Whitehorse Daily Star

October 19, 2010

• Nearly 200 people applied for 42 Takhini North lots The city came just shy of seeing 200 applicants put in their applications for 30 single-family and 12 duplex lots in the new section of Takhini North by last Friday's deadline.
• NDP's Cardiff questions the plans for mine water testing The 2006 transfer of water testing duties at the Minto Mine reared its head during question period last week
• The Magic of Books Christine Spinder, director of the Family Literacy Centre,
• Sign to be lit Friday Yukoners are invited to watch Friday afternoon's lighting of the historic Whitehorse Inn sign at the MacBride Museum of Yukon History.
• Hospital workers' union is stunned by new designation The Yukon Hospital Corp.'s portrait of Whitehorse General Hospital is vastly different from the one Yukon Employees Union (YEU) president Laurie Butterworth has heard from members.
• Culinary Delights Sandi Coleman (right), the host of CBC Yukon's morning show,
• Hospital corporation named top employer With several on-site employee amenities, maternity and parental top-up payments,
• Music festival planned for Whitehorse In exactly one year, Whitehorse will be setting up to host the annual BreakOut West Festival for its first visit North of 60, the Western Canadian Music Awards announced today.
• Think Pink Governing caucus members dressed in pink and got together with firefighters from the Whitehorse 2217 division recently.
• Water woes prevent the Minto Mine from shipping its wares Low water in the Yukon River has forced the Minto Mine to discontinue shipping concentrate earlier this month, Capstone Mining president Stephen Quin confirmed this morning.
• Officers board buses to nab irresponsible drivers The Yukon's RCMP are thinking outside the squad car with a new strategy to stop people from speeding and driving aggressively around school buses.
• Council ponders comprehensive zoning changes Contractors erecting houses in Ingram, new parts of Takhini North and eventually Whistle Bend could soon face additional restrictions on what they build there.
• Man accused of sexual assault held in solitary confinement The man accused of accosting a young girl in a Canada Games Centre change room last Thursday

October 18, 2010

• Through These Eyes Textile artist Judy Matechuk of Whitehorse
• Demers to attend Senator's Ball here Senator Jacques Demers is coming to Whitehorse to attend the 2010 Northwestel Senator's Ball, a non-partisan event for the benefit of Special Olympics, Yukon.
• Northwestel to offer rebate after Dawson Internet failed Northwestel Inc. says it will offer a service rebate for its customers in Dawson who had no Internet service over most of the Thanksgiving weekend.
• Classical percussionists take over the arts centre ( Review ) Whitehorse Concerts presented its second show of the season Saturday evening, with a performance by marimbist Anne-Julie Caron, accompanied by pianist Akiko Tominaga.
• City receives $15,000 boost A $15,000 boost from the federal government will get the city started on planning better ways to use energy.
• Dawson rejects gravel quarry Dawson council has rejected an application from Nuway Crushing Ltd. to carry out operations in an area just off the Dome Road, near the site of a former gravel pit.
• Council urged to reconsider mining permit Nine Dawson citizens turned out last Thursday evening to hear presentations from three opponents of a development permit for the Slinky Mine. In addition, 11 letters supported the appeal.
• Whitehorse Copper Mine tailings may prove fruitful A California businessman wants to extract the magnetite from 9.5 million tons of tailings left behind by the former Whitehorse Copper Mine.
• Roadside Casualty Motorists using the Takhini Hot Springs Road on Saturday passed this upside down vehicle on the shoulder.
• Prognosis for Trevor the dog looks bleak Things are not looking good for Trevor the dog, as neighbours of the Ibex Valley resident who offered to foster the Yukon's most famous animal have said they do not want him living near them.
• High-speed collision could have been fatal The stretch of Main Street between First and Second avenues was cordoned off for seven hours Sunday evening as Whitehorse RCMP investigated an alleged drunk driver who sent a number of people to hospital.
• Old Crow mourns loss of village stalwart Ellen Bruce Ellen Bruce, the first northern aboriginal woman to be ordained by the Anglican Church, died Saturday at her home in Old Crow. She was 98 years old.
• Conservation officers put down two bears Two wandering black bears were shot and killed in separate incidents Friday night, Environment Yukon spokesman Dennis Senger said today.

October 15, 2010

• Dawson City artist plans a set of new connections in Alaska Dawson artist Michael Mason has headed off to Alaska for an indefinite period,
• Author shows a love for his adopted country ( Bookends ) Author and journalist Bill Bryson moved from Iowa to the United Kingdom in 1973 and spent most of the next 20 years there.
• Fish stocking is a necessary fishery program If you are wondering why fishing remains good in the territory, you might take a look at one of the Yukon Fish and Game Association's (YFGA's) fishery programs.
• First Nation staged successful hip hop workshop About 30 children and youth from Pelly Crossing spent time earlier this month dancing up a storm in a workshop that teaches participants new hip hop dance moves along with some important lessons about life.
• Ynklude still readying for big B.C. show The Ynklude Art Troupe is continuing preparations to bring its performance to the national conference of the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) in Whistler, B.C. on Oct. 22.
• Park centre to host spooky visitors Ghosts, goblins and ghouls will welcome trick or treaters
• Local trust manufacturing plant gets boost from federal minister A local construction company owned by a conglomerate of five First Nations is modernizing its equipment with help from the federal government, a cabinet minister announced Wednesday.
• Lot enlargement passes first reading Residents will have a chance to tell city council what they think of a proposed lot enlargement on Sunset Drive North in Hillcrest early next month.
• Admission to CGC is free tomorrow No need to worry how much it'll cost to take the kids swimming Saturday....
• Foundation aims to raise $2 million for MRI The Yukon could become the first region North of 60 to have an MRI machine.
• Girl kept her cool and retreated from predator A Whitehorse Elementary School student narrowly escaped a sexual predator in the Canada Games Centre's arena change room Thursday, according to school officials.
• Thousands of words, though not necessarily wisdom ( Analysis ) The Yukon's 18 MLAs are halfway through the fall sitting of the legislative assembly,
• A Swimmingly Neat Time Ethan (left) and his older brother Joah (right)
• City awards water well contract to Encore Encore Coring and Drilling has been tasked with developing a new high-production well for the city in Riverdale to the tune of nearly $355,000.
• Northern Vision Development lays out its ambitions Condos on the waterfront, commercial space and industrial land are all topping the list of priorities for Northern Vision Development (NVD).
• Memories of life in Granville in the 1950s The recent Bear Creek Oral History Project gathering at the former Yukon Consolidated Gold Corp.
• Talented chefs ready to tickle your tastebuds As winter settles in, local foodie and cookbook author Miche Genest is looking forward to reaping the rewards of a busy foraging season.
• Reconfigured lots will return to the marketplace Three city lots on the former Motorways trucking yard site will be released again for sale through a tender after city council voted to go ahead with a redesign and subdivision of what were four lots facing Second Avenue.
• Horses start fanning out to new owners Seven of the Yukon's feral horses taken in from the wild this past summer have found homes, but four remain on the auction block this week.
• Correction Dennis Rankin is a co-ordinator for the Yukon Food for Learning Association.
• ATVer nabbed on impaired driving charge A Whitehorse man under a Canada-wide driving ban was caught operating his all-terrain vehicle (ATV) while severely intoxicated Thursday.
• Healthy bruin wandering around Hamilton Boulevard It's likely a lone black bear that's been wandering around the Copper Ridge, Arkell and Logan subdivisions in recent days,
• Equipment flew out from beneath the gavel Size really didn't matter in Wednesday's auction of heavy equipment, most of it belonging to Golden Hill Ventures and one of its financing companies.
• It's lucky no one was killed, judge says of boulder shower The Northern Safety Network will receive more than $50,000 toward its safety training programs thanks to an unsafe blast on the Hamilton Boulevard extension project in the spring of 2008.