Whitehorse Daily Star

January 11, 2012

• Start 2012 with a trailblazing style of sumptuous recipes! A home-made pizza with three cheeses, walnuts and herbs, matched with a Sicilian red wine.
• Rotary Club, sports business donate socks to Outreach Van The Rendezvous Rotary Club has teamed up with Coast Mountain Sports and Icebreaker to provide the No Fixed Address Community Outreach Van with nearly 100 pairs of wool socks for those in need in Whitehorse.
• Gerry Couture Stewardship Award winner unveiled The winner of this year's Gerry Couture Stewardship Award is Robert Moar, the Yukon Conservation Society has announced.
• CBC's The Current comes to Whitehorse Tyson Kakakaway was 17 years old when his girlfriend got pregnant. He soon began taking courses, trying to teach himself how to be a responsible father.
• Rendezvous adds ‘Superstar' event The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous (YSR) Society and Yukon Energy have a new addition to the festival called "Superstar”.
• Ex-Yukon officer headed to Senate A former Whitehorse RCMP officer was appointed a federal senator last week.
• Councillors' and staff's wandering ways queried City council should be more cautious with its spending on travel, Coun. Betty Irwin suggested at Monday night's meeting.
• Names of deadbeat property owners to be published soon Whitehorse property owners who haven't paid their taxes have until the end of the day Tuesday if they want to avoid having their names published next week.
• Offender's sentencing put off until Jan. 19 A Victoria man will have to wait another week to find out how long he'll spend behind bars after admitting to a slew of violent and drug-related offences here and in Newfoundland.
• Driver is charged in wake of former local musician's death Charges have been laid more than a year after a B.C. collision killed a popular Whitehorse musician.

January 10, 2012

• Northwestel fixes problem with Bell cell phone tower A problem with a Bell Canada cell phone tower on Haeckel Hill in Whitehorse has been fixed.
• Liberal leader sets out expectations for 2012 With an eye toward weathering another possible global economic recession, the Yukon government's top priority for 2012 should be to maintain a strong economy, interim Liberal Leader Darius Elias said Monday.
• CRTC order prompts mixed reactions Following a ruling last month that effectively broke up the company's monopoly over local phone service,
• Forum to explore unstudied stories of ‘invisible fathers' Canada's aboriginal fathers will be the focal point of a special CBC radio town hall set for 7:00 this evening at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• A make-believe university lured engineering students A fictional Yukon university brought the Canadian Federation of Engineering Students (CFES) conference to Whitehorse this year.
• Ten-year sentence sought for offender A 22-year-old B.C. man pleaded guilty to a series of violent and drug-related charges Monday in Yukon Supreme Court .
• Multi-unit housing developments proposed City council is being asked to approve two multi-unit housing developments downtown requiring special permission from city hall.
• City asked to help fill urgent housing need There is a desperate need for housing to support locals taking treatment for HIV and hepatitis C, city council heard Monday night.

January 9, 2012

• City announces lights tour winners Four households have been recognized as this year's winners of the City Lights Tour, Mayor Bev Buckway announced this week.
• Shuffling Into Rendezvous Snowshoe Shufflers Tricky Vicky, Black Jack Jane, Sourtoe Sam and Lucky Strike Lindsay (left to right)
• Correction In last Thursday's paper,
• Rustling Up Some Grub Dan Swanson, Colin Javorsky, Sue Clarke and Sara-Lee Edmonds (left to right)
• First Night celebration was heavily attended More than 2,000 people turned out to the City of Whitehorse's Family First Night celebration, Mayor Bev Buckway said Friday.
• Repaired centre marks first month of full activities The Canada Games Centre (CGC) has been fully operational for one month now, says Mayor Bev Buckway.
• Pioneer called an inspiration for preserving history Funeral services for Yukon pioneer John Gould, who died on Boxing Day, were held at St. Mary's Catholic Church on Saturday.
• Dump reopens after blaze The city landfill re-opened to the general public Saturday morning and the weigh scales were back in operation for commercial traffic that afternoon.
• First Nation picks new chief Charlie Eikland Jr. has been elected the new chief of the White River First Nation using the preferential election method. Ballots were counted Friday.
• Outgoing chair pleased with campus improvements Securing more land is one of the most critical issues for Yukon College, according to both the school's incoming and outgoing chair.