Whitehorse Daily Star: Living Archive

Living Archive

Kicking off wildlife to make way for more industrial expansion One of my loyal readers brought to my attention that road hunting and carrying an uncased firearm beside you in your vehicle while road hunting is legal in the territory.
What do you do when a Wolff appears at the door? ( Bookends ) Revolver is billed as a children's book, and I suppose it could be classified as young adult, since the usual rule for that is that the central character is not yet an adult.
Funding helps Yukon artists reach global audiences Government of Yukon funding is supporting another seven territorial artists in reaching international audiences.
Timmy's Christmas Telethon planned for Sunday evening Singer-songwriter and 2011 Juno Award winner Greg Sczebel will be a featured performer at Timmy's Christmas Telethon on Sunday, live on Shaw TV on Shaw Direct (channel 299), Northwestel, and streamed on line through www.lionsbc.ca and www.timmys.org.

Encouraging Safe Behaviour Equipped with 5,000 Trojan condoms to give out,
Yukon School of Visual Art's artist to be Rebecca Belmore The Yukon School of Visual Arts (SOVA) in Dawson City has announced Winnipeg artist Rebecca Belmore will be mentoring the students from afar in the latest installment of the Over the Wire series.
Cold Klondike weather brings Dawson City The Nutcracker Lite When the weather locked Dawson City in the deep freeze and it became clear that the cast of the Northern Lights School of Dance production of The Nutcracker would be unable to make its annual pilgrimage to Dawson last weekend, those locals involved in the show began to wonder what to do.

Shadows and Curves Josee Fortin opened Des Ombres et Des Courbes (Shadows and Curves)

Here are more facts about reporting a low-life poacher It has been properly brought to my attention that I made a mistake in my last column with regard to calling the territorial TIPP line to report a poacher.
A weaving tale of small gods and very twisted ambitions ( Bookends ) It”s always nice to discover something with a new flavour, and that is certainly what
Exploring the perils and benefits of data information In my line of work, data are really important.
A Klondike deep freeze: parkas that pass in the ice fog ( Uffish Thoughts ) After several days of -39 and colder weather, we have become a community of parkas that pass in the ice fog.
More Home-Like Dinning Linda Bonefoy has completed the renovation to the Salvation Army dining room
Ambitious one-woman clown show set for Guild Hall Claire Ness, arguably the hardest-working performing artist in northern Canada, is presenting the world premiere of her most ambitious homegrown piece to date, her new one-woman clown show, Ruffin” It.

There's no end of ideas to help please your favourite gardener Shopping for gifts for gardeners is easy.
Creating General Tao chicken breasts, diced turkey breasts I present to you chicken breasts General Tao-style paired with a Relax Riesling from the Moselle.
CD release from Minus 40 Majority is planned for Dec. 4 We took a novel idea – a group of musicians, a great project co-ordinator and a group of men labelled with intellectual disability – put them together and set them the goal of Telling Your Story Through Songwriting.

It's a responsible feat to nab the poachers of meat MY MEAT IS LEGAL
Sherlock Holmes and the adventure of the purloined parrot ( Bookends ) Of the tales of Sherlock Holmes, there would appear to be no end.
Guild Production Premieres Lee Malanchuck and Charlotte Courage perform
Those involved in JJ Van Bibber publication plan event The family of the late JJ Van Bibber is inviting the public to a Nov. 28 celebration of his life as reflected in the recently published I was born under a spruce tree collection of stories.
The ODD Gallery has definitely been Entangled this month Wandering into Twyla Exner's exhibit,
Popular music festival continues on its confident course The Dawson City Music Festival (DCMF) is pleased with its last year of operations.

Wood Street bike shop to be art gallery again The Cadence Cycle Seasonal Gallery rides again, opening this Friday.
Yukon Women in Music bring talent to Dawson ( Review ) Yukon Women in Music scheduled the release concert for its latest compilation CD, Song Rise, to be in Whitehorse this Saturday.

Latest Guild production takes the stage The Guild says it's as pleased as pre-Christmas punch to present Craig Lucas' lopsided, laugh-laden love story Prelude to a Kiss – a touching and hilarious reminder of the fragility and durability of love.
Exhibits Open The work of Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge from 2006 on,
Francophones marked 30 years of growing together About 50 representatives of Yukon francophone groups and guests took part in the 30th annual general meeting of the Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY) on Nov. 3 at the Centre de la francophonie.

Winter ice angling and ‘Let's go fishing' with limnology The fly rods and spin cast rods are now well stored away for the winter, but that is not to say the fishing season is over. The ice fishing season is upon us.
Scotiabank supports Whitehorse history project's proponents Doug Janzen, the branch manager of Scotiabank in Whitehorse, presented a cheque for $1,000 to Ione Christensen, chair of the Whitehorse History Book Society, last Friday.
Pushing that rock uphill – making real change happen There are a lot of business books with models for all kinds of business processes.
Adventures among the stars seem to have no real conclusion ( Bookends ) Keith Laumer was one of the best writers of fast-paced adventure style science fiction in the 1960s and ‘70s, able to write with ease as a humourist, as a serious writer and as a satirist.
Teslin filmmaker appointed to college board of governors The territorial government has appointed Carol Geddes to the board of governors of Yukon College for a three-year term.

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