Whitehorse Daily Star

January 19, 2011

• Strategy and cunning will be essential While everyone in town is talking about the upcoming Hockey Day in Canada,
• Celebrating First Nation performing artists On Saturday, Feb. 5, the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre will be hosting its annual Folklore Show.
• On Stage Tonight Photo Spread
• Showdown looms over seniors' utilities discount It appears that Dawson's town council will see many people and quite a few letters of protest at its next regular meeting on Jan. 26.
• Powered Up Yukon Energy is reporting that the current cold snap is causing it to run diesel generators
• Hockey Day festivities land territorial funding The local organizing committee for Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada formally thanked the Yukon government Monday for contributing $180,000 toward next month's events.
• Three arrested in RCMP drug bust A police bust in Takhini North landed three men in police custody last Friday.
• Judge reserves decision on judicial issue The slow slog toward a judicial review of the coroner's inquest into the police-custody death of a Carmacks man continues.
• Firefighters' contract ignites council discourse While city firefighters continue to work without a contract, the remaining city employees are now under new contracts council voted to ratify at its meeting Monday night.
• Aerial wolf-kills are futile: veteran biologist Some 15 years ago, at the height of the Aishihik wolf-kill, there was a small note posted conspicuously inside the entrance to Environment Yukon.
• Judge rejects bid to remove him from case The judge hearing a lawsuit filed against the territorial government by the francophone school board says he is not biased and has quashed a government appeal to have him removed from the case.
• MLAs summoned to house early The Yukon's MLAs will return to the legislature early this year, as Premier Dennis Fentie announced today the spring sitting will start Thursday, Feb. 3.
• Man seeks explanation for broken shoulder Whitehorse RCMP are calling for an independent body or police force to investigate another allegation of excessive use of force in the drunk tank.

January 18, 2011

• Investigation should be open to judge, family's lawyer says The family of Raymond Silverfox wants the entire RCMP investigation into the Carmacks man's death opened up to a judge's scrutiny.
• Pleasant Assignment Tourism and Culture Minister Elaine Taylor and Dr. Rainer Landwehr,
• College president looking forward to Trudeau address Yukon College president Terry Weninger is anticipating "a very vibrant and exciting experience for our students”
• Correction A story on infill development in last Friday's edition
• On The Prowl A coyote scrounges for food
• Report a game changer for police operations A review of the Yukon's police force has borne a host of recommendations which could fundamentally change the way the Mounties do business in the territory.
• Proposed kennel has neighbours growling A proposed kennel operation in Mary Lake would only add to an already existing dog problem in the neighbourhood, residents of the subdivision told city council Monday night.
• Yukon Historic Resources Fund supports local, Dawson projects The Yukon Historic Resources Fund is contributing $15,300 to five projects that further the preservation, interpretation and appreciation of the territory's historic resources.
• Aviation historian becomes territory's new administrator Bob Cameron, a local aviation historian and retired commercial pilot, was sworn in as the Yukon Administrator on Monday.
• Council vote settles Black Street saga A decision by city council Monday night has one Black Street resident continuing to worry about her neighbours who will not only be forced to pay a local improvement charge (LIC),

January 17, 2011

• Mirroring The Instructor Christopher ‘Lil' C' Toler teaches a class at the Leaping Feats dance studio on Sunday.
• YTG called deaf to prevailing watershed opinions Three organizations spearheading the pro-conservation pitch for the Peel watershed are again suggesting the Yukon government is out of touch on the issue.
• Feasting and Funding Eric Fekete clears a table during Sunday's brunch fundraiser at the Centre de la Francophonie.
• Valleyview greenhouse plan may start germinating tonight A piece of road in Valleyview could soon be closed off to make way for a community greenhouse.
• MacDonald Road property up for rezoning application With no one speaking out against the rezoning of 2,000 square metres of land next to a MacDonald Road property,
• They Write The Songs... Veteran Yukon musician Steve Slade leads a Songwriting for Kids workshop at the Family Literacy Centre on Saturday.
• City salutes residents for their holiday spirit The holidays may be over, but one Riverdale family is reaping the rewards of showing off their Christmas spirit last month.
• Flames reduce residence to rubble A Friday morning fire in the Ibex Valley reduced Mike Kolaritsh's cabin to ashes, says Bob Atkinson, the community's volunteer fire chief.
• Judge left to weigh accused teen's fate The fate of a 17-year-old Whitehorse girl accused of murder is now in the hands of youth court judge John Faulkner.
• Cold snap ushered in record power consumption Yukoners are using a record amount of energy, according to figures provided by Yukon Energy.