Whitehorse Daily Star

March 22, 2012

• Mining controversy goes before legislature The growing discord between residents of Keno City and Alexco Resource Corp. came before the legislature Wednesday as Jim Tredger, the NDP MLA for Mayo-Tatchun, spoke on behalf of his constituents in the community.
• Delegates Hear Chief Chief Simon Mervyn Sr. of the First Nation of Na-cho Nyak Dun speaks
• MLAs pledge loyalty, help for Air North Yukon Party MLAs joined other members of the legislature Wednesday in passing a unanimous motion.
• Signing Celebrated The groups involved with the project to sign onto the Coalition of Municipalities against Racism and Discrimination
• Cause of spectacular blaze remains undetermined An old Alexander Street home was destroyed by fire late Wednesday afternoon but nobody was hurt, says Whitehorse fire chief Clive Sparks.
• Action on furnace safety was promised in 2008 Lois Moorecroft, the NDP MLA for Copperbelt South, hopes the January deaths of five people in Porter Creek from carbon monoxide poisoning will result in a "wake-up call” for the improvement of territorial regulations governing oil-fired appliance safety.
• Zoning change would affect Old Town's character City planning staff are proposing a major shift in the allowable residential density in the old part of downtown.
• Accused told of hitting man with a bat It's February 2009, and Christina Asp is sitting in a penthouse apartment on the 19th floor of an Edmonton highrise.

March 21, 2012

• Delicious recipes don't always require several hours of your time Exotic recipes do not necessarily take hours to prepare!
• Slowly adjusting to the never-ending Daylight Savings daze ( Uffish Thoughts ) We're a week past the late winter ordeal that forced us to lose an hour's sleep on a Sunday morning.
• Author packs Dawson library for his well-received reading One of the first things Lawrence Hill did after arriving at Berton House was to sit down at his laptop and finish the first draft of his latest novel, The Illegal.
• Tempting Fare Lise St-Onge was one of the chefs serving francophone style food at Les Rendez-vous Francophone last Thursday at the Elijah Smith Building.
• Man saves life of fiancée's dad Jordan VanderMeer has done something many men only dream of: he's achieved the respect of his future father-in-law.
• Conservation society to screen Gasland The Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) invites everyone to a free screening of the film Gasland at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Golden Age Society in the Sport Yukon Building.
• Exhibit Begins MYLARchitecture is an abstract installation made with mylar and light by the students from the School of Visual Arts in Dawson City,
• Community-based research gathering on The first and annual Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research Conference is taking place this week in Whitehorse.
• Meeting set on wellhead protection plan The City of Whitehorse will hold a meeting Thursday evening to discuss the protection of the local water supply.
• Oil-fired appliances working group formed The Yukon government has formed a working group to address the status of oil-fired appliance and oil tank safety in Yukon.
• Drama Up High? The optics say carnage will ensue in seconds,
• Day urging eradication of racism celebrated Whitehorse is celebrating the International Day for the Elimination of Racism today.
• Wrangling continues over whistle-blower legislation A final phase in the development of whistleblower legislation may finally be in the works – that is, if the government and opposition can agree on who will talk it over and when those talks will take place.
• Fire victim was 50 years old The Yukon's coroner has released the name of the man who died in a fire in Riverdale last week.
• Fracking bids would be tightly controlled: minister The official Opposition has again raised concerns over proposed oil and gas development in the Whitehorse Trough.
• Monumental mega-trial finally gets underway What could be the most expensive and longest murder trial in the Yukon's history began this morning after more than a week of trying to pull together a jury.

March 20, 2012

• Community Training Fund fosters skills in Ross River The Yukon government is providing $43,384 for truck driver training in Ross River through the Community Training Fund (CTF).
• Budget falls short on issues that matter to families: NDP The new territorial budget lacks long-term vision for the future of the territory, official Opposition Leader Liz Hanson said Monday.
• Caped Caper Nicollis Schmidt was celebrating the Irish dressed
• Yukoners are marking Canada Water Week The Yukon is part of the coast to coast to coast observation of Canada Water Week (March 19-25), a national campaign encouraging Canadians to work together to improve stewardship of valuable freshwater resources.
• Public works capturing Outside firms' interest Companies from down south are looking more to the Yukon for work, says city engineer Wayne Tuck.
• Air North flying high in MLAs' estimation The fate of Air North was a key concern for the Liberals during Monday's question period in the legislature.
• Judge plans to retire on his 65th birthday After more than two decades of hearing cases, one of the Yukon's territorial court judges will be ending his time on the bench.
• Research trade agreement, city council urged The city needs to know more about the Yukon government's position regarding ongoing trade agreement negotiations with Europe, city council was told Monday night.
• ‘No one has had a choice': resident Alexco Resource Corp. and the citizens of Keno City will sit down this evening at the Keno City Public Library to discuss the company's plans to begin surface operations, including some blasting at their Onek adit site.