A journalist's experience of her first summer in Whitehorse, Yukon, and how it changed her perspective on living in a small town.
My first summer in Whitehorse , my eyes were wide open. Sunlight streamed through my bedroom window at 10 p.m. A bald eagle swooped above me as I ran along the Yukon River downtown. My roommate brought home a fish she’d caught that day and cooked it up for dinner in our kitchen. Everywhere I looked, mountains. It was 2014, and I’d moved from Hamilton, Ontario, to Whitehorse for a job at the daily newspaper. I intended to stay a year.
I’d gone to university in Toronto, and I loved the chaos of the big city; I didn’t hike, camp, or even much like spending time outdoors. Sometime that first summer, though, I told my mom over the phone, “I think I’m going to change, living here.” With a population of about 30,000 people, Whitehorse has a small-town feel. But as Yukon’s capital, it feels more cosmopolitan than you might expect. There’s a vibrant arts and culture scene, with galleries, performance venues and museums. My first summer, I went to a Nuit Blanche event under the midnight su
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