Whitehorse Daily Star

June 27, 2011

• Mirth From Maratos Whitehorse resident George Maratos
• Motorcycle buffs gathered in Dawson City Dust to Dawson continued over the weekend after having begun last Thursday.
• Cause of house fire may never be known A fire in the new Whitehorse Copper subdivision destroyed a newly built home Sunday while putting Whitehorse, wildland and community firefighters to the test.
• Major languages conference underway here This year's International Athabaskan Languages Conference, to begin today in Whitehorse, has attracted a record-setting 160 delegates.
• Lightning also blamed for outage Lightning is suspected as the cause of a Sunday afternoon power outage on the Mayo-Dawson City grid, says Yukon Energy spokeswoman Janet Patterson.
• Lightning sparks five weekend forest fires Lightning was responsible for five new wildfires in the territory over the weekend, Wildland Fire Management officials said today.
• Veteran Speaker plans to leave politics Ted Staffen, the Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly, announced Friday afternoon he will not seek re-election in the upcoming territorial election.
• Damage estimate is in the millions A fire deliberately set at the Canada Games Centre on Friday evening has left the recreational building closed indefinitely.

June 24, 2011

• Band society ended year on a high note It has been a banner year for the various musical events of the All-City Band Society.
• Some tips for successful bush cuisine Cooking fish in tin foil
• Looking at art through Freud's lens Jeanne Randolph has a very focused way of looking at the world. She views everything through the lens of psychoanalysis.
• Yukoner Wins Award The Yukon production Anash and the Legacy of the Sun-Rock took the top international prize as ‘Best Youth Production – Fiction'
• Tales of love and adventure in space ( Bookends ) The continuing saga of the Vorkosigan family has appeared in print in no particular order, but one of the books in this omnibus volume (Shards of Honor) was the first to be written.
• A Celebration Of Culture The Pit Band performs
• Capital is just the right size for city's new staff manager Barbara Walker is not a big city girl.
• Cardiff acclaimed as NDP candidate Veteran MLA Steve Cardiff has been selected for the NDP ticket for the new Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes riding in the next territorial election.
• Festivities are marking Saint Jean Baptiste Day The Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY) is going back to its roots and putting on its own event to celebrate Saint Jean Baptiste Day in a big way.
• Setting Up For Sunstroke Roly Mitton (right) and Nick Filteau set up the sound for the sixth annual Sunstroke Music Festival
• Mayor welcomes HCMS Whitehorse The City is pleased to welcome the Canadian Navy's HCMS Whitehorse to the North once again, Mayor Bev Buckway said today.
• Council spurns Slinky Mine's road proposal Dawson's council has rejected a proposal by the Slinky Mine regarding relocation of one of the municipality's streets.
• Italian duo travelled light for gruelling cycling trip Making the 2,400-kilometre trek from Vancouver to Whitehorse is no small task. Doing it on a bicycle is an even bigger feat.
• Alaskans invited Yukoners to get hooked Yukoners are invited to take part in Skagway, Alaska's seventh annual Pat Moore Memorial Gamefish Derby, to be held July 14-17.
• High-profile union official retires A man who spent the last 14 years working to strengthen the labour movement in the North, has retired.
• Sounds In The Summer Hank Karr and Co.
• Warmer weather may boost fires There were no new fires reported in the territory over the last 24 hours, fire officials said this morning.
• Polio eradication dream takes Ferris to Afghanistan Together, we can rid the world of polio forever.
• One More Time Ron Newsome takes off in his Cessna on Thursday afternoon
• Complaints commission official plans educational role For the friends and family of Raymond Silverfox, the Carmacks man's December 2009 death broke the trust between the RCMP and the community they serve,
• Court adjourns Whistle Bend work dispute The court application by Norcope Construction to stop Sidhu Trucking from continuing with a $2-million contract was adjourned this morning until July 28.
• Legendary voices have passed through console Bob Hamilton's Old Crow Recording Studios is now home to a piece of musical history.
• Bureaucracy has defeated humanity, judge laments The teenaged girl who fatally stabbed her mother's live-in former boyfriend has been sentenced to 12 months in the Whitehorse youth detention centre, much to the chagrin of the judge who had no other choice but to send her there.

June 23, 2011

• Southern Yukon weather heats up, but no new fires Despite the warmer, sunnier weather in the southern Yukon, no new fires were reported in the territory over the last 24 hours, Wildland Fire Management officials said today.
• New ceremonies marked Aboriginal Day in Dawson Despite Tuesday's constant drizzle and occasional serious spatter, spirits were not dampened and attendance remained strong at Dawson's National Aboriginal Day events,
• Premier reflects on ‘flawless' leaders' summit Premier Darrell Pasloski made his debut on the national stage this week at the western premiers' conference held in Yellowknife.
• Home inspector appeals court order to pay woman $20,000 A home inspector who was ordered to pay $20,000 in damages to a very dissatisfied client is appealing the small-claims court decision.
• Back to work bill called ‘absolutely horrendous' Negotiation, not legislation – that was the message to the federal Conservatives from locked-out Yukon postal workers early Wednesday afternoon.
• Revised driver's handbook hits the road The Department of Community Services launched a new driver's handbook today.
• Busing reforms are a ‘significant investment' An overhaul of Whitehorse's transit system will be completed next week when the city's new bus routes are implemented on July 1.