June Franklin
	
June Franklin was a well-known writer at the //Whitehorse Star.// In 1965, Franklin received a national award for best feature column in an annual competition held by the Canadian Woman’s Press Club.((//Whitehorse Star,// (Whitehorse), 14 June, 1965; Valerie Alis, //Un/Covering the North: News, Media and Aboriginal People.// Vancouver: UBC Press, 1999: 125.))