Whitehorse Daily Star

March 31, 2011

• Mayor praises help for Yukon firefighters Bev Buckway, president of the Association of Yukon Communities (AYC),
• Girls will explore science of food Yukon Innovators in the Schools, of the Yukon Research Centre of Excellence, is helping young girls discover their interest and ambition in the field of science.
• Lunch and Companionship Friends Margaret Bill, left, and Doris Nukon meet at the Salvation Army for lunch
• Bravo Awards winners lauded for their efforts This year's Bravo Award was presented to the catalysts of February's Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada: city councillor Ranj Pillai and key organizers George Arcand and Walter Brennan.
• CDF serves up funds to Tennis Yukon, other groups The territorial Community Development Fund (CDF)
• Exhibit Opens Today Rich Claxton will open a solo exhibit of his pottery
• It will be Yukoners for Japan on Sunday Work by the Japanese Canadian Association of Yukon (JCAY) to raise money for the relief effort in earthquake-devastated Japan has become an entire community effort thanks to donations from residents, local businesses and the city.
• Streicker looking to build on 2008 success Yukon Green Party candidate John Streicker believes his message in the 2008 election was so successful, he's not deviating for his second federal campaign in the lead-up to the May 2 vote.
• Health care tops election issues: CNA head Judith Shamian didn't intend to step into the middle of the campaign trial when she started her northwestern Canadian tour this week,
• ‘I believe in the Yukon': NDP nominee Kevin Barr is the Yukon New Democrats' candidate for the May 2 federal election.

March 30, 2011

• Ensemble to perform in territory Whitehorse Concerts will present the Jorge Miguel Flamenco Ensemble in a series of shows from Thursday through Saturday,
• Of early spring corms, tubers and bulbs Sometimes, success or failure in regards to growing a particular plant or flower in the Yukon is just a matter of knowing a few tricks. Such is the gladiola.
• March was a good move for Dawson's fur show Moving the Dawson Fur Show from January to March seems to have been an excellent idea.
• Dog owners reminded to clean up The warmer weather has the city reminding dog owners to clean up after their pets.
• Ex-city planner to head up Dawson commission Members of the Dawson City Chamber of Commerce could hardly have been more pleased with the outcome of the first full meeting of the Dawson Regional Planning Commission.
• Salmon season will be run more conservatively It used to be that managing salmon stocks in the Yukon River was fairly routine business, says John Linderman of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
• It's soul-searching time: veteran biologist It may be time for a little soul-searching by the international panel responsible for managing Yukon River salmon stocks, says a veteran Whitehorse biologist.
• Do See The Dew Exhibit he Yukon Film Society and the Yukon Arts Centre Gallery, with Parks Canada's co-operation, are presenting Distant Early Warning: DEW Line exhibitions at The Old Fire Hall until April 6. David Neufeld (above),
• Hanson Street work contracts awarded Hanson Street is ready for rebuilding after city council awarded the two contracts for the work at its meeting Monday night.
• City may change boulevards' uses Whitehorse residents could soon find themselves pruning and weeding the boulevards next to their homes instead of using them as a parking space.
• Used clothing stitched into new duds The ideas are new, but the clothing is not.
• Fentie on his future: ‘It's a life choice' Premier Dennis Fentie says there will be no spring election in the Yukon, but his political future is a closely guarded secret to which even those in his caucus are not privy.
• Teenager weeps upon hearing judge's verdict In the early morning of Aug. 8, 2009, a 16-year-old girl Whitehorse girl shocked herself and anyone who knew her by stabbing her mother's live-in ex-boyfriend to death.

March 29, 2011

• Event planners are scouring Whitehorse The Yukon Convention Bureau (YCB) is hosting four meeting and event industry members on a familiarization tour this week.
• City making climate change progress, Buckway believes The city's efforts to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions are moving forward, officials said in a statement last Friday, pointing to the progress on its Local Action Plan to reduce the emissions.
• Scouts show one good turn deserves another At just eight to 10 years old, the 1st Porter Creek Cub Scouts are showing the rest of the country that one good turn deserves another by making their mark on Scout Canada's second annual National Good Turn Week.
• Snow? What Snow? Local residents may be wondering why there are signs
• 2012 GoMedia Canada Marketplace to come here For the first time in its history, the GoMedia Canada Marketplace will take place North of 60.
• YTG seeks new trial in blasting case Three years after a dynamite blast sent rocks crashing into homes and properties in the Lobird Trailer Court,
• Lawmakers' last hurrah before election Another 30 days of debate in the legislative assembly yielded no change in the way the Yukon's politicians conduct themselves.
• Dissenters fail to stop budget's approval Rick Karp, president of the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce, wasn't surprised by city council's adoption of a four per cent tax hike for 2011,