Whitehorse Daily Star

January 9, 2007

• Savage Dawson Creek storm impacting services to Yukon A ferocious winter storm in the Dawson Creek, B.C. area means buses and trucks coming into the territory will likely be delayed.
• Games to can-canners: thanks, but no thanks Don't expect to see can-can dancers or the Snow Shoe Shufflers kicking up their heels to deliver a show at the Canada Winter Games.
• Man pleads guilty to kidnapping A local man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a woman last fall.
• Jobless rate sinks to unprecedented low The territory's unemployment rate reached a new historic low in December, according to numbers recently released by the Yukon's Bureau of Statistics.
• Abuse victims to top housing wait list The Yukon government has placed victims of violence at the top of the waiting list for social housing.
• Painting offered to city collection A painting done by a local artist may soon grace the halls of the Canada Games Centre.
• First nation leadership sworn in For the first time in the history of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, the chief and council were sworn into political office Tuesday afternoon.
• Secondary school's future to be debated Citizens wishing to express an opinion on the future of F.H. Collins Secondary School can do so at a public meeting tonight.

January 8, 2007

• Quake originated south of city Doug and Dale Phillips were having their morning coffee and getting ready to head into Whitehorse when they heard a thump against their Marsh Lake home at around 7:45 this morning.
• OCP needs changes, city council is told City council is being asked to change density and building height requirements in the Official Community Plan (OCP).
• Snowmobile race will close road The Haines Road will be closed between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Jan. 20, the Department of Highways and Public Works said Monday.
• Rare bird dies shortly after discovery One of Canada's rarest birds was found at Johnson's Crossing on New Year's Day, though it died shortly afterward.
• Year calls attention to safe work habits The territory's commissioner has declared 2007 the Year of Accountability for Workplace Safety.
• Justice explains decision on mine assets Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale has released his reasons for a decision last November which approved a marketing plan to sell the assets of the former BYG Resources gold mine near Carmacks.
• National television spots promote Canada Games The 2007 Canada Winter Games Host Society and the Canada Games Council have launched two 30-second Public Service Announcements (PSAs).
• Multiplex passes will be extended Holders of Canada Games Centre monthly passes will be receiving a membership extension.
• December boasted balmy days December's weather was a nice change from November's, with temperatures soaring to well above normal throughout the territory, Environment Canada reports.
• Leave lights up, Stockdale urges City councillor Dave Stockdale has again asked Whitehorse residents to extend their holiday spirit by leaving their Christmas lights up until March.

January 7, 2007

• Centre's closure to public to cost $90,000 Closing the city's multiplex facility to the public during the Canada Winter Games will cost the city $90,000.
• Sima officials hope to open hill Thursday Many skiers and snowboarders in Whitehorse are likely crossing their fingers in the hopes that Mount Sima will reopen Thursday.
• Two businesses' windows smashed Whitehorse RCMP are encouraging businesses to use security measures in protecting their property after two shops had their windows smashed overnight Friday.
• No-parking fines may rise this year Proposed hikes to city parking fines will likely come into effect this spring. City bylaw manager John Taylor said last Tuesday the earliest the proposed parking fine hikes, which could see fines double across the board, would come into effect would be April.
• Deal has too many unknowns: consumers' group There are too many unanswered questions in a multimillion-dollar proposal between Yukon Energy and the Minto mine, says the territory's utility watchdog.
• Rendezvous names royal couple The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Society has chosen two longtime Yukoners to be its king and queen this year.
• McLean Lake saga is set for another public hearing In yet another chapter to the McLean Lake batch plant story, the city has scheduled another public hearing into the matter.
• Territory was colder than normal throughout 2006 Whitehorse's average annual temperature was below average for 2006.