Whitehorse Daily Star

March 10, 2014

• Sensational Sounds The Jazz Kids Jazz Hands Project,

March 7, 2014

• Nursery rhymes don't tell the truth about the wolf Nursery rhymes don't tell the truth about the wolf
• A grandfather's bequest sends young man up a mountain ( Bookends ) Shared universe series are not a new thing.
• Art can be a path to personal healing, carver finds For Ross River's Dennis Shorty and his partner, Jennifer Froehling, art is a healing activity.

March 5, 2014

• Soir de Semaine is celebrating 10 years of shows The Francophone group Soir de Semaine will celebrate 10 years of concerts at 7 p.m. March 11 at The Old Fire Hall in Whitehorse.
• Three shows to open Thursday as part of hill-top art crawl Field Notes and Friends, an exhibit by Yukon artist Nicole Bauberger of 30 oil paintings and 44 encaustic panels from her 100 Dresses projects, will open at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Hilltop Bistro at Yukon College, with Bauberger on hand.
• Paul Kane and the struggle between authenticity and art During his lifetime and for many years after, the paintings and sketches of Paul Kane were thought to be the epitome of first-hand,

February 28, 2014

• The use of pesticides and insecticides must be regulated in Yukon The use of pesticides and insecticides must be regulated in Yukon
• Myth and Medium set to explore importance of art and culture This is the first year that the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Heritage Department's Myth and Medium event can live up to its promotion and actually be biennial.
• Extremely Moving Youth Society gets set for trip to L.A. Will the moves of nearly 40 dancers from the Yukon be enough to capture the attention of talk show host Ellen Degeneres?
• A writer's search for the roots of depression and suicide The title of James FitzGerald's memoir/history/detective story says a lot. What was there in his family's past that needed to be redeemed?

February 26, 2014

• Longtime Yukoner helped colour up the 2014 Rendezvous Diana Mulloy recently contacted the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous office.
• Sound beginnings can equal a flourishing garden Now that Rendezvous and the Olympics are over, it's time to look ahead to the gardening season.

February 21, 2014

• Myth and Medium to be held next week in Dawson ( Review ) The 2014 edition of the bi-annual Myth and Medium symposium will take place Monday through Friday of next week, with a focus on the arts.
• Learning At The Conference Bringing Youth Toward Equality (BYTE )
• Delving into the realities of evolution and evasive species There are many ways to look at nature.
• Minister Attends Luncheon Jason Kenney, the federal Employment and Social Development minister,
• Taking another look at the odyssey of the Lost Patrol ( Bookends ) Kerry Karram's fascination with tales of Arctic survival, made evident in her earlier book,

February 20, 2014

• A Lively Discussion Bringing Youth Toward Equality (BYTE )

February 19, 2014

• Inhospitable climate failed to deter game performer Karyn Ellis just happened to pick the night Dawson City was the coldest inhabited place on the planet to hold a house concert.

February 17, 2014

• Exhibit Continues Seasons, by Glenda Mosher

February 14, 2014

• Make no mistake: the risks of fracking are very real I have received a lot of questions about how I feel towards fracking in the Yukon. It's not just fracking a well for oil or gas, as many things are related to that simple well.
• Teenaged dystopias rule the book racks these days ( Bookends ) It seems the current trend in young adult literature involves two things.
• Pro-Conservationists Have A Bash Hundreds of people attended last Sunday evening's fund-raiser for the court challenge of the Yukon government's new plan for the management of the Peel watershed.
• Future Berton House writers-in-residence named The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced the next four writers to attend the Berton House Writers' Retreat, Canada's most sought after residency program.