News: 2009-11-07T00:05:07Z Copyright (c) 2009, Jason Unrau ExpressionEngine tag:whitehorsestar.com,2009:11:07 tag:whitehorsestar.com,2009:archive/news/2.32452 2009-11-07T00:03:06Z 2009-11-07T00:05:07Z Former Progressive Conservative government leader Willard Phelps is coming out of political retirement and touting a new political alternative to the Yukon Party, Liberal and New Democratic parties. <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/whitehorsestarcomnews?i=http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/phelps-proposes-new-kid-on-the-political-block/" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/whitehorsestarcomnews/~4/RWD_T37dv6U" height="1" width="1"/> http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/phelps-proposes-new-kid-on-the-political-block/ tag:whitehorsestar.com,2009:archive/news/2.32451 2009-11-06T23:52:30Z 2009-11-07T00:01:31Z For Daniel Stach, hitting the trails around town by ATV or snowmachine is all in a day’s work – that and a whole lot more. <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/whitehorsestarcomnews?i=http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/bylaw-officer-focuses-on-safety-on-the-trails1/" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/whitehorsestarcomnews/~4/yQOCg75AA5U" height="1" width="1"/> http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/bylaw-officer-focuses-on-safety-on-the-trails1/ tag:whitehorsestar.com,2009:archive/news/2.32449 2009-11-06T23:51:47Z 2009-11-06T23:51:49Z Close to two weeks after the territorial government started doling out the H1N1 shot, 13,851 Yukoners have been vaccinated. <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/whitehorsestarcomnews?i=http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/almost-14000-yukoners-have-been-vaccinated/" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/whitehorsestarcomnews/~4/LuITVN4mZy8" height="1" width="1"/> http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/almost-14000-yukoners-have-been-vaccinated/ tag:whitehorsestar.com,2009:archive/news/2.32418 2009-11-06T22:45:01Z 2009-11-06T22:47:02Z The Yukon Aboriginal Sports Circle is hosting the annual Yukon Championships for Inuit and Dene Games this weekend. <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/whitehorsestarcomnews?i=http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/yukon-championships-for-inuit-and-dene-games-this-weekend/" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/whitehorsestarcomnews/~4/N0hzFaOQu74" height="1" width="1"/> http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/yukon-championships-for-inuit-and-dene-games-this-weekend/ tag:whitehorsestar.com,2009:archive/news/2.32412 2009-11-05T22:30:16Z 2009-11-05T22:31:17Z It didn’t come as a shock to Yukon MP Larry Bagnell that second reading of a bill to abolish the long-gun registry passed in the House of Commons onWednesday. <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/whitehorsestarcomnews?i=http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/free-vote-influenced-result-mp-believes/" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/whitehorsestarcomnews/~4/rcl4M1CMxTY" height="1" width="1"/> http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/free-vote-influenced-result-mp-believes/ tag:whitehorsestar.com,2009:archive/news/2.32411 2009-11-05T22:28:57Z 2009-11-05T22:29:58Z As Remembrance Day draws near, Laird Herbert is hoping Yukoners and others throughout the country will be thinking of peace. <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/whitehorsestarcomnews?i=http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/white-peace-dove-campaign-is-meant-to-complement-poppies/" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/whitehorsestarcomnews/~4/knLExh7CxUI" height="1" width="1"/> http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/white-peace-dove-campaign-is-meant-to-complement-poppies/ tag:whitehorsestar.com,2009:archive/news/2.32410 2009-11-05T22:26:02Z 2009-11-05T22:28:03Z After serving three terms in the legislature, Todd Hardy is finally getting the movement he wants on legislative reform. <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/whitehorsestarcomnews?i=http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/yukoners-to-be-consulted-on-mlas-work/" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/whitehorsestarcomnews/~4/MI8_yYIVJlI" height="1" width="1"/> http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/yukoners-to-be-consulted-on-mlas-work/ tag:whitehorsestar.com,2009:archive/news/2.32404 2009-11-05T22:16:59Z 2009-11-05T22:18:00Z It was a cold day in Whitehorse – for me anyways. <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/whitehorsestarcomnews?i=http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/a-hint-of-the-olympics-in-the-north-comment/" 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src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/whitehorsestarcomnews?i=http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/2010-arctic-winter-games-tickets-selling-fast-after-monday-launch/" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/whitehorsestarcomnews/~4/ag8t16BcKKc" height="1" width="1"/> http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/2010-arctic-winter-games-tickets-selling-fast-after-monday-launch/ tag:whitehorsestar.com,2009:archive/news/2.32391 2009-11-04T23:11:18Z 2009-11-04T23:14:19Z Since the Yukon legislative assembly reconvened last Thursday for its fall sitting, <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/whitehorsestarcomnews?i=http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/premier-apologizes-for-communication-failure/" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/whitehorsestarcomnews/~4/X4s7M4adfSA" height="1" width="1"/> http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/premier-apologizes-for-communication-failure/ tag:whitehorsestar.com,2009:archive/news/2.32390 2009-11-04T23:05:18Z 2009-11-04T23:08:19Z The replacement of aging and archaic animal enclosures in a German zoo is turning out to be a windfall for the Yukon’s tourism sector, <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/whitehorsestarcomnews?i=http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/territory-takes-starring-role-in-german-zoo/" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/whitehorsestarcomnews/~4/1KQx1ymu-TQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/territory-takes-starring-role-in-german-zoo/ tag:whitehorsestar.com,2009:archive/news/2.32389 2009-11-04T23:03:08Z 2009-11-04T23:05:09Z The cause of this morning’s systemwide power blackout is still under investigation, <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/whitehorsestarcomnews?i=http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/yukon-energy-investigating-power-outage/" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/whitehorsestarcomnews/~4/7tPNJpuBtto" height="1" width="1"/> http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/yukon-energy-investigating-power-outage/ tag:whitehorsestar.com,2009:archive/news/2.32377 2009-11-04T22:13:34Z 2009-11-04T22:15:35Z It was as if Whitehorse was welcoming a Hollywood celebrity yesterday. <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/whitehorsestarcomnews?i=http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/with-glowing-hearts-the-olympic-flame-stops-in-whitehorse/" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/whitehorsestarcomnews/~4/Uzlic1JDg7Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/with-glowing-hearts-the-olympic-flame-stops-in-whitehorse/ tag:whitehorsestar.com,2009:archive/news/2.32376 2009-11-04T22:08:42Z 2009-11-04T22:11:44Z It took only a few minutes from the time the Olympic Flame arrived at the Kwanlin Dun First Nation’s Nakwataku Potlatch House, <script src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~s/whitehorsestarcomnews?i=http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/flame-makes-its-way-through-kwanlin-dun/" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/whitehorsestarcomnews/~4/bfZU__-AQXk" height="1" width="1"/> http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/flame-makes-its-way-through-kwanlin-dun/