Whitehorse Daily Star

December 24, 2009

• Huskies announce second set of games for early January Just in time for Christmas, the Whitehorse Huskies have announced they will play another set of games at home, on Jan. 8th and 9th.
• A traditional Canadian Christmas, to all the kids A news flash for all the children:
• A Christmas tale and a prime ministerial mystery ( Bookends ) A Christmas tale and a prime ministerial mystery
• Open houses, bazaars and the pre-holiday rush ( Uffish Thoughts ) We ate at home Monday night for the first time in several days.
• Dawson man remembered for community service When the new Canada Post office opened in Dawson in January 2003, there were a few bugs to work out of the system before everything worked properly.
• Lang offers MLAs a secret about Yukon-grown spuds You've got to hand it to Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Archie Lang
• Dawson restores town staff's holiday break In a last-minute about-face, Dawson's council has rescinded an earlier motion cutting back the annual staff Christmas to New Year's holiday.
• Salvation Army did well locally While the national office of the Salvation Army reported Monday that its annual kettle campaign was not doing as well as hoped,
• Gasline anti-freeze use blamed for blaze A car was destroyed by fire Wednesday after its owner attempted to use gas line antifreeze to help thaw out the frozen vehicle.
• Bagnell remains big booster of boss Ignatieff His party continues to poll a solid 10 per cent behind the ruling Conservatives and his leader, Michael Ignatieff,
• Vendors pleased with bustling shopping season It's Tuesday afternoon in The Old Firehall downtown.
• ‘We can't even imagine how poor people are' Some students in Nepal and India will have Yukoners to thank each time they take a book out of their school library.
• Front Pages From Past Year 2009
• ‘I feel like this job is my thanks' In the months before Andy Nieman's new job even existed, the position was the subject of criticism and disappointment from many.
• Marauding elk see couple mount all-night vigils After losing $1,500 worth of oats, an equal amount in fencing and spending more than $300 on "bear bangers” to deter elk encroaching on his property,
• Local shortage of lots is still the problem: realtor July, August, September proved to be the second-hottest quarter in real estate transactions on record.

December 23, 2009

• It was definitely a Well-Read seasonal evening There is a danger, at any public reading, that authors will fall into one of two traps.
• Student art enriches the ODD Gallery In the wake of November's Youth Art Enrichment program in Dawson,
• When in Dawson City, have a landfill cup at the Internet Café There's a new name for take-out cups of coffee at Ron Ryant's Tastee-Byte Internet Café on Front Street in Dawson.
• Scrooge Goes To The Klondike The ghost of Jacob Marley (right) accosts his skinflint living partner, Ebenezer Scrooge,
• Power line clearing to spark huge bonfires The clearing for the Pelly Crossing to Stewart Crossing portion of the Yukon Energy Corporation's power line project
• New Year's Eve Carnivale set for Games Centre Swimming, skating and other family activities could top the list of many family plans for New Year's Eve this year.
• Local Wares Promoted The Fireweed Market offers unique Yukon-made gifts
• YTG branch receives national accreditation The continuing care branch of the Department of Health and Social Services has received national accreditation for the care that staff provides to residents and clients.
• Memorial fund's size has eclipsed $15,000 margin The Whitehorse Food Bank Society's Bob Couchman Memorial Fund has reached the $15,000 mark and is growing.
• Snow and ice control policy clears council In passing both the 2010 transportation maintenance as well as the snow and ice control policies last week,
• Way cleared for business owner to pursue claim Jon Rudolph will have the chance to recoup almost $5 million after the loss of one of his companies, a judge has ruled.
• Abattoir strongly needed, advocate says The Yukon Agriculture Association has begun its push for a permanent slaughterhouse and meat processing facility off the Mayo Road north of Whitehorse.

December 22, 2009

• Access to information act's reach expanded The territory's MLAs amended the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPP act) last week.
• ABCP fines called ‘vindication of sorts' More than $138 million in fines levelled at financial institutions that pushed asset-backed commercial paper provides no cash solace to the Yukon government.
• Slippery highway taking vehicular toll A car and a truck seen off the North Klondike Highway between Pelly Crossing and Stewart Crossing were reminders of how treacherous the road can be when the weather bounces around.
• Christmas In The Klondike The Dawson City Bed and Breakfast
• First nation takes objection to mining claim to the courts The Kaska Dena Council has filed documents with Yukon Supreme Court, asking a judge to throw out a mining claim given out in the Rancheria area.
• Territory welcomes Chinese delegation Delegates from the Shaanxi Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries arrived in Whitehorse last Thursday to begin discussions on the development of a sister province relationship with Yukon.
• Dog kennel decision defered A prospective small business owner will have to wait until 2010 to learn whether she can operate her proposed boarding kennel.
• Club Closes Down Another casualty of funding cuts is the Yukon Men's Society
• Man helped rescue snowslide victim It seems a radio antenna and a Marsh Lake resident are to thank for saving the life of a mineral exploration worker around the Mayo area last month.
• Man jailed after attacking teenager in downtown area A man who tried to rape a teenaged girl on the street in downtown Whitehorse this past summer has been sentenced to 21 months in jail.
• YTG's Christmas gift reopens youth club The Boys and Girls Club of Whitehorse has reopened its doors after the Yukon government agreed to infuse the insolvent organization with $50,000.