Whitehorse Daily Star

January 8, 2009

• Snow dump subdivision comes forward A vote by city council next week would put the city closer to owning its snow dump off Robert Service Way.
• YTG pours $63,908 into youth projects The territory's youth will benefit from 22 projects, sharing $63,908 from the Youth Investment Fund, the territorial government announced last month.
• Fur show attempts to defy the elements DAWSON CITY - Jessie Curell was experiencing a mixture of anticipation, worry, and excitement Wednesday as she continued to get ready for the 2009 edition of the Dawson Fur Show.
• Urban Fur Numerous foxes have been seen in the downtown and Riverdale areas this winter.
• Resident 'led down the garden path': judge A woman who was, as Judge John Faulkner described,
• College starts the new year green Yukon College is looking a little green after the holidays.
• Power Trough With temperatures hovering around -35 C
• Cold keeping diesel generators busy The backup diesel generators at the Whitehorse Rapids Dam have been running non-stop to meet increased demand through the persistent cold snap.
• Cold Confuses Thermometers This Dawson City thermometer on the left is clearly in shock.
• Local man faces assault charges Alcohol is believed to have been a factor in an incident early Tuesday morning that has a man facing several assault charges.
• Hearings on Takhini North set for Monday One vote against the city's proposed Local Improvement Charge (LIC) for water and sewage system work in Takhini North means a public hearing on the matter will be held Monday night.
• Court rejects man's claim to land For six years, Lucas Knol has been fighting for what he says is his share of a Porter Creek property left behind by deceased prospector Harry Versluce.
• Fewer hurt workers 'an achievement' The workers' compensation board is calling it a slight decline, but for the first time in six years, there have been fewer workplace injuries in the territory.

January 7, 2009

• Lost 'solar car wolf story' is worth telling Lost 'solar car wolf story' is worth telling
• Young Witness To History Trayvon Kelly was one of the daycare dancers
• Alaskans to be asked to pare catch Alaska's subsistence chinook salmon fishery will be asked to cut its catch to help conserve the troubled Yukon River stock.
• Subdivision sought in Mount Sima industrial area A lot in the Mount Sima industrial subdivision could soon be two separate properties.
• National magazine celebrated Ni'iinlii Njik grizzly bears Canadian Geographic has chosen the Ni'iinlii Njik (Fishing Branch) Ecological Reserve grizzly bear viewing experience as the cover feature in its annual "Wildlife Stories of the Year" issue.
• Revised treaty ensures sockeye salmon harvest for first nations Allowances for a sockeye salmon harvest for the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations have been built into the renewed Pacific Salmon Treaty for the first time.
• Community ushers in education reform It's back to the future for the Carcross-Tagish First Nation.
• Cold Weather Phenomenon Sundogs
• Industrial Road section nears closure A section of Industrial Road could officially be closed off next week if council passes second and third readings of the bylaw permitting the closure.
• ABCP interest payments anticipated soon While more than $36 million in questionable government investments will be tied up for another five years, interest payments on the principal should start trickling back into Yukon coffers later this month.
• Territory awarded $175-million share of federal largesse More than $175 million in federal cash is up for grabs in the Yukon as Ottawa looks to fast-track infrastructure investment nationwide.

January 6, 2009

• City hires executive assistant to work with senior manager For the first time since 1996, the Whitehorse's city manager will have some help in his job after the city opted to hire an executive assistant for manager Dennis Shewfelt.
• Legging It Into Rendezvous Murd Nicholson checks out Justine Davidson's legs
• Quarry would require third of Natural Resource land After designating an almost 93-hectare piece of land as Natural Resource, the city is proposing to use just more than 28 hectares of it for a quarry.
• Improving Emergency Response Time City crews were out testing the traffic lights pre-emption system Monday morning
• Whistlebend will require major power line Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. is proposing to build a new transmission line from the Kulan industrial park to service the proposed Whistlebend subdivision on the Porter Creek lower bench.
• Comin' At You A lone headlight
• Convention bureau support pays off, city told Now is not the time to cut funding to programs and organizations that are working to bring tourists to town, says the Yukon Convention Bureau's managing director.
• Good Samaritan's reward: worries and secrecy When Vaughan Johnstone heard about the public consultation on the proposed Mandatory Testing Act, he was cast back to a spring night in 2008.