Whitehorse Daily Star

March 10, 2011

• Mad Photo Spread
• Iditarod race lead likely to change after leaders take mandated break Iditarod race lead likely to change after leaders take mandated break
• On Stage Tonight The second semester MAD (Music Art and Drama) kids are rarin' to go!
• Reality brought to ‘wasted Wednesdays' moniker ( Comment ) It's often referred to as "wasted Wednesdays” by MLAs and the media, and yesterday, the Yukon's lawmakers proved that this week's round of humpday motion debate was just that – a waste of time.
• Correction A story in Wednesday's edition said the Yukon Zinc Corp.
• Sign petition to terminate the gun registry, Lang urges Yukon Senator Dan Lang is initiating an online petition to let what he calls the Yukon's voice be heard in support of reintroducing a bill to eliminate the long-gun registry.
• Burn wood to generate power: scientist For $86.5 million, the Yukon can purchase a wood-burning plant capable of generating 25 megawatts of electricity – more than double the $120-million Mayo B expansion.
• Three face aggravated assault charges after downtown incident Whitehorse RCMP arrested three men and charged them with aggravated assault Wednesday afternoon, 14 hours after paramedics were called to help a fourth man who had been badly beaten.
• Greens enter crowded election field The Yukon Greens plan to field a limited number of candidates in the upcoming territorial election,
• ‘I was just bawling,' resident says of fire Ross River residents suffered a tragic loss early this morning as flames engulfed and collapsed the community's recreation building.

March 9, 2011

• The Friesen Trio enthralled all The David Friesen Trio breezed into Dawson City on Feb. 24, spending a good portion of that afternoon at the Robert Service School.
• A world-renowned way to cook mussels Mussels have been eaten for thousands of years worldwide, originating from the sea or sweet water.
• The urge to plant couldn't be overcome! With the increase in sunlight and the warmer weather we had at the beginning of February, I just couldn't control the urge to plant something. So I did!!
• Services restored to Yukon communities Northwestel Inc. has repaired services to communities on the North Alaska Highway.
• Branding proposals to be unveiled Thursday Local residents will get a peek at the city's possible new brand on Thursday when the concepts are presented at a public meeting.
• Reward rises for information on 2009 muskox poaching The reward has been doubled to $2,000 for information in the case of a muskox shot and left to rot alongside the Dempster Highway in August 2009.
• How would you choose to power Yukon? Burning wood and using wind to generate electricity formed the centre piece to provide for the Yukon's future energy needs during a little game last night.
• Taking another step toward ‘Harperland' David Skelton, Nakai Theatre's artistic director, gave Prime Minister Stephen Harper some help
• Yukon stars in Big Apple The launch of the new website Yukonic promoting the territory as a premier filming location was announced today by Economic Development Minister Jim Kenyon.
• Celebrating An Important Day Former Yukon MP Audrey McLaughlin speaks to a full house at the Victoria Faulkner Women's Centre on Tuesday evening
• YTG may spend dollars to smother scents The air in the proposed Whistle Bend subdivision on Porter Creek's lower bench could smell a whole lot better over the coming years if the city agrees to sign off on an agreement with the Yukon government.
• Chief lacks faith in YTG's caribou counting The Yukon government's ability to forecast wildlife population trends has been tarnished, says Tr'ondek Hwech'in Chief Eddie Taylor.
• Gerties' fire safety upgraded One of Yukon's most popular tourism attractions is undergoing important safety upgrades which will help maintain as many as 80 seasonal jobs in the Dawson City region.
• KVA has ‘tanked' in recent years The Klondike Visitors Association (KVA) had a bad year in 2010.
• Workers escaped injury after massive cave-in There were no injuries in another underground cave-in at the Wolverine Mine, it has been confirmed.
• $1-million homes to become more common in Whitehorse The average price of a home in Whitehorse hit a record $404,800 during the fourth quarter of 2010, reports the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.

March 8, 2011

• North Alaska Highway loses commuications Northwestel Inc. was experiencing an equipment failure on the North Alaska Highway this morning
• Injury forces Nome musher from Iditarod Melissa Owens dropped out of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race at 2 a.m. today at the Rainy Pass checkpoint.
• Annual Trek Over the Top was a frigid affair for riders "It was cold,” said Hap Mead of Fairbanks,
• Energy options, questions dominate charrette Name it, and it's on the agenda at this week's three-day conference on energy sponsored by Yukon Energy.
• Housing crisis must be tackled, city told If members of city council needed any more confirmation that there's a significant housing shortage in Whitehorse, they got it at their meeting Monday night.
• City asked to reconsider infill plan Before city council even passes first reading of a bylaw that would rezone five pieces of land in Porter Creek and Crestview for residential development, it's being asked to make even further changes to the plans.
• Fentie won't sign petition; writer protests PMO's edict A directive to federal bureaucrats from Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office that "Government of Canada” in official communications be replaced by "Harper Government” is reverberating in the Yukon.