Whitehorse Daily Star

December 22, 2005

• Teamsters wrongfully fired agent: court Veteran Yukon union representative Don Evans has been awarded 22 months' salary and benefits as a result of his wrongful dismissal suit against the Teamsters Local 31.
• Grants assist territory-wide youth projects Young people throughout the Yukon will benefit from the latest round of Youth Investment Fund grants in eight communities, says the Yukon government.
• Salvation Army prepares 200 food hampers The Salvation Army is a busy place this time of year, with food and money donations rising dramatically just before Christmas.
• Justice laws changes approved Four acts designed to improve and modernize the justice system were passed in the Yukon Legislative Assembly before the fall sitting ended last Monday.
• Firefighters summoned to quell restaurant stove fire Whitehorse firefighters were called to extinguish a kitchen fire at the North Dragon restaurant on Second Avenue on Wednesday afternoon.
• Education reform talks have minister optimistic Education Minister John Edzerza says he hopes the current education reform project will provide an alternative to first nations drawing down education.
• Co-Operation in Governance Act becomes reality The Co-Operation in Governance Act has passed its third reading in the legislative assembly and has received assent to become law.
• Radio service improved The Yukon government is taking the next step with its Mobile Communications Solution by acquiring a new public safety mobile radio system to be used by the RCMP, health and safety professionals, public safety volunteer organizations and other government personnel.
• Raven shipped fewer recyclables this year There has been a 19-per-cent drop of recyclable materials being shipped out of the Yukon this year, says Raven Recycling.
• Seniors' housing needs to be addressed The Yukon Housing Corp. board will initiate consultations in Haines Junction focused on the emerging housing needs of local seniors, the territorial government said last Thursday.

December 21, 2005

• YTG roasted over handling of accused The Yukon government has again been criticized for its handling of a psychiatric case involving a Whitehorse man under the supervision of the territorial court.
• U.S. Senate spurns drilling bid The U.S. Senate has failed to push through a measure in military budget legislation that would have permitted the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for drilling.
• Scavengers will have to pay for the privilege Yukon garbage pickers will now be charged $10 a year to rifle through trash at the city's landfill.
• Northerners bask in win streak The streak of lucky Whitehorse residents continued last Thursday with a $100,000 scratch ticket winner, and last Friday with the winner of a $61,000-truck.
• Alta. firm bids lowest Technology for the treatment of waste water that's new to the Yukon may be coming on-line.
• It's lights out for bus tour The annual seniors' Christmas lights viewing tour will break with tradition this holiday season. There won't be one.
• With apologies to The Twelve Days of Christmas Over the 30-day fall sitting,
• Computer change improves ambulance service The Whitehorse ambulance station recently switched over to a computerized dispatch system that uses advanced software called ProQA.
• Candidates move toward election hiatus After four weeks, round one of the federal election campaign is drawing to a close and the candidates are preparing to call a truce between Christmas and New Year's as Canadians enjoy the holiday season.

December 20, 2005

• Motorists helped drive food program After winding down its Food for Fines campaign, city officials presented $2,700 worth of food to three Whitehorse non-profit groups.
• Infant was among robbery victims taken to hospital A one-year-old infant was pepper sprayed along with three other occupants of an Airline Inn hotel room during an armed robbery late Monday night.
• Conservatives confirm their candidate 'I am now the Yukon candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada,' says Sue Greetham.
• Tourism scholarship celebrates late Dawson resident The first ever Giovanni Castellarin Scholarship Fund awarded has been to two aspiring Yukon tourism entrepreneurs.
• Mild weather limits Sima's snowmaking Some 180 snowboarders and downhill skiers showed up for Mount Sima's opening day Monday, though recent and current weather patterns aren't helping conditions.
• Sitting ends amid NDP's flurry of motions The fall sitting of the legislative assembly ended Monday afternoon with the NDP pushing to set the agenda for when the the house sits again in the spring of 2006.
• Students were classified as U.S. security risk A Whitehorse teacher and some of his Grades 11 and 12 students were listed as a threat to the national security of the United States.
• Ambulance service needs volunteers DAWSON CITY The Dawson Ambulance Service is down to about four active volunteers compared to a high of more than a dozen a year ago.
• AL KULAN, MINING MAN Al Kulan, one of the most prominent mining men of the Yukon, was a man of action, adventure, endurance and perseverance who believed in living life to its fullest.