Whitehorse Daily Star

May 18, 2011

• Elks help popular band in a big way The All-City Band Society (ACBS) is joining up with the Whitehorse Elks Club to ensure ACBS continues making beautiful music.
• It's time to get serious about gardening Hey, Yukon! It's almost serious gardening time!
• The pairing is odd; the results are surprising I now present baked Tilapia in a mustard sauce with a white blend from the Kettle Valley winery in B.C.
• Health minister lauds Yukon hearing services The Yukon is one of three Canadian jurisdictions which did not wait for a recommendation from the Canadian Paediatric Society to introduce universal newborn hearing screening program. The territory has had such a program since 2002.
• Coming In For A Landing An adult bald eagle lands at the nest by Robert Service Way.
• Taylor would introduce new funding for mining industry Yukon Party leadership candidate Rod Taylor says he would pursue two methods to support exploration and mine development in the Yukon.
• Dawson City launches into spring The George Black ferry launched just before 1 p.m. Monday, easing into the Yukon River with just a slight splash.
• Piercing The Sky Construction continues today
• International Museum Day celebrated The Yukon Arts Centre will host a rare sneak peek at its Permanent Art Collection this afternoon as part of International Museum Day.
• Pasloski would seek federal health funding extension One of Darrell Pasloski's first priorities as premier would be calling on the federal government to extend the Territorial Health System Sustainability Initiative funding.
• Candidates forum to start at 7 p.m. The race to lead the Yukon Party is heating up.
• Connecting Musician Howard Chymy entertains at the Whitehorse Connects event in The Old Fire Hall this morning.
• Gold show hits the quarter-century mark The Dawson City Gold Show is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year by being bigger than ever, with 70 or more booths and exhibits registered for the event.
• Money's revelation provokes fury, speechlessness The Yukon government has $18 million earmarked for affordable housing from Ottawa, but has chosen not to spend it – despite Whitehorse's current housing shortages.
• Communities leery about landfill liabilities Municipal leaders across the Yukon are truly afraid the territorial government is pushing them into a very uncomfortable corner with new landfill regulations.
• Police are seeking truck thief RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in tracking down whoever stole a truck from a residence in Carmacks last Saturday.
• ‘The community has spoken out' The results from the City of Whitehorse's branding survey overwhelmingly favour the sternwheeler remaining the official logo, and the city will bow to the majority's wishes.

May 17, 2011

• It's Game On! for local young people Eat smart, play smart and live smart.
• River breakup excited young and old ( Uffish Thoughts ) More often than not, the ice breaks up in the Yukon River when there aren't a lot of people to see it.
• Monday Morning Meandering A variety of waterfowl hang out at Schwatka Lake
• NDP mulls free post-secondary education A territorial election has yet to be called, but the Yukon NDP is already in campaign mode.
• Flying High Cameron, 12, Tyler, nine, and Annabelle Salvin, eight,
• Electoral reformers organized rally From Vancouver to St. John's, Canadians gathered to raise awareness about electoral reform on Saturday.
• Green Party is out to build momentum The newly formed territorial Green Party hopes to run six candidates in the next election, expected this fall.
• Appeal court grants men new trial Dean Boucher and Mark Lange have been granted a new trial after five years of appealing their joint murder convictions.
• Parking plan called detriment to city core A new plan to manage parking in downtown Whitehorse and eventually restrict free parking all day was well-received by city council Monday night, for the most part.

May 16, 2011

• Show Continues Longtime Yukon artist Mark Preston
• Odour mitigation work awarded AECOM Canada Ltd. has been tasked with a $196,466 project aimed at keeping the stink from the Livingstone Trail Lagoon from reaching the new Whistle Bend neighbourhood.
• City adopts new boulevard rules Park the vehicle in the driveway and get out the weeding tools.
• Talented Trio Tori Beemer, Laura Holmes and Maren Sinclair-Eckert (left-right)
• New local improvement rates established Property owners paying a local improvement charge (LIC) for city improvements next to their land will find the price now determined by a new formula.
• AWG volunteer policy adopted City workers looking to volunteer for the Arctic Winter Games (AWG) in Whitehorse next year may get to take on assignments during work hours.
• Salt, sand to cost city $240,000 Helping to keep vehicles from skidding on roadways will cost the city more than $240,000 in material alone this year after council approved buying crushed sand and a supply of winter road salt.
• Territory to take over firefighting costs The Yukon government is taking over the financial burden of operating seven of the territory's eight municipal fire departments, Community Services Minister Archie Lang announced Friday.
• Track Meet Fun Some 450 elementary school students from across the territory participated
• Separate traffic mishaps claim two men's lives Two Yukon men died as a result of separate vehicle accidents over the weekend.
• New Democrats clarify membership rule Yukoners who sign up to become members of the territorial NDP are officially signing up to be members of the federal party as well, thanks to a motion passed by the territorial party at its spring convention on Saturday.
• Appeal court here this week The B.C.-Yukon Court of Appeal began its annual week of hearings in the territory today, with everything from divorce to murder on the docket.
• Students relocated after big oil spill A heating oil tank attached to a portable at Vanier Catholic Secondary School leaked its entire contents on Sunday night.