Whitehorse Daily Star

October 5, 2011

• A pair of pork dishes washed down by some great wines I now present: pork tenderloin with a Marsala sauce served with a Merlot from California.
• Marking Culture Days Whitehorse artist Nicole Bauberger
• Colourful ‘mums' are ready to brighten your festivities Growing up in Europe, Thanksgiving was always the early part of October and had more of a harvest festival feel to it.
• CBC's exclusion policy is wrong: Greens' leader CBC Yukon "could not even be bothered” to inform the Yukon Green Party that its leader, Kristina Calhoun, would not be invited to this evening's party leaders' forum, the party says.
• Three-way race features a youthful complexion Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles the Star is publishing in the leadup to the Oct. 11 election.
• Liberals, Yukon Party vow to respect the public service The two parties with the most seats in the legislature have made some promises to territorial public servants this week.
• Government ignored Peel public input, groups say An access to information request by CPAWS-Yukon about the fall 2010 Peel public consultations indicates the Yukon government ignored overwhelming public support for protecting the Peel watershed.
• Government ignored Peel public input, groups say An access to information request by CPAWS-Yukon about the fall 2010 Peel public consultations indicates the Yukon government ignored overwhelming public support for protecting the Peel watershed.
• Teenager's unsolved death raised at vigil The sixth annual Sisters in Spirit vigil for missing and murdered aboriginal women took place Tuesday afternoon to bring awareness to missing and murdered First Nations women in the Yukon.
• RCMP called in to probe string of fires The RCMP are investigating four suspicious fires lit in the matter of an hour and a half Monday night.
• Candidates discuss support for people with disabilities About 75 people gathered at the Gold Rush Inn Tuesday evening to hear candidates from four of the major parties discuss their platform for supporting Yukoners with disabilities.
• Parties lay out plans for energy development Premier Darrell Pasloski has pledged to lay the groundwork for creating a natural gas industry in the Yukon if he is elected next Tuesday.
• Maiden French debate made political history Although the Yukon's first-ever French-language debate started off with a bit of a hiccup Tuesday evening, it proved the francophone community has a great deal of concerns going into next week's territorial election.

October 4, 2011

• ‘He'd be thrilled today just to see us here' Friends and family members of Todd Hardy, the former territorial NDP leader and Habitat for Humanity Yukon founder,
• Dedicated teachers would get tax rebate: Grits A Liberal government would give a tax rebate to teachers who spend their own money on school supplies, according to party candidates Dave Sloan and Dan Curtis.
• Riding hosts one of two Green candidacies Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles the Star is publishing in the leadup to the Oct. 11 election.
• A vote for the NDP could help defeat the government: Chow NDP Leader Liz Hanson and Toronto MP Olivia Chow met with reporters this morning at Shipyards Park
• High-profile MP rallies local New Democrats Olivia Chow has had a busy 24 hours in Whitehorse.
• Mishap leaves youth in critical condition An 18-year-old Whitehorse youth remains in critical condition in Vancouver following a motorcycle accident Monday afternoon on 12th Avenue in Porter Creek.

October 3, 2011

• All-candidates' forum had heated moments Klondike MLA Steve Nordick was on the defensive throughout last Thursday evening's all-candidates' election forum in Dawson City.
• Council approves divisions of lots City council has given final approval for the subdivisions of the two country residential lots which prompted the city-wide moratorium on accepting any more applications.
• Optical Illusion The camera lens makes this Schwatka Lake pair seem closer to each other than they really are
• YP would support Yukon Imagination Library A new Yukon Party government would continue support the Yukon Imagination Library, says Premier Darrell Pasloski.
• Opponents tackling Liberal leader in new riding Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles the Star is publishing in the leadup to the Oct. 11 election.
• Meals and Music The Fiddleheads entertain at last Friday morning's annual United Way breakfast.
• Watson Lake enters the post-Fentie political era Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles the Star is publishing in the leadup to the Oct. 11 election.
• Northwestel issues alert about calls If you received a phone call recently looking for access to your computer and other personal information, you may have been the victim of of a telephone scam.
• Pelly-Nisutlin is hosting a four-way race Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles the Star is publishing in the leadup to the Oct. 11 election.
• Jury still out on $36-M investment: Grits A Liberal regime would make it illegal for the government to put savings in risky investments, party leader Arthur Mitchell told a news conference this morning in Whitehorse.