Whitehorse Daily Star: Living Archive

Living Archive

The Peel watershed: a paradise found is a paradise lost I have just returned from a most exciting and informative international wildlife conference in Ottawa.
How to be the rock star of service regardless of your industry Two weeks ago, I wrote that there are three key ways a business can differentiate itself from its competitors: product, price and service.
Celebrating cutting-edge theatre and aboriginal voices ( Preview ) Gwaandak Theatre's third annual Summer Play Readings Series set for next week will feature two powerful new plays from First Nations playwrights at The Old Fire Hall in Whitehorse.
Unravelling the long-living legend of Lillian Alling ( Bookends ) If Jim Robb had been around to invent the notion of the Colourful Five Per Cent in 1926, Lillian Alling would certainly have been high on his list of characters.
GoMedia delegates enjoyed the northern hospitality of Whitehorse More than 140 travel media and 150 delegates from around the world came to Whitehorse last week to take part in the Canadian Tourism Commission's (CTC's) annual GoMedia Canada Marketplace.
Trapping Partners Bill Sinclair, right, and Vic Sokalski have been partners in a trapline since 1992.
We need actors, crews and volunteers for the next season After a cracker of a 2011-12 season that exceeded all box office expectations (thanks to all of you for supporting us and what we do), we've decided to do it all again.

Local author wins six book awards in the The Big Apple Whitehorse-area author Beverley Gray was in New York City this week to receive six prestigious independent book awards.
North Words Symposium wraps up third annual gathering While the streets of Skagway were surging with cruise ship tourists and dripping with rain last week, the Arctic Brotherhood Hall was awash with words.

Impressive Fund-Raising Eighty-four walkers turned out for the annual Diabetes Walk

How to build on your demonstrated will to survive Last week's first part of this two-part series talked about the will to survive, so this week it's all about how to do it.
Klondike to host the Highland Games under Midnight Sun will to survive Last week's first part of this two-part series talked about the will to survive, so this week it's all about how to do it.
The Dresden Files, described in words and pictures Until such time as Jim Butcher decides to write a prequel to the adventures of Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, we can consider this four-chapter graphic novel to be the first of the Dresden Files.
Talent On Stage Tonight, This Weekend Leaping Feats Creative Dance Works' year-end show Dancing Through Life 2012 will take the stage this evening through Sunday evening at the Yukon Arts Centre.
Yukon artists are in milestone exhibition of Canadian art The work of three Yukon artists is being featured in Oh, Canada, a major exhibition of Canadian art which opened May 26 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

Never underestimate the creative potential of the sandwich Sandwiches are too often taken for granted!
With the snow a memory, it's finally time to plant! Doesn't it always seem like spring will never come and then, wham! Everything is demanding your attention, all at once?
Author Alan Cumyn manages to write for all ages Ottawa-based writer Alan Cumyn has dipped his literary pen in a lot of different ink wells, producing fiction for young children, young adults and adults.

When Gordie and Fred rocked the hall in Dawson City ( Uffish Thoughts ) Sometimes we get too busy here in Dawson, and events mount up so fast and furiously that important things slip our minds.

Lost in the wilderness, would you know how to survive? A number of years ago, we hunted with a big fellow, strong as an ox and twice as bull-headed. He was a successful businessman and very hard to bargain with.
Kids pursue a cold case murder in a very dogged manner ( Bookends ) Kathy Reichs is a talented writer and clever woman as well as being a top-rated forensic anthropologist.
Don't just try to be better; resolve to be different! I recently had the pleasure of speaking about starting a business to a group of health care professionals last week.
Government distributes $665,990 in grants The Yukon government's Arts Operating Funds will provide $665,990 to support the territory's music, theatre, dance, visual art and film sectors as well as community festival productions.
Filmmaker has brought the Arctic to the screen, easel Artist and filmmaker Cory Trépanier will bring his art-adventure film to Whitehorse on the evening of May 31.

Klondikers settled in for a musical evening of madrigals May 12 was a busy musical day at St. Paul's Anglican Church, as the Whitehorse Community Choir arrived to fill the rafters with song.

Don't let the cool weather keep you from the garden In Amish folklore, as quoted by my in-laws many years ago, late spring snows were often called by various names.
Coming Right Up Lunch was on the police early last Friday afternoon
Ron James packed the Palace Grand with many a laugh ( Review ) Ron James is a very funny fellow and a very popular one, judging from the size of the audience in the Palace Grand Theatre last Friday evening.

Hunger Games: the second act is as good as the first ( Bookends ) The success of the movie based on the first volume of Collins' Hunger Games trilogy has guaranteed the production of a second, and most likely a third, film.
Anti-Ducks Unlimited remarks on CBC merit an apology Last week on CBC's The National, the subject of foreign sponsorship of organizations and businesses surfaced.
The digital revolution: four steps from the past to today DAWSON CITY – Less than two months after his Berton House residency in the winter, Dan Dowhal was back in Dawson as part of the Yukon Writers' Festival, travelling this time on behalf of the Yukon Public Libraries system.
Visitors Celebrate Special Day Students from Oyonnax, eastern France, attend the Yukon Francophonie Day celebration Tuesday at the MacBride Museum.
Yukon-based feature film project wins filmmakers' bursary Yukon-based feature film project wins filmmakers' bursary
An encounter with the Fiddleheads is a time enjoyed by all Fiddleheads were on the road last week, showcasing their latest work, Encounter: A Musical Fantasy.

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