Whitehorse Daily Star

January 16, 2009

• Here's my special recipe for a klezmer-inspired weekend six lit candles on a menorah (out of a possible fully-lit Hanukah menorah of nine candles)
• Bringing humour and irony to life in Frankenstein Not since Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder made Young Frankenstein in 1974 has anyone tried to say that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: or a Modern Prometheus is a funny story.
• NDP breaking ranks from Layton's theology The latest news out of Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal outdoors columnist Bryan Meadows
• A fantasy classic is rediscovered Looking back at The Dream of the Stone after I had finished it, the biggest surprise was that the novel's first edition was in 1993.
• Of frozen bushes and missing feet DAWSON CITY - The bushes around town have been dressed in their deep winter finest for the last week.
• Sour Brides kicks off national tour with So Many Doors Sour Brides Theatre, a professional theatre company based in Whitehorse,
• Performer excels at building mind's images Canada's West has always had a distinct personality, and this culture has deep roots in the land and the cattle industry.
• Hospital corporation preparing financing for new building The Whitehorse General Hospital is getting a much-needed new building to house visiting specialists and locums.
• Please keep a watch for this trio The public's assistance is requested in locating three Yukoners wanted as of noon Tuesday.
• Snowy walkways are costing residents their mail delivery Canada Post Corp. is asking citizens to clear the way by shovelling the snow and ice from their sidewalks, stairs, and the path to their mailboxes.
• Role model receives Peter Greenlaw Award Riley Tobin has seen some things change at Porter Creek Secondary School since he started Grade 8 in 2004.
• Councillor questions no-parking warning The city isn't bursting with tour buses in early January, but that didn't stop bylaw officials from telling one driver to stay out of a tour bus-only parking zone on Jan. 2.
• Don't Rush To Judgment Ynklude artists of Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover
• Territory to stage ninth Fulda Challenge The annual Fulda Challenge Extreme Arctic Winter Adventure will begin Sunday, with six teams participating.
• A winter's memories surface after 25 years DAWSON CITY - Nine Dog Winter is the story of how Bruce Batchelor and Marsha McGillis pooled their resources and spent the winter of 1981 living in the bush at Horsefall Creek, between Fort Selkirk and the Pelly Farm.
• Rendezvous, Dawson festival benefit from federal largesse The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Society was among three Yukon non-profit organizations to receive an infusion of federal money Thursday.
• Council approves subdivision of land parcel City council has approved the subdivision of a 15.5-hectare piece of land off Robert Service Way.
• Buildings will get new lifts Viewing a curling match from the lower level of the Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre is about to get easier for residents dealing with mobility problems.
• Quarry proposal passes first reading The public will once again get to tell city council what they think of plans to quarry a site off the Old Livingstone Trail.
• Man is sentenced for molesting girl A Carmacks man who molested a young girl will spend two more months in jail before being released on strict probation.
• Lodges close in face of spiralling costs Highway travellers should be aware of the shrinking availability of gas services between Watson Lake and Fort Nelson, B.C., says a lodge worker along the way.
• Money-toting Toews on two-day visit Federal Treasury Board president Vic Toews arrived in Whitehorse yesterday with bags of money and more assurances that the North is a top priority for the Conservatives' minority government.

January 15, 2009

• Crown corporations split from Community Services The Yukon Housing Corp., the Yukon Liquor Corp. and Lotteries Yukon are being re-established as a unit separate from the Department of Community Services, Premier Dennis Fentie said last Friday.
• Fur show beat the frigid elements DAWSON CITY - Temperatures in the -50 to -55 C range didn't manage to wreck the 2009 Fur Show, but they did reduce the numbers.
• Fright Night is Tonight The cast and crew members of Frankenstein
• Lottery commission undaunted by fewer outlets Despite losing a quarter of its retail outlets in 2008
• Clad For The Cold Grey Mountain Primary School students
• Community helping ailing dad Local hockey parents are rallying around the family of David Amirault in trying to grant him his dying wish - to take in a pair of Montreal Canadiens hockey games with his two sons.
• 'Going to miss it terribly,' Mackey says of the Quest Lance Mackey's decision to pull out of next month's Yukon Quest to focus his efforts on winning a third straight Iditarod was anything but an easy one.
• Mail carrier delivers life-saving assistance to local taxi driver Canada Post staff in Whitehorse are singing the praises of a co-worker responsible for reviving a taxi driver who choked while on the road.
• Stewart-Cassiar open again after avalanche control work The Stewart-Cassiar Highway - Highway 37 - is again fully open, following avalanche control work in the last couple of days.
• Unstable snow conditions raising avalanche risk Local avalanche experts are recommending "extreme caution" when travelling into and around the outback because of unstable snow conditions.
• Charges filed 10 months after ex-Yukoner's death The man accused of killing former Yukoner Silas O'Brien in a deadly act of road rage is finally facing criminal charges.

January 14, 2009

• Write, recite and record, program urges youth Gwaandak Theatre of Whitehorse is calling for young writers for the Uth Ink: Playwright in the Community program.
• Creative Couple Paul and Jeanine Baker
• Dawson couple named Mr. and Mrs. Yukon "Life is a Celebration" is the motto of Ken and Aldene Snider of Dawson City, Mr. and Mrs. Yukon for this year's Sourdough Rendezvous Festival.
• Bookmaking project to be unveiled at arts centre "Ynklude", the Yukon Association for Community Living's (YACL's) art collective, will unveil its new community exhibit, Don't Judge a Book by its Cover, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Restoration of heritage sign nears completion Fifty-three years ago, the Whitehorse Inn put up what would be a centrepiece for the downtown core for decades.
• Higher costs to business concern chamber Rather than increasing its charges to businesses, the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce's president says the city should actually be reducing the amount businesses have to hand over to the municipality.
• Going Green Beckie Brauen, owner of Lili Pie Lotions
• Charge won't rise, Takhini residents assured Residents of Takhini North were assured Monday night that barring changes in interest rates, the local improvement charges (LIC) proposed for their properties will not go up.
• Inducted Ramesh Ferris receives his Rotary Club pin last Friday from Audrey McLaughlin after becoming a member.
• City not surprised by lack of bids for waterfront lots And still, there are no takers.
• Nature wreaking havoc with power supply Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. and Yukon Energy customers lost power once again this morning, this time because of an obstruction along the Whitehorse/Aishihik/Faro grid.
• Hospital staff, residents protest planned transfer Plans to place Watson Lake's hospital under the authority of the Yukon Hospital Corp. (YHC) has rankled the facility's nurses, Watson Lake community members and the Yukon Employees Union (YEU).