Whitehorse Daily Star

April 18, 2012

• Northwestel launches 11th directory recycling program For the 11th year, students across the Yukon and northern British Columbia will work together with Northwestel Inc. to recycle telephone directories.
• 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
• Labour woes, red tape top CFIB director's agenda Red tape and labour shortages are on the agenda as the organization representing 200 small business owners in the Yukon meets with government officials this week.
• Five local firms bid on Marwell reconstruction City staff are recommending Castle Rock Enterprises be awarded the water and sewer work in the reconstruction of the Marwell industrial area.
• Budding Bridge Designers Students from eight schools
• Take advantage of farming, city urged Whitehorse-area farmer Barbara Drury says more emphasis should be placed on promoting agricultural opportunities inside the city's urban areas.
• Search, rescue group seeks storage help City council is being asked to let Whitehorse Search and Rescue use the old Two Mile Hill fire hall for storage.
• Funding announced for museum improvements and seniors' programs The Yukon Transportation Museum is improving accessibility for people with disabilities with funding from the federal and territorial governments.
• City loses dedicated ex-officer, lawmaker A former long-serving member of Whitehorse city council died last week at the age of 83.
• Education Week spurs volley of questions Education concerns dominated question period in the legislature Tuesday as opposition members grilled Education Minister Scott Kent on issues ranging from graduation rates to Yukon College endowment lands.
• Minister visualizes eventual ATV legislation The Trails Only Yukon Association (TOYA) has a message for MLAs on both sides of the legislature: "Keep your promise.”

April 17, 2012

• Volunteer Week celebrated Volunteer Yukon is celebrating the passion, action, and impact of volunteers today.
• Food festival, fund-raiser attracts top chefs The Yukon Hospital Foundation will present the fourth annual Epicurious Gourmet Food Festival on Thursday to benefit its campaign to purchase a magnetic resonance imaging – or MRI – machine for Whitehorse General Hospital.
• The Wonderful World Of Words Brayden Wilneff (right in top photo) and Skyla Tisiga take turns reading to each other last Friday afternoon at Takhini Elementary School.
• Legislation outlaws a tent city The Act to Amend the Financial Administration Act – and make another tent city illegal – passed third and finial reading Monday in the legislature.
• Learning From The Best The 44th annual Rotary Music Festival continues this week at the Riverdale Baptist Church and the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Groups laud Cathers' announcement The Yukon government's decision not to issue oil and gas exploration rights in the Whitehorse Trough "is a clear victory for those fighting for Whitehorse, the Peel watershed and for democracy,” local conservation groups say.
• Strike is disappointing: Many Rivers boss Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services' executive director says she is disappointed its 18 employees went on strike Monday morning.
• Commission member to lecture this evening Justice Murray Sinclair, a commissioner on Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is in Whitehorse to present a lecture this evening entitled Will Truth Bring Reconciliation? as part of the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, being celebrated across Canada today.
• Deceased's blood linked to mat Blood found on a vehicle's floor mat has been linked to a man whose body was discovered in the charred remains of his Ibex Valley home in 2008.
• Developers eye Wann Road, Raven's Ridge projects City council is being asked to approve two more rezoning applications to provide for new neighbourhoods.

April 16, 2012

• Budding Chefs In Training Kelsie Olsen (right) applies whipped cream onto her freshly baked swan bodies last week,
• Labour dispute will hurt agency's clients As of this morning, 18 staff members of Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services are on strike.
• An Evening's Meandering Caribou were seen last Thursday evening
• Education Week celebrations taking place across territory The importance of continued innovation in how we teach and learn is being highlighted as the territory celebrates Education Week from today through Friday.
• Luncheon Prowl This coyote attempts to get a duck lunch
• Oil, gas announcement called environmental win The discussion around energy sources and consumption may be one of the most positive outcomes of last week's decision on oil and gas development in the Whitehorse Trough, says the Yukon Conservation Society.
• Land-based healing centre to be studied A new working group to examine the possibility of establishing a central land-based healing centre will be created as the Yukon Forum wrapped up last week.
• Jury members hear from deceased's close friend Jury members hear from deceased's close friend
• Trio fined heavily for illegal caribou hunting Three Yukoners have been ordered to pay thousands of dollars in fines after pleading guilty to multiple Wildlife Act violations following an illegal hunt of caribou on the Finlayson Range in 2007.