Whitehorse Daily Star

January 23, 2015

• You’ll be blown away by these cancer danger labels I’m convinced that most people do not read the warning labels on many of the products they use.
• Bruce Cockburn’s still kicking at the darkness ( Bookends ) This is not your standard rock and roll memoir.
• Burning Daylight lit up the Odd Fellows Hall Grand piano and two cellos are an unusual arrangement for a folk trio,
• Juanita Pet Of The Week

January 21, 2015

• Mild weather conjures visions of growing season With the warmer-than-normal January weather, I sense that more than one enthusiastic gardener is ready to get out the seeds and start planting.

January 20, 2015

• Celebrating the Bards in both food and verse The two Roberts, Burns and Service, share the same month for their birthdays, though they are just over 114 years apart in time.

January 16, 2015

• Guild Society takes on some thought-provoking fare The Guild Society’s third production of the season heads into something truly meaty, and truly now this month.
• Learning from wildlife is a never-ending experience Each day at daybreak, we throw some dog food out for the ravens, mainly for one which has been in our backyard for eight years now.
• International intrigue comes to the Klondike ( Bookends ) 1898 was an exceptionally busy year in the Klondike.
• 'Go Nuts' On Tonight The Extremely Moving Youth Society and Breakdancing Yukon Society will present Go Nuts at at 7:00 this evening at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Yukon audiences to see one man, many voices Trace, a performance and interactive installation co-created by Tristan R. Whiston, will take the stages in Whitehorse and Dawson City later this month.
• Abby Pet Of The Week

January 14, 2015

• Celebrating With Pizzazz The Dakhká Khwá an Dancers

January 9, 2015

• Oh, dear, oh, dear ... presenting more on deer Now that heading takes me back to some public speaking days.
• Presenting all of Yukon Sport in one big package ( Bookends ) I’m kidding John Firth when I tell him that I’m getting my exercise in December by lifting and reading his new book, but he agrees with me immediately.
• Judy Pet Of The Week

January 7, 2015

• It’s -30, but you can still plan this year’s garden I recently read a quote from a Marie Huston, who said: “The gardening season officially begins on January 1st and ends on December 31.”
• Musician announces tour dates in support of Burning Daylight The Christine Fellows Trio (featuring cellists Alex McMaster and Leanne Zacharias) is set to premiere Burning Daylight to audiences in the Yukon later this month.

January 6, 2015

• Picking The Winners Alana Dene assists John Robbins by drawing the winning tickets in the Habitat For Humanity draw last Wednesday at Mic Mac Toyota.

January 5, 2015

• Here You Go Mayor Dan Curtis (right)
• Accomplishments Honoured Shyloh van Delft (centre)

January 2, 2015

• The complex science of wildlife management For most species of wildlife, from fish to mammals to birds, winter means a war of nature.
• In the Yukon, elk can’t read and moose hog the road ( Uffish Thoughts ) Clearly, the elk living on the Klondike Highway north of the Braeburn Lodge can’t read.
• Colourful Extravaganza The Canada World Youth Whitehorse/Pulau Pramuka Exchange participants hosted a cultural show Tuesday evening
• Death in a literary vein: an intriguing read ( Bookends ) Since Cormoran Strike solved the mystery of supermodel Lucy Landry’s murder, a death that everyone else was convinced was a suicide, the one-legged private investigator’s career has been on the rise.
• Joseph Pet Of The Week