Yukon North Of Ordinary

News archive for July 24, 2009

Teenager faces charges after woman is stabbed

July 24, 2009 at 7:00 pm

A family dispute resulted in one Whitehorse woman spending last night in hospital and another in jail.

Community rallies to help injured barber

July 24, 2009 at 6:58 pm

Scissors, razors and the like all make the list of a barber's tools, but at the top of that list are a barber's hands, needed to use all those other tools.

Dog’s fate may land in the courts

July 24, 2009 at 6:54 pm

A group of concerned citizens has joined the Humane Society Yukon in its effort to save an abused dog from being put down.

CT scanner will ‘help our community’ Subscribers only

July 24, 2009 at 6:52 pm

In a case of out with the old and in with the new, Whitehorse General Hospital officials and the local medical community are singing the praises of the new $1.3-million CT scanner at the hospital.

Cadets exercise Freedom of the City Subscribers only

July 24, 2009 at 6:51 pm

Cadets and staff from the Whitehorse Cadet Summer Training Centre will march on city hall tomorrow to exercise their right to the Freedom of the City and to recognize a Century of Service by cadet instructor cadre (CIC) officers.

‘Equine world of the Yukon’ on display this weekend Subscribers only

July 24, 2009 at 6:47 pm

Tens of thousands of years ago, a short and stocky horse roamed the Yukon, but the little animal dwindled away to extinction, and for thousands of years, the Klondike had no horses.

Two more swine flu cases surface Subscribers only

July 24, 2009 at 6:44 pm

Two more swine flu cases in the Yukon were confirmed Thursday, bringing the number of affected in the territory to three since the global outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus was identified in April.

Council still weighing proposed daycare Subscribers only

July 24, 2009 at 6:34 pm

City staff are suggesting that a proposed rezoning allowing a daycare to operate out of a Takhini North home come forward with second and third readings, but with an amendment that would permit the child care centre as a secondary use.

Funding provided to determine feasibility of daycare centre Subscribers only

July 24, 2009 at 6:32 pm

Premier Dennis Fentie, also MLA for Watson Lake, announced a $19,294 Community Development Fund grant to the Watson Lake Daycare Society on Wednesday.

‘Never give up on a child’ was educator’s creed Subscribers only

July 24, 2009 at 6:28 pm

When the morning bell rings at Whitehorse Elementary this September, the man who opened up the school to students and families will no longer sit in the principal's office, but his legacy has staying power.