Whitehorse Daily Star

November 19, 2008

• Fifteen arts and cultural projects receive grants The territorial Arts Fund is contributing $166,400 toward 15 projects to further support and develop the arts in Yukon, Tourism and Culture Minister Elaine Taylor said Monday.
• Harmonica George McConkey goes solo DAWSON CITY - Harmonica George McConkey is putting out a CD.
• The road beckons for Whitehorse band How do you measure success for a festival?
• Northwestel fundraising for United Way tops $26,000 Northwestel Inc. and its employees raised more than $26,000 for the United Way of Yukon this year, almost 20 per cent more than last year.
• River Still Flowing Ice on the Yukon River in Dawson City has grown
• Municipalities looking at Building Canada projects It's clear that investing in municipal infrastructure rather than providing tax breaks is a better stimulus for a struggling economy, says Mayor Bev Buckway, who is also the Association of Yukon Communities' president.
• SCAN program is working effectively, minister says New statistics show Yukoners are working to reduce criminal activity by accessing the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) Act, Justice Minister Marian Horne said today.
• City may eliminate its local preference policy: mayor The city could be removing the preference it offers local companies in bidding on its contracts.
• Famliar Ritual Yukon MP Larry Bagnell
• Drug costs 'shocked' New Democratic MLA As much is being made of a government health review's recommendations that fees and surcharges be introduced, little has been said about the Yukon Health Care Review's cost-cutting measures.
• Care facility tenders close A tender call closed Tuesday for labour services to board up the new but incomplete multi-level care facility for Watson Lake.
• Shelter still has obstacles to topple While supporters of the Angels' Nest emergency shelter this week celebrated the purchase of the former Hide on Jeckell hostel, there is much work to be done before the doors can open.
• Garbage truck tradition will go on: manager New trucks or old, the city promises to continue delivering Christmas spirit.
• Play's Run Continues Moving Parts Theatre's
• Arts Centre to Rock Crash the Car will release a CD
• Mining firms' merger formally approved A merger between the Sherwood Copper Corp. and Capstone Mining Corp. under the Capstone name was soundly approved by shareholders last Friday.
• Policy proposed for sponsoring indoor venues With facilities like the Northwestel Arena and the ATCO Ice at the Canada Games Centre, sponsorship is playing a bigger role in funding recreational sites.
• 'I didn't mean to kill him,' accused testifies In the weeks before she fatally stabbed Gerald Dawson, Karen Rodrigue was living life as she had for years: drinking regularly and smoking cocaine every few days, whenever she and her partner, Danny McGinnis, could afford it.
• Action group asks placer miners for ideas and help DAWSON CITY - Nancy Schmidt is looking to the placer miners of the Klondike to show some interest in improving the look of the historic town.

November 18, 2008

• Payments to be beefed up to low-income senior citizens Low-income Yukon seniors will be eligible for up to $2,400 in annual benefits with the passage of Bill 63, which would amend the Seniors Income Supplement Act.
• Liberals denounce health review's 'tax grab' First the media had their chance, then the medical association boss expressed his reservations and Monday, in the legislative assembly, Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell took the premier to task for the Yukon Health Care Review.
• Jarring show condemns abuse of women Before his show began at the Yukon Arts Centre Monday evening, Ben Atherton-Zeman walked through the sparsely-filled theatre chiming a brass bowl with a wooden paddle.
• Recycling society seeks city's help As city officials look at giving a struggling Raven Recycling Society a hand amid the world economic crisis, two council members are asking the entire community to help out the non-profit organization by donating their refundables to it.
• Snares, traps set after wolves kill colt A colt killed by wolves Monday is further evidence of a problem with the predators along the Mayo Road, says farmer Jim Dillabaugh.
• Shelter's boosters shed tears of gratitude Angels' Nest will be so much more than a home.
• 'They are bullying us,' says Canada Post worker Conrad Gryba says he should be OK financially if the strike by his union against Canada Post goes on for some time.

November 17, 2008

• Come see why this band has a cult following The house band for the Westminster Hotel has been providing the soundtrack for the many evenings of wonderful entertainment for both locals and summer people in Dawson City.
• Vehicle stolen, man arrested A 24-year-old Whitehorse man is facing theft charges today after the RCMP recovered a stolen vehicle early this morning.
• CMA head brings key message to Whitehorse Dr. Robert Ouellet, the new president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), brought his health care privatization message to the Yukon Medical Association's (YMA's) annual general meeting Friday.
• Major youth conference scheduled this weekend Youth and youth workers from across the North are set to descend on Whitehorse Nov. 21-23 for a conference in which youth engagement, empowerment and education are the focus.
• Rasing Funds the fun way The Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization
• Highway mishap injures trio Three people were taken to hospital with minor injuries Saturday evening after a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of the Kulan industrial area and Alaska Highway.
• YOTS buys house to use as shelter After weeks of uncertainty and the Yukon government's rebuff of an operations funding request, the Youth of Today Society (YOTS) has forged ahead and purchased the former Hide on Jeckell guest house, to be used for its proposed shelter for those aged 17 to 24.
• Court hears from pathologist The Vancouver pathologist who examined Gerald Dawson's body more than 10 days after he died, testified via satellite in Yukon Supreme Court today.
• Car slams into pole Emergency responders sped to the scene of this single-vehicle mishap on Hamilton Boulevard at about 1 p.m.
• Carvill reserves comment on first nation's departure Grand Chief Andy Carvill of the Council of Yukon First Nations has put off commenting on the decision by the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation to leave the fold.
• Don't tax the old and the sick, YMA's head urges Charging more money to the territory's most vulnerable is no way to curb the rising cost of delivering medical care, says Dr. Rao Tadepalli, president of the Yukon Medical Association (YMA).
• Getting Ready The Yukon Ski Patrol
• Speakers kick off National Addictions Week "My name is Dan and I'm an alcoholic."
• Canada Post strike is affecting Whitehorse Local union representatives are accusing Canada Post of unfair labour practices and lying to its employees, as post office workers began a series of rotating picket lines this morning.
• Judge expects 'restraint and common sense' from media The door to courtroom one at the Whitehorse courthouse was locked this morning.