Whitehorse Daily Star: Living Archive

Living Archive

Relationship between natural world, human creation studied Rebekah Miller explores concepts of coverings, be it clothing, bark or skin in her exhibit Skins, currently on show at the ODD Gallery.

Scientists say enough is enough on Canadian boreal forests A Global conference was held in Baltimore last summer that resulted in a call from international environmental scientists for half of Canada's boreal forests to be protected from all kinds of development and that the remainder must be carefully managed to preserve and restore it's ecological integrity.
Ensemble of artists will represent Yukon culture at Arctic Winter Games Six young performing artists will represent Team Yukon's cultural contingent at the Arctic Winter Games in Fairbanks, Alaska in March 2014.
Birthdays of Burns and Service celebrated in food and verse The typical Double Bob Bash, held annually in Dawson since 1999, seems to feature a bakers' dozen or so lovers of the bards Burns and Service dashing inside from temperatures in the minus thirties or worse, with one or two of the men actually braving the weather in kilts.
Two months spent in the worlds of author Alice Munro ( Bookends ) You can't get through a career spent teaching high school English without bumping up against Alice Munro's work but, while I have taught several of her stories over the years, and read a few more, I haven't spent an intensive amount of time on her writing.

Battle of the Bands lineup announced for Friday's battle BYTE and Frostbite Music Festival are excited to announce a jam-packed lineup for this year's Battle of the Bands this Friday.
Cool Arts Elise Bousquet
The dirt on mixing a successful potting soil as the season approaches The dirt on mixing a successful potting soil as the season approaches

West Nile's virus responsible for American eagle deaths Breaking news out of Utah has shown the West Nile virus is responsible after research was conducted on a number of eagles found dead.
Taking the stage this evening Cliff Cardinal will perform in Huff this evening at the Yukon Arts Centre as part of the Nakai Pivot Festival
The Lincoln Lawyer finally rights a very old wrong The Lincoln Lawyer By Michael Connelly Grand Central Publishing

Successful performances Madi Dixon was among the performers Monday and Tuesday evenings in the MADnificent MADness variety show

Youth art exhibited Chris Rider and Tanyss Knowles are two of the BYTE staff who worked with youth in Old Crow and Inuvik on This is our Arctic

How our animals survive a long, cold Yukon winter I have been fortunate in having the opportunity of studying first-hand birds, fish and animals, and especially how they survive the winters.
Exhibit continues Marianna La Haye is one of the 10 artists featured in Cool Lust at Gallery 22 in Whitehorse
More about Roland the Gunslinger and his world The Wind Through the Keyhole (A Dark Tower Novel) by Stephen King
Pivot Festival to offer wide variety of fare Nakai Theatre is welcoming the Yukon Arts Centre as a full presenting partner to help create what it's calling the most ambitious Pivot Festival ever.

Film festival set for next month The 12th annual Available Light Film Festival 2014, set for Feb. 2-9
Look at some seed garden catalogues, think spring We are entering the time of year I like to think of as pre-spring
Faro artist exhibiting Faro artist Jay Hambleton opened Mother Mountains last Friday

A story where one bad move always leads to another ( Bookends ) Some people will tell you that you should write about what you know.
Donations Flow To Continue Rotarian Steve Lee delivers the first part of the Whitehorse Midnight Sun Rotary Club's $2,200 food contribution to the Whitehorse Food Bank in late November.
This group helps safeguard firearms owners' interests If you have ever wondered what the government is doing with Bill C-68, the registry information as well as what is happening with other folks like many of us who are legal firearm owners across Canada,

Project purged author of his childhood fears James FitzGerald, the most recent Berton House writer-in-residence, spent his early career working in the book publishing field and as a journalist, writing for a variety of Canadian newspapers and magazines.
Project purged author of his childhood fears James FitzGerald, the most recent Berton House writer-in-residence, spent his early career working in the book publishing field and as a journalist, writing for a variety of Canadian newspapers and magazines.

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