Whitehorse Daily Star

April 26, 2012

• AYC delegates to gather in Dawson City The Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) will stage its annual general meeting from May 3 to 6 in Dawson City.
• New Democrats to host public panel on advocating for the environment In conjunction with its annual convention, the Yukon NDP will host a free public panel Saturday in Whitehorse to discuss environmental advocacy in Yukon politics.
• Rolling Protection Yukon Fire Marshal, Dennis Berry
• Northern Development is given full critic portfolio Western Arctic MP Dennis Bevington says he is proud to to be appointed as the official Opposition critic responsible for Northern Development.
• Invent It, Build It Kate makes a tennis ball tower
• Pelly, Carmacks residents given new training options New training opportunities for residents of the Pelly Crossing-Carmacks region will help to equip them with skills needed for the growing local job market, Education Minister Scott Kent said Tuesday.
• Questions surface over changes to Fisheries Act Changes to the Fisheries Act announced Tuesday will focus protection on commercial, aboriginal and recreational fisheries and associated habitat.
• Ice jams form south of Dawson City There were some large puddles on the road through Rock Creek Wednesday, but the latest flood risk report says the creek itself has dropped 18 inches since Tuesday and "is presently not a threat.”
• Dawson organizations require new premises The Yukon government is still looking for new accommodation for the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program and Child Development Centre in Dawson City.
• Land Titles Act in for sweeping updating The Yukon government announced today it is undertaking a modernization of the Land Titles Act and hopes to have the process completed in the next two or three years.
• Accused's mom wanted deceased left alone The mother of a woman accused of murder says she warned her daughter's boyfriend not to touch the Ibex Valley man who was later found dead in the burned remains of his cabin.

April 25, 2012

• Action still hot and heavy at haven This week, there are around 400 trumpeter swans and more than 120 tundra swans adding their whistling to the trumpeters' honks, the staff at Swan Haven report.
• Project would have pleased MLA, wife says The Blood Ties Four Directions Centre further committed to its mandate of housing first today in announcing the construction of a transitional housing project.
• Resting Up A trumpeter swan spreads its wings as it waits on the Teslin River
• Ombudsman to be permanent position Yukon MLAs have voted unanimously to support a bill introduced by the NDP official Opposition to make the territory's ombudsman a permanent position.
• Liaison position may be redundant: Nixon Though the opposition parties have called for the creation of an independent aboriginal liaison position at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre, the Minister of Justice said it may be redundant.
• Voter suppression program used here: study A study released by EKOS Research on Monday concludes that the seven ridings, including the Yukon, involved in the robocall investigation were targeted by a voter suppression program.
• Raven's Ridge expansion schedule is firming up A developer planning phase two of the Raven's Ridge subdivision appeared before city council Monday night for the first reading of a required bylaw to rezone land from parks and recreation to country residential.
• ‘We hope we have made an impact': RCMP ‘We hope we have made an impact': RCMP

April 24, 2012

• Home's name will honour late MLA A tiny house to be built at the corner of Black Street and Fourth Avenue will be named after Steve Cardiff, the former NDP MLA who died in a highway collision on the South Klondike Highway on July 6, 2011.
• Coroner's Act needs serious upgrading, former minister says The official Opposition urged the Yukon government to review the Coroner's Act on Monday, calling it an "archaic bill.”
• Police Investigate Collision This Honda was one of the casualties of a two-vehicle collision on Second Avenue
• Young authors celebrate their own writing Christine Klaassen St. Pierre, the vice-principal of F.H. Collins Secondary School, called for a show of hands at the end of the 32nd Young Authors' Conference late last week.
• Nursing staff to be added to detoxification program An enhanced level of medical care in the Detox Centre at the Sarah Steele Building will ensure an approach to addictions that is evidence-based and consistent with best practices, Health and Social Services Minister Doug Graham announced today.
• Riverdale couple frustrated by spring's spike in crime Some residents in Riverdale have noticed an increase in crime since spring descended on the city.
• Trial hears how accused were located in Edmonton About a month after an Ibex Valley man's remains were discovered inside his burned-down cabin, the two people now charged with his murder were found at a run-down hotel on Edmonton's skid row.
• Some remain dubious about Sima's fiscal future City council approved an additional $1.3 million in funding for Mount Sima Monday evening, in an effort to support the hill's continuing development as a year-round recreational facility.