Whitehorse Daily Star

October 22, 2010

• Book prize winner has connections to Dawson Frances Backhouse has won the seventh annual City of Victoria Butler Book Prize, worth $5,000.
• Attention, firearms owners: please read! If you are a firearm owner, I strongly suggest you pay strict attention to the following.
• Marvelous creatures in strange places ( Bookends ) When it comes to animals and nature, there are certain things that we expect to find in certain places and others that we do not expect.
• Varietease returns for super-sized Halloween bash ( Preview ) For what may be this year's grandest Halloween party, the Varietease burlesque troupe will dance its way into town next week for one fun-filled night of music and debauchery.
• Playwright catches the Subway to top honour For the first five hours of Nakai Theatre's 24-Hour Playwriting Competition last fall, nothing materialized for Justine Davidson.
• Trombetta's return ushers in new era of Guild Hall comedy ( Preview ) Two years ago, former Guild Hall president Anthony Trombetta sadly departed the territory to pursue dreams of professional comedy in Saskatchewan.
• City grants funding to tourism conference A tourism conference that already happened in the city will get a $3,000 boost to help it pay for the community night that was part of the festivities.
• Municipal leaders gather to mull money Municipal leaders from across the territory have gathered in Whitehorse today as consultation begins on the Yukon government's municipal fiscal framework review.
• Travellers can never miss Carcross now There's a new sign in Carcross now, directing traffic to go into the historic community rather than staying on the South Klondike Highway and heading down to Skagway.
• Mining's Clout Many sectors of the Yukon's economy
• Hilltop Bistro is at diners' service Yukon College has opened its new culinary arts training facility, the Hilltop Bistro, which provides a practical environment for students.
• Placer miners are rocking the economy ( Analysis ) Gold prices hovering at $1,400/oz. Cdn are certainly affecting developments in the Dawson region.
• Government unveils 21st-century ID cards Holographic images, digital photos and a bar code detailing an individual's information are among the features on the new driver's licences and identification cards the territorial motor vehicles branch will begin issuing Nov. 1.
• Demers will sign autographs here Senator Jacques Demers will be available from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Takhini Arena mezzanine
• The Wine Was Fine Cliff Laurendeau (left), of Red Dog Sales and Marketing,
• MLA, officials at odds over tracking system The territory's new system for tracking attendance and performance of Yukon students is working, says a Department of Education spokesperson.
• The hardest part of fostering is saying goodbye For Ellen Petrovic, becoming a foster parent wasn't about civic duty or charity;
• Illuminating A Piece Of History MacBride Museum chair Hank Moorlag (left) and former Whitehorse Inn owner Allen Lueck
• Inn sign resurrected from three decades' darkness "Now we're ready to turn on the lights.”
• Tourism venture can still float, marketer says A veteran tourism marketer who knows the Yukon says the bankrupt Great River Journey business remains viable.
• ‘Entrenched racial stereotypes' contributed to death: daughter Raymond Silverfox died as a result of racism and willful neglect, his daughter says in court documents filed this week.
• Premier leaves door open to an election If the Yukon Party wants to know the issues Whitehorse Centre residents believe are important,

October 21, 2010

• Yukon is part of new alert system The Yukon is participating in a new national emergency alerting system, the territorial government announced last month.
• Climate change course offered for decision makers Climate change course offered for decision makers
• City's Namesake In The Golden State HMCS Whitehorse,
• Satellite interference may affect services Northwestel Inc. uses the Anik F2 satellite to service Old Crow and many other communities.
• Bursaries awarded to health, medical students Ten Yukoners are recipients of this year's post-secondary health and medical education bursaries,
• MLAs approve cellphone ban The Yukon's legislators have voted to outlaw the use of hand-held cellphones while driving in the territory.
• Staving Off Flu Anne Kinsey-Jansen (left) receives a flu shot from Alysha McFadden at the Yukon government administration building this morning.
• MLAs turn testy over housing motion Debate in the legislature over a project to shelter the Yukon's "hard to house” turned nasty Wednesday as the merits of the Northern City Supportive Housing Coalition's plan gave way to partisanship.
• Autumn Surprises Though the nights are considerably cooler,
• Snack haven serves up litigation for liquor board In spite of a Yukon Supreme Court order in their favour, the operators of Heather's Snack Haven still don't have the off-sales licence they want, so they are going back to court to get it.
• Capital moves to brand itself, but some councillors cautious In British Columbia, Kamloops has named itself the "tournament capital” of Canada,
• Quarry agreement returns to city's agenda Work that started in 1994 is continuing to move forward this year for the development of the Stevens Quarry,
• City looks to apply brakes to ATV tomfoolery The city will be calling on the Yukon government to make some major changes in the regulation of off-road vehicles

October 20, 2010

• Students gear up for Whitehorse Fiddle Camp Fiddlers young and old are rosining up their bows and tuning up their fiddles in anticipation of the 2010 Whitehorse Fiddle Camp, set for Golden Horn Elementary School from Nov. 11 to Nov. 14.
• A superior lager paired with spaghetti The Krombacher brewery produces the best crafted lager Pils in Germany and is the largest privately owned brewery in Germany.
• Canadian Library Month celebrated Yukoners were invited to celebrate Canadian Library Month this afternoon with a visit to the largest natural resources library in Yukon during the Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) open house.
• Fund-raiser planned for Africa-bound nurse While many Yukoners will be heading south this winter to enjoy some fun in the sun,
• Police panel fields minor concerns in Dawson It would not be accurate to say there are no complaints about the RCMP presence in Dawson.
• Contractor fined over environmental infraction A Yukon contractor has been ordered to pay $5,000 for improperly storing petroleum-tainted earth.
• MLAs continue lengthy fracas over mortgages Opposition Liberals continue to hammer the government over the Yukon Housing Corp.'s deliberations to liquidate its mortgage portfolio and some contradictory remarks made by the Crown corporation's minister responsible, Jim Kenyon.
• Vehicles vandalized at Whitehorse airport Two vehicles were vandalized while parked at the Whitehorse airport last week,
• $25-M deficit looms, Finance confirms The true value of Yukon government spending for 2009/2010 – known as the public accounts – will be tabled before Oct. 31,
• Lucky Windfall Long-time Whitehorse resident Marsha Flood is shown with her newly acquired $50,000 Scratch and Win lottery cheque.
• College recruits director of finance Gayle Corry is the new director of finance and administrative services with Yukon College.
• Plan would reinvigorate Whitehorse Copper site Chuck Eaton says his proposal to reclaim tailings at the former Whitehorse Copper Mine is sound any way you look at it.
• Lot lottery triggered elation, disappointment It took less than an hour Tuesday afternoon for each of the new 30 single-family and 12 duplex properties in Takhini North to be claimed through a lottery at city hall.
• Troubled firm fell victim to global tourism collapse Great River Journey is bankrupt.