Whitehorse Daily Star

September 27, 2011

• Councillors spar over Alaska trip City councillor Dave Stockdale returned fire last night in no uncertain terms regarding recent criticism of his travel habits by Coun. Doug Graham.
• Grub On Wheels The Whitehorse Baptist Church community moved to the Real Canadian Super Store over the weekend
• NDP would safeguard environment: Hanson An NDP government would strengthen environmental enforcement and monitoring, and develop the territory's first comprehensive water strategy.
• Caring For The Creek Volunteers plant trees by McIntyre Creek near the Army Pumphouse Pond,
• Ailing candidate to remain on trail Despite suffering a lung ailment, Cherish Clarke, the Liberals' Takhini-Kopper King candidate for the Oct. 11 election, plans to continue her candidacy.
• Stuck Truck Extracted A City of Whitehorse vacuum truck sank into soft ground
• Liberals would create a mobile trades unit A Liberal government would establish a self-contained mobile trades unit to bring training in skills and trades to students in Whitehorse and the communities.
• Guerilla Photography event is on today Faces and Voices for Human Rights is the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition's latest Guerrilla Photography for Social Change event, taking place this afternoon at Shipyards Park.
• Poll belies Liberals' warm reception: Mitchell The NDP and the Yukon Party are vying for Yukoners' votes according to DataPath Systems' most recent poll,
• Trio looking to replace retiring minister Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles the Star is publishing in the leadup to the Oct. 11 election.
• Couple appears in court; officer moved to Vancouver The 21-year-old woman charged with attempting to murder an RCMP officer Monday hugged and kissed her co-accused as they stood together in court this morning.

September 26, 2011

• A Transforming Experience Transformation is showing at the Arts Underground
• YP would continue building ‘creative economy' A re-elected Yukon Party government would continue to invest in the arts through a number of new and existing initiatives, Premier Darrell Pasloski promised today.
• Police seeking help to ID man Watson Lake RCMP are seeking the public's help in identifying a suspicious male observed during the community's Terry Fox Run engaging in a lewd act near the park.
• Crash Site Cleanup At least one person was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital
• Police investigating pair of lakeside blazes Whitehorse RCMP are investigating two suspicious fires in the span of three days at abandoned buildings near Ear Lake.
• Grits would balance environmental, job creation concerns A Liberal government elected Oct. 11 would promote job creation while ensuring environmental sustainability, the party promised today.
• NDP would stress land use planning NDP Leader Liz Hanson reiterated her commitment to following the final recommendations for the Peel watershed today.
• Premier won't attend environmental forum Premier Darrell Pasloski will not be attending Tuesday evening's environmental forum, according to Jonas Smith,the Yukon Party's campaign manager.
• Residents out to reclaim neighbourhood park A group of about 35 people gathered at the base of the hill at Teegatha' Oh Zheh Park on Main Street Friday afternoon
• Officer hospitalized after Junction-area shooting A Haines Junction RCMP officer is in Whitehorse General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after he was involved in a shooting this morning.

September 23, 2011

• Some sobering news: the No-See-Um disease is spreading Some sobering news: the No-See-Um disease is spreading
• Riding upon endless adventures in time and space ( Bookends ) When Dave Dryden attended the funeral of his friend, Sheldon Shelborne, the last thing he really expected was to go home and have Shel walk into his living room.
• ‘Comedy of manners' offers a hard look at ourselves ( Review ) For Eva Hamburg, the reason God of Carnag is so funny is because we can recognize ourselves in the characters.
• Elias could use a debating opponent Liberal MLA Darius Elias, who's seeking re-election in Vuntut Gwitchin on Oct. 11,
• Carvers concerned about studio's future The artists at the Sundog Carving Studio in Whitehorse have a new look after a summer of renovations,
• Party promises new WGH emergency ward A re-elected Yukon Party government would fund a new emergency department for Whitehorse General Hospital (WGH).
• Whitehorse Anglicans to participate in Back to Church Sunday event Two Anglican churches in Whitehorse are participating in this Sunday's Back to Church Sunday event.
• Habitat for Humanity home evolving Habitat for Humanity Yukon has begun work on a new energy-efficient triplex at lot 135 of the Ingram subdivision.
• Grits try to flush out premier on watershed The Liberal party is urging Premier Darrell Pasloski to come clean on his party's stance on the management of the Peel River watershed.
• French-language forum to make electoral history The Liberal party, the New Democratic Party and the Yukon Party have accepted the invitation of the Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY) and the Yukon Francophone School Board (Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon/CSFY) to debate in French next month.
• One of two minors admits setting games centre blaze One of two minors admits setting games centre blaze
• Doing Their Part Selkirk Elementary School students
• Pelly Crossing farmer honoured Hugh Bradley, a longtime Pelly Crossing-area farmer, is being honoured for his life's work with an Alumni Honour Award from the University of Alberta.
• Wolverine site ramping up to commercial production A story published Wednesday stated that at its Wolverine site,
• New Democrats unveil their vision for tourism Yukon NDP Leader Liz Hanson and Eric Stinson, the party's election candidate in Kluane, unveiled the New Democrats' tourism platform in Haines Junction today.
• Grits would help artists, musicians hit the road The Liberal party promised today to double the Yukon Touring Artist Fund if it's elected Oct. 11.
• Whitehorse Centre: minister takes on party leader Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles the Star will publish leading up to the Oct. 11 territorial election.
• Troubled facility opens doors to first residents The first resident has moved into the Thomson Centre.
• Man died of undetermined causes, jury rules After hearing testimony of 22 witnesses over four days, the jury in the Robert Stone inquest is calling on the government to build an assisted sober living facility in Whitehorse.