will be representing the Yukon in this year’s World Goldpanning Championships, which will be held in Zlotory, Poland. He was the winner of this year’s Yukon Open category at the Yukon … Continue reading

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Follow us on Twitter

Now you can keep up with @KlondikeSun by following us on Twitter!

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Dust to Dawson Begins

Story and photo by Dan Davidson Dust to Dawson began on Thursday and will continue until the weekend. “This is a gathering, not a Rally”, says the information on the website which has lured close to 200 bikers to the … Continue reading

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Texans first into Dawson again

Don’t mess with Texas, on land or on water. For the third straight years, a team of five Texan canoeists won the annual Yukon River Quest, arriving into Dawson on July 1st. Check out this story from the Yukon News. … Continue reading

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Dawson City faces severe labour shortage

A CBC report on the current job market in Dawson. Dawson City faces severe labour shortage – North – CBC News.

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Annual General Meeting: Royal Canadian Legion

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Gold Rush-era remains to be buried in Dawson City

The remains of four men – unearthed last year during construction of the new Wastewater Treatment Plant on 5th Avenue – were buried in Dawson City this past weekend. Gold Rush-era remains to be buried in Dawson City – North … Continue reading

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More Issues Online

Now you can read about Dawson City’s reaction to the last time the Blue Jays won the World Series. 1993 issues are now online, available here.

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The Class of 2011

by Lisa McKenna “I just want to say a word about this year’s graduating class in Dawson – what a nice bunch of kids!” – Clair Dragoman On June 4th seventeen of our children graduated from Robert Service School and … Continue reading

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