Whitehorse Daily Star

December 23, 2008

• Sex offenders should serve full sentences, petition states Street Smart Kidz, a free child safety program offered to parents and children all over Canada, plans to visit communities across Canada to collect 100,000 signatures on its "No Parole For Sex Offenders" petition.
• Training liaison workers join mine association The Yukon Mine Training Association has hired four training liaison workers to expand opportunities for employment in the mining and resource-related industries for workers across the Yukon and northern British Columbia.
• Food for Fines program raised almost $5,000 Craig Jarvis, president of the City of Whitehorse employees' union, estimates this year's Food for Fines program brought in nearly $5,000 worth of food.
• Yukon government assists Raven Recycling It's not just the big automakers getting a bailout package this Christmas.
• Sima 'ready to rock and roll': manager All Greg Meredith wants for Christmas is a little bit of warmth.
• Fake bills circulating in city Local merchants are being warned to be on the lookout for counterfeit cash after five bogus $100 bills surfaced at several locations around Whitehorse.
• Mitchell believes gov't will check out early Opposition and Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell doubts the current government, led by Premier Dennis Fentie, will finish its mandate, and is preparing his troops for an election sooner rather than later.
• Historical Performance The Robert Service School Choir of Grade 4, 5, 6 students

December 22, 2008

• Rural ambulance attendants sharpen their skills DAWSON CITY - Eight students from several Yukon communities gathered to receive paramedic training, returning the schoolroom at St. Mary's Catholic Church to its original function during most of November and early December.
• 'Maxing' the seasonal window dressing in Dawson DAWSON CITY - Goldrush Emporium, Dawson's combination bookstore, CD store and tourist store, is noteworthy for its window displays in all seasons of the year.
• Cold climate centre launches new website The Yukon Cold Climate Innovation Centre (YCCIC) reached another milestone last week with the launch of a new website,www.yccic.ca
• YTG helps build child care centre The Yukon government has given $300,000 to Carcross/Tagish First Nation (CTFN) to help it build a new child care centre in Carcross, Health and Social Services Minister Glenn Hart said today.
• That Yuletide Feeling Lonnie Powell, Lana Rae and Don Bishop
• Stolen vehicle owner helps find it A brief joyride has landed two Whitehorse teens in custody after they allegedly stole a truck from the downtown area on Friday night.
• Food allowance for social assistance recipients rises Effective early in the new year, Yukon residents receiving social assistance will see an increase in the food allowance portion of their benefits, Health and Social Services Minister Glenn Hart said last Thursday.
• Third psychiatrist to join Mental Health Services The Yukon will be getting a third psychiatrist in March 2009, Health and Social Services Minister Glenn Hart said Friday.
• Air North scoops up stranded Jazz passengers Air North is providing some comfort to Air Canada Jazz passengers whose flights have been cancelled to and from Vancouver.
• Act offers 'false peace of mind': advocate Education, not legislation, will give emergency workers and Good Samaritans peace of mind about their own health when helping strangers, says the director of the Yukon's HIV/AIDS support centre.
• 'It's quite an honour,' says new senator Whitehorse real estate agent and former MLA Dan Lang is among 18 Conservative-who's-whos from across Canada to be named to the Senate today.

December 19, 2008

• Night terrors, good deeds and ashes Kate Honors is happy in the morning when the sun shines in her bedroom window, happy during the day with her friends and family, happy getting ready for bed and reading with her dog beside her.
• Basic rules on how to survive in the great outdoors In response to a number of e-mails over the past six months on survival, I will finally get around to some basic rules to follow to stay alive.
• Christmas rhymes and cheer for the whole family to enjoy! two glasses of egg-nog (with rum) out of a possible two
• Performers prepare to greet the longer days At four minutes after 12 Greenwich Mean Time (that's 4:04 a.m. in Whitehorse) Sunday, the Western world will officially mark the beginning of winter.
• Trio charged with failing to attend court The public's assistance is requested in locating three Yukoners wanted as of noon Tuesday.
• City pays $13,577.83 in court costs Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale has ordered the City of Whitehorse to pay Marianne Darragh $13,577.83 in court costs.
• Feasting On Gingerbread F. H . Collins FEAST (Foods Education and Service Training)
• Stop work order lifted from demolition job City staff have lifted the stop-work order placed on Kingcat Construction for the demolition of the Pioneer Inn.
• Former day care director asks Hart to pay ex-staff After criticizing the department that financially backed the failed Little Paws Learning Centre, former director Andrew Robulak is asking for another cheque - this time to compensate staff for unpaid wages.
• Seasonal Beautification Jessica Jacobs sits in her office
• Let non-residents hunt bison: association Permitting Yukon hunters to guide Canadian friends from outside the territory on a bison hunt would help achieve harvest targets, says the president of the Yukon Fish and Game Association.
• Charities weathering stock market woes well A conservative investment strategy seems to be playing in the favour of at least two charitable organizations in the territory.
• Working With A View The territory's scenery
• Accused remain in jail Several of the accused cocaine and marijuana dealers arrested in an undercover RCMP sting remained in custody this morning pending bail hearings.
• Focus on predators outfitters group urges The Yukon government should control predators before restricting hunting of the Nahanni caribou herd, says the president of the Yukon Outfitters Association.
• Release wildlife proposals earlier, minister urged Environment Minister Elaine Taylor has been asked to remove confidentiality restrictions surrounding recommendations she will be receiving on wildlife management issues.
• 'Inattention' cited in break for accused In a case of mass miscommunication, an Old Crow man being prosecuted by the Crown has won a minor victory before his trial has even begun.
• Judge accepts victim's evidence over accused's The evidence given in his own defence by a Whitehorse man accused of assaulting his girlfriend and her four-year-old son was "inconsistent", "perplexing" and ultimately, insufficient, a Yukon judge decided Thursday.
• Accused will remain in custody A man charged with sexually assaulting three young children more than 18 years ago will remain in jail until his trial scheduled for the spring.
• Lighting Up History Parks Canada's annual contribution to Dawson City's festival of Christmas lights
• Seasonal Strings Members of the Christ the King Elementary School
• Shooting a quarter-century of Yukon history His photographs have recorded the territory's history, wildlife, events and changing landscape for more than a quarter-century.
• Man's death was avoidable, chief says The people of Little Salmon-Carmacks want everyone in the Yukon to know that Raymond Silverfox deserves better than what he got.
• Man doesn't judge Yukon by its bigotry Antoine Pierre left the Whitehorse court house today a free man with a clean record and no grudge against the Yukon, although he might be forgiven for bearing one.