Whitehorse Daily Star

December 17, 2015

• Making Music For A Good Cause The Canadian Country Christmas Show at the Jarvis Street Saloon opened Wednesday evening.
• Northern cabaret premieres this evening at local inn Furlesque,
• Serenading The Season Members of the All City Band
• Territory assists asset handling with various other governments The Yukon government is committing up to $40,000 for each municipal and First Nation government to help support physical asset management.
• An Evening For All Ages The 2016 F.H. Collins Secondary School graduating class gathered for a photo during an evening of serving dinner at the annual seniors’ Christmas dinner and dance held last Saturday at the Elks Hall.
• KDFN unveils tips line to bolster community safety The Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) is launching an anonymous tips line to help fight crime in the community.
• An Eye To The Sky When the setting sun shines the underside of a cloud, it makes for a brief visual delight before returning to its usual splendour.
• Commitment sought for a new Dawson daycare The territory’s Liberal leader has asked the Yukon Party to commit to funding a little daycare in Dawson City with a growing wait-list.
• Skiers seek paved trail at Mount McIntyre A paved, non-motorized trail at the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club – also connecting the Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre with the Canada Games Centre and the path along Hamilton Boulevard – would benefit local cross-country skiers, city council heard Monday night.
• Staking moratorium extended The moratorium on staking mineral claims within the Peel River watershed has been extended by two years to Jan. 1, 2018.
• Drivers should prepare for slower speed limits It would seem council has the drive to slow vehicles down in some parts of the city.

December 16, 2015

• Yukoner's Work Recognized Whitehorse RCMP Sgt. James J. Giczi shakes hands with Gov. Gen. David Johnston last Friday
• Annual fall capital project update released The Department of Highways and Public Works released its annual fall update for capital infrastructure projects last Thursday.
• Celebrating Women In Music Lindy-Jo Aston performs
• Ceremony helps ease the pain of bereavement Amid the excitement of the festive season – the Christmas lights, visits with Santa, festive gatherings and gift exchanges – there is a more sombre tradition that has provided a space for Yukoners to remember their loved ones and grieve their losses.
• Integrity of land claims agreement at stake: chiefs Allowing the Yukon Court of Appeal decision to stand in the Peel land use case could create huge and harmful uncertainty, it was said Tuesday.
• ‘By the end of it, it was pretty toxic in there’ The fall session of the legislative assembly began just as the red-wave of Liberal party excitement and fanaticism had finished sweeping the country during the federal election.
• Last suspect in drug bust caught in B.C. The last suspect in the Yukon’s RCMP Monolith drug bust has been arrested.

December 15, 2015

• Song Of The Season Rebecca Roberts performs Saturday
• Corner Crack-Up A Whitehorse RCMP officer works at the scene of a collision at the intersection of Quartz Road and Second Avenue at about 3:30 Monday afternoon.
• Council won’t reconsider outdoor sports complex The city’s new council will not reconsider the zoning of a piece of land in Whistle Bend for an outdoor sports complex.
• $1.3 million later, gov’t. taking heat over mining plan “It was about making a problem go away as quickly and as quietly as possible.”
• Highest court to be asked to hear Peel case The Peel land use plan is heading to the Supreme Court of Canada, though there are no guarantees the court will agree to hear an appeal.
• Vote will disappoint children: soccer official It was standing-room-only inside council chambers Monday evening as supporters of the proposed outdoor sports complex in Whistle Bend took another kick at persuading council to consider rezoning to permit the complex.