Whitehorse Daily Star

May 17, 2012

• Gold show delegates gather in Dawson The 26th edition of the Dawson City Gold Show will launch Friday with a record 78 booths filled with all manner of companies wanting to cater to the mining industry and the local population.
• Festival will mix the contemporary, the traditional The annual Adäka Cultural Festival has announced its 2012 line up.
• Serving Up The Chow Sarah Lee Edmonds
• Lunch is on the RCMP To recognize National Police Week and to thank the public for their support, RCMP M Division will host a barbecue Friday at the Whitehorse RCMP building on Fourth Avenue.
• Cooking Up Satisfaction Colin Javorsky works Wednesday at Little Bridges Café.
• Mental health is an issue for all: advocate Whitehorse hosted the first regional release of Canada's mental health strategy Tuesday.
• Absence of hot water, heat is latest woe at Thomson Centre The Thomson Centre by the Whitehorse General Hospital has been without hot water or heat since at least Monday.
• First Nations to maintain firm stance on funding issue Self-governing Yukon First Nations aren't about to take no for an answer from Ottawa when it comes to negotiating financial arrangements, says Grand Chief Ruth Massie of the Council for Yukon First Nations.
• Ferry reunites Dawson and West Dawson It was a fine morning for ferry watching Wednesday.
• Aishihik hydro facility turbine cost has jumped The third turbine at the Aishihik hydro facility came in over-budget by $5 million – 57 per cent.

May 16, 2012

• Did you know? On the trail of local history! Ed. note: these historic items, submitted by the Whitehorse History Book Society, are published every second Wednesday.
• Long-time Yukon nurse earns ‘honourary' title The Yukon Registered Nurses Association (YRNA) has publicly acknowledge its latest honourary member.
• Doing His Part Whitehorse resident Ramesh Ferris, 32, a polio survivor, propels his wheelchair Monday on day 268 of the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay in Abbotsford, B.C.
• Liberals found positives in sitting Liberal MLAs Darius Elias and Sandy Silver say they have identified several key constituent successes from the spring sitting of the legislature, which ended last Thursday.
• Proposed development raises access rights queries With another 16 lots slated for Raven's Ridge off the Alaska Highway, questions are being raised about access to subsurface claims in the area.
• Greetings, Folks This Southern Lakes muskrat drifted in to shore to preen itself under a boat recently.
• Correction Monday's article about last Saturday's Yukon College graduation ceremony
• Jury hears accused describing fatal night The jury in the Christina Asp murder trial heard yet another recording Tuesday of Asp discussing the night Gordon Seybold died.
• Book society launches its patron program Robert Service wrote those words about Whitehorse in Bob Smart's Dream in 1905.
• Snow fails to postpone opening of campgrounds Notwithstanding Tuesday night's snowfall, the Yukon government's 41 roadside campgrounds will open for the season Friday.
• Snow adds misery to the spring that never was Whitehorse saw record daily snowfall last night, but it's not expected to last.

May 15, 2012

• Parks Canada will open its doors in Dawson City If you have ever pressed your nose up against the window of a historic building and wondered what was inside, an upcoming event is for you.
• Yukon Women in Mining is launched during special week Yukon Women in Mining (YukonWIM), a not-for-profit organization created to bring awareness to women surrounding the opportunities and rewards a career in the mining industry can provide, is up and running.
• Celebrating First Nations Education Porter Creek Secondary School hosted a dinner last Thursday evening for approximately 50 people to celebrate First Nations education.
• Progress reported in review of local RCMP The territorial government, the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) and the Yukon RCMP have released a one-year progress report on the implementation of recommendations contained in Sharing Common Ground, the final report from the review of the territory's police force.
• Waiting For The Ferry There hasn't been any ice flowing in the Yukon River at Dawson City for a few days now,
• Northern economic issues the focus at PNWER's Arctic Caucus meeting The Arctic Caucus of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) will meet Friday in Whitehorse to discuss economic issues affecting Alaska, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
• Jobless pattern was consistent last month Unemployment statistics in the Yukon remained consistent in April, rising only 0.1 percentage points from March.
• An Eye On The Birdie Nick Guenette, a volunteer and avid bird enthusiast, photographs a bird last Sunday at the McIntyre Marsh Bird Banding Station.
• Federal funding cuts to affect research station's operations A Yukon research laboratory is set to lose its core operating funds as a result of federal budget cuts to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
• Case offers snapshot of photo copyright issues It's the tale of a photo of the aurora borealis which landed two competing Whitehorse tour companies in court.
• Bridges Café closes; will relocate, reopen in smaller form tomorrow A non-profit group focused on work training for people with disabilities will be asking the city to review a policy that forced it to shut down the café it operated in Shipyards Park.
• City's building inspection found no setback woes A Hillcrest couple can resume work on the garage and potential garden suite they've been building since 2009 after council approved rezoning the property at 34 Roundel Rd. Monday night.