Whitehorse Daily Star

September 21, 2009

• City clears way for stimulus funding It didn't take long for council members to agree to sign off on an agreement that will see the city receive $40,000 in stimulus funding.
• Local students receive $34,500 worth of awards Six Yukon College students received five awards totalling nearly $35,000.
• B.C. couple seeks to fill in family histories DAWSON CITY – It's not unusual for a couple to arrive in Dawson because one of them has an ancestor for whom the Klondike played a big part of his or her life.
• Marching Ministers The annual Take Back The Night Walk took place Friday evening.
• Yukon College is preparing for second wave of H1N1 Over the past few months, Yukon College says
• Promoting Political Change Former Yukoner Ken Coates, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Ontario's University of Waterloo
• Housing ministers set out agenda Territorial ministers responsible for housing met last Thursday in Whitehorse to discuss the current state of housing and the need for a new approach to address the North's long-term housing needs.
• Winning ticket was sold here A Super 7 lotto prize worth $78,149 remained unclaimed this morning.
• The city is living beyond its means, candidate believes Longtime Whitehorse resident and businessman Ron Swizdaryk says he is running for city council because "it's time to give back again.”
• Missing man was in Whitehorse A man reported missing last week was located in Whitehorse shortly after police put out a missing-person alert on Friday.
• Teachers' demands exceed budget, YTG says Wage demands of public school educators in the territory exceed the Education department's projected personnel budget,
• ‘I have a problem with this inquest': lawyer Grant McLeod died of a lethal cocaine dose, a six-person coroner's jury ruled Friday afternoon at the close of an inquiry into the 39-year-old Whitehorse man's death.

September 18, 2009

• Survival and camping in the wilderness Lisa and I were out for supper at the G&P restaurant on the Alaska Highway and our waitress put a couple of cubes that looked like sugar cubes in front of us.
• Visiting artist selected to attend major art event Patricia Deadman, the latest LLAMA Project artist to arrive in the Yukon as part of the Canada-Mexico exchange,
• The continuing story of Frankenstein and his monster ( BOOKENDS ) OK – let's suppose that Mary Shelly didn't make it all up;
• Performer to showcase latest work tomorrow ( Preview ) A vocal instructor, piano teacher and community choir director by day,
• Playing Tonight Orpheus and Eurydice plays this evening at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Tales of northern nursing life in the 1960s DAWSON CITY – In the autumn of 1963, Keith and Muriel Billington arrived in Fort McPherson, N.W.T. to staff the nursing station there.
• City to join global climate wake-up call At 12:18 Monday afternoon, residents and visitors to Whitehorse will gather in front of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for a fun, peaceful, "flash mob”.
• Senior utility rebates OKed Whitehorse seniors won't have to worry about living in the city during the coldest months of the year to be entitled to a break on their utility bills.
• City to approach MLAs on motor vehicles laws The minority situation the Yukon government now finds itself in is already changing the way the city deals with MLAs.
• Roadblock to parking lot toppled Work will finally get underway on the temporary parking lot the city is setting up downtown after Coun. Dave Stockdale decided Tuesday he wouldn't bring the matter back to council chambers.
• Keno City's history and tranquility endure KENO CITY – There are neither butterflies nor drunk men weaving down the dirt road in Keno City on the morning of Aug. 29.
• No Parking ( For Now) Reconstruction of the Rotary Peace Park parking lot is seen today.
• Missing man sought Police are asking for the public's assistance in locating a Watson Lake man who hasn't been seen since last week.
• Stabbing sees two people arrested Two people are under arrest after a stabbing in Riverdale on Wednesday night.
• Residents to receive trench, flood relief The Yukon government will build a diversion trench and provide flood relief for Zircon Lane residents whose homes continue to suffer water damage in the Copper Ridge subdivision.
• Energetic Cancer-Fight Golden Horn Elementary School students
• Two newcomers, incumbent plan council runs Now in her third attempt at retirement, Betty Irwin says it's the right time for her to seek a seat on city council.
• Half-dozen jurors poised to make recommendations It is now up to a group of six laypeople to determine how,
• Paramedics testify about man's condition The paramedics who carried Grant McLeod out of the Chilkoot Trail Inn on the morning of Aug. 30, 2008
• Sides ‘not in the same settlement zone' A pay raise is not the key stumbling block to negotiations between the territorial government and the teachers' union that reached an impasse this week,

September 17, 2009

• PM mentions Yukon hydro project The territory's Mayo B Hydro project rated a mention during Tuesday's question period in the House of Commons as Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit to Washington was discusssed.
• AIDS walk exceeded fund-raising goal About $11,000 was raised by Wednesday's annual Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life in Whitehorse.
• Premiers sign accord of co-operation A new Alberta-Yukon Accord signed by Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach and Premier Dennis Fentie
• Yukon Guides saluted veteran leader at registration event Guiding members young and old, past and present, were on hand Tuesday to recognize Evelyn Neave's 50 years of service to Girl
• Dawson students excell at Terry Fox Run DAWSON CITY – The annual Robert Service School Terry Fox Run has collected $2,721 for the fight against cancer.
• The Adventure Will Begin Today Arctic Adventure,
• Correction In Wednesday's edition,
• Marchers will take back the night on Friday The 17th annual Take Back the Night March will take place in Whitehorse on Friday evening.
• Man had consumed cocaine, inquest told Grant McLeod took a potentially lethal dose of cocaine before he went into respiratory and cardiac arrest on the second floor landing of the Chilkoot Trail Inn
• Takhini North land lottery set for Sept. 29 Those looking for a property in the new section of Takhini North will have until Sept. 28 to get their names into the lottery for the first 15 lots.