Whitehorse Daily Star

January 24, 2011

• Show Continues Open Season Intermigration and the Resulting Cultural Landscape
• Renowned Musicians Perform New York musicians Joe Magnarlli (right) and Gary Smulyan perform with the Tilden Webb Trio on Sunday at Jazz on the Wing.
• MacDonald Road site zoning changed A 2,000-metre chunk of Commissioner's land next to 45 MacDonald Rd. has been rezoned to Service Industrial from Greenbelt.
• Corrections In the 1989 Yukon election, Tony Penikett held onto his slim majority government, created through Danny Joe's 1987 byelection win.
• Gatt's Grub Veteran musher Hans Gatt
• Ministers at Mineral Exploration Roundup The successes and opportunities in the Yukon's minerals industry are forefront at the annual Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference which began today in Vancouver.
• Minister cautious about positive caribou numbers Environment Minister John Edzerza is recommending continuing caution around the management of the Porcupine caribou herd.
• Safety building expected to last 100 years It's the sculpture of a firefighter that greets visitors coming into the new Whitehorse Public Safety Building.
• Weather triggered power failures Weather is being blamed for a handful of power outages over the weekend.
• Sustainability campaign set for next month Did you know?
• First Nations, union announce major MOU The Public Service Alliance of Canada wants to protect its turf in the Yukon and two First Nations want more leverage when negotiating with the territorial government.

January 21, 2011

• Let's act against CWD before it's too late Bat death update
• Literary, visual, performing artists awarded grants The Yukon government's latest Advanced Artist Awards will provide $39,925 toward 10 projects developed by literary, visual and performing artists, it was announced Tuesday.
• Two little girls in strange situations ( Bookends ) Lou didn't mean to get lost in the Yukon wilderness. In fact, she didn't even know exactly how she got there.
• Wright and The Wrongs: on the right track ( Preview ) Old-time country music star Luther Wright will be bringing his brand of twangy tunes north this weekend, for a month of touring the Yukon and Alaska.
• Hollywood power struggles mount the local stage ( Reveiw ) Another theatre company has entered the fray of Whitehorse's already packed roster of plays, giving local theatre buffs one more reason to give up the warmth of home for the heat of the house lights.
• Firefighters spent all night at $200,000 blaze A house fire in the new Whitehorse Copper subdivision Wednesday night caused about $200,000 in damage, says Whitehorse fire chief Clive Sparks.
• Chamber readies for Mineral Roundup Representatives of the Yukon Chamber of Mines, on behalf of its 400-plus members, will attend the 28th Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver.
• Legion's operators looking for more users The local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is hoping more people in Whitehorse will see its building on Steele Street as more of a community centre bringing people together than a club there only for armed forces members and veterans.
• Four Ingram lots progressing Four new residential properties in the Ingram subdivision are closer to hitting the market after city council's approval of first reading of a bylaw to transfer part of its utility lot in the neighbourhood to the Yukon government.
• Mine gears up to full commercial production Alexco Resource Corp. announced earlier this month its Bellekeno mine and mill operation is in full commercial production.
• City approves grants over one councillor's opposition City council has approved its final grant numbers for 2010, but it did not come without one dissenting voice on council.
• Local woman continues long road to recovery When doctors told Jess Frotten she would never walk again, she decided to prove them wrong.
• Winning effort: ‘How the North Defines Canada' Ed. note: Miriam Moore, a 17-year-old student at Vanier Catholic Secondary School, wrote the following essay.
• Trudeau helps rally local youth, fill Bagnell's coffers He's got Hollywood looks and a gold-plated political lineage and on Thursday,
• Caribou survey:‘This is very good news' The Porcupine caribou herd is not in a nosedive.

January 20, 2011

• Northwestel replaces protection package Northwestel Inc. has replaced its firewall computer protection package with a new, all-in-one security package.
• Helping Out The Dancers Blake Lepine works on a piece at the Sundog Carving Studio last week.
• No medical practitioners are at jail There are currently no nurses or doctors at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre so inmates needing medical attention this week will be taken directly to the hospital, according to a memo sent out to senior corrections officers Wednesday.
• It's Fine To Sign Ruth Borgfjord gets signed by Jessica Hickman
• City council adopts comprehensive zones The rules of building in the city's comprehensive zones have changed with council's vote Monday evening to approve the final two readings of zoning amendments.
• Four-Legged Shopper? Coyotes have become more numerous recently in Whitehorse.
• Fulda contestants were climbing the rock wall The Fulda Challenge Extreme Arctic Winter Adventure SUV convoy had arrived in a bone-chilling Dawson City by supper time Tuesday.
• Dawson restores subsidies to budget planning Three members of Dawson's council faced a standing room only crowd of between 30 and 40 at Wednesday's special meeting called to deal with a cluster of financial matters.
• Task force to explore local snowmobile use A task force reviewing the use of snow machines in the city officially got to work Wednesday afternoon with its first meeting.
• Opposition plans many queries on finances Opposition party leaders are reluctant to posit why the Yukon's MLAs are being recalled for the spring session in the middle of winter.