News archive for December 11, 2009
Bird’s misguided flight affected 14,000 people
December 11, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Evidence says it was some kind of bird that shorted out the entire Whitehorse-Aishihik-Faro electrical grid and its 14,000-plus customers late Thursday afternoon.
Dog’s death ‘really wrong, really unfair’
December 11, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Fred Edzerza and his family learned the hard way last week that once a dog becomes the city’s property, it may be gone for good.
The whiskey’s in the barrels; the waiting begins
December 11, 2009 at 4:40 pm
“Does it smell like moonshine?”
Correction Subscribers only
December 11, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Jesse Pickles was sentenced to six months’ probation and 20 hours’ community service Wednesday,
Proposed OCP changes stirring reservations Subscribers only
December 11, 2009 at 4:37 pm
It will likely be about another month before the city makes a formal public presentation on its proposed changes to the Official Community Plan(OCP).
Centre’s planned closure disappoints youth Subscribers only
December 11, 2009 at 4:34 pm
It’s just after 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Whitehorse Youth Centre downtown, home of the Boys and Girls Club drop-in centre, when teenagers start to trickle in.
Dawson rescinds employees’ seasonal break Subscribers only
December 11, 2009 at 4:31 pm
By a tie vote of two to two, with one member absent, Dawson council has voted not to extend to town staff an extended Christmas-to-New Year’s break that has been in place since 1998.
Migration patterns see fewer caribou taken Subscribers only
December 11, 2009 at 4:29 pm
It’s looking like migration patterns more than anything have pushed down the recent harvest of Porcupine caribou to below-average levels.
Movie rental store fades to black Subscribers only
December 11, 2009 at 4:26 pm
It seems financial troubles at North America’s second-largest movie store have come to roost in Whitehorse.
Merger bad idea, says WCB chair Subscribers only
December 11, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Workers’ compensation board chair Craig Tuton yesterday hit back against the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce,
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