Whitehorse Daily Star

December 17, 2010

• Some thoughts on gun control, safety on ice Will your present insurance cover you if you took someone fishing or hunting with you and there was an accident or worse?
• Moving tales about residential school ( Bookends ) As Nicola Campbell notes at the beginning of each of these books,
• Longest Night ponders life beyond the heavens ( Preview ) As the annual Longest Night celebration approaches, show organizers are gazing upwards and wondering what lays beyond the night sky.
• The gods of rock ready to invade Foxy's ( Preview ) After recovering from a western Canadian tour that culminated in October,
• Guns 'n Ammo invade the ODD Gallery The current exhibit at the ODD Gallery provides a study in contrasts.
• Fentie briefed PM on mega-project Prime Minister Stephen Harper received an update on the Mayo B hydro expansion from Premier Dennis Fentie during his trip to Ottawa last week.
• Caveat on historic house removed The city has removed a caveat on the historic Scott House downtown.
• Lights of Life marks its 20th year Their squeaky winter shoes crossing the floor of the Elijah Smith Building just after noon Thursday,
• Commissioner, MLA swear-ins scheduled The Yukon will formally gain a new commissioner early this evening, and a new MLA on Monday morning.
• Way cleared for more Whistle Bend planning Let the planning begin.... again.
• The Official Launch Whitehorse author John Firth released his new book
• Bison hunters reminded of closure Environment Yukon is reminding bison hunters of this year's hunting closure from Jan. 1 to Feb. 15 through most of game management zone five.
• Celebrating The Season Christ the King Elementary School students presented A Christmas to Warm your Heart Thursday evening.
• City to tow parking issues into new year It will be the new year before the city decides whether to adopt a parking management study of Whitehorse by Boulevard Transportation Group consultant Mike Skene.
• A Yukon institution that keeps on giving "A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.” – Jack London
• Whitehorse could be put on a diet Enjoy those festive, holiday treats while you can.
• Search turned up grounds for more charges against hunter When a pair of Yukon conservation officers executed a search warrant on a Whitehorse man's Prospector Road home last May, they expected to find evidence of an illegally hunted caribou.

December 16, 2010

• Merry Music The Porter Creek Grade 8 band performs
• Popular Visitor Santa is back
• Our Towns, Our Future meetings wrap up Land availability within municipal boundaries, creating new sources of revenue and recreation were among the top concerns for municipalities coming out of the Our Towns, Our Future consultations held over the past month.
• Foundation Marks Milestone Hank Karr performs at the Yukon Foundation's annual general meeting held Wednesday evening.
• Has Spring Come Early? These over-winterers were at the Teslin River at Johnson's Crossing
• Mayor, YEC officials keep eye on Mayo water levels Mayo Mayor Scott Bolton is convinced the relatively new Mayo-Dawson City electrical grid is causing a shift in flow patterns in the Mayo River.
• Cold snap necessitates diesel power generation Yukon Energy has had to rely on diesel generation during the cold snap in recent weeks to meet peak demand on both electrical grids.
• Housing group proposes 20-unit project The Northern City Supportive Housing Coalition has released more details of its proposed 20-unit, community-owned supportive and affordable housing project.
• Household was steeped in tensions, court told The people closest to the 17-year-old Whitehorse girl accused of murdering her mother's boyfriend all gave the same assessment in their testimonies

December 15, 2010

• Nakai shines light on silver screen offerings ( Preview ) The Pivot Theatre Festival will take place Jan. 26 -29 at the Yukon Arts Centre and The Old Fire Hall on First Avenue.
• For the season: turkey chunks, Marengo style With Christmas fast approaching, turkey becomes a pre-occupation for some of us looking for a different recipe that could save us time in the kitchen during this busy time of the year!
• Dawson's river traffic is on the increase ( Uffish Thoughts ) That was a long hiatus this year.
• Leaping Feats gives kids a break Renowned breakdancers from around the world are making their way to the Yukon, courtesy of a new program at the Leaping Feats dance school.
• Council: don't pass the buck and the blame ( Comment ) Ed. note: Black Street resident Nathan Millar made this presentation to city council Monday evening.
• Black Street issue returns to council In what was likely the final public hearing on a proposed local improvement charge (LIC) to property owners on Black Street at Monday night's city council meeting,
• Research station marks a half-century The Kluane Lake Research Station is hoping Yukoners will help it celebrate its 50th anniversary with an open house on Aug. 6, 2011.
• Ingram lot presented to housing group for low-income shelter The Yukon Housing Corp. (YHC) is donating a lot to Habitat for Humanity Yukon to build homes for low-income families, Jim Kenyon, the minister responsible for the corporation, said Tuesday.
• Dawson council hears more trash talk The group which attended the Dec. 8 town council was hoping to hear that recent changes to the town's garbage collection routines might be rescinded.
• Yukoner Down Under Whitehorse resident Ramesh Ferris
• Ex-Yukoner faces life in a U.S. prison A South Dakota jury convicted a former Yukon man of murder last Friday in the shooting death of an American Indian Movement activist in 1975.
• City to charge for road closures The city has moved a step closer to charging local groups a $25 fee for each intersection closed off during a parade where bylaw staff are used.
• City's major capital spending includes Riverdale roundabout In approving first reading of its proposed $21-million 2011 capital budget along with provisional capital budgets for 2012 to 2014 (Star, Dec. 14),
• Mishap Snarls Traffic A collision between a Dodge and a Chevrolet vehicle
• School to help former student Vanier Catholic Secondary School will hold a fund-raiser Friday to help a former student who suffered serious injuries in a traffic mishap three years ago.
• Word from Peel planning process set for Friday An announcement on the Peel watershed planning exercise is scheduled for Friday, Yukon government spokesman Rod Jacob said today.
• General election will be different, Mitchell vows Yukon Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell says his party's candidate, Kirk Cameron,
• RCMP blood expert describes scene Blood found on the walls, floors, furniture and ceiling of a Crestview home only adds more pieces to the puzzle of what happened on Aug. 8, 2009,
• Family resented boyfriend's depression In the early morning hours of Aug. 8, 2009, the owner of a modest mobile home in Crestview awoke to see her live-in boyfriend stumbling toward her, clutching his chest and gasping for help.