Whitehorse Daily Star

November 9, 2010

• The long tradition of musical joy continues ( Review ) The dream that is the Blue Feather Music Festival produced its 10th music event themed The Decade of Dedication.
• Local groups to receive grants The city will hand out more than $44,000 to a dozen organizations set to host a number of events in the coming year.
• Contemplating Their Sacrificrs Veteran Darcy Grossinger salutes as Mayor Bev Buckway contemplates after laying a wreath at Whitehorse city hall last Thursday
• Convicted ex-teacher has his probation conditions loosened The former Teslin teacher convicted of buying child pornography has had his probation relaxed.
• Correction The two dogs struck by a hit-and-run driver last Saturday
• Minister to promote Yukon in China The Yukon will be represented at various international mining events in China from Wednesday to Nov. 19 by Economic Development Minister Jim Kenyon.
• MLAs risk censure over whistle-blower law The Yukon Party government isn't interested in protecting whistle-blowers, say two opposition MLAs.
• Armed robbery committed against cabbie Whitehorse RCMP are hoping for tips about an armed robbery of a cab driver Monday morning.
• RCMP file is still open on the death of Angel Carlick Three years have passed since Angel Carlick's body was found in the Pilot Mountain subdivision,
• Residents still oppose Black Street work Nathan Miller knows the water and sewer system on his street needs to be upgraded,
• City is persecuting us, limo owners say A bylaw ticket issued to a local limousine driver two years was thrown out of court this morning.

November 8, 2010

• Satellite interference was avoided Between Oct. 20 and 25, the Galaxy 15 satellite passed near the Anik F2 satellite, which is used by Northwestel Inc. to service satellite communities.
• Water board gets YTG backing in legal fight The territorial government is backing the Yukon Water Board in its legal battle with Western Copper surrounding the decision not to issue the company a water licence.
• Contractor chosen for Dawson City hospital project The Whitehorse branch of Dowland Contracting Ltd. is the successful bidder for Dawson City's new hospital,
• Third coffin unearthed in Dawson City No one was expecting anything out of the ordinary last Thursday afternoon,
• Preliminary hearing set for today The case against a Victoria man accused of coming to the territory to extort money was slated to go before a Yukon territorial court judge in a preliminary hearing today.
• Unplanned Detour This roll-over near the Lewes River Bridge
• Latest work on Thomson Centre announced A B.C. firm has been awarded the phase one construction contract which will enable the Thomson Centre to re-open for continuing care services.
• Hit-and-run leaves dog owners heartbroken Two Porter Creek families are in mourning after their beloved family dogs were struck by a hit-and-run driver on Saturday.
• Colleagues mourn collision victim Staff at the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board (YESAB) lost a member of the family last Thursday, with the sudden death of office manager Aliesha Narain.
• Vote sees First Nation chief stay on Lorraine O'Brien is vowing to continue her push to have Eddie Skookum, chief of the the Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation,
• Byelection writ may drop this week Voters in Whitehorse Centre can expect a Christmas byelection after Premier Dennis Fentie said he will visit the commissioner as early as this week to make the request.

November 5, 2010

• A Decade of Dedication comes to fruition ( Preview ) The 10th annual Blue Feather Music Festival gets underway tonight and is expected to be a great celebration of all that has come before.
• You can't beat professional wildlife management From the time the first settlers set foot on Canadian soil, wildlife has belonged to the people.
• Dawson's murderous summer of 1898 ( Bookends ) It was the spring of 1898 when we met Fiona MacGillivray in Gold Digger, the first of Vicki Delaney's Klondike mystery series.
• Kim Barlow: a little more Wise and Weathered ( Preview ) Kim Barlow's seventh album, Saplings, will be honoured with a special release party entitled Wise and Weathered next Wednesday at The Old Fire Hall.
• Fund-Raising For Relief The Elijah Smith Building foyer was the location of a fund-raiser Wednesday for an orphanage in Haiti.
• First Nation expects child welfare act as soon as next spring The Kwanlin Dun First Nation will have a child welfare act as early as this spring,
• An Evening Of Jazz Dave Haddock, left, and Lonnie Powell perform with Roger Gilles at the Jazz in the Hall event
• Hougen exhibition opens; bust of London unveiled Friends of Yukon Archives Society (FOYAS) were to open a 43-piece photo exhibit,
• Lighting Tech Jenelle Cousins will be helping with the lights at the Blue Feather Music Festival
• Young business dynamo takes on the Capital The Capital Hotel's bar is once again under new management after Keith Jacobsen closed the doors just two months ago.
• N.W.T. MP seeks higher borrowing limit While the Yukon's premier and opposition leader tangled over the territory's borrowing limit on Wednesday,
• Premier proves cagey on borrowing limit Opposition Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell continued to lock horns with Premier Dennis Fentie over massive government spending during question period this week,
• Remembrance Photos Poppy Flag
• Photography being displayed at the Canada Games Centre The city has new art on the walls of the Canada Games Centre thanks to the creative photography program it offered recently.
• Modify bus stop, minister urges city The minister responsible for the Yukon Housing Corp. is asking the city to rethink its bus route at Yukon College.
• Coroner releases deceased's name The Yukon's coroner service has released the name of the Carmacks man whose body was found in the Yukon River earlier this week.
• New warm temperature records set in three Yukon communities Many Yukoners enjoyed warmer than usual temperatures this week,
• Coffin unearthed at dig site Operations ceased at the construction site for the new local wastewater treatment plant Thursday when excavations around the two installed treatment shafts uncovered a coffin containing human remains.
• Bereaved mother urges stiffer drug sentences Tracey Anderson wants to see the government impose harsher sentences on drug dealers,
• Tire sleuth helped nab notorious sex killer Sitting at an L-shaped desk in the large office shared by the Yukon's two forensic identification officers,
• Airport workers' Halloween attire slammed The selection of Halloween costumes by two local airport security employees isn't sitting well with a former Yukoner who was contacted by an upset relative living here.
• Woman pronounced dead after head-on crash One person is dead following a head-on collision Thursday evening on the Alaska Highway just south of the Wolf Creek campground.