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Weather Report - Conditions for Whitehorse, CA at 8:00 pm PST
Currently -7°C
High -5°C
Low -15°C

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High -5°C
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Wind Speed 11.27 km/h
Wind Direction 180
Sunrise 9:00 am
Sunset 5:30 pm
Latitude 60.72
Longitude -135.07

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Current Conditions: Clear, -7.5°C
09 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Monday night: A few flurries. Low minus 12.
09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Tuesday: Clearing. High minus 9.
09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Tuesday night: Clear. Low minus 12.
09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Wednesday: A mix of sun and cloud. High minus 8.
09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT
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Yukon-News
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NWT’s Koe leads pack at mid-point
Midway through the double round robin of the Territorial Men’s Curling Championships, it’s still anyone’s game. In the battle for the one territorial spot at this year’s Tim Hortons Brier, NWT 2, Team Koe, is in front with an undefeated 3-0 record.

Huskies show improvement in close losses
Considering the Whitehorse Huskies were outscored 28-5 in their last three games, this weekend’s pair of close losses is a definite improvement, says the team’s coaching staff.

Crusaders, Rams split final regular season games
After splitting games against the FH Collins Warriors on Thursday, the Vanier Crusaders had repeat outcomes to end the Super Hoops regular season at home on Friday.

Highways gets money not to work
This spring, the Yukon government is paving potholes with the help of federal stimulus cash.

Driver slams into four cars
A drunk driver smashed into four parked vehicles and a traffic sign before finally coming to a rest against a lamp pole on Saturday.

Peace song strikes discord
Celia McBride doesn’t know why people don’t like her Olympic song. “The irony is that the piece is called Live in Peace, and people want to start a war over it,” said McBride…

One year ban on mineral staking in the Peel
After six years, the Yukon government has finally agreed to ban mineral staking in the Peel Watershed. But it may be too little, too late. The move came as a surprise…

Takhini North isn’t enough: realtors
Whitehorse will add another 55 residential lots to its Takhini North subdivision by this autumn, the city announced Thursday.

Shapeshifting Edzerza’s win is Taylor’s loss
Genesee Keevil and John Thompson News Reporters Minister Elaine Taylor was stripped of her Environment portfolio on Thursday. And it brought her to tears. “Sorry, I’m just a little overwhelmed,” she said.

Yukon soccer clubs get new look
At last year’s soccer nationals, the Yukon was represented by five teams with three called the Yukon Selects, one called the Arctic Wolves and another the Klondike Blizzards.

Film fest ditches local cinemas and steps it up a notch
Whitehorse’s Available Light Film Festival will not be held at either of the local cinemas this year. They’re not nice enough venues, said festival director Andrew Connors.

Get out!
Huskies vs. Regals In a AAA hockey series, the Whitehorse Huskies take on the Powell River Regals tonight and Saturday at the Takhini Arena. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m.

Here are the sad news
Gwich’in elder Edith Josie, the voice of Old Crow, died Sunday of natural causes at the age of 88. The Whitehorse Star journalist was known around the world for the colourful reports she gave from her isolated, fly-in community.

Mustangs rough up EBA, but still take loss
As a rep team, the peewee Mustangs play up an age division in the Whitehorse bantam house league, which often means they have smaller players on the ice. This can cause problems, but not necessarily in the way one might expect.

On stage, Brault puts Lenny Breau back where he belongs
In August 1984, someone put their hands around Lenny Breau’s neck, squeezed the life out of him and dumped his limp body into a swimming pool. And that is what first tweaked Pierre Brault’s theatrical interest.


CBC North News
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Yellowknife hospital desperately overcrowded: MLA
A Yellowknife MLA says he's worried about overcrowding at Stanton Territorial Hospital and what that could mean for patients.

8 Nunavut communities to get new fuel generators
Qulliq Energy Corp. is receiving about $5.8 million in federal funding to help replace aging fuel generators in eight Nunavut communities.

Yukon Quest mushers en route from Fairbanks
About a half-dozen Alaskan and Yukon mushers are leading the pack at the start of of this year's Yukon Quest International Sled-Dog Race, with 24 dog teams racing from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Whitehorse.

Sex offender pleads guilty to assaulting N.W.T. children
A convicted sex offender has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two children several years ago in Hay River, N.W.T.

Yukon gains control of job training programs
The Yukon has become the last Canadian province and territory to take over job creation and employment skills programs from the federal government, following an announcement on Monday.

Mackenzie pipeline's numbers questioned
A Yellowknife social justice group wants proponents of the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline to produce updated information on whether the project makes economic sense.

Baffinland could get Nunavut iron mine funding in 2010
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. may be able to secure the cash to develop an iron mine in Nunavut this year, the company's president and CEO says.

Skagway port disputes Yukon mine's shipping route
Port authorities in Skagway, Alaska, want to know why owners of a proposed Yukon zinc mine are choosing to ship ore through a British Columbia port instead.

Few G7 guests at Iqaluit side events
Group of Seven finance ministers and other delegates in Iqaluit this past weekend did not attend many of the side events organized around Nunavut's capital city, to the dismay of some organizers.

Arctic ice melting faster than feared: study
The head of the largest climate change study ever undertaken in Canada says the Arctic sea ice is thinning faster than expected.

Yukon premier defends cabinet post for Edzerza
Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie is brushing off criticism from opposition politicians who accused him of rewarding Whitehorse MLA John Edzerza - a former critic of the government - with a cabinet job.

Tensions boil over in N.W.T. legislature
Tempers flared in the Northwest Territories legislature Thursday to the point of some name-calling and swearing between two MLAs.

Nunavut gold mine on verge of production
Nunavut could soon have an operating mine again, as Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. plans to start production at its Meadowbank gold property in the coming weeks.

Yukon puts 1-year moratorium on Peel watershed staking
The Yukon government has imposed a one-year moratorium on new mineral staking in the Peel River watershed while it reviews a proposed land-use plan for the region.

Arctic warming will cost world billions: Pew study
Climate warming in the Arctic will cost the global economy billions of dollars in 2010 alone, according to a Pew Environment Group study released Friday.


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WLWriter This page demonstrates some various DotNetNuke modules. This module is a simple Text/HTML module which can be edited either online, through a web browser, or using Microsoft Windows Live Writer. (a nifty free tool from Microsoft). The Text/HTML Module is included with the core install of DNN.

The weather module on the left is a simple free module integrated into the skin to pull weather information from Yahoo.com on your chosen location, in this case Whitehorse.

The module above is an RSS feed reader which pulls current news stories from the CBC North RSS feed.

The module on the right is a component of the Simple Gallery Module, it displays random images from all of the galleries on the Gallery page.

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