Whitehorse Daily Star

February 26, 2016

• Myth and Medium highlighted in Dawson this week Tying in with a week that features Heritage Day in the Yukon, Dawson has been reverberating to the sounds of storytelling, singing, drama and discussion about all those things at the 2016 edition of the bi-annual Myth and Medium conference.
• Young Scientist in Training Kamara Lockington
• Introducing the book version of George Gently ( Bookends ) Alan Hunter may have wanted to be a poet. Certainly his first book was something called The Norwich Poems, after which there were no more published books until 1955, when the one I’m reviewing this week appeared.
• Ricco Pet Of The Week

February 24, 2016

• Preparing The Production Lia Fabre Dimsdale and Daniel Hagar are collaborating on a story about a youth moving to Whitehorse from Pelly Crossing.

February 19, 2016

• Scientists Under The Microscope Saturday The annual Yukon/Stikine Regional Science Fair competition will take place tomorrow at Yukon College.
• Frostbite's Rebirth Paris Seymour performs with the Ukes of Hazard last Friday at the Frostbite Music Festival.
• Lending A Hand Well-known Yukon artist Jim Robb was the brain behind the Yukon Quest’s 2016 race poster.
• A first peek into the world of the expanse ( Bookends ) Every so often, a television series will send me off to look at the written work that inspired it.
• Checkers Pet Of The Week

February 15, 2016

• Ice And Warmth Yukon government employees with Environment Yukon played a game of shinny Friday with a Hawaiian flavour.

February 12, 2016

• Keeping An Eye On The Race Faith Campbell, left, Kaelynn Tessier, Connor Seymore, and Titus Castillon are part of the Selkirk Elementary School class following the Yukon Quest.
• The estate where time stands still, except when it doesn’t ( Bookends ) Dean Koontz has been developing Odd (his actual first name) Thomas since 2003, and has featured him in eight novels, three graphic novels, a movie and a four-chapter web-based drama.
• Expansion to Yukon Archives to proceed as planned The Yukon government is moving ahead with plans to expand storage vault space at the Yukon Archives.
• Advanced Artist Award supports another 13 artists The territorial Advanced Artist Award is providing $75,000 for 13 Yukon artists’ projects, which include a book of poetry, a dance festival and art education.
• Yukon Brewing to launch whisky Afer a seven-year wait, Yukon Brewing will launch its first foray into whisky on Saturday in Whitehorse.
• Goose Pet Of The Week

February 11, 2016

• Checking Out Sugar Content As the annual Yukon/Stikine Regional Science Fair Competition looms on Feb. 20 at Yukon College,
• Arts Fund supports new creative work Ten organizations across the territory have been awarded $134,285 from the Arts Fund’s September intake to support the creation of new artistic projects and workshops.

February 10, 2016

• The Fair's Youngest Entrant Kindergarten student Corvis Johnstone grew a black bean plant for his science project entry in the recent Golden Horn Elementary School Science Fair.
• Beautiful Creations Members of the Heart of Riverdale Community Centre Art Exploration class are seen with their pieces for a show at the Yukon Arts Centre Youth Gallery.
• Beautiful Creations Members of the Heart of Riverdale Community Centre Art Exploration class are seen with their pieces for a show at the Yukon Arts Centre Youth Gallery.

February 9, 2016

• Folk Society Coffee House Photo Spread

February 8, 2016

• Poring Over History The Yukon Archives held an Archives à la Carte event last Thursday evening.

February 5, 2016

• Golden Horn Elementary School Science Fair Photo Spraed
• After a strong opening, this book stumbles a bit ( Bookends ) Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child are that rare thing: a really successful writing team.
• Kodak Pet Of The Week