Whitehorse Daily Star

November 25, 2015

• Young Talent At The Keyboard Jamie Phillips-Freedman performs at last Wednesday evening’s 2015 Commissioner’s Youth Showcase Performance at The Old Fire Hall.
• African violet: a beautiful, long-lasting houseplant Despite the shortening days and the often cloudy weather, my African violet plant is flowering profusely.

November 24, 2015

• A Family Affair Hundreds of people attended last Saturday’s Skookum Santa Breakfast
• Student Receives Certificate Margaret Ann Fekete

November 23, 2015

• Taking The Stage Kayleigh Poleman was one of the performers at last Wednesday evening’s 2015 Commissioner’s Youth Showcase Performance at The Old Fire Hall.
• Standing Up To Bullying F.H. Collins Secondary School students dressed in pink and pledged to stop bullying Friday.

November 20, 2015

• It’s not the guns that pull the trigger Since the age of 13, I have been shooting guns.
• Bidding Continues Yukon artist Halin de Repentigny has donated his painting Where To Meet the Horizon (above) to the cause of raising money to bring a family of 10 Syrian refugees to the Yukon.
• This mystery is definitely slow to develop ( Bookends ) Names do matter a lot, especially in fiction.
• A Colourful Spectacle The Dakká Khwáan Dancers
• 24 Hour Play Making Cabaret set for Dec. 3 For 24 hours, a set of intrepid play makers locked themselves away in rooms at the Coast Mountain High Country Inn with the writing materials of their choice – and nothing to do but let creativity devour their brains.
• Canel Pet Of The Week

November 19, 2015

• Hillcrest has Little Free Library for kids After the success of its Little Free Library installed two years ago,

November 13, 2015

• Exploring global evolution and climate change There are many ways to look at nature. It can be done with tunnel vision or through science.
• Engaging in an extreme act of remembrance ( Bookends ) When Mark Zuehlke was at Berton House in 2003, he had finished writing a series of popular history books about the Canadian efforts in the Italian campaign during the Second World War.
• Residents honour those who served our country It would be a rare Remembrance Day that would not see the Robert Service School gym packed with citizens filling all the chairs and lining the walls for this community celebration.
• Diga Pet Of The Week

November 6, 2015

• The tale of the redneck vs. the magistrate Being a conservation officer was one of best times of my life.
• This inheritance turns out to be a mixed blessing ( Bookends ) It’s been almost two years since I read The Lincoln Lawyer (2005), the first of the Mickey Haller novels.
• Bodi Pet Of The Week

November 2, 2015

• Early winter trip notes from a nervous driver ( Uffish Thoughts ) The road was clean, clear and dry as I approached the northbound wreck on my latest trip to Whitehorse.

October 30, 2015

• Murder and mystery at the Top of the World ( Bookends ) R.E. Donald’s latest mystery begins in 1972 in the Yukon, near Johnson’s Crossing.
• Don’t panic, calmly analyze and smartly survive I received a question on how to prepare for an emergency survival situation.
• First Nation, council receive first poppies This year, prior to Remembrance Day, the Dawson branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is inaugurating what it hopes will become an annual event for this time of the year.
• Max Pet Of The Week

October 28, 2015

• Theatre company plans to engage Watson Lake students WIT (Whitehorse Independent Theatre), the city’s latest addition to the theatre scene,
• Plant names have germinated fascinating history Now that the gardening season is over, what better time to spend one’s time reading about gardening?