Whitehorse Daily Star

December 11, 2009

• Climate change viewed as a con job ( Bookends ) You can't read the late Michael Crichton's 2004 novel about an eco-terrorist con job
• Rogue ATV drivers ruin it for everyone Last week, in the dark of the night, a rogue ATV driver showed complete disrespect for private property and broke just about every ATV bylaw in the book.
• Illustrator's work gaining a higher profile Eleanor Rosenberg is on a self-promotion blitz.
• Frostbite fund-raiser warmed up Old Fire Hall ( Review ) The Old Fire Hall played host to a variety of musicians on Wednesday evening.
• Grants give Yukon artists a chance to travel Canadian and international audiences will see the talents of six Yukon performing and visual artists thanks to $34,770 in grants recently awarded through the territorial Touring Artist Fund.
• Whitewater jams to flow to new venue More than a decade of open mike tradition that is Whitewater Wednesday Night Jam has called the moving company.
• Nutcracker packed them in at Gerties venue The slot machines and gaming tables were quiet in Diamond Tooth Gerties last Sunday as the curtain went up for the Northern Lights School of Dance production of Nutcracker,
• Food For Fines program lacks council's approval The city's annual Food For Fines program will be finished before council even approves it.
• Black Sheep Aviation looks to renew lease Nearly two years after the lease agreement Black Sheep Aviation had with the city for a float plane base at Schwatka Lake ended, a new agreement has been drafted.
• Peel plan could trigger compensation bids Mining and exploration companies may have no choice but to seek financial compensation if they're forced out of the Peel watershed, says one company executive.
• College launches photo contest Yukon College is celebrating the season and boosting its Facebook page with a Yukon winter photo contest.
• Warmer climes beckon AYC's executive director After more than five years as executive director of the Association of Yukon Communities, Tom Paterson is resigning his post.
• Merger bad idea, says WCB chair Workers' compensation board chair Craig Tuton yesterday hit back against the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce,
• Movie rental store fades to black It seems financial troubles at North America's second-largest movie store have come to roost in Whitehorse.
• Migration patterns see fewer caribou taken It's looking like migration patterns more than anything have pushed down the recent harvest of Porcupine caribou to below-average levels.
• Dawson rescinds employees' seasonal break By a tie vote of two to two, with one member absent, Dawson council has voted not to extend to town staff an extended Christmas-to-New Year's break that has been in place since 1998.
• Centre's planned closure disappoints youth It's just after 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Whitehorse Youth Centre downtown, home of the Boys and Girls Club drop-in centre, when teenagers start to trickle in.
• Proposed OCP changes stirring reservations It will likely be about another month before the city makes a formal public presentation on its proposed changes to the Official Community Plan(OCP).
• Correction Jesse Pickles was sentenced to six months' probation and 20 hours' community service Wednesday,
• The whiskey's in the barrels; the waiting begins "Does it smell like moonshine?”
• Dog's death ‘really wrong, really unfair' Fred Edzerza and his family learned the hard way last week that once a dog becomes the city's property, it may be gone for good.
• Bird's misguided flight affected 14,000 people Evidence says it was some kind of bird that shorted out the entire Whitehorse-Aishihik-Faro electrical grid and its 14,000-plus customers late Thursday afternoon.

December 10, 2009

• University of Alberta partners with college for degree program The University of Alberta (U of A) and Yukon College signed a Collaborative Program Agreement for an Environmental and Conservation Sciences Degree on Monday.
• New first nations website launched A new website means first nations will no longer have to spend hours coming up with job descriptions or other documents from scratch,
• First nation plans an auction fund-raiser for needy families The Champagne and Aishihik First Nation (CAFN) will hold its annual Christmas bazaar Dec.17 to raise money for families in need.
• Government tried to duck languages motion: Liberal Vuntut Gwitchin MLA Darius Elias expressed disgust today at government members for dragging debate on a credit union motion Wednesday,
• Youthful Grace The Northern Lights School of Dance will present its annual Christmas show Nutcracker at the Yukon Arts Centre this weekend.
• Bare Essentials campaign still proving to be a popular cause Each year, the territorial government's Women's Directorate co-ordinates activities during the Christmas season to remind us all that Peace Begins at Home.
• Correction Elk were first imported to the Yukon in 1951,
• ‘We are trying to roll over the elephant' They're calling it the beginning of a new era in the management of the Yukon's fish and wildlife.
• MLAs opt to open the door to credit unions Credit union-style banking could be returning to the territory after MLAs voted in favour Wednesday of crafting legislation to allow provincially incorporated credit unions to operate in the Yukon.
• Graffiti costs city $100,000 a year: mayor Mayor Bev Buckway was in court Wednesday to ask that the graffiti tagger known as Sonic clean up his handy work.

December 9, 2009

• School celebrates history with a fine fair Following an afternoon of judging, parents and interested community members were invited to the Robert Service School for an evening with history as the 200 Historica Fair projects were put on display.
• Musician packed the house in Dawson City Dave Gunning has won six Music Nova Scotia Awards and three East Coast Music Awards.
• Dawson City sewage project proceeds to screening stage Dawson council recently received an update on the town's sewage treatment project from Catherine Harwood,
• Encouraging Safety On The Roads Svea Pearson, 24 months, receives a bear and a $500 registered education savings plan
• College students enjoyed their annual festive feast For more than 20 years, Yukon College has celebrated the arrival of the Christmas holidays with a first nations feast and this year was no exception,
• City on verge of finalizing priorities for snow-clearing City staff will know next week what their priorities will be in dealing with ice and snow on the roads this winter.
• Nearly 100 students showed off their scientific talents Yukon College's cafeteria was a busy place last weekend as almost 100 students presented more than 60 projects from 11 schools in the 2009 Yukon/Stikine Regional Science Fair.
• Dispute over mine continues in court Retired placer miner Norm Ross and Golden Hill Ventures were in court again today for a significant step in Golden Hill's recent claim against Ross.
• Elk are disrupting area residents' lives, MLA tells minister The increasing number of wild elk in the territory is disrupting the lives and ruining the property of some residents,
• H1N1 virus was found in infant: physician The Yukon's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Brendan Hanley
• City's latest charette draws varied opinions The president of the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce praises the city for recognizing the importance of economic development in Whitehorse.
• Dawson sues ex-mayor for $43,700 in loans The City of Dawson is suing former mayor Glenn Everitt for $43,700 worth of personal loans.
• Left-Over Damage The remnants of a three-vehicle collision
• Gov't is ignoring Keno residents' concerns: MLA In what has turned into a David and Goliath battle, t
• Territory loses aviation pioneer The Yukon has lost one of its own.
• Man admits he sold Ecstasy; will fight other charges One of the five men arrested during a recent Whitehorse drug bust pleaded guilty to selling Ecstasy today, but indicated he will fight the more serious charges against him.