Whitehorse Daily Star

January 14, 2007

• Less alcohol was consumed in last fiscal year: stats In the 2005/2006 fiscal year, more than $23 million was spent on alcohol in the Yukon and approximately 4.3 million litres were drunk.
• Sears moves into new location Sears is back in business for Whitehorse shoppers.
• Dawson readying for panning championships DAWSON CITY Most of the Yukon's attention seems to be focused on the immediate prospect of the Canada Winter Games, to be held in Whitehorse in late February and early March.
• Education officials act on Internet postings The territory's French-language school board is preparing for action following an incident of cyberbullying where photos of students were posted on the Internet complete with belittling statements.
• Man lost $600 worth of oil to theft After he endured lot of grief and a $600-oil bill, Ceri Bowen's home is warm and being heated by fuel once again following a theft of the heating source from his tank in the Baranov Mobile Home Park.
• Submissions begin in drug case Submissions began in territorial court this morning on what evidence can be used in the trial involving a major marijuana grow operation in the Copper Ridge subdivision.

January 11, 2007

• Wintery post-holiday thoughts from the Klondike DAWSON CITY The ice bridge across the Yukon River has been in full use for more than a month now, having grown from a single track ('use at your own risk') made by daring and determined snowmobilers to the four-lane official territorial highway that should last until early April.
• Mystery novel recreates 19th-century New York I remember walking through bookstores in the summer 10 years ago and seeing copies of The Alienist everywhere I looked.
• Small winged mammals shouldn't drive you batty Since my column mentioning bats, I have set off some alarm buttons connecting bats to rabies.
• A turntablist even your mother would love Toward the beginning of the first track, a motherly voice can be heard talking sternly.
• Jones is knocking at success' door with Fornequiem Experimental music artist Steve Jones is at it again.
• Union, MP criticize federal leave policy Yukoners working for the federal government will not be able to volunteer for the 2007 Canada Winter Games and still receive their paycheques.
• Ex-mayor begins his next career Former Whitehorse mayor Ernie Bourassa has a new job with the Yukon Chamber of Commerce.
• Ageing arena luring great interest The Stan McCowan Arena will become a hot item following the Canada Winter Games.
• Deputy minister leaves government John Stecyk, the territory's deputy minister of Highways and Public Works, has had his assignment revoked by the government.
• Red Ribbon effort deemed a success The Yukon chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving has wrapped up its portion of the Red Ribbon campaign. Whitehorse residents, however, can expect to still see a few of the donation boxes around town.
• CKRW looks to extend its broadcast range Across the country, satellite and Internet radio listeners can tune into Whitehorse radio station CKRW.
• 2007 fur show proved a popular draw DAWSON CITY The 2007 fur show provided an afternoon and evening of activity and entertainment at the Tr'ond'k Hw'ch'in Community Hall last Saturday.
• Dawson suffers brief black-out DAWSON CITY When it's -40 C, one of the last things a community wants to have happen is for its electricity to fail. Dawson had this experience in the middle of the morning on Wednesday.

January 10, 2007

• Injury rate takes sharp escalation The number of injuries to workers reported in the territory has tripled in the last week.
• Reserve issue frustrating first nation A ministerial envoy will be meeting with the White River First Nation within the next two weeks to discuss how to conclude its land claim and self-government agreements.
• Whitehorse chosen for big interfaith religious conference Muhammad Mirza thinks the Third World War is on the way if religious leaders don't join together to address extremism and rising tensions in the Middle East.
• Woman volunteers for hospital board City council is considering a nomination for its representative to the Yukon Hospital Corp. board of trustees.
• Employers invited to offer students jobs during Games Yukon College plans to host an employment fair for students who want to sign up to work or volunteer at the Canada Winter Games.
• Doomed damsels' take to the stage as comedy fest kicks off They're 'doomed damsels' who will die due to their obsessions.
• Ice Wireless to melt away from cellular service field Ice Wireless is pulling out of Whitehorse.
• School's future not linked with Copper Ridge plans: official F.H. Collins Secondary School will not be moving to a new location in Copper Ridge, says David Sloan, director of area 2 with the Department of Education.
• Historic house to backdrop future planning Planning work for future infrastructure in Whitehorse will be done in one of the oldest buildings in the city.