Whitehorse Daily Star

April 18, 2011

• YEC meeting peak demand without burning any diesel Last Thursday was the first day in months that the Whitehorse Rapids Dam did not need diesel generation to meet peak demands.
• City names Ken Mason Volunteer of the Year The city's 2010 Volunteer of the Year almost didn't make it to last Wednesday night's awards ceremony.
• Games Centre's pool closed over weekend Swimmers were left waiting until today to take a dip in the Canada Games Centre pool after an unexpected shutdown Friday.
• Learning From The Master Dean Turner (far left), with the Yukon Fish and Game Association,
• Candidates debate issues before youthful audience The environment, youth, culture, recreation and voting are important things,
• Developer confirms condo plans The downtown core is set to receive yet another condominium development.
• Snowmobile task force produces its report; open house scheduled City residents will have a chance at an open house on Wednesday to provide comments on the 34-page report produced by the snowmobile task force.
• Voters reminded of Bagnell's gun registry stance Voters reminded of Bagnell's gun registry stance
• ‘Rumour mill is churning,' Fentie concedes Will he stay or will he go?

April 15, 2011

• Column on cancer provoked a surprising response I have received a number of calls and letters with regards to my column on March 18 where I mention having had breast cancer back in 1961.
• What not to do when disaster strikes ( Bookends ) Stephen King is quite fond of the work of Lee Child, who writes the Jack Reacher novels.
• Two well-known directors here for film festival From April 19 to 21, the Association franco-yukonnaise will host the Rendezvous du cinéma québécois film festival.
• Reflections of a noted Saskatchewan playwright Saskatchewan playwright Kenneth T. Williams is in Whitehorse this week to read excerpts from his play Café Daughter,
• Society receives a firm vote of confidence If the "voice of the membership” section of an annual general meeting is the place on the agenda where concerned members raise an organization's shortcomings and pitfalls of the past year,
• Economic development conference to be hosted next week by CAFN The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) will host a major economic development conference on April 19 in Haines Junction and April 20 in Whitehorse.
• City rebudgets 2010 capital funding The city's 2011 capital budget is closer to getting a nearly $6-million boost.
• Celebration of Swans welcomes new birds The annual Celebration of Swans will kick off this weekend,
• Final Festival Concerts Set For Saturday The Jack Hulland Elementary First Year Band plays Wednesday under the direction of Jody Peters during the Rotary Music Festival.
• Minister advises Yukoners to stay tuned for an announcement Patrick Rouble, the Minister of Education and Energy, Mines and Resources, is playing coy about his leadership ambitions, but did not rule out the possibility.
• Victims of Crime Act proclaimed The Yukon government proclaimed its new victims of crime legislation last Friday,
• Youth brush up on human rights legislation Young Yukoners still have a lot to learn about the territory's Human Rights Act,
• Fire departments reach mutual aid agreement After more than a decade, the mutual aid agreement between the city's fire departments and neighbouring departments has been updated.
• West Dawsonites begin annual holding pattern The ice bridge hasn't become unsafe yet, but there are slushy spots near the bank on the Dawson side of the Yukon River by late afternoon if the sun shines all day.
• Latest branding survey kicks off Boat or horse? Old or new?
• Volunteers doffed their locks to fight cancer Northwestel Inc. employees once again raised money for cancer research at noon today by temporarily sacrificing their hair.
• Families, vendors gather for Kidz Swap Springtime brings the weekend rush of garage sales, and with it the eager parents on the lookout for second-hand children's items at a fraction of the retail cost.
• Woman faces charges of bootlegging A Pelly Crossing woman is facing charges of bootlegging, after tips from the community started an RCMP investigation into illegal alcohol sales in that community.
• Green candidate strikes at Liberals' environmental policies Federal party leaders went at it during the televised English and French language debates this week and yesterday at Yukon College, local voters got a distilled version from the local candidates.
• Students, staff brace for noisy disruptions F.H. Collins Secondary School students will be inconvenienced next year when their gymnasium is demolished to make way for the long-awaited replacement to the aging high school.
• Off-road vehicles debate is driven onto election agenda The territorial election hasn't been called yet,
• Riders would pay for expanded busing: student The city's bus system is slated for some major changes this summer, but at least one Yukon College student says they aren't enough.
• Firm plans to meet with current school bus drivers A Calgary-based school busing company has swept in with low bids to provide students with transportation right across the Yukon for the next two years.

April 14, 2011

• Permafrost and highways management course offered The Yukon Research Centre of Excellence is offering an advanced seminar to engineers across Canada.
• Learning From An Expert Sonja Alhers (standing), the artist at the Ted Harrison artists' retreat until Friday,
• Anthropologist confirms discovery of Pleistocene archaeological site A new Pleistocene era archaeological site has been discovered by Norm Easton, a Yukon College anthropologist, in Alaska.
• Changes to the zoning bylaw pass council's first reading A move to relax rules on garden suites and other zoning regulations in the city got over its first hurdle Monday night when council passed first reading of the changes to the zoning bylaw.
• Greetings From Japan Ushiku, Japan Vice-Mayor Ken Noguchi (centre) presents Mayor Bev Buckway with a writing from a famous poet from Ushiku Wednesday evening at city hall.
• Projects fight violence against aboriginal women Six organizations will share $200,000 over the next two years to help prevent violence against aboriginal women, the Yukon government announced recently.
• A delay would cost company dearly, court told The amount of money Selwyn Chihong Mining has spent and plans to spend on its Selwyn Project
• Trapper found safe, sound The search for a Ross River trapper who didn't come home after going out to tend his trapline has ended happily.
• Police find drugs in speeding driver's truck A Haines Junction man is facing some hefty drug charges after B.C. police who stopped him for speeding found hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of marijuana products and grow-op paraphernalia in his truck.