Whitehorse Daily Star

June 22, 2011

• Author reflects on process and inspiration The writing life often seems to consist of two things, according to Howard Blum, a New York Times bestselling author and Vanity Fair contributing editor.
• Poetry festival to start Friday Prize-winning poets Bill Bissett, Karen Solie and John Pass will hit Whitehorse this week for the city's third Whitehorse Poetry Festival.
• Berton House gets support from Amazon.ca Berton House is about to receive financial assistance from Amazon.ca, in the form of a grant the online bookstore and retailer has provided to the Writers' Trust of Canada.
• Festival to mark highway's 70th anniversary The 2012 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Festival will be held Feb. 23-26, the managing society announced recently.
• Bursaries served up to budding young chefs Shea Hierlihy started culinary arts school because she couldn't think of a good reason not to.
• Aboriginal Day June Celebration 2011 Photo Spread
• Celebrate literacy, Yukoners urged The city is inviting Whitehorse residents to celebrate the importance of literacy.
• New building has assisted fire department, mayor says The design of the city's new Public Safety Building is greatly assisting the fire department with its rescue training, says Mayor Bev Buckway.
• Correction A headline in Tuesday's edition said
• Junior Spectators Young people enjoy the entertainment
• No new blazes reported No new fires were reported in the territory over the last 24 hours, Yukon Wildland Fire Management officials said today.
• Court reviews status of serious crime cases The cases of two men convicted of murder, a serial rapist and an alleged drug-debt enforcer were all in Yukon Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon for the court to check in on their progress.
• Light On Their Feet Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski
• Mining company told to pay maximum legal fees Western Copper has been ordered to pay the highest scale of legal fees to lawyers who successfully argued against the company's appeal of a decision by the Yukon Water Board.
• Old power plant may give way to progress One Whitehorse building could soon be off the city's heritage registry and slated for demolition.
• Companies probe cellphone disruptions Bell Mobility customers may be having trouble making and receiving cellphone calls in downtown Whitehorse .
• Contract dispute to be heard Friday Norcope Construction's request to shut down a part of the new Whistle Bend subdivision work is scheduled to be heard Friday.
• Cathers unperturbed by exclusion from cabinet Brad Cathers says he is "comfortable” with how Premier Darrell Pasloski is handling his government, even if that means he's still sitting out of cabinet – for now.

June 21, 2011

• Self-government podcast series launched today Self-government podcast series launched today
• Pasloski, colleagues talk Asian, U.S. markets Most of Canada's northern and western premiers – including the Yukon's Darrell Pasloski – spent the first day of their annual meeting in Yellowknife talking about the importance of Asian and U.S. markets.
• Wet weather helping quell forest fires There were no new fires reported in the territory over the last 24 hours, fire officials said today.
• Herbal Book Launched Yukon businesswoman and author Bev Gray launched her book The Boreal Herbal Monday evening.
• Road closure endorsed for festival Downtown businesses support road closures for next month's Adäka Cultural Festival, city council's standing committee heard on Monday evening.
• Bush party fracas leads to injury, charges A 43-year-old man has been arrested and released and a woman hospitalized after a high school bush party near Watson Lake got out of control over the weekend.
• Lang optimistic about proposed Senate reforms Canadian politics could see a drastic change soon now that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has introduced legislation to reform the Senate.
• YTG has acted on housing woes, minister says Tents remained on the lawn of the Yukon government main administratin building this morning, despite the wet weather.
• Veteran labour federation boss heads to Regina Alex Furlong says he and his family are feeling "ambivalent” about leaving the Yukon but excited about the challenges ahead.
• Young people's swim prompts dangerous rescue operation The police, fire and ambulance departments were all called into action last night to rescue two people who had jumped into the Yukon River.
• Judge reluctantly orders teen into custody The Whitehorse teenager who killed her mother's live-in boyfriend in a fit of rage has been sent back to jail to await sentencing after her lawyers and probation officers have failed to come up with an acceptable plan.

June 20, 2011

• Yukon's first francophone tourism video is launched As part of Tourism Week in Canada, RDEE Yukon unveiled the territory's first tourism promotion video entirely in French.
• Commissioner plans to take the lead on the Ball The spectators gathered early to see the guests arrive at the Commissioner's Klondike Ball, eager to see the magnificent period gowns and other formal wear that are de rigueur for this event.
• Disasters, economy top western premiers' agenda Disasters, such as spring flooding and forest fires, will be on the agenda when Canada's western and northern premiers hold their annual meeting.
• Yukon Housing Corp. plans are on track, minister says While homeless Yukoners tent outside the territorial government main administration building,
• Briefing The Ex-Governor The Yukon's Ramesh Ferris, a polio survivor who handcycled across Canada in 2008
• Mediocre weather dampening fires There were no new fires reported in the territory over the weekend, Wildland Fire Management officials said today.
• Vandalism taking harsh toll on local theatre Piles of glass surrounded the Guild Hall this morning after a rash of vandalism at the theatre.
• Company takes contract dispute to court Norcope Construction of Whitehorse officially filed its lawsuit against the territorial government in Yukon Supreme Court on Friday.
• Yukon Party loyalist to pursue Laberge nomination Longtime Yukon resident Teena Dickson has announced she is seeking the nomination to represent the Yukon Party for the Lake Laberge riding in the upcoming territorial election.
• ‘It is a big investment on the Yukon's future' The Yukon's two electrical grids are now one.