Whitehorse Daily Star

January 16, 2013

• Oven-baked endives, ham with sauce and a B.C. Pinot Noir I present oven-baked endives and ham in a Madeira sauce paired with a B.C. Pinot Noir.
• Territorial artists have plans for their $41,950 in grants Ten Yukon artists are sharing $41,950 from the Yukon government's Advanced Artist Award in support of career development through targeted educational pursuits.

January 14, 2013

• Film festival's fare to include Kattawapiskak housing crisis The Yukon Film Society is preparing to present its 11th annual Available Light Film Festival (ALFF), Canada's largest cinematic event North of 60.

January 11, 2013

• Don't be bought by anti-hunter, anti-trapper nonsense Recently, a flow of anti-hunter and anti-trapping letters has made its way into local papers.
• What's good for First Nations is good for our businesses Typically, I write columns that start with a clear premise, then add in examples and facts that are easily agreed upon.
• Café Daughter to begin national tour next week Gwaandak Theatre's critically-acclaimed premiere production of Café Daughter by Kenneth T. Williams will tour Toronto, Thunder Bay, Kitchener and Vancouver this and next month.
• Mike Carey's visions of the supernatural are all-encompassing ( Bookends ) In Felix Castor's world, the dead have been coming back for some time, and the results have been messy.

January 9, 2013

• Culinary heaven is prawns, feta cheese and a Bordeaux Today, I offer sautéed prawns with feta cheese paired with a white triple blend from Bordeaux.
• Catalogues bring dreams of an early, bountiful spring I just discovered, after gardening for 40-plus years, that January is National Mail Order Gardening Month, although in this day and age they should add the words "Mail and Internet Order Month,” as virtually all seed companies have an online presence.

January 8, 2013

• Like the Beatles sang, finally, here comes the sun ( Uffish Thoughts ) Family and friends in the south and east often ask how we deal with the darkness up here.

January 4, 2013

• Be sure to take this life saver before venturing outdoors! I apologize!
• A routine hunting trip becomes a surprise rescue mission ( Bookends ) While the title of Roy Ness' novel is suggestive of a number of things, it's really not that kind of a story.
• Children's talent spectacle delighted community residents "We have a special evening ahead of us,” Cody Gill-Sims told those on hand for last month's Traditional Northern Tutchone Gala at the Eliza Van Bibber School.
• The warmth of Calypso is set for the frigid Klondike It's thanks to a working partnership with the Yukon Arts Centre that the Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture (KIAC) will be able to bring Calypso Rose to the Oddfellows Hall ballroom on Jan. 14.

January 2, 2013

• Artist shows she can toe the line at Dawson City's ODD Gallery The sourtoe cocktail gets a mixed reception in the world abroad.

December 28, 2012

• Some friendly advice: don't try to change the past ( Bookends ) Some generational markers are fixed at specific ages.
• Seasonal music closed out the term at Dawson City school The gym at the Robert Service School resounded with music on Dec. 19, with a packed audience in attendance in spite of temperatures in the low minus 40s.

December 21, 2012

• A special Christmas card for readers of the weekly columns We have a list of people we know, all written in a book,
• A warning: do not mess with the special investigators ( Bookends ) Jack Reacher is the quintessential loner.
• Treat Time The new City of Whitehorse Santa visited Teegatha'Oh Zheh on Wednesday in his new truck.
• Arts funding supports Yukon-wide artistic expression A number of projects encouraging artistic expression and community engagement are receiving Yukon government grants.

December 19, 2012

• Christmas is six days off, but you can still be creative We are coming to the final sprint for turkey recipes as Christmas gets nearer and nearer.
• Showcasing Young Talent Julia Frasher performs at the Commissioner's Christmas Concert
• Christmas rose's long tradition is gaining genuine popularity Growing up in Germany, my mother”s favorite Christmas carol was Es ist ein Ros” entsprungen, whose English translation Lo, How a Rose E”er Blooming is a ballad based on the legend of the Christmas rose and about the spirit and meaning of giving at this special time of the year.
• Lighting up a dark month helps tame a Dawson winter ( Uffish Thoughts ) December may be our darkest month in the Klondike, but November has so far been our coldest.