Whitehorse Daily Star

September 27, 2010

• Wanted: nice dead mice Moose hunt? No, mouse hunt!
• YTG, city crews tackle snowy roads early Friday's snowstorm had both territorial and city work crews taking to the streets with sanders and plows much earlier than usual.
• ALS walk raises $5,500, pleasing organizers Don Watt, the Whitehorse Walk for ALS co-ordinator, has deemed the second annual event a success.
• Searchers will ‘move a mountain' to succeed Search and rescue (SAR) is a tough business,
• Ketza Road garage may be converted into day home For Amanda Fairhead, it could become clearer tonight whether she can go ahead with plans to move her Riverdale Montessori School program from her home to garage.
• Correction The new hospital in Watson Lake will cost $22 million to construct,
• Debaters challenge local talent There's still a chance to see some Grade-A Canadian comedy for those who missed getting a seat at tomorrow evening's sold-out show at the Yukon Arts Centre,
• City releases Takhini North lot packages Prospective new residential property owners in Takhini North will know later today how much they can expect to pay for the new lot they may be eyeing up in the redeveloped neighbourhood.
• Police destroy stray found on shore On Saturday, the Mounties' Explosives Disposal Unit (EDU) destroyed a white phosphorus flare that had washed up on shore at Marsh Lake.
• Carcross woman files an appeal of her sentence A Carcross woman who was deemed a long-term offender earlier this month is appealing her sentence, claiming the judge didn't take her First Nations status into account.

September 24, 2010

• Exploring the future of the Arctic polar bear After last week's mention of Charlie Russell and his 10 years of living with the grizzly bears,
• When Big Bother meets Little Brother ( Bookends ) Cory Doctorow's first major foray into the world of young adult novels has produced a book that is a lot of fun for people of all ages.
• Local legends to kick off classical concert series ( Preview ) The Whitehorse Concerts classical music series gets underway this weekend with its first performance of the season.
• Author has struck gold in the Klondike Charlotte Gray could not actually launch her latest book, Goldiggers: Striking it Rich in the Klondike, in Dawson City.
• Bishop's Installation Clergy and Lay Members of the Anglican Diocese of Yukon,
• Where have the public accounts gone? During the first three days of the fall sitting, Yukon Liberals hammered Premier Dennis Fentie over the current $2.5-million spending deficit,
• Liberals pick their candidate to contest Whitehorse Centre Kirk Cameron is the Yukon Liberal Party's candidate for Whitehorse Centre after the downtown businessman and former bureaucrat beat challenger Patrick Singh,
• Oral history uncovered at Bear Creek The Bear Creek oral History Project convened at Bear Creek, just south of Dawson, on Sept.8.
• Massage clinic seeks zoning change Hiring an extra staffer means more than just paperwork with Revenue Canada for one local business.
• Bagnell has ‘betrayed' Yukoners, MP charges Manitoba Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner says she is disappointed that Yukon MP Larry Bagnell "decided to back away from his previous support”
• Shipwreck surrendered well-preserved artifacts The albeit short life of the iron-hulled sternwheeler A.J. Goddard is almost as interesting as lives of the stampeders she helped deliver to the Yukon's Klondike more than 100 years ago.
• Youth shelter residents' treatment ‘atrocious' The new social inclusion strategy trumpeted by the Yukon government last spring is a farce, says the NDP's Steve Cardiff.
• Petitioners oppose planned road closure A petition bearing the signatures of 24 people opposed to a downtown road closure may not make the difference in keeping the street open.
• Mobile homes may get regulation extension It could be another five years before modular and mobile homes in Whitehorse have to meet the same energy conservation standards that other new homes in the city must adhere to.
• Collision snarls traffic, delays commuters "Awful” road conditions are to blame for a tangle in Rabbit's Foot Canyon this morning, which had Whitehorse RCMP urging drivers to reroute their morning commute.
• NDP prepares for election The Yukon New Democrats are inviting all members of the party and the public to Monday's nomination meeting for Whitehorse Centre.
• RCMP seize items associated with criminal behaviour An RCMP response to a domestic dispute call Thursday morning turned into a seizure of items associated with violent criminal behaviour.
• Employee doused with bear spray as robber steals money A Roadhouse Inn employee who earlier this month chased down a wine thief was sent to the hospital Thursday evening after a robber unloaded a can of bear spray in the offsales building and took off with a fistful of cash.
• Longer exposure in bush could have proved dire A group of high school students learned a lesson in preparedness this week when they helped rescue a pair of stranded boaters on the South McQuesten River.

September 23, 2010

• Yukon extends helping hand to severely obese residents The territorial government is working with Alberta Health Services (AHS) to better support Yukoners dealing with severe weight issues.
• Federal funding washes over Dawson's riverfront Take Back the River, the waterfront revitalization project in Dawson City, is benefiting from Canada's Economic Action Plan.
• Affordable building opens for Faro's seniors Federal and territorial political figures officially opened the new Faro affordable seniors facility recently.
• Vote result disappoints territory's senator Yukon Senator Dan Lang says he is disappointed that the House of Commons voted Wednesday to not proceed with the legislation to terminate the long gun registry.
• Limbering Up For Late-Season Excursion Students and educators with Plein air et sciences expérientielles (PASE) practise their canoeing skills this morning
• It's all just a big misunderstanding A day before the Yukon Hospital Corporation's annual general meeting,
• Autumn Moon Picture Spread The Carole Mullin Dancers
• Yukoners will need more documents for new cards The territorial motor vehicles branch will soon be providing new government-issued secure identification.
• Tories' gun registry campaign backfired: MP Yukon MP Larry Bagnell stood with his federal Liberal caucus Wednesday afternoon,
• Potential developer will work to alleviate residents' anxieties A local developer says he will look at ways of alleviating nearby residents' concerns over the six-plex he is proposing for 1204 Centennial St. in Porter Creek.
• Projects encounter some high-profile critics ( Comment ) While Yukon Hospital Corp. chair Craig Tuton took a Field of Dreams approach to justifying construction of two new hospitals in the territory