Whitehorse Daily Star

December 13, 2012

• Dawson residents want action on their airport Dawson Chamber of Commerce members hoping to hear for definite news about the local airport's future were disappointed by Tuesday's meeting with the consultants recently hired by the Yukon government to prepare a report on the situation.
• Surveying The Scenery A pair of ravens
• City experiments with free public Wi-Fi The city is doing a pilot project to explore the feasibility of offering free public Wi-Fi Internet service in city facilities, Mayor Dan Curtis said this week.
• Seasonal Sounds The Whitehorse String Ensemble performs
• Communities fund helps out cross-territory projects A variety of community organizations are receiving more than $400,000 in funding from the Community Development Fund (CDF) to help finance training and educational initiatives and enhance recreational facilities across Yukon.
• Music and Merriment Rebekah Bell conducts the All City Band
• City continuing to work with government on Whistle Bend The city is continuing to work with the territory to take over ownership of the roads, water and sewer lines and other infrastructure in the city's newest subdivision, says Brian Crist, the city's director of infrastructure and operations.
• Awaiting An Audience MAD Spread
• Buy local, minister urges Holiday season provides opportunity to support local economy
• Pharmaceutical industry reviewed The Yukon's pharmaceutical industry is under review, Health and Social Services Minister Doug Graham said during question period Wednesday, in the legislature.
• Mayor brings forward motion on Parks Canada Mayor Dan Curtis will be calling on his fellow council members to join with the members of the legislative assembly to save Parks Canada services in the territory.
• Porter Creek D's creation unanimously opposed City council will decide in January whether to continue with the work of planning Porter Creek D in the middle McIntyre Creek area.

December 12, 2012

• Marketing partnership agreement reached The Yukon government and Holland America Line have announced the signing of a three-year co-operative marketing agreement to raise the number of cruisetour visitors to Yukon.
• Fire alert evacuation at -30 C raises alarms for department A fire alarm that caused the evacuation of Elijah Smith Elementry School last week has Department of Education officials reviewing its policy.
• Christmas concert will help animal shelter It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas.
• Old Time Songs Ryan McNally and Patrick Hamilton (on guitar, left-right) and Daniel Timmermans (background, on trumpet)
• Photography for Social Change calendar released Members of the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition have released their third annual Photography for Social Change calendar.
• A Frigid Sight This sun dog
• Lights of Life will start to shine Thursday Hospice Yukon's 22nd annual Lights of Life will begin at 12:15 p.m. Thursday in the lobby of the Elijah Smith Building on Main Street.
• Tank farm cleanup process takes another step The clean-up of the former tank farm site came closer to reality at Monday evening's city council meeting,
• Sounds of The Season The Fiddleheads performed at this month's Commissioner's Christmas Concert at The old Fire Hall.
• Car seat safety draw winners unveiled The 2012 winners of the Child Car Seat Safety Program draw were announced last Friday by Highways and Public Works Minister Wade Istchenko.
• Into The Spirit Of Generosity Malcolm Dawson performs
• Annual lights festival set for Saturday "The city is again preparing to hosts its annual City Lights Festival,” Mayor Dan Curtis said recently.
• Petition demands continued gym space Representatives of F.H. Collins Secondary School students delivered an envelope containing more than 600 signatures to Education Minister Scott Kent at lunch time on Monday.
• Locally-Produced Crafts Promoted Buyers browse through the multitudes of handmade jewellery, crafts, beadwork, and baked goods
• Survey suggests a higher regard for RCMP An annual survey of Yukoners' opinions of the RCMP has found a large jump in ratings provided by community leaders.
• Mining will remain vibrant, audience told The world's mining industry will continue on its hot ride into the foreseeable future, and the Yukon and Canada will be aboard, says the president of the Mining Association of Canada.
• Conversion course produces an electric truck A 1996 Ford Ranger pickup truck is not exactly the car you'd expect to see crowds of people flocking around.
• Letter to students is justifed, Speaker says The Speaker of the legislative assembly says the point of his letter to student protesters is being missed.
• Whistle Bend's full transfer to city delayed Interim Liberal leader Sandy Silver was set to continue questioning ministers in the legislature this afternoon on the state of infrastructure in Whitehorse's newest subdivision.

December 11, 2012

• Heavy snow likely cut Dawson City's power Power went out in Dawson City at 6:04 Monday morning, according to Janet Patterson, Yukon Energy's manager of communications.
• Porter Creek D meeting on tomorrow The City of Whitehorse will hold a Porter Creek D public meeting beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
• Government still bent on changing Oil and Gas Act The Yukon Party government is moving forward with amendments to the Oil and Gas Act in the face of stern warnings from the Kaska First Nations of southeast Yukon.
• ‘The resources belong to all of us,' protesters told Approximately 50 Yukoners joined the national movement Idle No More Monday, protesting federal legislation that was brought forward without proper First Nations consultation.
• Former commissioner named college chancellor A life-long Yukoner has been named as the new chancellor of Yukon College.
• Keno residents denied compensation, help to move Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Brad Cathers says the Yukon government will not provide residents of Keno City with compensation and relocation assistance.
• Inclusion policy to help pare poverty: minister The Yukon government released its long-awaited social inclusion and poverty reduction strategy Monday, after having initiated the development process in 2009.
• Court tosses out wrongful death lawsuit A wrongful death claim against members of the RCMP has been struck after a judge ruled a Yukon woman waited too long to file the paperwork.
• Bridge widening, Hospital Road lights proposed The city plans to keep its pennies in the piggy bank in 2013.