Whitehorse Daily Star

February 17, 2011

• Chilly Greeting Dawson City residents awoke to a temperature bordering on -50 Wednesday
• Dawson needs land, say chamber, council Land seemed to be on everyone's mind at various meetings held here Feb. 9.
• Curious Critter One of Wasilla, Alaska musher Kelley Griffin's team
• Closing In On The Finnish Willow, Alaska musher Dallas Seavey leads the way toward the Fairbanks finish line of the 2011 Yukon Quest on Tuesday afternoon.
• Takhini Hot Springs rezoning bid is under study, Rouble says Takhini Hot Springs rezoning bid is under study, Rouble says
• Rare Winged Visitor his United States OC 135 B aircraft was at the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport this morning.
• Parks Canada closes Chilkoot Trail shortcut Parks Canada has formally closed the shortcut access trail known to Chilkoot Trail hikers as the Bare Loon cut-off, or simply the cut-off trail.
• ‘Fantastic snow, fantastic trail,' Quest musher Griffin enthuses This year's Yukon Quest trail, which wreaked havoc on many of the race's frontrunners,
• Communication called essential for planning Communication is key when it comes to community planning, says Jessie Hemphill.
• Officer probing prisoner's allegation seeks information The Alberta police officer investigating allegations of brutality against the Whitehorse RCMP is wrapping up his investigation.

February 16, 2011

• Quest checkpoint is staffed by eager volunteers It's a bit gloomy in the Visitor Information Centre on Front St. in Dawson on this day (last Friday).
• Quest leaders resolved to take it easy on the dogs As they prepared to leave the Two Rivers checkpoint just 72 kilometres from the Fairbanks finish line on Tuesday afternoon,
• ‘I guess I'm ready for the Iditarod': Quest champ Twenty-three-year-old Willow, Alaska resident Dallas Seavey made mushing history Tuesday night, becoming the youngest ever person to win the Yukon Quest International Dog Sled Race.
• Frostbite lineup will warm your musical heart ( Preview ) The Frostbite Music Festival is celebrating 33 years as the Yukon's premier winter music festival.
• Work on compost facility continues Work on a new 4,800-square-foot, $400,000 compost facility is continuing at the city's landfill.
• It appears stolen items have been recovered The Dawson City Generals jacket belonging to local hockey legend Kevin Anderson has been found – with everything in it.
• Audit ‘fairly damning': Mitchell Health and Social Services Minister Glenn Hart didn't want to talk about Auditor General Sheila Fraser's blunt assessment of his department's shortcomings, but opposition leaders had plenty to say.
• Officials failing to build business cases: Fraser Health and Social Services keeps inadequate health care records, has set no priorities or targets for itself and lacks a proper human resources plan,

February 15, 2011

• Ready To Compete Team Yukon arrives
• Future growth sparks need for health services master plan A new joint venture could see significant changes to the way the Whitehorse General Hospital (WGH) campus looks and functions.
• Black Street contract awarded Work on fixing up Black Street from Fourth Avenue to the escarpment can officially begin
• Dogs were no match for summit's shrieking winds At 5:30 p.m. Monday, before it's known that one-time Yukon Quest front runner Hugh Neff has scratched from the Yukon Quest,
• Blizzard, loss of dog strip lead musher of Quest dream Former front runner Hugh Neff has scratched,
• Northwestel completes upgrade of Yukon voice mail sysm Northwestel Inc, says it has increased the quality of its voice mail service by completing the Yukon portion of a $1.6-million voice mail improvement project.
• Our Towns Our Future responses due Friday Yukoners have just four more days to let the territory and Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) know what they think about municipal services and how those services should be provided.
• How the cost of Yukoners' power breaks down Residential customers in the Yukon are currently paying 12.1 cents per kilowatt hour for the first 1,000 kwh or fewer, a category which captures about 70 per cent of the residential demand.
• More green energy needed to support mine Yukon Energy will need more renewable energy if it wants to supply a proposed gold mine without relying on diesel generation, says the corporation's president.
• Residents will get their say on lot rezoning A 6-1 vote by city council Monday night has paved the way for city residents to have their say on the proposed rezoning of 609 Drury St. back to residential.
• Whitehorse RCMP probe shooting of family pet A Wolf Creek family was devastated Sunday when their beloved pet dog was shot with a .22-calibre firearm.