Whitehorse Daily Star

December 28, 2010

• Going Nowhere Snow
• Sweet Treat Kelsey Armstrong won
• Phone book artwork available An online exhibit of more than 30 pieces of original northern art is available for viewing on Northwestel Inc.'s website at www.nwtel.ca.
• Thinking Of Those In Need Thanks to the efforts of the Whitehorse Food Bank's employees and volunteers
• Delivering Holiday Cheer The Carcross Posties are Linda Pringle, Rhonda Passmore and Nancy Maides (back, left-right) and Dee Teertstra (foreground).
• Council won't apply cap to first-year grants Coun. Ranj Pillai's city council cohorts have shot down his proposal that would have placed a cap on the grant funding available to festivals and special events in their first year.
• Frigid Scene Hoarfrost
• Cold pushes Mount Sima's numbers downhill The cold weather has proved to be a "pretty big challenge” for the city's local ski hill, acting manager Jodie McCutcheon said today.
• Nurse numbers don't tell the whole story The head of the Yukon Registered Nursing Association says the number of registered nurses licensed to work in the territory does not reflect the on-the-ground reality.
• Employers' outcry freezes changes to program Changes to the Yukon worker nominee program are on hold after an outcry from employers,

December 24, 2010

• Getting Into The Community Spirit Students and staff at Robert Service School in Dawson City
• Remembering the early days of the Mounties ( Bookends ) The Wild Ride
• Our Christmas thoughts, from our home to yours We have a list of folks we know, all written in a book, and every year at Christmas time, we go and take a look.
• Lending a helping hand on the winter roads ( Uffish Thoughts ) We've just finished our annual Christmas shopping trip to the big city (Whitehorse).
• Time Distortion meant to preserve the WhiskeyDicks The WhiskeyDicks, a Yukon-rooted pop band, is back on the scene with its newest album, Time Distortion.
• Flashback To The Roswell Incident Whitehorse resident Jerome Stueart talks about aliens in the news
• Ice Bridge Turns Treacherous Would-be users of the ice bridge across the Yukon River at Dawson City were warned to stay off it Thursday.
• YTG's position on Peel ‘shows contempt': TIA The Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon (TIA Yukon) calls itself "very concerned and disappointed” by the Yukon government's response to the Peel River Planning Commission's proposed land use plan.
• RCMP, airlines help share the holiday spirit Yukon "M” Division's gruff Sgt. Don Rogers claims "I don't do Santa,”
• NDP leader takes load off colleague New Democratic Party Leader Liz Hanson's Whitehorse Centre byelection victory on Dec. 13
• Christmas bus schedule will be in effect: transit manager Transit users will notice fewer buses than usual on the roads over the next couple of weeks as the city moves to its Christmas bus schedule.
• Check-stops have snared nine suspected impaireds Since the beginning of December, the Yukon RCMP's traffic services officers have been conducting check-stops and patrols for impaired drivers.
• Couple's spirits soaring after in-flight marriage proposal It's not every day passengers aboard a Whitehorse flight are treated to free drinks, but thanks to Trevor Mead-Robbins, that's exactly what happened last week.
• Correction The housing reports released Wednesday
• Weather has buffeted some retailers' sales Sales at the North End Gallery on First Avenue this Christmas are pretty much on par with last year, says gallery owner Art Webster.
• Late appointment wipes out New Year's Levee for 2011 What's become a New Year's Day tradition and top social engagement in the territory's capital has been cancelled for 2011.
• ‘Our concern is growing,' Mayo mayor says of water ‘Our concern is growing,' Mayo mayor says of water

December 23, 2010

• Remembering A Life Hank Carr sings at Wednesday afternoon's Celebration of Life for Rodney Arthur Cox at the United Church.
• City plans New Year's fete at Canada Games Centre The City of Whitehorse is again inviting members of the community to attend the biggest party of the year, Mayor Bev Buckway said Tuesday.
• Community youth projects receive funding Yukon youth will benefit from almost $48,000 in territorial grants for 15 projects through the Youth Investment Fund this winter, the government said Tuesday.
• Meeting Jolly Old St. Nick Kaieigh Grabowski sits on Santa's knee
• Clarification Some words were dropped from a paragraph in the story "Mining, Ottawa credited for economic outlook” in Wednesday's edition. Here are the paragraphs in full:
• Helpiong Torie's Recovery Speed Control entertains at Vanier Catholic Secondary School's talent show fund-raiser for former student Torie Gerard.
• Augment help for claims holders: chamber The Yukon government should expand the financial relief for companies and individuals with mineral claims inside the Peel watershed, says the Yukon Chamber of Mines.
• Premier buys into pension reform urgings Premier Dennis Fentie is onside with federal Finance boss Jim Flaherty over pension reform following a meeting of Canada's Finance ministers this week in Kananaskis, Alta.
• Reports called a foundation for housing strategy Two reports released Wednesday are a vital step toward a viable and publicly acceptable housing strategy for the territory, say their creators.
• Reports offer snapshot of social, economic issues Yukon Government reports released Wednesday paint the most detailed statistical picture of poverty and homelessness the Yukon has ever had, say the people behind their creation.