Concerns over toy shortages, slow shipping, and rising prices mean many shoppers in the Valley may be turning to locally-owned retailers for their holiday gifts.
Spreading kindness is getting Yukoners through 2020
This year has been one that none of us will forget anytime soon, but for many in Yukon, spreading and receiving kindness has been key to getting through fear and uncertainty during the pandemic.
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Posted: Dec 18, 2020 8:33 AM CT | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
Volunteers in Faro took an 18-foot trailer and converted it into a Santa sleigh that they took around town, while blasting Christmas music and spreading cheer.(Kara Went)
This year has been one that none of us will forget anytime soon.
But for many in Yukon, spreading and receiving kindness has been key to getting through all of the fear and uncertainty during the pandemic.
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Share The Spirit Reaches Old Crow; RCMP and Air North Assist Delivery By John Kennedy Little White Sleigh: The Whitehorse FireFighters Charitable Society loaded gifts bound for Old Crow into a minivan and drove it to the airport. Photo by John Kennedy. The Whitehorse Firefighters Charitable Society says none of this could be possible without Yukoners looking after each other.
The Share The Spirit Campaign is taking to the air and is flying gifts to families in need in Old Crow, reaching a never-before-seen milestone in the campaign s history.
Whitehorse Firefighters Charitable Society Leading Elf Nicholas O Carrol says the society worked with Health and Social Services to identify families that needed some assistance this year, The RCMP to help distribute the toys once they arrive in Old Crow and Air North, Yukon s Airline, to move and ship them.