Whitehorse Daily Star

January 22, 2010

• Global warming is for real and not new For those who think global warming is not for real, they are not living in the real world.
• Narratives bring closure to troubled lives ( Bookends ) Every once in a while, I run across a piece of writing so effective that I just need to reread it and read it out loud.
• It's a breakout week for the Pivot Festival ( Preview ) Nakai Theatre's Pivot Festival will be taking over stages and coffee tables all around Whitehorse next week, offering up everything from Can-con comedy to a boy's darkest memories.
• Advanced Artist Award funds 11 projects The territorial Advanced Artist Award will provide $40,000 toward 11 projects being developed by Yukon visual, performing and literary artists.
• Promising performers due for some Frostbite Anyone coming to Whitehorse during the shortest month of the year might think this town does nothing but party (well, we do have the highest per capita alcohol consumption in the country).
• Additions to capital budget suggested City staff are recommending council move ahead with second and third readings to adopt the city's proposed $15.5-million capital budget for this year.
• Yukoners open their hearts to Haiti earthquake victims An idea that has raised upwards of $100 million for the Lance Armstrong Foundation
• Trek Over the Top descends to two weekends After what seemed like the beginning of a recovery in 2009 after the low registration for the Trek Over the Top in 2008, this year's preregistration for the 17-year-old event is disappointingly low.
• Yukoner organizes Queen's Model Parliament Yukoner organizes Queen's Model Parliament
• Tonight Is Talent Time Tonight dancers with the Extremely Moving Youth Society will be performing ‘Go Nuts' with Leaping Feats'
• Councillor looks to head to the capital City councillor Florence Roberts could be representing the city in Ottawa next month.
• YTA president expected vote result The Yukon Teachers' Association is not releasing the exact tally of Wednesday's vote,
• Motorcycle theft wasn't company's fault, court rules Watson Lake Motors can't be held financially responsible for a motorbike stolen off of a stranded truck,
• Old Fire Hall in line for $100,000 steeple A decorative steeple, costing $110,000, could soon grace the front of The Old Fire Hall downtown.
• Ex-principal appeals decision The former principal of Watson Lake Secondary School is taking another shot at his defamation case against the Liard First Nation and its former chief.
• Students experience Antarctic adventure Remy Rodden is still absorbing his Antarctic experience.
• Educational ‘innovator' among top principals Holy Family Elementary School principal Ted Hupe has wrestled his way into being one of the top 32 principals in the country.
• Rollover victim is determined to walk On Monday, Dec. 14, Jessica Frotten left work with a smile on her face and a bounce in her step.
• Alaska man charged with drug and weapon offences in Whitehorse An Alaskan man has been charged with drug trafficking and possession of a restricted weapon, following a search of his truck and hotel room Thursday.
• Distracted driver faces charge after striking youngster A driver who was paying more attention to her cell phone than the road in front of her nearly ran over a child in the Qwanlin Mall parking lot Thursday and will now face criminal charges.

January 21, 2010

• Community dinner set to support quake victims The Association franco-yukonnaise's(AFY's) immigration branch is adding its name to a long list of local organizations working to raise funds for Haiti in the wake of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake.
• Operation Robin Hood underway at F.H. Collins Members of the Social Justice Club at F.H. Collins Secondary School may not be stealing from the rich, but their Operation Robin Hood mission has proved a success.
• Board assesses competing projects in Dawson Definition of a conundrum: competing uses for the same piece of land.
• Talented Trio Nick Jeffery, Kieran Poile and Shawn Kitchen (left to right)
• Education department offers youth a STEP up Yukon employers participating in the territorial advanced education branch's Student Training and Employment Program (STEP) this summer will have the option to offer four more weeks of subsidized work experience to students.
• More than 100 dancers to hit the stage The students of the Extremely Moving Youth Society (EMYS),
• Deadline extended for water licence comments An extension has been granted to the period for commenting on the proposed changes to water licence for the Minto Mine.
• College wants prospective lands part of OCP Coming up with plans to expand Yukon College is no easy task, especially if it's unknown whether there will be the required land.
• Government, teachers headed for arbitration The Yukon Teachers' Association (YTA) and the Public Service Commission will head to binding arbitration as early as next month, it was announced late this morning.

January 20, 2010

• It was double the fun at this year's Double Bob This year, the Dawson Community Library Board's annual Double Bob celebration was combined with the local coffee house group's monthly event to create an evening of food, poetry and music.
• Experimenting with a family's memories Five and a half years ago, James Long came upon a pile of photograph albums and travel journals which had been abandoned in a back alley near his East Vancouver home.
• Talent Time Shay Burgess performs a solo in the MAD (Music, Art and Drama) 9-10 variety show
• Secondary school to help quake victims Nothing says Canada like combining a love of hockey with a fund-raiser for a worthy cause.
• Guild Hall is in for $640,000 makeover For nearly three decades, the Guild Hall has provided a solid venue for community theatre and the performing arts in Whitehorse, and this summer, it will get a dramatic makeover.
• Corner Collision Emergency response personnel and firefighters work at the scene of a two-vehicle collision
• Territory plans to remove bridge The Kishwoot Island bridge could be no more after this spring.
• Ex-councillor endorses proposed building name A former city councillor is taking up the charge to have the city's new public safety building named after the city's first employee and fire chief.
• Disgraced taxi driver loses business licence A Whitehorse cab driver convicted of sexually assaulting one of his passengers has had his business licence revoked.
• Yukon has ‘stolen the show' at roundup The president of Underworld Resources believes the company has already identified enough of a gold deposit to warrant a new open pit mine south of Dawson City.