Whitehorse Daily Star

January 24, 2013

• Dawson objects to planned school calendar changes Both the municipal and school councils in Dawson City have concerns about the Department of Education's plans to implement a standard school calendar across the territory for the 2013/14 year.
• Put parkas and shovels on active duty, forecaster says Don't put the hat and mitts away too early.
• Youthful Energy on Stage Jacob Fitzsimmonds, left, and Karyin Qui are part of the MAD (Music, Art and Drama) 9-10 class performance of Everything MADgical at the Wood Street Centre.
• Revisting Trevor Jana Morrissil and Tony D'Allesandro will perform in Dogtown tonight at The Old Fire Hall.
• Idle No More movement won't end: spokeswoman Idle No More Yukon co-organizer Cherish Clarke says the movement will continue, even as Chief Theresa Spence ends her hunger strike.
• Collision sees seven people taken to hospital Seven people were taken to hospital Wednesday after a collision on the Alaska Highway near Watson Lake.
• Generator may power capital budget upward The city's proposed 2013 capital budget may get a boost even before it's passed.
• Project may live on: condo corporation A court order halting the construction of an apartment building doesn't mean the project can't go ahead at some point, says the president of the Whitehorse Condominium Corporation No. 95.

January 23, 2013

• Gear Down contest winner announced From Nov. 16 to Jan. 5, Yukon residents were encouraged to complete the safe snowmobile course online and/or complete a contest form.
• Photography for change exhibit to end soon Members of the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition invite the public to view and participate in the Photography for Social Change exhibit currently on display at the Yukon Arts Centre's Community Gallery.
• Here's How It's Done A Yukon College English as a Second Language student from Korea University of Technology and Education, shows Korean writing to Takhini Elementary School students Mercedes (centre) and Emily.
• Corrections A story in Tuesday's edition suggested a study done on Porter Creek's lower bench in the 1990s did not look at what type of housing would happen in that area.
• On Stage Tonight Odessa Beatty, left, and Bryn Hoffman are part of the MAD (Music, Art and Drama) 9-10 class production Everything MADgical at the Wood Street Centre.
• City staff recommend against rezoning in case of Riverdale home City staff have recommended that council defeat a rezoning bid that would see a Riverdale home converted into a duplex.
• Mayor, MP speak of improved relations Both Mayor Dan Curtis and Yukon MP Ryan Leef highlighted a new age of co-operation and collaboration at a news conference Tuesday announcing federal funding for community infrastructure projects.
• A Time For Socializing and Creativity Ann MacKenzie leads nine seniors at Copper Ridge Home in an afternoon of needle felting earlier this month.
• City opts to sole-source fire truck purchases The city will sole-source a contract estimated to be worth more than $1 million over the next two years.
• Object of harassment complaint denied compensation A Whitehorse businessman found to have sexually harassed his employee has been denied compensation from the Yukon Human Rights Commission for himself and ordered to pay the young woman.
• Stop building apartment complex, court orders A Whitehorse company has been ordered by the court to stop construction of an apartment building in the Logan subdivision.
• Drug buyers kept calling offender A Whitehorse man has been sentenced to 45 months in a federal prison for drug charges.

January 22, 2013

• Striking Poses Quqarrah, Trina and Anika, left-right, perform in the Leaping Feats Extremely Moving Youth Society Go Nuts
• Show Goes Tonight Jesse Buck, centre, with Cirque du Soleil, workshops with local clowns last Sunday at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Out of Service An RCMP officer surveys the scene
• Friday Fire Hall Fare Jesse Eerezan plays with the Morgan Childs Quartet last Friday evening
• Quite The Quartet The Morgan Childs Quartet performs last Friday at the youth-only music event at The Old Fire Hall.
• ‘The pace and scale of this is just astonishing' Caleb Behn is hoping the experience of his home community in northeastern British Columbia will help Yukoners decide how they want to deal with potential oil and gas development.
• Tailings plan could see alert system created The Yukon government would look at implementing a community alert system if Eagle Whitehorse proceeds with its plans to reclaim tailings at the old Whitehorse Copper Mine.
• CanNor to invest $1.8 million in six projects The City of Whitehorse received $605,000 in federal funding toward a back-up generator for the Canada Games Centre today that will allow the recreation site to serve as an emergency shelter.
• ‘People feel they're being railroaded into a development' After dropping planning work for Porter Creek D, city planners are picking up their pencils again and may soon set their long-term sights on the areas of McLean Creek and along Long Lake.