Whitehorse Daily Star

September 30, 2010

• Day home can shift into garage It may be a "day home”, but the Riverdale Montessori School could soon move into a garage.
• Late chief was on historic trek to see Trudeau in 1973 Yukoners will gather Friday afternoon to remember Johnnie Smith,
• ‘They can very often be unsung heroes' The Canadian Forces' week-long SAREX 2010 exercise wrapped up last Friday afternoon with a public display of the aircraft used.
• New regulation to guide Yukon forests' future The Yukon government is modernizing forest legislation with a new Forest Resources Regulation.
• Citizens help thwart a thief Some quick-thinking employees at a Whitehorse store foiled a thief this week, earning kudos from the RCMP.
• McLean Lake residents are disappointed over zoning For years, Skeeter Miller-Wright, on behalf of the McLean Lake Residents Association,
• Ministers talk taxes, lawsuits if wilderness users win Peel debate Less than a week before public consultation closes on the recommended Peel Watershed Land Use Plan,
• Mine could employ up to 450 people Wednesday night's celebration of the new partnership between Selwyn Resources and Chihong Canada Mining Ltd. was a swanky affair.

September 29, 2010

• A literary day on the Dempster Highway ( Uffish Thoughts ) Autumn's brief blaze of glory has vanished, or rather, is now mostly lying on my lawn
• Testosterone-inspired laughter at the Guild Hall ( Preview ) Testosterone-inspired laughter at the Guild Hall
• Duo's house concert brightened a Klondike weekend The first in the fall and winter season of house concerts filled the home of Gordon MacRae and Maureen Abbot earlier this month.
• Violence against women is not acceptable In response to the article "Charges dropped after complainant runs”, Star, Sept. 21,
• Lang launches anti-drug bill Yukon Senator Dan Lang took the lead in the Senate on Monday evening to promote Bill C-475, the Controlled Drug and Substances Act.
• Citizens seek to appeal mine's permit The City of Dawson will hold an appeal of its own decision to issue a development permit to the operators of the Slinky Mine,
• Book Launch Assistance lberta author Linda Goyette, centre, is seen at the launch of her book Northern Kids at Mac's Fireweed Books and Gifts at noon last Thursday.
• Police clocked driver at 178 km/h One driver was charged with travelling 178 kilometres per hour along the North Klondike Highway last week during expanded enforcement by the RCMP around the territory.
• Health department in for an audit Health and Social Services, the territory's most expensive ministry,
• FASD: ‘Faith, Ability, Strength and Determination' The handsome, well-dressed man in wire-frame glasses who took the podium at the Yukon Convention Centre on Tuesday afternoon
• Police raid scene of grow-op Yukon RCMP members busted a Carcross Corner grow operation on Tuesday afternoon,
• Free Canada Games Centre day planned Forget the wallet and ready the food donations....
• Winter will be cold one, meteorologist warns If the recent snow on the ground hasn't been indication enough,
• Chief has stirred frustration, anger and sadness Aboriginal men and women, as well as members of the Yukon Aboriginal Women's Council and Whitehorse Aboriginal Women's Circle,
• Words and Laughs The popular CBC radio show The Debaters
• Women's groups condemn chief's actions Eddie Skookum's fate as leader of the Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation is in the hands of his First Nations constituents, Justice Minister Marian Horne said this week.
• Equipment auction will lure global interest It's difficult to say how much money will be generated in next month's Whitehorse auction of heavy equipment, says the president of Golden Hill Ventures.
• Snowmachines to be bylaw's initial focus The city will first look at snowmachine use on trails within municipal boundaries in considering new bylaws for snowmobiles, ATVs and other off-road vehicles.
• Cardiff wants answers on nurses' frustrations The nurses at Whitehorse General Hospital are frustrated, anxious and demoralized about working conditions there, according to New Democratic Party MLA Steve Cardiff.

September 28, 2010

• Premier, MLA clash over board members' pay The Liberals call it political favouritism while Premier Dennis Fentie says it was a clerical error which saw members of the Yukon Hospital Corp. board and its chair paid inflated honoraria between December 2009 and May 2010 – in clear violation of a November 2009 cabinet order.
• Waging A War Of Words Simon King performs at Foxy's Cabaret Monday evening.
• MLAs pay tribute to late colleague Members of the legislative assembly offered moving tributes Monday to Todd Hardy,
• Acclaimed Hanson comes out swinging against Fentie Yukon New Democratic Party Leader Elizabeth Hanson,
• Opposition party changes critics' roles The Yukon Liberals shuffled their shadow cabinet last week, affecting three of the party's five MLAs.
• Exploding oxygen tanks added to van blaze drama An industrial ambulance which caught fire late Monday afternoon while travelling south forced the closure of the Alaska Highway for an hour or longer.
• Correction Helen June Good's appeal
• United Way campaign to kick off Friday The 2010 United Way Fundraising Campaign will kick off at 6:30 a.m. Friday
• Council opts for Meat-filled Mondays Meatless Mondays has been moved off the table at city hall.
• Diagnosis called crucial to addressing FASD The first, and most crucial, step to effectively preventing and addressing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders is diagnosing sufferers,
• Inquest to ‘clarify' facts in man's death The Yukon's chief coroner has announced an inquest into the sudden death of Robert Stone in Whitehorse.