Whitehorse Daily Star

November 15, 2010

• Musican's personal Yukon Quest undressed colourful memories Teresa Doyle remembers being in Dawson back in the 1970s before she really got started on her musical career.
• Dock Honours Volunteer Members of the popular Braeburn Lake Christian Camp
• Building designation passes first reading The building which served as one of Whitehorse's first instant links to the Outside is one step closer to becoming an official Municipal Historic Site after last Monday's city council meeting.
• Doctors want sales of high energy drinks to be policed While the Yukon government does not support MLA Darius Elias' call to ban the sale of energy drinks
• CMA's president devised way to pare strain on hospitals The territory could take a page from Canadian Medical Association boss Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull's play book on minimizing hospital visits by chronic inebriates
• City's error triggers yet another public hearing Yet another public hearing on proposed upgrades and their costs to Black Street will be set for Dec. 13 after the city, once again,
• Popping Power Whitehorse firefighters were called to the Sarah Steele Building at 8:34 this morning
• Engine backfire sent Air North flight back to airport Air North's Friday morning flight to Vancouver was aborted during takeoff because of a backfire in one engine, says company president Joe Sparling.
• Work at Alexco mine cut Dawson power The Alexco Bellekeno Mine may not be quite ready to begin operations, but that didn't stop it from blacking out Dawson City on Remembrance Day.
• Court fines North 60 Petro $30,000 The Territorial Court of Yukon has added a $30,000 penalty to the millions of dollars it will cost North 60 Petro to clean up the mess it inherited on its Yukon River property.
• Former Yukoner dies in car crash A car crash on Salt Spring Island, B.C. has claimed the life of a former Yukoner.
• Judge orders man assessed before sentencing A Yukon man who has pleaded guilty to a string of assaults is being assessed as a dangerous or long-term offender while he awaits sentencing in the Whitehorse jail.

November 12, 2010

• The best choices for wood and stoves Firewood hints
• What to do when the web wakes up ( Bookends ) In the first volume (Wake) of the World Wide Web trilogy, young Caitlin Decter, recently transplanted from Texas to Waterloo,
• Woman's outstanding contribution to agriculture is recognized The 2010 Yukon Farmer of the Year award has been given to Alice Boland of Carmacks.
• Gallery survives a month under a Death Threat Death Threat came to the ODD Gallery in October.
• Mine mill's commissioning is near completion Commissioning of the new mill for the Bellekeno Mine near Keno City is going as planned and should be complete soon,
• Campaign may affect RV parking spots City residents could find themselves with a few more home maintenance projects, i
• Dawson City Remembers Rangers and Junior Rangers stand at the cenotaph
• Massage clinic can hire additional staff members Hand Prints Massage can now hire a part-time staffer, thanks to a zoning amendment council passed at its meeting Monday night.
• Commissioner prepares to leave office "It's been just a great ride.”
• Vacancies were plentiful at transitional centre The $1.1-million women's transitional centre, a facility that will be repurposed under the Department of Health and Social Services
• Sharing Decades of Memories Longtime businessman Rolf Hougen speaks
• Controversial zoning will be reconsidered City council will once again ponder what restrictions can go into homebuilding in Whitehorse in agreeing to take another look at its comprehensive residential development zones.
• Remembrance Day Photos 2010 November 11, 2010
• Housing ready for single-parent families Over the next month, 30 lone-parent families will get a new place to call home after Yukon Senator Dan Lang and Marian Horne,
• Solemn Assignment Cadets stand vigil at the cenotaph
• Territorial Green Party movement is afoot John Streicker, the Yukon's federal Green Party candidate,
• Territory's abattoir getting more use than ever before With the beef raised by the new Farmers 3 coalition, the use of the Yukon's mobile abattoir has jumped dramatically.
• Farmers look to beef up meat production Three farmers have formed a coalition to jointly expand the production of local beef products.
• Byelection set for Dec. 13 as YP acclaims candidate Premier Dennis Fentie gave a ringing endorsement of Mike Nixon, the Yukon Party's candidate for Whitehorse Centre,
• RCMP's finding ‘is trauma all over again' None of the guards or police officers who were supposed to care for Raymond Silverfox in the 13 hours before he died in police custody will face criminal charges, an RCMP investigator from B.C. said Wednesday.

November 10, 2010

• Helping Hands Members of the F.H. Collins Secondary School Social Justice Class, Alex Wilson, Anna Janowicz, Solctice Toews and Ingrid Janzen (left-right),
• Local painters mix real and imagined in new show From the picturesque to the surreal, interpretations of landscapes are to be found in a new art show at the Copper Moon Gallery.
• Purchasers invited to touring exhibition The Keno City Mining Museum and Ted Harrison Artist Retreat are offering the public an opportunity to purchase prints from the touring exhibition Kennedy Bradshaw's Yukon Friends.
• Celebrating Eagles Dave Olerud, the founder of the American Bald Eagle Foundation, holds Hunter, a flightless Barred Owl residing at the foundation.
• Lone Yukon school participating in vigil Remembrance Day could take on a very special meaning for students at Holy Family Elementary School this year.
• Chamber hails changes to WCB's CHOICES program Rick Karp, the president of the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce,
• Northwestel's e-mail service spammed Northwestel Inc. is alerting e-mail customers not to respond to a bogus message that began making the rounds last Thursday.
• ‘They are walking into a death trap' The pictures are old, in a plain white envelope clutched in the hand of Whitehorse resident Arnie Ferris as he steps into the studio.
• Ingram affordable housing ready for tenants Six new affordable townhouse units in the Ingram subdivision of Whitehorse were officially opened Tuesday morning.
• Mule deer shot, left at roadside Conservation officers are asking for the public's assistance in their investigation into a large mule deer shot and left on the side of the North Klondike Highway near the Sod Farm.
• Human remains spark united response The Yukon government, the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation and the City of Dawson are continuing to work with area residents to identify the three people whose coffins were unearthed beginning last Thursday.
• Singing From The Heart Maya Poirer sings Travelling Star
• Correction The truck involved in the collision
• New legislation passed during the 2010 fall sitting The 2010 fall sitting of the assembly was light on new legislation.
• In with a bang, fall sitting wraps with a fizzle The swords were out even before the legislative assembly reconvened on Sept. 21
• Trevor the dog wins a new leash on life The Yukon's most famous dog has won a final stay of execution.
• Proposed no-hunting corridor ‘a good thing' Implementing a no-hunting corridor along the Atlin Road is being recommended in this year's round of proposed changes to regulations under the Wildlife Act.