Whitehorse Daily Star

May 1, 2015

• This packsack could save your life in an avalanche A number of special avalanche air backpacks are relatively new to the backpack world.
• Now Playing The MAD (Music, Art and Drama) 11/12 class
• Performer Releases New CD Katie Avery performs
• An atheist grapples with matters of the spirit ( Bookends ) Andrew Pyper has accomplished something I didn’t think possible.
• Bella and Bowen Pet of The Week

April 29, 2015

• Music For A Cause Claire Ness entertains at last Sunday’s tea party staged by the Children’s Wish Foundation’s B.C. and Yukon Chapter.
• Tomatoes offer a variety of options for growing If you haven’t started your tomato plants yet and you are a backyard gardener,
• Musician Kim June Johnson loves to tell stories Between April 8 and 21, Kim June Johnson took the last of the Home Routes House Concert series through the Yukon and N.W.T.,

April 28, 2015

• Young authors read to their peers to close off conference The second day (last Friday) of the 2015 Young Authors’ Conference began with the exciting news that one of the authors,

April 27, 2015

• Bursary Awarded Amanda Dendys of Whitehorse receives a Quest for Excellence® Bursary Program scholarship of $1,000,

April 24, 2015

• The Chosen One Joyce Majiski, centre,
• The great dinosaur puzzle is finally resolved As a young teenager, I was entranced with the dinosaur and the “what, why, when and where?”
• Live Words 2015 kicks off Yukon Writers’ Festival Live Words,
• Chaos and woe are misdirections in this mystery ( Bookends ) Louise Penny’s work falls slightly to one side of the sub-genre called “cozy mysteries”.
• Tazz Pet Of The Week

April 23, 2015

• Author felt right at home in Dawson City Susan Musgrave,

April 22, 2015

• Dedicated Service Honoured Last Friday, the Association of Yukon School Councils, Boards and Committees
• Arts society board is challenged to find superlatives The south wall of the Odd Fellows Hall ballroom told much of the story for those who attended this year’s annual general meeting of the Dawson City Arts Society (DCAS) on April 9.

April 21, 2015

• Tourism industry honours its own in Dawson City The Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon’s (TIAY’s) spring conference concluded last Saturday evening with a gala dinner at Diamond Tooth Gerties.

April 20, 2015

• Write wherever you are: Susan Musgrave “I think that technology is ruining our lives,” said Susan Musgrave

April 17, 2015

• Recycling club promotes waste diversion among youth Community Services Minister Currie Dixon presented the 2014/15 Yukon Recycling Club grand prizes to the winners in their classrooms earlier this month.
• What is the most invasive species on the planet? What really is an invasive species?
• ‘I passionately believe that stories are who we are’ Dramaturg, director, educator, fiction and screenwriter, journalist, co-founder and managing artistic director of Gwaandak Theatre, Patti Flather has been keen on words and writing ever since she was a child.
• On The Stage This Weekend Cannibal:
• What happens when the future intrudes on the past ( Bookends ) This novel begins in the early part of the 21st century, in 2021.
• Rocco Pet Of The Week