Whitehorse Daily Star: Living Archive

Living Archive

Avery and Blake proved a dynamic duo in Dawson City Peter Menzies' living room was crowded once again this month as roots music fans gathered to hear a concert by Robert Sarazin Blake and C. R. Avery.

African violets can be grown easily and very successfully Surprisingly enough, my African violet plant is getting buds, and will be blooming shortly.
Stuffed mushrooms washed down with a great Cabernet-Pintoage I now present stuffed mushrooms Italian-style, served with a Cabernet-Pinotage from South Africa

Yukoner honoured for dedication to Boys and Girls Club Commissioner Doug Phillips made these remarks last Tuesday afternoon in presenting a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to Whitehorse resident Kate Mechan.

The snow may be here, but thoughts of fishing abound One of the fastest growing sports across North America is the sport of fishing, especially fly fishing.
Choir wants an invitation to your Christmas party The Whitehorse Community Choir is launching a new service and fund-raiser this holiday season.
This chapter of the Next Men is well worth exploring ( Bookends ) Back in 1991, writer/artist John Byrne, who had done the 1986 revamp of the Superman franchise, and was previously famous for his run on the X-Men, took some of Superman's powers and distributed them among a group of young people who had been genetically altered and raised in a virtual reality environment.
Dawson City Museum auction was a record-breaking success If all the items at the 35th annual Dawson City Museum Auction had managed to go for their book value, the museum would have raised more than $24,000.

A Feel For Felt How does it felt, which opened last Friday, continues at the Yukon Art Society Gallery.

Exhibits On How does it felt opened last Friday at the Yukon Art Society Gallery.

Film festival to showcase labour and those who perform it This month's Canadian Labour International Film Festival will showcase films about the world of work and those who do it.
Ten golden rules for safe winter and fall camping in the bush While bats are being wiped out by the white nose syndrome in central and eastern North America, a new bat has been discovered in Vietnam.
Small business continues to drive Canada's economy strongly Small businesses are a good news story.
The Great Detective returns to fabled Baskerville Hall ( Bookends ) I admit to having overdosed on the Great Detective a few years ago.
Practical nursing grads aced their 2012 national exams Graduates from the Practical Nursing diploma program at Yukon College are certainly not "average.”

Roasted chicken with a great sauce; honeyed pork chops I offer roasted chicken in a mustard and cream sauce with a Vinho Verde from Portugal.
Passionate artist talks culture with SOVA students in Dawson Michael Mason speaks passionately about his art, which he says flows from his connection to his family, his ancestors, the Yukon and stories he was told by his mother.
Amaryllis provided a delightful but mysterious event Living in a log cabin with only kerosene lamps and a set of propane lights for illumination did not sit well with most of the plants I tried to overwinter.

Delving into all about where herons and ospreys nest I was standing in line at a local grocery store to pick up the Friday edition of the Oct. 12 Star.
An extremely revealing look at life in the mundane world ( Bookends ) I read this book over about a four-day span.
What an adventurous trip we had in visiting beautiful Japan! Some of the Tlingit people from Teslin and Atlin went to Japan Oct. 6-13 to reunite the Ainu indigenous people who joined the Haa Kus Teyea Celebration in Teslin last year.

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