Whitehorse Daily Star

January 14, 2010

• Router problems knock out NWTel Internet service Northwestel's Internet service was interrupted Wednesday for up to two hours for most of the Yukon, including electronic banking and credit card services.
• Dawson City-area farmers lauded for dedication Grant Dowdell and Karen Digby were honoured as 2009's Farmers of the Year at the North of 60° Agriculture Banquet in November, and received their award Jan. 6.
• Play Premieres Tonight Christian Murray and Natasha MacLellan star in Lauchie,
• Dance community to feature top-calibre talent So You Think You Can Dance Canada's Luther Brown will visit Whitehorse this weekend as the guest artist for intermediate and advanced dancers during Breakdancing Yukon Society's (BYS's) second annual dance marathon.
• Tax room sharing agreements with first nations are renewed Seven Yukon self-governing first nation chiefs have signed personal income tax room sharing agreements with the Yukon government.
• In The Work World Rachele Campbell is one of the youth who has recently started a new job under the Youth Employment Program.
• South Klondike Highway reopened The South Klondike Highway opened to traffic at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, following four controlled blasts to bring down avalanche threats.
• Fulda teams pull cars instead of running Things didn't go quite as planned for the Fulda Challenge group on Wednesday.
• Territory remains among nation's red tape leaders The Yukon continues to vie for the red tape capital of Canada according to a report released this week by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), an organization representing the country's small business owners.
• Yukon government makes donation to earthquake victims The Yukon government will donate $25,000 to aid the Canadian Red Cross in its relief efforts in Haiti, Premier Dennis Fentie said today.
• Government, teachers at a deadlock The Yukon teachers' union and the government failed to reach an agreement after two days of mediation at the beginning of the week.

January 13, 2010

• Dazzling An Audience A performer is seen last Sunday during Yukon first nations' presentation of What the Land Remembers at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Deer tenderloin with a very classy wine The Baccio Divino Vagabond is a product of the Baccio Divino Cellars, a winery in the Napa Valley.
• Pumphouse contract granted The city will pump $460,983 into its Crestview pumphouse.
• Entries in directory artwork contest take to the web For the next two weeks, northerners can enjoy a sneak peek of the artwork submitted to Northwestel Inc.'s annual directory artwork competition.
• Frigid Fulda contestants brave Dawson's charm – and chill After the -40 C drive from Whitehorse to Dawson City on Monday, the mere -30 of Tuesday must have seemed a relief for the participants in the 2010 Fulda Challenge.
• Mine training plan proves popular draw Some 60 applications have been received for 12 positions in a two-month training program focused on underground mining at the Bellekeno silver mine near Keno City.
• Pillai cleared for hockey day trip Game on!
• City agrees to close off road A downtown alley way is one step closer to being in the hands of two property owners with land next to the lane.
• Truck Stays Stuck Despite strenuous efforts to remove a pickup truck that has been partially submerged in the Yukon River at Dawson City
• South Klondike Highway remains closed Avalanche expert Hector Mackenzie was in the air at press time this afternoon assessing the risk along the South Klondike Highway, which remains closed for the third day in a row.
• City will buy new Handy Bus A slick new Handy Bus could soon be gracing the streets of Whitehorse after council voted Monday to make the purchase.
• Whitehorse to be part of anti-Harper rally He continues to weather the opposition's wrath, that of newspaper and magazine editorials,
• Kennel owner praises councillors' visits For city councillor Dave Stockdale, a visit to a local musher's kennel made all the difference in his vote to allow a boarding kennel there to go ahead.
• Hydro project financing plans laid out The Yukon Development Corp. will borrow the $52.5 million to cover the territorial government's contribution for the Mayo B hydro project and the grid extension to Stewart Crossing.

January 12, 2010

• Youth start new year with new jobs The Department of Education's advanced education has helped create 18 new jobs for Whitehorse youth in a pilot job-experience program, Education Minister Patrick Rouble said last Wednesday.
• Lang hails Mackenzie Gas Project report The Yukon government is welcoming the long overdue report on the Mackenzie Gas Project by the Joint Review Panel,
• Bids received for hydro expansion project Things are in full swing with the Mayo B hydro project and the grid extension to Stewart Crossing, Yukon Energy president David Morrison explained yesterday.
• City crews working to clear roads As city crews cleared roadway after roadway Monday following the winter's biggest snowfalls, Mayor Bev Buckway and acting public works manager Terry O'Toole were addressing drivers.
• Olympics Bound Duane Gastant' Aucoin is one of the performers in Yukon first nations' presentation of What the Land Remembers.
• Contractor declares bankruptcy A Dawson City-based contractor who owes the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun almost $400,000 has filed for bankruptcy, affirming an official's prediction that he would never pay.
• Range Road parking decision deferrred City council has put off its decision on rezoning the property at 478 Range Rd. to enable city staff to look at other ways the parking requirements can be met for the site.
• Yukoner monitoring Baha'i leaders' trial When Flora and her husband left Iran in 1987, they left behind a country which 10 years earlier had been a largely secular and quickly modernizing state.
• Hospitals' costs justified: corporation boss The price tag for delivering health care in Watson Lake could double, and in Dawson City it could more than triple after the Yukon Hospital Corp. completes new hospitals in the far-flung communities.