Whitehorse Daily Star

January 3, 2006

• Trees removed without permit It's not clear how many trees if any the minister responsible for forestry had cut down on Crown land without a permit.
• Convenience store robbed A man wearing a ski mask robbed the convenience store at the Airline Inn last Friday evening.
• RCMP collar second fugitive For the second time in a week, local RCMP have arrested a man in Whitehorse wanted on a nationwide warrant for jumping parole.
• Tories advocate transit tax credit If the Conservatives win the Jan. 23 federal election, Whitehorse bus pass holders would be eligible for a 16 per cent transit credit on their federal income tax, according to a Conservative news release.
• City gouging homeowners, longtime resident believes The Whitehorse municipal government is gouging city homeowners on their tax bills to pay for a mammoth recreation centre that only a limited percentage of the population uses.
• FASSY starts new year with funding crunch With funding for two major projects set to end in the spring, the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society of the Yukon (FASSY) may be left in the financial lurch by March.
• Shingles imminent for Habitat home The walls are up, the roof is sheeted and it's expected shingles will go on this month for the Yukon's first home built under the flag of Habitat for Humanity Yukon.
• More being spent on alcohol In the 2004/2005 fiscal year, more than $22 million was spent on alcohol in the Yukon and more than 4.4 million litres were consumed.

December 30, 2005

• Done Gone String Band served cool drink to thirsty ears There is an almost-new venue in Whitehorse that's presenting some first-class music to the city.
• Beloved community cornerstone bades goodbye DAWSON CITY Music is at the core of the Community Ecumenical Christmas Eve Pageant, held annually at St. Paul's Anglican Church.
• Devoted to The Bard in the future, past and present An actor's lot is often not a happy one. The life story of Kenneth C. Valentine is the stuff of The Golden Globe, played out on a cosmic stage that includes the entire solar system.
• Twist of fate helped save boater's life Whitehorse electrician Ron Moyen is this year's recipient of the Commissioner's Award for Bravery, for helping rescue a man very near death.
• That wintery day, I helped a stranded political hitchhiker With a winter federal election happening in Canada, few people will be more affected than residents of the three territorial ridings.
• Watering holes will lay out music, munchies for 2006 For those who have not yet solidified their New Year's Eve plans, fear not there are ample ways to celebrate the final moments of 2005.
• House prices took huge upswing The cost of buying a house in Whitehorse rose by 21 per cent between this past summer and the summer of 2004.
• The top 10 Yukon stories of 2005 Choosing the year's top 10 stories is, to an extent, an arbitrary task. It's a mixture of our judgment, of stories that have occupied considerable media attention, or those that have had the largest effect on the highest number of Yukoners or both.
• A year of record spending, Jenkins' bombshell With tomorrow's conclusion of 2005, the Yukon Party is now three-quarters through its mandate and the territory is preparing to launch into an election year.

December 29, 2005

• Mechanics collar man on the lam In what turned into a Good Samaritan relay Wednesday morning, a group of Whitehorse mechanics tackled and apprehended a man who'd been on the run from the law since last July.
• Hospitality program meant to fill labour void A new hospitality skills program is designed to address the shortage of trained staff in the tourism industry.
• Tourism marketing fund has $36,000 left There is approximately $36,000 remaining in the current round of funding in the territorial Tourism Co-operative Marketing Fund.
• Surveillance aircraft may see duty here A full-time aerial surveillance program that will scan the Pacific coast for poachers and polluters could also be used to monitor fish populations in the Yukon.
• NDP, Liberals were Fentie's biggest regret 'I want to extend to Yukoners the message that we have every reason to be optimistic about Yukon's future,' says Premier Dennis Fentie.
• Dawson group aims to Repair the Harm' DAWSON CITY It may be that the theme of the Dawson Community Group Conferencing Society, 'Repair the Harm,' is a little too subtle.
• Scholarship recipient to work at Kluane Park VANCOUVER (CP) Three doctoral students from the University of British Columbia have been named recipients of Canon National Parks science scholarships, taking the honour from a group of more than 140 applicants from the Americas.
• Hillcrest boasts city's highest rents Hillcrest is the most expensive place to rent a home in Whitehorse. According to the Yukon Bureau of Statistics, as of September 2005, the average rent in Hillcrest was $700.
• MILLION DOLLAR REMODELING FOR HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CIRCLE Tenders for the reconstruction of 18 miles of the Alaska Highway from Mile 909.2 to Mile 928.5 closed on Thursday, My 1, 1969. The lowest bid was $961,584 submitted by Nanaimo Bulldozing Co. Ltd. of Nanaimo B.C.