Whitehorse Daily Star

January 27, 2010

• Yukon musicians receive territorial grants The Yukon government's Film and Sound Commission has awarded $23,000 in funding to seven Yukon artists through the Yukon Sound Recording Program.
• Pairing an ‘intense' wine with leg of lamb The Teroldego is a native varietal growing in an alluvial valley between the rivers Adige and Noce, situated in the Trentino region of northeastern Italy, which belonged to Austria.
• Surrender a bit of yourself to Etiquette ( Review ) There is a strange and wonderful thing happening against the back wall of Baked Café this week.
• Rangers expand their reach into Faro The Canadian Rangers, created more than 60 years ago, demonstrate Canadian sovereignty with the primary role of providing a military presence in remote isolated and coastal communities of Canada.
• Francophone Association Helps Victims A fund-raiser for Haitian earthquake victims was held at the community hall of the Centre de la francophonie last Friday.
• Correction The young gymnast who appeared on the front page of Tuesday's Star is Caitlyn Venasse.
• Private hydro projects dot B.C., the Yukon Ed. note: this item is a sidebar to the story on p. 4.
• Keep power generation public: professor Professor John Calvert believes the generation of electricity and its distribution should remain in the hands of publicly-owned utilities.
• Councillor willing to donate travel money to Rendezvous festival Ask and you might receive... at least a little of what you're after.
• Posties For Pooches For the fourth year, the Carcross Posties have raised money for the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter.
• Yukon Mounties will help provide Games security In addition to the dozens of performers and artists headed to Vancouver next month for the 2010 Olympics, the territory will send 20 Yukon-based police officers, the RCMP announced this week.
• Man must pay YTG's costs and former principal A Whitehorse man who in 2008 sued the Yukon government for failing to protect him from his sexually abusive aunt has been ordered to pay the government's court costs to the tune of $120,000.
• Council gives building a generic name The new public safety building will honour past fire chiefs who have kept Whitehorse safe over the years, but it's not likely to be through the name of the structure.
• New alliance will drum up investment interest A new organization has been formed among seven key players in the Yukon's mining industry, it was announced today.

January 26, 2010

• YHMA holding poster contest The Yukon Historical and Museums Association (YHMA) is asking students across the territory to illustrate what their favourite historical place means to them in the third annual Heritage Places Poster Contest.
• Fashions Finery The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Society put on a Queen contestants fashion show
• Suffering in Haiti spurred filmmaker to action Amongst all the stories of hope and survival coming out of Haiti in the two weeks since the island nation was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, it was abject tragedy that spurred Dennis Allen into action.
• Territory called star of the mining show The Yukon did indeed steal the show at last week's Mineral Exploration Roundup, says the president of the Yukon Chamber of Mines.
• Beware of quake donation frauds, RCMP warn Don't let your generosity make you a target of fraud.
• Liberals take fresh aim at Hart Health Minister Glenn Hart sidestepped questions in the legislature and was "disingenuous in his responses” over financing the $17-million nurses' residence, says Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell.
• Budget would hike taxes by four per cent Property owners in Whitehorse can expect to pay more into city coffers as they shell out cash for property taxes, garbage/compost pick-up and water and sewer bills in the coming year.

January 25, 2010

• Too much Time on my hands ( Uffish Thoughts ) Time magazine is bugging me about my subscription.
• Ice seen as blackout's cause Dawson went dark for 13 minutes last Thursday, from 4 p.m. to 4:13 p.m.
• Pair's trial will be a ‘budget crusher' The trial of Norman Eli Larue and Christina Asp will likely be the biggest and most expensive the territory has ever seen, according to the head of Yukon Legal Services.
• Homes Still Needed Homes have been found for some of the puppies at the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter featured in the Jan. 15 Star.
• Territories are poised for growth, report says The Yukon's relatively stable service sector helped the territory dodge a recession last year,
• Look out for wandering moose, drivers warned Two young bull moose captured the attention of passersby Friday afternoon as they strolled along the multi-purpose trail next to Hamilton Boulevard.
• Correction A story last week reported the Yukon Environmental Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) is reviewing the proposal for a water licence for the Carmacks Copper project.
• Why say it all with placards when you can sing it in song? Why say it all with placards when you can sing it in song?
• ‘Guess what, Mr. Harper? ... we're mad' More than 100 people gathered on the steps of the Elijah Smith Building in Whitehorse on Saturday to protest Prime Minister Stephen Harper's prorogation of Parliament.
• Board extends Whistle Bend comment period Another week has been granted for residents to submit their comments to the Yukon Environmental Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) on the proposed first two phases of the Whistle Bend subdivision.
• Magnate reports $230,000 in assets Jon Rudolph is broke and personally owes creditors more than $12 million, according to bankruptcy documents filed in Yukon Supreme Court last week.