Whitehorse Daily Star

September 19, 2011

• Premier questions other parties taking Peel stand Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski says he won't be stating his position on the future of the Peel watershed before the Oct. 11th election.
• Councillor opposed funding colleague's trip City councillor Doug Graham has voted against a travel allowance for Coun. Dave Stockdale to attend a conference in Ketchikan, Alaska last week.
• Party vows support for family members caring for disabled A re-elected Yukon Party government would provide new support for people looking after sick or disabled family members.
• Yukon Party would improve health care access A re-elected Yukon Party government would further improve Yukoners' access to family doctors, nurses and medical specialists, party leader Darrell Pasloski said today.
• Mining firm did not cease operations Contrary to radio reports last week, Tagish Lake Gold did not shut down its underground exploration program recently because it was ordered to, says a Vancouver lawyer representing the company.
• Inquest into man's 2010 death begins An inquest into the death of a man at a downtown Whitehorse detox centre last year began this morning.
• Grits would clarify regulatory bodies' roles Grits would clarify regulatory bodies' roles
• NDP slams ‘sod-turning ceremony to nowhere' NDP Leader Liz Hanson and nine of the party's election candidates surrounded the Yukon government's new construction sign at F.H. Collins Secondary School this morning.
• ‘It's all to do with supply and demand' Homes are selling for more than ever before in the Yukon and building has all but stalled.

September 16, 2011

• Trails and wolves take a definite toll on our caribou The biologists of the University of Montana, who have studied caribou for 20 years, show there is a definite link between trails and wolves causing the decline in the caribou.
• On being professional: several important things to ponder I am pleased to be offering business expertise to the Whitehorse Star on Fridays on a bi-weekly basis.
• Ready For Viewing New shows opened in the Yukon Arts Centre in three galleries the evening of Sept. 8.
• The strange tale of the man who knew absolutely nothing The tale of the man who has no memory has always been one of my favorites, beginning many years ago with a spy thriller called The Mask of Glass, by a minor writer named Holly Roth.
• Show to visit three communities later this month Ravens and Chipmunks: A Storytelling Double-Bill by Roberta and Kevin Kennedy,
• Household Hazardous Waste Day is tomorrow The City of Whitehorse will hold its last Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Day for 2011 tomorrow
• Literacy advocate receives award Longtime literacy advocate Claire Derome has received the Council of the Federation Literacy Award for the Yukon for her work with the Yukon Imagination Library.
• Secondary sales program on again A surplus of available water for electrical generation has allowed Yukon Energy to again offer its Secondary Sales Program until about Oct. 1.
• Whitehorse family out to battle the energy bulge The Kitchen-Kuiack family of the Whitehorse area is participating in The Energy Diet Challenge
• NDP promises more housing for abuse victims Former Justice minister Lois Moorcroft says an NDP government would build a second-stage housing facility in Whitehorse.
• Fido, Miss Kitty leap onto Liberals' agenda The Liberal party's social policy agenda includes a budget for the family pet, the party announced this morning.
• Yukoner wins Canada Post literacy award Yukon francophone Mahamadou Traoré Sandaré, known as Ssasi, won the Canada Post Community Literacy Award last Friday.
• Health care premiums aren't on NDP's agenda An NDP government elected Oct. 11 would not re-introduce health care premiums, party leader Liz Hanson said Thursday while campaigning in Watson Lake.
• Municipal politicians look to switch levels Three elected municipal representatives across the Yukon are seeking a seat in the territorial legislature on Oct. 11, including Whitehorse Coun. Doug Graham.
• Solitude and Tranquility An eagle waits patiently for breakfast
• Community invited to remember John Hatch Eukarys Colmenares-Leal never met the late John Hatch, the eccentric photographer who lived in Shipyards Park in the latter half of the 20th century.
• Former school principal becomes candidate for the New Democrats Jim Tredger, a former teaching principal at Eliza Van Bibber School in Pelly Crossing,was acclaimed Thursday as the Yukon NDP election candidate for Mayo-Tatchun.
• Territory has problems with impulse spending: think tank The latest CD Howe Institute report on government spending gives the Yukon an "F” when it comes to fiscal responsibility.
• Wrapping up the Season Harvest Celebration at Shipyards Park
• Campaign to beckon more riders to buses The city is launching a new campaign to encourage new people to try the updated transit system.
• Bears killed, left beside highway Conservation officers were informed last Sunday of two dead black bears found at kilometre 30
• City orders chickens evicted from their roosts Riverdale resident Kristina Calhoun has been ordered to get rid of the six chickens she keeps in her backyard.
• ‘People really do not need to do that' The Kwanlin Dun First Nation has been ordered to remove an illegal road block on its settlement land, the Star has learned.

September 15, 2011

• Exhibits Debut New shows opened in the Yukon Arts Centre in three galleries last Thursday evening.
• Unplanned Detour This Honda left the Robert Service Way on Wednesday afternoon.
• TheYukon Queen II calls it a season The buffet spread wasn't quite up to the historic standard on this year's final set of public cruises aboard the Yukon Queen II.
• Take Back The Night march goes Friday Women will unite Friday evening to to Take Back The Night in Riverdale.
• Riverside Paving Work continues on the Whitehorse waterfront wharf
• Pelly Crossing-area blaze has doubled in size A wildfire burning 20 kilometres south of Pelly Crossing, which was not expected to get any larger, has doubled in size in the last 24 hours.
• NDP vows to bolster Landlord and Tenant Act An NDP government would fix the Landlord and Tenant Act within a year of Liz Hanson becoming premier, the party pledged Wednesday.
• Liberals focus on early learning, child care If elected Oct. 11, the Liberal party would make changes to legislation to improve early learning and childcare in the territory, two local candidates announced today.
• Premier unveils comprehensive housing policy The Yukon Party is looking to both non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the private sector to help alleviate the territory's housing crunch.