Whitehorse Daily Star

April 4, 2012

• RCMP plan vehicle check stops RCMP plan vehicle check stops
• Make ombudsman job permanent: NDP The NDP introduced a bill in the legislature Tuesday to amend the Ombudsman Act and make the ombudsman job a permanent position.
• Work Before Play Colton Blackjack (left) and Scott Roberts take their turn at the ice auger Tuesday afternoon at Hidden Lake.
• Yukon College graduates Dawson's HACES class The graduation feast for the current class of the Heritage and Culture Essential Skills (HACES) program was held in the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Community Hall on March 21.
• Tape shows that deceased, accused were in same store Surveillance video from the last day of Gordon Seybold's life shows the Ibex Valley man and the two people accused of killing him in the same store minutes apart.
• April is cancer-fighting Daffodil Month On Monday, Whitehorse joined the Canadian Cancer Society national daffodil campaign by proclaiming April as Daffodil Month and April 27 as Daffodil Day.
• Golf course is almost in Dawson's hands Following a letter of permission from the territorial government, Dawson's council was able to give second and third readings March 20 to a bylaw giving itself the right to own the Top of the World Golf Course.
• A Welcome Sign Pussy willows
• Black Street work will prove cheaper What a difference a year makes, according to city engineer Wayne Tuck.
• Premier quizzed on pension plan changes Concerns about changes to public servants' pension plans announced in last week's federal budget were raised in question period Tuesday by Liz Hanson, leader of the official Opposition.
• City asked to take anti-homelessness role City council has been asked to let the city serve as the administrator for a federal program to combat homelessness.
• Agreement nearing on free entry staking: city official It shouldn't be "too long” until the Yukon government and the City of Whitehorse reach an agreement about free-entry mineral staking in residential areas, says the city's manager of planning.

April 3, 2012

• Festival ready to reel out the entertainment The screen is down and the projector lamp is warming up as the 13th annual Dawson City International Short Film Festival gets ready to roll.
• Watefront Project Taking Shape A worker carefully places a roof beam on the new Waterfront Station building at the north end of Second Avenue on Saturday. The Waterfront Station building will consist of retail spaces, such as a restaurant and hair salon on
• Co-operation permeated debates on two motions The territorial Liberal caucus is commending all MLAs for their unanimous support for Liberal motions on Nutrition North Canada Program and technology and trades training.
• Folk Art Quiting Sue Spargo's quilts depict a folk art style
• Petition urges government to eschew oil, gas activity A petition urging the Yukon government to choose against approving exploration of oil and gas in the Whitehorse Trough was presented in the legislative assembly last Thursday.
• Chimney Fire Put Out The Whitehorse Fire Department was summoned to a Riverdale home early this morning in response to a call from a neighbour who saw flames shooting out of a nearby chimney.
• Board had recommended a $10 Yukon minimum wage The territory's minimum wage rose to $9.27 Sunday, and if the government approves recommendations by the Employment Standards Board originally provided in January, it could increase again.
• Response to family's plight has been international The Falle family lost their home and all of their possessions in a house fire last Thursday.
• Driver runs away after downtown collisions Whitehorse RCMP are investigating a hit-and-run which occurred Monday afternoon on Second Avenue.
• Officials helping those forced out by motel fire It could be "a while” before residents are able to move back into the Stratford Motel after a fire last weekend forced residents out.
• Buckway's budgetary order ‘laughable,' Pillai says Acting mayor Ranj Pillai took dead aim at Mayor Bev Buckway during Monday night's city council meeting.

April 2, 2012

• Mayo hydro project's participants recognized Yukon Energy, along with the engineering firm KGS Group Consulting and the contracting company Kiewit Infrastructure Group, have jointly received an excellence award for the Mayo B hydro enhancement project.
• City to host public session on quarrying The City of Whitehorse is set to host a public meeting Wednesday evening on a proposed quarry area on the western side of Whitehorse.
• Territory has new policing agreement The Yukon has reached a new 20-year agreement with the federal government for policing services.
• B.C. man faces drug charges A 23-year-old man from the Lower Mainland remains in jail after being charged with possessing cocaine and ecstasy for the purpose of trafficking.
• Seeing Smoke Brushers clear and burn brush along the Alaska Highway last Friday afternoon.
• Heating boiler blamed for fire at local motel It appears a heating boiler that had not been serviced recently was the cause of a fire Saturday evening at the Stratford Motel, Whitehorse fire chief Clive Sparks said today.
• Leaking roof affected hockey tournament A leaking roof at the Canada Games Centre temporarily suspended a major hockey tournament Friday morning but everything was back on track within the hour.
• Cause of tragic poisoning found to be accidental The Yukon's fire marshal's office has released its full report into the deaths of five people from carbon monoxide poisoning earlier this year.
• ‘No one can harm him now': Trevor advocate Three years, $45,000 and one "respectfully euthanized” animal later, the story of Trevor the dog remains unburied.
• Katimavik's demise ‘a responsible decision' The loss of funding for the Katimavik program, announced in last week's federal budget, could cause problems for Yukon non-profit organizations, including the local food bank.