Web exclusive: Gingerbread Competition A Feast For the Eyes

By Molly MacDonald The Klondike Sun always takes a holiday break in December, to let our volunteers enjoy festivities as much as everyone else. But there’s so much going on in Dawson in December that we wanted to share at … Continue reading

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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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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

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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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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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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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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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“Let’s Organize a Fest”; Keno City Stages 1st Annual Music Festival

Story & Photos by Chris Healey  

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Raven says WE'RE BAAACK!

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Dawson Anthology: Call for Submissions

A literary opportunity.

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