Whitehorse Daily Star

January 2, 2008

• Club researching 85 claims staked over its ski trails The Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club is trying to find out what the intention is behind mineral claims staked over part of its ski trails, says club spokesman Tom Ullyett.
• Tragedy draws life saver, bereaved family together Louis Paul Courbron, one of the men who received a Commissioner's Award for Bravery on Tuesday for saving a young boy from drowning in the Yukon River, has kept in touch with the boy's family ever since the incident last August.
• Board gives blessing to winter road plan Approval has been recommended for the controversial proposal to build a winter road up the Wind River into the Wernecke Mountains northwest of Mayo.
• Government finances training opportunities for more Yukoners Education Minister Patrick Rouble has announced the Department of Education will continue its investment in Community Training Funds (CTF).
• Businessman has put The Brick on the block After opening its doors only two years ago, franchise owner Erik Hougen is selling The Brick.

December 30, 2007

• Author never expected an Order of Canada honour A literary Yukoner has joined an exclusive list of Canadian members of the Order of Canada.
• Shed burns Six Whitehorse firefighters extinguished a blaze at 20 Liard Rd. in Riverdale on Friday afternoon, after responding to a call received at 4:30 p.m.
• Some hotels pass on New Year's New Year's Eve in the Yukon's capital is drawing some crowds out, although it appears the dawn of the auld lang syne blowout party is over.
• Yukoners pad their retirement nest eggs As 2007 comes to a close, the Yukon Bureau of Statistics has released figures for 2006 from the territory's gross domestic product to RRSP contributions.
• Lawsuit filed against local housing society The Grey Mountain Housing Society is being sued by a local man who says he was hired by the corporation, though no formal paper work was ever signed.
• The top 10 stories of 2007 Choosing the year's top 10 stories is, to a large extent, an arbitrary task. It's a mixture of our judgment, of stories that have occupied considerable media attention, or those that have the largest effect on the largest number of Yukoners or both.

December 27, 2007

• From the High North to Hogwarts Jim Lotz is not unknown to Yukon readers.
• Art project begins territorial tour in Dawson DAWSON CITY The Klondike Institute of Art and Culture celebrated the Christmas season with an open house showcasing the results of November's Youth Art Enrichment Program.
• Please don't tell your kids Bambi is real The story of 'Bambi', the whitetail deer that romps through the forests and villages with young children, has been told to children the world over.
• Revised property values surprise city The Yukon government announ-ced this week that Whitehorse property values are going up, meaning the city could make more money on property taxes.
• Commissioner to distribute awards at levee Commissioner Geraldine Van Bibber will present a number of exceptional Yukoners with awards at the annual Commissioner's New Year's Levee on Jan. 1.
• Moe loved life,' friends say of late aviator As a boy growing up in Carcross, the late Moe Grant fell in love with airplanes and flying. He never lost that passion not even after a near-fatal crash in 1950 at the age of 20.
• Local musher tuning up for Quest It's Friday afternoon at Furry Moon Kennels off the Annie Lake Road.
• CDF provides grants for range of projects Territorial Community Development Fund (CDF) grants were recently awarded to several projects whose proponents requested funding under $20,000.
• Former Dawsonite plans final resting place DAWSON CITY 'This is home. This is where I grew up and where I'm going to be buried,' says 77-year-old Roberta Speer, whom some Dawsonites may remember as Bobbie Daily.
• First nation plans Journey to Self Reliance The Selkirk First Nation has been awarded more than $2 million in Northern Strategy funds for its Journey to Self Reliance project.
• Go-cart will simulate impaired driving Whitehorse's Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) chapter is set to acquire Canada's first impaired driving simulation go-cart, teaching teens and adults the dangers of drinking and driving.