Whitehorse Daily Star

January 19, 2012

• New phone directory deadline is imminent The deadline to add or change telephone directory listings is Feb.1, Northwestel Inc. said today.
• Chimney As A Weather Monitor The crown surrounding this chimney in Dawson City is an infallible cold weather indicator,
• Filipino Channel comes to the North The award-winning Filipino Channel (TFC) is now available to digital cable subscribers in Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Fort Nelson, B.C., Northwestel Inc. said Monday.
• Boning Up On Archeology Yukon government archeologist Grant Zazula,
• Residents help plan for a sustainable future Slightly more than 80 people filed into the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Community Hall on a frigid Wednesday morning
• Show Goes Tonight Youth in the Extremely Moving Youth Society's and Leaping Feats Creative Dance Works' Go Nuts!
• Avalanche Awareness Days event set for Saturday The Yukon Avalanche Association and Parks Canada are celebrating a milestone in their public avalanche safety work with Avalanche Awareness Days.
• Man's conduct nets a jail term A Yukoner has been sentenced to three years behind bars after threatening patrons at the Kopper King bar and then returning with a gun.
• Company reveals new finding on Yukon property Northern Freegold has announced a new resource finding on its Freegold Mountain property in south-central Yukon.
• Yukon's music industry receives sound support The territorial Film and Sound Commission is providing $18,000 toward the development of six artists' careers through the Yukon Sound Recording Program.
• Thousands were left huddling in the dark Some 4,000 customers of Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. lost power Wednesday evening, some of whom were out for three hours as the mercury hovered at –40.
• RCMP scoring higher in Yukoners' esteem Seventy-eight per cent of Yukoners believe RCMP officers demonstrate professionalism at work, according to a new national survey released last week.
• Inquest into Mountie's death will take place in Whitehorse The territory's chief coroner has announced plans to hold an inquest into the 2010 drowning of an RCMP constable in the Stewart River near Mayo.

January 18, 2012

• A warm thought: it's not too cold to start growing seeds indoors The cold temperatures we have been having of late is the best time to curl up with a good seed catalogue or two or three to see what's new for spring.
• Did you know? On the trail of local history! Ed. note: these historic items, submitted by the Whitehorse History Book Society, are published every second Wednesday.
• Climate centre plans think tank for next Monday The Cold Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC) at Yukon College is hoping to show that great minds can think together.
• YECL can't explain transformer failure Power to the downtown area was fully restored by 4 p.m. Tuesday, says the spokeswoman for Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd.
• Last Chance To Catch Show As they did Tuesday evening,
• Claims number shattered record The number of quartz mining claims staked last year hit a new record, according to year-end statistics for 2011.
• Premier unenthused over how health funding deal presented Although Premier Darrell Pasloski won't say whether he supports the new federal health funding plan,
• Cadmium, zinc levels prompt more well checks The Yukon government is upping its monitoring of the community well in Keno City after high levels of cadmium and zinc were found in the ground water during the ongoing mine reclamation work.
• Liquor corporation pours money into teen safety program The Yukon government has offered a three-year funding grant to help address issues of alcohol use and other risky behaviour among the territory's youth.
• Cold brings complications for airlines This week's cold snap has caused trouble for the Yukon's two airlines.
• Numbing weather is expected to break Sunday The coldest weather so far this winter settled over the territory this week,

January 17, 2012

• Longstanding business changes hands The Carcross Corner restaurant, convenience store and gas bar has been sold, according to veteran realtor Terry Bergen of Coldwell Banker.
• Cold Captures The Capital Golden Horn Mountain backdrops Whitehorse on Sunday
• Grants to help fund performers' international travel plans Breakdancing group Groundwork Sessions, musicians Kim Barlow and Sarah MacDougall and snow sculptors Donald Watt and Michael Lane have been awarded grants through the territorial Touring Artist Fund.
• Exhibit Debuts Untrue North opened last Thursday at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Downtowners endure long power outage Power to parts of the downtown were out this afternoon for some two hours or more following an equipment failure at the Shipyards Park substation.
• Athletics Yukon praises council for work on trails The city is to be commended for the ongoing improvements to its network of trails, says the director of trail running for Athletics Yukon.
• City pound broken into In another example of needless destruction, the City of Whitehorse's animal pound was broken into last weekend, Mayor Bev Buckway said Monday afternoon.
• The Show Will Go On Photo Spread
• Next Berton House writers unveiled The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced the next four writers to attend the Berton House Writers' Retreat, Canada's most northern author residency program.
• Roundtable will delve into adolescents' risk-taking The Porter Creek Secondary School Council will host a roundtable discussion on adolescent risk-taking behaviour tomorrow evening in the school's library.
• Rescued skier had to be carried from cabin Four people are recovering at home after being rescued by an RCMP helicopter Monday following a weekend in Whitehorse's chilly winter weather.
• YouTube videos mock NDP leader A series of YouTube videos attempting to slam the NDP has Yukoners wondering who is behind the gag.
• Downtown residents resist potential development A proposed eight-plex condo unit on Ogilvie Street would detract from the old town character of the downtown, city council heard at its meeting Monday night.