Whitehorse Daily Star

December 22, 2010

• Relief For Ailing St. Nick Grey Mountain Primary School was Cookin' Up Christmas for their holiday musical presentation last Thursday afternoon.
• Bringing Talent To Fund-Raising Kaitlyn Bushell entertains last Friday at Vanier Catholic Secondary School's talent show fund-raiser
• City departments begin operating from new building The City of Whitehorse has officially begun operations at the Public Safety Building (PSB), Mayor Bev Buckway said Tuesday.
• Smile! Santa and Mrs. Clause
• Old Crow residents cite their priorities for 2011-12 budget Darius Elias, the Liberal MLA for Vuntut Gwitchin, says his Old Crow constituents have identified their priority issues for 2011.
• Helping Conquer Cancer Tenesha Christiansen (centre) presented a $1,000 cheque to her grandmother, Eileen Fraser (left),
• Report points way to greater Internet safety A report from the Internet Safety Advisory Committee recommends steps the territorial government could take to protect Yukoners from the dangers of the Internet.
• Poster Principal The Kindergarten class at Jack Hulland Elementary School had a musically inclined blow-up made of principal Ken Taylor
• Correction The illegal weapons seized from a local hunter
• Rejection of Peel plan termed ‘a betrayal' The NDP and Liberals are slamming the Yukon Party for its rejection of the land use plan recommended for the Peel River watershed.
• Man sues human rights commission for $2 million A Whitehorse man says the Yukon body that is supposed to protect people's human rights has trampled his.
• Mining, Ottawa credited for economic outlook The Yukon is poised for another year of record investment in the mining industry,

December 21, 2010

• Local students connected with Youth Connex The students in the Working and Leading Program at Yukon College teamed up with Many Rivers Counseling Services earlier this month to host a Youth Connex event.
• Musical Merriment Members of the School of Rock perform at Jack Hulland Elementary School's assembly,
• Demand for learning help rises Yukon College's Learning Assistance Centre has seen a steady rise in its client numbers over the past year.
• Rocking In Dawson Special music was provided at the beginning of Robert Service School's Christmas concert
• Shelter urgently seeking foster homes for puppies The Yukon's animal shelter is in desperate need of foster homes for more than two dozen puppies which have been brought in over the past few weeks.
• Restoring The Lights A Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. employee works on the power line between Whitehorse Elementary School and the Qwanlin Mall on Monday morning
• Bagnell onside with possible N.W.T. pipeline Yukon MP Larry Bagnell is welcoming last Thursday's approval decision from the National Energy Board (NEB) on the proposed $16-billion Mackenzie pipeline in the Northwest Territories.
• Enriching The Foundation Marg Hougen (left) presents a $10,000 cheque to Verna Hart at last Wednesday evening's annual general meeting of the Yukon Foundation.
• First Nation calls for clarity on watershed The Yukon government needs to clarify its position on the land use plan recommended for the Peel watershed,
• YTG's Peel watershed stance earning poor reviews The Yukon government's rejection of the land use plan recommended for the Peel River watershed is not being well received, for the most part.
• ‘The message certainly got out' While many charitable organizations across Canada are struggling to fill their hampers for a growing number of needy people,

December 20, 2010

• In The Spirit Of Giving The Bare Essentials from the Yukon government employees'
• City will receive money from climate change fund Eat and run could take on a much more literal meaning in the city over the coming years as more projects for edible landscape get underway.
• Warming Up The Yukon Chill Emily Ross (left) and Kathleen Limpio open Christ the King Elementary School's Christmas concert
• Yukon government hails NEB's pipeline decision The National Energy Board's approval for the Mackenzie Gas Project is being welcomed by the territorial government,
• Phillips Era Begins Photo Spread
• Blown transformer cut downtown power About 200 people who live and work in downtown Whitehorse spent the first part of this morning in the dark after a Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. transformer blew just before 9 a.m.
• Northwestel, workers unite for United Way Northwestel Inc. and its employees have worked together to raise $20,188.82 for the United Way Society of the Yukon, the company said Friday.
• Hanson is officially an MLA "I can tell you one thing: the view looks very different from down here,” New Democratic Party Leader Liz Hanson said
• YTG rejects blueprint for watershed The Yukon government has rejected the land use plan recommended for the Peel River watershed, it announced Friday afternoon.