Whitehorse Daily Star

January 14, 2011

• Reviving the Discovery Claim, Part 2 ( Uffish Thoughts ) The new and improved site interpretation for the Discovery Claim wasn't quite ready for a grand opening last August when the participating organizations would like to have held it.
• The astonishing life of the monarch butterfly This June, I will be joining in on the 700-mile Yukon River Quest from Whitehorse to Dawson City.
• When the dragons came to Calgary ( Bookends ) Not too many books catch my attention merely because of the cover blurbs, but Charles de Lint is one of my favourite writers of modern fantasy and his recommendation for this book was one I took seriously.
• Trudeau visit details emerge More details have been released about Liberal MP Justin Trudeau's visit to Whitehorse next week.
• Pride In Workmanship Duran Henry is seen in the Sundog Carving Studio Wednesday afternoon
• Pursuit of bad loans wears on Delinquent loans totalling more than $1 million to a golf course and a hotel in the 1990s could be partially recouped as repayment plans are hammered out between the debtors and territorial government.
• City Crews Investigate Water Water flows between the RCMP detachment and the Whitehorse Medical Building late this morning in -39 C weather.
• Police seize drugs, charge pair Whitehorse RCMP seized 39 grams of crack cocaine Wednesday night during a drug bust in the Mt. McIntyre subdivision.
• Four more lots may be sold in Ingram Another four single-family lots could soon be available in Ingram.
• Complainant wasn't convinced of accused's regret The man who is accusing a woman of raping him more than 20 years ago when he was a boy didn't believe she was truly sorry when they met and talked several months ago, says his girlfriend.
• Infill lots proposed for Porter Creek, Crestview New residential lots in Porter Creek and Crestview could be on the market as early as late summer or early fall,
• ‘I did want him gone, but not like that,' accused says The teenaged girl who killed her mother's boyfriend in their Crestview home in the summer of 2009 likely had no idea what she was doing when she stabbed the man, according to the psychiatrist who assessed her after the fact.

January 13, 2011

• Proud Grads Graduates from the RCMP's Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program
• Katimavik volunteers working in Whitehorse Like many young people across the country, Mikki Decker and Ryan Brookwell wanted an opportunity to explore life away from home,
• Emergency Crews Called Out Whitehorse RCMP, city firefighters and the ambulance service responded to this two-vehicle collision Wednesday afternoon
• Two students chosen for Castellarin scholarships Yukon students Kristen Cook and David Gammie have been chosen as the 2010 Giovanni Castellarin Scholarship Fund winners.
• City's new branding survey is now underway; will end Jan. 31 Just how the city markets itself is the subject of the city's most recent survey to its residents.
• Teen organizes drive for Zimbabwe students Grade 11 student Bernadette Richard is organizing Bottles for Books, a fund-raising effort to buy text books for students in Zimbabwe.
• Accused's lawyer quizzes complainant A man who says he was sexually abused as a child for the better part of five years by a former Teslin woman testified Wednesday that though he may not have all the dates right, he is certain he was abused.
• Newcomer prepared to mount several candidacies He has lived in the Yukon for just two years, but Gerrard Fleming, a 57-year-old sales executive with Northwestel Inc., says he's ready to carry the Conservative Party's banner into the next federal election.

January 12, 2011

• Local groups make January a dance month Leaping Feats, the Extremely Moving Youth Society and the Breakdancing Yukon Society have declared January the Month for Dancing.
• Beef tenderloin with a tasty Italian wine Today's delicacy: beef tenderloin with mozzarella cheese in a crust, paired with a Barolo wine from Italy.
• Actor's quest for Shakespearean tragedy comes north (Preview ) Actor's quest for Shakespearean tragedy comes north
• Longtime Accountant Honoured Peggy Chippett presents Ken Mulloy with the certificate
• Changes to comprehensive zones come forward Before the city decides on zoning for the next major subdivision, it will ask residents and builders how its comprehensive zones are working.
• General visits ‘the eyes and ears of Canada' The Canadian Rangers, a more-than 4,000-strong militia composed of volunteer residents from the country's northern communities,
• Teslin woman says she's innocent of charges A former Teslin woman has pleaded not guilty to a number of sex-related charges dating back to the 1980s.
• Lift's continuing woes mystify Sima's operators As Mt. Sima staff prepare to open the ski hill for its regular Thursday-to-Sunday schedule, the facility's problematic double-chair lift remains closed.
• RCMP to close doors of downtown drunk tank The Whitehorse RCMP's drunk tank, where a Carmacks man died in 2008 under circumstances which shocked and angered many in the territory, is closing.