Whitehorse Daily Star

January 11, 2010

• Newsflash: ‘God is alive, magic is afoot' ( Uffish Thoughts } The most recent issue of Lapham's Quarterly,
• Yukoners leaving work force, figures suggest A drop in both employment and unemployment numbers shows people are leaving the labour force, according to the territorial Bureau of Statistics' latest job charts.
• Dawson hires acting top manager DAWSON CITY – As of last Friday, Dawson City is shy a full complement of senior administrative staff by two key positions.
• Mayor optimistic about what 2010 will bring It's a new year, and Mayor Bev Buckway is predicting good things for the city.
• First Nation Picture Spread Photo Spread
• Kingscotes crowned as Yukon couple Jack and Myrna Kingscote are this year's Mr. and Mrs. Yukon, as chosen by the Yukon Order of Pioneers.
• Fulda Challenge begins in snowy conditions For Yukoners Sierra van der Meer and Land Pearson, representing Canada in the annual Fulda Challenge has meant an opportunity to experience things they wouldn't otherwise get to.
• Seven jobs lost in department store's demise The cost of transportation was a primary factor in the decision to close the local Fields department store Jan. 27 after 11-plus years, says the general manager of the retail chain.
• Stay off snowy roads, RCMP urge drivers With blowing snow and near-whiteout conditions expected to continue all week, drivers need to slow down or stay off the roads altogether.

January 8, 2010

• Putting development before the environment? Putting development before the environment?
• Film festival set for next month Some Yukoners fondly remember spending a sunny afternoon in LePage Park a couple of years ago watching the White Stripes perform before the big show at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• A literary reaction to those who hate religion ( Bookends ) Midway through this brief examination of the nature of faith and his somewhat confusing personal statement of belief, David Adams Richards writes the following:
• Dawson Museum looking for volunteer EMTs DAWSON CITY – The Dawson City Museum is looking for volunteer EMTs to administer aid to its collection when disaster strikes.
• Musician tunes up for his biggest show yet Manfred Janssen has played in front of some pretty big audiences.
• Carvers begin their travels The Canadian National Snow Sculpture Champions, which is Team Yukon, will represent the Yukon at the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
• Reasons released for hunter's $2,600 fine A Carmacks man who pleaded guilty to hunting a bison without a permit was fined $2,600, according to the written reasons for sentencing published this week.
• Exhibit To Debut Tonight Mark Preston will open Mark Preston Wood Stone Metal Cloth Sculpture Jewelry Painting
• Parking plan drives councillor's concerns One city councillor believes Borud Enterprises should be looking away from rezoning and to other alternatives when it comes to providing parking at its Range Road building.
• Sports circle plans ‘long overdue' trip The Yukon Aboriginal Sports Circle (YASC) is taking a five-day road trip to Old Crow and Dawson City to distribute sporting equipment and deliver sport and recreation programs starting Monday.
• Yukon RCMP welcomes new superintendent RCMP Supt. Peter Clark assumed the duties of officer in charge of criminal operations for Yukon's "M” Division last Oct. 5.
• Woman assaulted in her Faro home Faro RCMP laid a raft of charges against a local man Wednesday, after he turned himself in at the town's detachment.
• Complainant declined to testify A man accused of sexual assault was set free without ever going to trial Wednesday because the woman he allegedly attacked won't testify.
• Mayor may attend Yukon Day in B.C. It seems the Olympic spirit has hit the mayor of Whitehorse.
• Liquor corporation mulls bag use The elimination of the brown bag at territorial liquor stores is under consideration.
• Territory not immune from workplace plunges Yukon structures may not be as tall as those in Toronto, but that doesn't mean workers who fall from building roof tops here are immune to injury or even death.
• Putting an action-packed decade to bed With the territory's top news events of 2009 having been profiled in the Dec. 31 Star, here's a look at some of the earlier events, happy and tragic, that spanned the new century's maiden decade in the Yukon.
• Party's founding convention set for April Under the working moniker United Citizens Coalition, former government leader and ex-energy corporation chair Willard Phelps is forging ahead to establish a fourth political party in the Yukon.
• Dawson teeming with rumours over cause of resident's death Police have responded to rumours of murder in Dawson City by assuring residents a recent death in the former territorial capital was likely accidental.
• A ‘communication failure at its finest' There's no other way to describe the feeling when your first book is released unedited and months ahead of the scheduled launch.

January 7, 2010

• Riverdale man welcomes winged visitor An unusual visitor has been welcomed to Tommy Claire's Riverdale property this winter and it appears the visitor is there to stay.
• Projects focus on violence against aboriginal women Several two-year, community-based projects are underway that are designed to raise awareness of violence against aboriginal women.
• A mammoth restoration task for local artist At one time, Whitehorse sculptor James Kirby used mammoth ivory as a medium for his artwork but these days, he's not carving the ancient material – rather, restoring it.
• Trip Ends In Flip Whitehorse firefighters look on as Doug O'Connor, of Capital Towing Services Ltd.,
• New park would include rink, playground Residents of Whitehorse Copper may not have to go too far for much longer to take their kids to the playground or go for a skate .
• Council to vote on upgrading area pumphouse Grey Wolf Builders could soon be assigned major work at the city's Crestview pumphouse.
• De-Icing, Please! An iced-up raven is seen recently in Whitehorse.
• Fire confirmed as cause of man's death in trailer The person found dead inside a burnt-out trailer in the McIntyre subdivision early New Year's Eve
• Whistle Bend development meeting planned The impact of Whitehorse's next major residential subdivision could have a big impact on local residents.
• Impaired driver dodges pen time One of the territory's most prolific drunk drivers is back in jail, and will stay there for at least another year after earning his 11th impaired driving conviction.