Whitehorse Daily Star

January 27, 2011

• Local activities are marking National Family Literacy Day The TD Family Literacy Centre invited all Yukoners to join in the festivities and play at the Canada Games Centre this afternoon.
• Airport Invasion Three Air North aircraft are seen at Vancouver's airport Tuesday
• Community health centres enter digital era Every community health centre in the Yukon is now wired for computed radiology.
• Return Engagement Nina Arsenault will perform Like a Barbie this evening at the Yukon Arts Centre
• Northwestel skates into special hockey day plans Northwestel Inc. will assist with next month's Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada events in Whitehorse and Dawson City.
• Preparing To Tickle The Tastebuds TV celebrity Chef Lynn Crawford (centre) works with Yukon College students Tahara Simard (left) and Janelle Hagar (right) this morning.
• Police, bureau team up to tackle fraud The RCMP and the Competition Bureau have announced the launch of the National Mass Marketing Fraud Strategy.
• Extreme Arctic Adventure lived up to its name Participants in this year's Fulda Extreme Arctic Adventure were tested by almost continual temperatures between -40 and -45 C.
• City hears from residents on capital budget While residents weren't ready to speak directly to council on the proposed capital budget for this year, they had no problem writing in their thoughts on the budget to the city.
• Spending cuts coming, opposition predicts The Star predicted a hefty deficit, as did the opposition parties, but nearly a year later, and with territorial spending overshooting 2010/2011 budget predictions by more than $98 million, the Yukon government remains in denial mode.

January 26, 2011

• The paper book's obituary is premature ( Uffish Thoughts ) To paraphrase Mark Twain's comments about his premature obituary, I believe the reports concerning the death of the paper book are greatly exaggerated.
• An Evening Of Jazz Jesse Cahill, right, and Jodi Proznick, with the Tilden Webb Trio, back up Gary Smulyan and Joe Magnarlli from New York
• A tuna quiche, paired with the perfect beverage A tuna quiche, paired with the perfect beverage
• Mr. and Mrs. Yukon: a pair of familiar faces Lorne and June Raymond of Whitehorse will represent the territory as the iconic Mr. and Mrs. Yukon 2011
• The Finest In Fashions The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Queens are seen at last Saturday's annual fashion show at the Yukon Inn.
• College students lend a hand to Hands of Hope Yukon College's students' union hosted a fund-raiser for overseas literacy this afternoon and will match donations made by the student body.
• Yukon research centre leads mission to Europe The Yukon Research Centre of Excellence (YRCE), with the support of the Yukon government and Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, is undertaking a tour to the European Union (EU).
• Renowned chef to assist foundation fund-raiser The Yukon Hospital Foundation will present the third annual Epicurious, Gourmet Food Festival tomorrow to bolster its campaign to purchase a Magnetic Resonance Imaging – or MRI – machine for Whitehorse General Hospital.
• Maiden Flight Touches Down Air North's Boeing 737-500 touches down at Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport on Tuesday afternoon.
• Tories to preside over contested nomination Ryan Leef is the second person to declare his candidacy for the Yukon's federal Conservative nomination, and says the challenge ahead will be tougher than his forays into mixed-martial arts cage fighting.
• Alternative energy is high on YEC's agenda Nuclear power is out, but garbage from the Whitehorse landfill may be in.
• City staff not keen on kennel proposal Opponents to a kennel in the Mary Lake subdivision may get what they asked for if city council follows a staff recommendation to not allow the operation out of 5 Iris Place.
• Post violated CBC's guidelines, suit claims A safety inspector is suing the national broadcaster for publishing what he says is a personally insulting and professionally damaging attack on its web comment board.

January 25, 2011

• Canada Post helps out the MRI campaign Canada Post employees recognize the value of a healthy body
• Safety society has local chapter The Yukon now has a chapter of the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE), which the society says means more safety training and networking opportunities for residents of the territory.
• On Stage This Evening Celia McBride (right) and Dave Haddock will appear in Fragments by Tanya Marquardt at The Old Fire Hall tonight.
• Java junkies urged to spread kindness The Yukon Circle of Change, which promotes positive social change through acts of kindness,
• Bank Gets Fresh Face Allen Moffatt, centre, and Chris Blaker put up a net around the Scotiabank door last Friday.
• Opposition MLAs are attending roundup Three members of the Liberal caucus are attending this week's Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver.
• New accounting rules for city put in place The city's more than $300-million surplus might make it seem like it's financially well-off.
• Getting Ready For The Fun Parks Canada employees take advantage of the current warm spell to work on the shinny rink by the SS Klondike Monday morning.
• Parolee is returned to jail cells A Yukon man recently released from federal prison is back behind bars after a woman was assaulted on New Year's Eve.
• Airline's latest acquisition takes to the skies Air North's newest member of its fleet left Vancouver shortly after noon today on the regular schedule to Whitehorse.
• Highway work won't be contracted out: YTG The Yukon government has no plans to privatize the maintenance of the Dempster Highway, says Allan Nixon, the territory's assistant deputy minister of Transportation.
• Couple seeks to retain their home's equity For more than half a century, Tamara Goeppel's parents have been at home near the clay cliffs at 609 Drury St.