Whitehorse Daily Star

March 2, 2011

• Fierce winds couldn't blow away tradition The past weekend was the beginning of spring carnival season in the North.
• Howard Blum will keynote Skagway writers gathering Best-selling nonfiction writer Howard Blum will be the keynote speaker of the second annual North Words Writers Symposium in Skagway, June 1-4.
• Movie nights help usher the winter away DAWSON CITY – In spite of its evolving cultural significance as the home of the Yukon School of Visual Arts and the Dawson City Short Film Festival, one of the things Dawson lacks is a movie theatre.
• Telegraph office gains designation Once the city's first major link to the Outside, MacBride Museum's telegraph office has been officially designated a municipal historic site.
• BUSY GALLERY Arts Underground
• First Nations happy with court decision The Little Salmon-Carmacks (LSCFN) and Selkirk First Nations are applauding the court decision upholding the Yukon Water Board's rejection of the Carmacks Copper Project.
• City awards lift station work The city will spend more than $173,000 on its new Clyde Wann lift station before it's even installed.
• BIRD'S EYE VIEW Bohemian Waxwings
• Canyon Crescent residents look for rezoning decision Residents of Canyon Crescent could soon have a new neighbour after city council gave the initial go-ahead to a rezoning and subsequent subdivision application Monday evening.
• Correction A story in Tuesday's edition
• City talking contracts with employees With one contract under council's consideration, city management has begun negotiations for the next contract with its firefighters.
• Public has two months to generate responses to net metering plan The territorial government has released its draft policy for Yukoners and businesses toying with the idea of generating their own power and feeding some into the main electrical grid.
• Revered elder trapped, hunted into her eighties Champagne Aishihik elder Susan VanBibber has died at the age of 99, after a long life spent out on the land.
• Caribou numbers have escalated to 169,000 The final count of the Porcupine caribou herd has come in at 169,000, significantly above what many experts had feared.

March 1, 2011

• Old jail's fate hanging in limbo Instead of tearing down the old Whitehorse Correctional Centre, the government may keep it after all, say Yukon Party MLAs.
• Disinterest sees Junior Yukon Quest cancelled The 2011 Junior Yukon Quest has been cancelled, officials said Monday.
• Correction A story in last Wednesday's edition said École Émilie-Tremblay was originally planned as an elementary school.
• Medical travel program will be reviewed The Department of Health and Social Services has hired a consultant to review its medical travel program and policies.
• Mayo residents nervous about spring, MLA says Despite the current minus 30 C nights, the longer days have many Yukoners looking forward to spring's arrival.
• Yukon Energy to study liquified gas potential Using liquified natural gas (LNG) to generate electricity in the Yukon is being put on the table as an option to meet future demand, says Yukon Energy president David Morrison.
• Conservator pinpoints music from the deep After an international scavenger hunt, three recordings found aboard the A.J. Goddard have been identified, giving new insight into life onboard the doomed steamboat.
• Budget rolls out improvements to bus system A $63.4-million spending plan to operate the city in 2011 could spell some major changes for transit users, though they'll still be stuck finding another ride on Sundays.
• Budget asks taxpayers to dig deeper Property owners in Whitehorse can expect to see a four per cent hike in their property taxes this year, along with a 7.33 per cent increase on their water and sewer bills.

February 28, 2011

• 2011 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Slide Show 4 Scenes from the 2011 Sourdough Rendezvous
• 2011 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Slide Show 3 Scenes from the 2011 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous
• 2011 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Slide Show 2 Scenes from the 2011 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous
• 2011 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Slide Show 1 Scenes from the 2011 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous
• Searing gales buffeted festival fun Even the smug sourdoughs, dressed end deep in layers, had to admit it was a particularly cold Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous weekend.
• Decision confirms board's autonomy: YCS The Yukon Conservation Society is happy with last Thursday's court decision upholding the independence of the Yukon Water Board, says the society mining coordinator.
• Kathleen Lake Family Fest Day planned Kluane National Park and Reserve, in collaboration with Junction Arts and Music, St. Elias Lions Club, the Haines Junction Minor Hockey Association and the Kathleen Lake Lodge will host a Kathleen Lake Family Fest Day on Saturday, March 19.
• Company needs clarity before Carmacks Copper proceeds The Carmacks Copper Project is far from dead, says the president of Western Copper Corp.
• Extra room on Hercules good news for Old Crow Hungry Old Crow residents are receiving a welcome shipment of dry goods this week on board a Hercules airplane.
• Operating budget will be released tonight City residents will learn this evening whether they can expect to pay more in property taxes this year.
• Developer releases plans for energy-efficient housing A five- to six-unit housing development planned for downtown would be built using natural, non-toxic materials.
• Residents favour more snowmobile rules: survey A majority of Whitehorse residents have made it clear they want to see snowmobile use more tightly controlled within the city.