Whitehorse Daily Star

December 10, 2012

• Government funds various anti-crime projects The Crime Prevention and Victim Services Trust Fund is awarding $96,575 to six projects in three Yukon communities, Justice Minister Mike Nixon said last Monday.
• Government funds various anti-crime projects The Crime Prevention and Victim Services Trust Fund is awarding $96,575 to six projects in three Yukon communities, Justice Minister Mike Nixon said last Monday.
• Crack Performers Grayson Vanderbyl and Cesar Corrales back performed in The Nutcracker
• Self-governing First Nations, government agree on royalties The Yukon's 11 self-governing First Nations and the territorial government have agreed to the terms of a new resource royalty sharing agreement.
• A Christmas Tradition Clara-Breda McIntyre, left, flees the Rat queen (Mairi Fraser) in The Nutcracker
• Festival of Trees raised more than $500,000 This year's Northwestel Festival of Trees concluded in Whitehorse over the Dec. 1-2 weekend, raising more than $500,000 for the Yukon Hospital Foundation.
• Stressing Safe Driving Volunteer Shannon Trott, front, and Daniela Martinson, the president of the Yukon chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD),
• Watson Lake basking in surplus position Significant changes in how the Town of Watson Lake operates is resulting in an estimated $725,000 surplus to its approximately $4-million budget.
• Something Special Rolf and Marg Hougen announce at the opening of a group show called Something Special at Arts Underground
• Minister skirts questions on openness The minister responsible for the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act refused to answer questions from the official Opposition last Thursday, repeating well-used government lines instead.
• Feeding Time This common redpole
• Northwestel Inc. welcomes views of customers sent on to commission Northwestel Inc. is encouraging its customers and residents throughout the North to let the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) know what they think of the service the company provides.
• Missing teen is located safe and sound A teenager who was reported missing last week has been found.
• Suspect to be charged after bar robbery A Whitehorse man is currently in custody and will face a charge of robbery and two counts of breaching probation.
• City cannot act against taxi driver The city won't be taking action against a cab driver suspected of impaired driving.
• Premier, minister chugging frack cola, chief says Premier Darrell Pasloski is leading the Yukon down a path to instability, says Chief Liard McMillan of the Liard First Nation.

December 7, 2012

• Hillcrest residents briefed on planned projects Hillcrest could see some changes over the next few years.
• Water woes drown museum's open house plans Water problems in the Dawson City Museum have forced the cancellation of today's open house, but the museum itself did not suffer any great damage.
• Silhouettes showcase anti-violence messages Silhouettes, part of the Am I the Solution? campaign,
• ‘What happened here was wrong': mill investor An investor in South Yukon Forest Corp. says he was shocked when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday it would not hear the company's appeal.
• Health studies bursaries awarded Ten Yukon students will receive financial support from the territorial government through three separate health bursaries.
• Yukoners taking part in climate change conference Two Yukon government representatives have been in Doha, Qatar this week for the 18th Conference of the Parties, or COP 18, the annual UN climate change conference.
• ‘We must honour their memory' Twenty-three years after Marc Lepine entered Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal and killed 14 women because they were women, Yukoners gathered in the lobby of the Elijah Smith Building on Thursday to remember those who lost their lives and denounce violence against women.
• Premier will appear on This Hour Has 22 Minutes Premier Darrell Pasloski will make an appearance on the Canadian comedy program This Hour Has 22 Minutes next Tuesday evening.
• City may end year with modest surplus The city could find itself with a small surplus at the end of the year if operations continue to go as they have been for the past few months.
• Wilderness group reiterates Peel plan support Wilderness group reiterates Peel plan support
• MLAs support adding new book to curriculum Klondike MLA Sandy Silver used his private member's motion time on Wednesday afternoon
• On The Stage Tonight The Northern Lights School
• Land plan can proceed The Kwanlin Dun First Nation now has the zoning it needs to go ahead with developing 38 new homes and a park on Macaulay Road and Wylie Crescent in the McIntyre subdivision.
• Pivotal meeting was set for today Kaska leaders were set to meet with Premier Darrell Pasloski today.
• New road penetrates city's ice and snow policy With new development comes new roads for plowing.
• Expression Through Song The Persephone Singers perform at Thursday's memorial
• Clarification The Star reported earlier this fall
• RCMP searching for teen Whitehorse RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating a 17-year-old girl who was reported missing by her foster mother.
• Food bank's year-round work rules out hampers Just like the clients it serves, the Whitehorse Food Bank is doing all it can to provide for families throughout the year.
• YEC too slow in upgrading Mendenhall power: resident Mendenhall residents deserve assurances that everything possible is being done to stabilize their electrical service, says the president of the community association.
• Chief wants life-saving service expanded Dawson City's fire chief thinks it's time for 911 services to be available across the territory.

December 6, 2012

• Students acknowledged at college awards ceremony Cheques were handed out and the academic achievements of 34 students acknowledged last month at Yukon College's awards veremony.
• Airborne Talent Breagha Fraser, left front, Samantha Ruddy and Faith Fortier, back, perform in The Nutcracker dress rehearsal Wednesday evening.
• Locals providing 12 days of poetry The Yukon Literacy Coalition has launched a seasonal literacy campaign: The 12 Days of Poetry.
• Portraits Pending Suzanne Paleczny
• New Horizons summit tackled Yukon literacy issues Yukon literacy stakeholders converged in Whitehorse this week for the New Horizons Education Summit: A Focus on Literacy to begin planning a strategy to strengthen literacy in Yukon.
• Helping Hands David Beloud helps Jorja Smarch donate to the Salvation Army Kettle drive
• Outstanding aboriginal employees recognized Two Yukon government employees were recently awarded the 2012 Aboriginal Employees Award of Honour.
• Grand chief participated in Parliament Hill protest Grand Chief Ruth Massie of the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) joined a group of First Nations leaders from across the country Wednesday in protest on Parliament Hill.
• MLAs produce ideas for whistle-blower laws After 10 years of talk about whistle-blower legislation, the all-party select committee of the legislature formed last year has issued its final report and recommendations.
• High court declines to hear Yukon case The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal in the $67-million case between investors in the failed Watson Lake sawmill and the federal government.
• ‘Injured' man led active lifestyle, probe found A former surveyor's assistant is again being ordered to pay back $600,000 in a long-standing workers' compensation case.