Whitehorse Daily Star

December 14, 2010

• Sounds Of The Season The Whitehorse Community Choir held a Christmas sing-along last Thursday evening
• Nation's lowest jobless rate was here The Yukon's November unemployment rate of 4.4 per cent is the lowest in the country and the lowest it has been in the territory in 2 1/2 years.
• Fire victms' fund-raiser was ‘awesome,' daughter says A fund-raiser held last Saturday for a Carmacks family whose home burned early this month has been deemed a success,
• City's capital budget exceeds $20 million The city is planning to spend nearly $21 million in the coming year on major projects.
• Winter Residents It seems that a colony of muskrats has set up for the winter
• It's been a ‘learning curve,' Nixon concedes He came in last, but Mike Nixon vowed to run again in the neighbourhood he adopted as his own during the run-up to Monday's byelection.
• Liberal may make a return engagement Liberal party candidate Kirk Cameron was handed a decisive defeat in Monday's byelection, but says he'll likely run again in the upcoming general election.
• Family wanted stabbing victim to leave home The man who was stabbed to death by his common-law partner's 16-year-old daughter 16 months ago was seen as a lazy, grumpy intruder who contributed nothing to the family.
• ‘Tonight is just the beginning,' victor vows Landslide Liz.

December 13, 2010

• Councillor takes issue with grants system Councillor takes issue with grants system
• Artist unveils ‘book remix' art form Is the age of books over, thanks to twitter and the IPad?
• Yukon Spring looks to expand A zoning change could spell expansion for one local business.
• Making Connections Students in the Working and Leading Program at the Yukon College worked together with Many Rivers Counselling Services
• Ex-Yukoner found guilty Former Whitehorse resident John Graham has been convicted by a South Dakota jury of murder in the shooting death of an American Indian activist in 1975.
• City looks at Whistle Bend's next three phases The Yukon government continues the physical work on the first two phases of Whistle Bend, the city's next major residential subdivision.
• Decision Day An unknown number of approximately 1,100 eligible voters are electing a new MLA for Whitehorse Centre today.
• City continues to enforce parking regulations The city's bylaw department is reminding those heading to stores and shops this Christmas season not to park in spots reserved for those with disabilities.
• Two blazes gut vehicle, kill chickens Whitehorse firefighters were called to a vehicle fire on Ogilvie Street on Saturday night as well as a blaze involving a chicken coop first thing that morning.
• Pushing For Climate Protection About 25 people turned out for a climate change candlelight vigil at the corner of Third Avenue and Main Street late Friday afternoon.
• Capital budget to be unveiled Whitehorse residents will learn tonight how close the city will hold to the 2011 provisional capital budget it outlined last year when it released the 2010 capital budget.
• Council mulling its priorities list More than a year after the city's current council was elected, members are considering their strategic priorities for the term.
• Hundreds pay tribute to musician Several hundred people crowded into the Mt. McIntyre Recreation Centre early Sunday afternoon to commemorate the life of 25-year-old Reid Parent.
• Federal report hashes issues, ignores others Better education opportunities and outcomes,
• Teen's lawyer seeks to have charge downgraded The teenaged girl on trial for a second-degree murder charge has confessed to killing the 56-year-old victim,

December 10, 2010

• Fish and Bird wowed Dawson audience ( Review ) If someday we get to meet the entire five-piece outfit that makes up Fish and Bird,
• One man's mission to promote peace... One School at a Time ( Bookends ) One man's mission to promote peace... One School at a Time ( Bookends )
• The coyote does more than chase the road runner After last week's column and the upcoming public meeting on the wolf (including the coyote), I have had a number of e-mails and calls, both pro and con on the subject.
• Four songwriters to share Gold Rush spotlight Inspired by a similar event two months ago,
• Northern Lights shine for Nutcracker ( Preview ) The annual production of Nutcracker, presented by the Northern Lights School of Dance,
• Officers augment duties by serving up grub Every Thursday, three RCMP members from the Kwanlin Dun Community Policing Unit go to Elijah Smith Elementary School, where they serve breakfast to youth,
• Vigil set for today Yukoners planned to gather at 4:30 this afternoon for a candle light vigil to press for climate action at the current UN negotiations in Cancun, Mexico.
• Water licence issue passes into judge's hands Whether a water licence should be issued for the Carmacks Copper Project is in the hands of Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale.
• ‘Medical crisis' postpones LSCFN byelection A byelection to fill the deputy chief chair and one councillor position in the Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation's (LSCFN's) government has been postponed indefinitely.
• City looks to update snow, ice policy As plows continue to take to the city's 600 kilometres of snowy streets, council is pondering officials' priorities for removing snow and ice in the coming year.
• Scott House may lose historic caveat One of the oldest homes in Whitehorse could have the caveat on its historical status removed soon.
• Move into public safety building is postponed City bylaw and fire crews can expect to wait at least almost another week to move into their new headquarters at the top of Two Mile Hill,
• Soaring suds sales boosted YLC ledger The Yukon Liquor Corp. sold more than 4.8 million litres of beer, wine and spirits last fiscal year – a 200,000-litre increase over 2008/2009.
• Bellekeno begins shipping through Skagway Now, the Yukon's two producing mines are shipping ore to the Skagway port.
• Sexual assault lands man behind bars A Pelly Crossing man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for raping a woman while she was passed out at a party,
• Vote candidates set out Peel positions The three candidates in Monday's Whitehorse Centre byelection have answered questions about the Peel watershed's future posed by the Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)-Yukon.
• The Sounds Of The Season The Big Band plays in the foyer of the Yukon government administration building during Wednesday's lunch hour.
• Murder trial set to start next week Details of a death which shocked the residents of a quiet Crestview street will finally be made public next week, as the murder trial of the teenaged suspect is set to begin.
• Local man pursues creation of PFLAG office Jerome Stueart is unequivocal in his answer to the question of whether or not a family-and-friends focused support group would have made his coming out process smoother.
• Model railway club on the track to success If the first meeting was any indication, it seems the city's only prospective model railway club is on the right track to some good beginnings.
• Air North will wing to Sin City next month Those looking to make the pilgrimage from Whitehorse to Sin City in the New Year can get aboard Air North's special charter to Las Vegas, departing Jan. 27 and returning Jan. 30.
• Wolves claim another dog in Teslin Efforts to snare wolves in Teslin are heightening after another dog was attacked and killed Wednesday morning.
• City anticipates small, tenuous surplus City finance manager Valerie Anderson is predicting the city could have a small surplus at year's end.