Whitehorse Daily Star

April 21, 2011

• A wakeup call for bear-human contact There are 10,000 black bears and 7,000 grizzly bears in the Yukon,
• Into the Woods boasts a forest of positives ( Review ) When is a musical more than a musical? When it's a Sondheim-Lapine musical.
• Concluding the Mortal Instruments trilogy In the concluding volumes of her Mortal Instruments trilogy, Cassandra Clare plays with the conventions of urban fantasy as well as those of the hidden world genre.
• Shining Volunteerism The nominees for the City of Whitehorse Volunteer of the Year award
• Society to tour latest production The Gwaandak Theatre Society has welcomed accomplished director Yvette Nolan and award-winning actor PJ Prudat to Whitehorse as part of their next production, Café Daughter.
• ‘The stories they told are general dysfunction' The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition, which helps various groups try to reduce poverty or advocate for government action, has brought a stage production to life.
• A natural feeling for the written word shaped a career The Star is publishing its annual series of visiting author profiles for the next several issues.
• Slowly but surely, break-up time is coming Puddles are forming around town as the City of Dawson crew struggles to get all the storm drains open.
• Bestselling author, marketing guru to speak in Dawson Yukon tourism business owners, operators and industry leaders can expect to hear an engaging slate of guest speakers at the 2011 Tourism Industry Association (TIA) Yukon spring conference, the group said recently.
• Ryanwood moves to house its employees As spring moves toward the beginning of the mining season, one company is already concerned about where it will house some of its staff in Dawson when they're not in the field.
• Sign Right Here Book buyer Lise Schonewille
• Sign thief has a change of heart A young Whitehorse resident who decided to express his political views by taking down Conservative party election signs has had a surprising change of heart.
• Model of health still walking strong at 92 Ninety-two year-old Amanda Rendell is fascinated by nature.
• ‘If he had not broke his leg, I would be dead' Bruce Nibecker suspects somebody was smiling down on him Monday when he escaped a close encounter with a ticked-off bull moose.
• Correction Berton House resident Sarah Tilley,
• Territory joins province's MS liberation clinical trials The Yukon will contribute to Saskatchewan's clinical trials on the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) liberation procedure, both governments announced today.
• Meteorite finder undeterred by court ruling A Yukon man who has been involved in a decade-long battle with the Geological Survey of Canada agency over a meteorite found on his gold claim
• Prepare for U.S. demands for water: historian Gwynne Dyer's book Climate Wars offers a series of grim scenarios for a warming planet,
• Fate of rolling stock remains in abeyance Whether Standard Bus Contracting will buy out the assets of Takhini Transport to provide school bus service for the coming year is still under consideration, says a Standard Bus vice-president.
• Veteran bus manager reaches the end of the ride What will happen to Takhini Transport is a matter still to be decided, says Pat Jamieson.
• ‘At some point, somebody's got to bite the bullet' Economic Development Minister Jim Kenyon is running for the leadership of the ruling Yukon Party,

April 20, 2011

• New equipment, comfy chairs and 100 new films The 12th annual Dawson City International Short Film Festival
• All there is to know about the Easter lily Growing up in Germany, my first recollections of the Easter holiday were of the excitement generated by the prospect of our first-of-the-season kayak paddling trip.
• The River will start to flow Thursday evening There is a place between culture and community that encompasses social justice within the society that is called Yukon.
• A succulent combination for Easter For Easter! A caramelized rack of lamb with a St. Josepeh from the Cote du Rhone, France.
• KSA helps out shelter The Klondike Snowmobile Association (KSA) has donated $3,250 to the Yukon Women's Transition Home Society to support programming at Kaushee's Place, the local women's shelter.
• Dawson felt familiar to Berton House writer The Star is publishing its annual series of visiting author profiles for the next several issues.
• Author Van Camp is grateful to be a writer The Star is publishing its annual series of visiting author profiles for the next several issues.
• Learning From An Expert Internationally renowned dog trainer Janice Gunn presented a workshop at Yukon College for the Yukon Kennel Club last weekend.
• Couple can now pursue subdivision Thanks to a city council vote on Monday evening, Bill and Sheila Popyk can work on having their Canyon Crescent property split into two.
• First Nations, YEC seek to improve relations The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, their development corporation and Yukon Energy have signed an agreement to work toward building a strong relationship.
• Show cancelled Tonight's performance of Into the Woods
• Ads are ‘stepped-up electioneering': Mitchell Premier Dennis Fentie has dismissed Liberal party claims that public money is being spent on promoting the ruling Yukon Party in the run-up to an election that must be called by this October.
• Caring for the Land initiative seeking applicants The Yukon Mine Training Association (YMTA),
• Green candidate pours out passions at forum John Streicker, the Yukon's Green Party candidate, used last night's all-candidates forum on the arts to make an impassioned case for his fledgling political movement.
• Compost goes on sale for the season Saturday Spring is in the air, especially if you visit the city's compost facility at the landfill.
• Historic abuse spurs lawsuit The abuse happened half a century ago, but the scars remain for two Yukon men who were sexually abused by a man they, and their community, trusted.

April 19, 2011

• Yukon Territorial Skills contest set for April 29 Skills Canada-Yukon will present the 13th annual Yukon Territorial Skills Competition from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 29 at Yukon College in Whitehorse.
• Deadbeat debtors cost taxpayers $21,000-plus The city has given up on ever seeing more than $21,000 it's owed in unpaid fees, taxes and interest.
• Spring runoff conditions will be normal: forecast Nothing much has changed since last month, when hydrologist Ric Janowicz predicted a pretty normal year for spring runoff, with little chance of flooding.
• Help From The Heart The Takhini Heartbeaters presented a performance at their school last Thursday morning.
• Youth Employment Centre open for business Yukon youth will have a new resource to help them discover their career options.
• Proposed LIC changes provoke puzzlement Suggested changes to the city's local improvement charge (LIC) formula has some council members confused on exactly what Industrial Road property owners can expect to pay for work planned for the road this year.
• Barr touts NDP's promises to small businesses Kevin Barr, the territory's New Democratic Party candidate, pushed his party's focus on small business this morning at Well Read Books in Whitehorse.
• More infilling to come, Stockdale declares City staff are suggesting a few changes to their plans to add more residential housing to Crestview and Porter Creek, but even more suggestions could be on their way at next week's council meeting.