Whitehorse Daily Star

December 18, 2008

• Parks Canada stabilizing theatre DAWSON CITY - Parks Canada is undertaking foundation work on the Palace Grand Theatre this winter.
• Publication marks institute's milestone The recently published edition of the Northern Review celebrates the Northern Research Institute's (NRI's) 15-year anniversary with a special issue examining the development of northern research.
• Yukon College programs receive funding The territorial government is investing an additional $300,000 into Yukon College training programs, Education Minister Patrick Rouble said Wednesday.
• Garbage truck marks 20 years of delivering cheer It's a sure sign Christmas is on its way in Whitehorse when residents start spotting the city's most famous garbage truck making its way around town.
• Officials practised emergency responses It may have seemed like a pretty normal day for many residents around the city Wednesday, but officials with various agencies were busy preparing for a worst-case scenario.
• Readying For The Longest Night Bob, Patrick and Sarah Hamilton and Dave Haddock and Anne Louise Genest, left to right
• Christmas Generosity Capt. Robert Sessford of the Salvation Army
• Fentie optimistic in face of national woes As the country's economy slides into recession, Premier Dennis Fentie emerged from Wednesday's Finance ministers' meeting in Saskatoon with an upbeat forecast for the Yukon.
• Foundation given lucrative Christmas gift The Yukon Hospital Foundation received another big boost to its holiday fund-raising drive Wednesday with an early Christmas present from local businessman Tippy Mah.
• Day care can't issue former staff final cheques The Little Paws day care, closed last week after being evicted by Borud Enterprises for non-payment of rent, notched another failure this week, announcing it can no longer pay its former staff their final wages.
• RCMP take $120,000 worth of coke off streets A three-week undercover operation by the Whitehorse RCMP drug section resulted in six arrests and the seizure of more than 26 ounces of cocaine Wednesday.

December 17, 2008

• Getting too early a start on the Christmas rush DAWSON CITY - It hadn't snowed in Stratford, England, on Oct. 21, but in so many other ways it was beginning to look way too much like Christmas.
• Youth art projects enrich the ODD Gallery DAWSON CITY - The ODD Gallery is playing host this month to the Youth Art Enrichment Student Exhibition, a display of work by more than 30 of the Yukon's art students.
• Lucky Winners Rowan Garrett, third from right, receives a cheque for $3,000 from Michelle Fisher from the Northern Lights School of Dance fund-raising raffle.
• First SuperGreen House to be unveiled Construction of the first SuperGreen homes in Yukon is now substantially complete, Jim Kenyon, the minister responsible for the Yukon Housing Corp. (YHC), said Tuesday.
• Offender to be freed Jan. 15, board says now Marcellus Jacob, currently serving a seven-year sentence for sexually assaulting a woman in Whitehorse, will be released on Jan. 15, 2009, not Dec. 26.
• Thank You So Much Young Anna Gishler pays Kate O'Donnell from the Maryhouse
• Safety network members join the PSAC Workers at the Northern Safety Network Yukon (NSNY) have joined the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and its component Yukon Employees Union (YEU).
• Heritage management plan may pare complaints DAWSON CITY - How does a town council address development issues in a living historical community, a large portion of which is already designated as a National Historic Site?
• Musician plays poignant song to a friend "And I'd remember all the things I never told you
• Correction Liberal MLA Gary McRobb
• Cranky premier found the question a lemon Probing questions on the Whitehorse airport construction deal between the Yukon government and the Kwanlin Dun First Nation made Premier Dennis Fentie feel like a tin pot dictator Monday.
• Salvation Army readies for another Christmas It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ....
• PEEK-A-BOO! Anna Geshler has some fun with Santa at the Canada Games Centre
• Clerk robbed at knife-point Whitehorse RCMP are investigating an armed robbery at the Airport Chalet last night.
• Spending method displeases Mitchell Two days after the legislature's fall sitting wrapped, the government has issued a special warrant for more than $3.7 million in extra spending.
• Act will be challenged, B.C. group warns The territorial Justice department's newest piece of draft legislation is "ripe for constitutional challenge," says the B.C. Civil Liberties Association.

December 16, 2008

• Healthy living encouraged for families across Yukon The government is unveiling a new healthy living initiative for Yukon families, Health and Social Services Minister Glenn Hart said last Friday.
• New video service to include parental controls Northwestel Inc. is launching a new video on demand service for its digital cable TV customers in Whitehorse that will enable parents to control what their family watches.
• Frigid weather freezes secondary power sales With colder weather afoot, it's likely there will be more use of the Whitehorse diesel generators, says Yukon Energy's vice-president of operations and engineering.
• Session ends, but clouds dot premier's horizon As Premier Dennis Fentie boasted yesterday of the raft of new laws passed during this fall sitting of the legislature, his government recessed for the holidays under a cloud of controversies.
• RCMP seek watches' owner Whitehorse RCMP are trying to find the owner of three gold watches which were dropped off at the detachment at the end of September.
• Sliding With Santa Santa and Elise have some fun Saturday at Shipyards Park
• Nielsen family gathers in gallery for tribute In a moving tribute to the late Erik Nielsen on Monday, Premier Dennis Fentie officially announced the renaming of Whitehorse International Airport in memory of "one of Yukon's most distinguished sons.
• Clever Crafters Santa and Mrs. Claus held an Old-Fashioned Family Christmas
• Deceased was 'hard-working, respected': MLA The Yukon Liberal Party joined calls Monday for a public inquiry into the death of Carmacks resident Raymond Silverfox.