Whitehorse Daily Star

September 22, 2010

• New book launched in Dawson, Whitehorse Alberta author Linda Goyette is in the Yukon this week, launching her new book, Northern Kids.
• Chicken drums, saffron or masala, with a great wine Four servings of my chicken drums require:
• The Internet service disruption curse strikes again I'm catching the late afternoon sun on my front porch as I type these words.
• Experiencing a Sense of Place in the Klondike The project known as A Sense of Place is largely visual in nature.
• Recalling 30 years of Terry Fox in the Klondike The students and staff at Robert Service School ran and walked a super Terry Fox run this month, raising a very impressive $3,823 for cancer research.
• Man kayaked from Olympia to Skagway For a man who has hiked many of the continent's great trails, climbing into a foreign sea kayak and paddling 1,500 miles seemed like a challenging thing for Andy Linger to do this past summer.
• Territory introduces tax changes to promote business, investment The Yukon government will amend the Income Tax Act to assist both individual and corporate taxpayers, Premier and Minister of Finance Dennis Fentie announced Tuesday.
• Ingram lots to sell for $76,000 to $110,000 Forty single-family lots, priced from $76,000 to $110,000,
• Finances lapse into the red Collective agreements between the Yukon government and its teachers' and employees' unions have wiped out the projected budget surplus of $2.9 million and placed the territory's books in the red.
• Search group ‘can't function' without volunteers ( Comment ) The Whitehorse Fire Suppression Base, better known Hangar D, is the operational centre of the 2010 SAREX exercise being held in Whitehorse this week.
• MLA's death deprives NDP of house questions The death of Todd Hardy continues to be a huge loss for the Yukon NDP – now represented in the legislature by a single MLA,
• Measures discourage distracted driving Yukoners who use cell phones while driving are on borrowed time.
• Lessons From Afar Rosemarie Briggs, left, and her mother, Liesel, make a presentation to the Vanier Catholic Secondary School Social Justice class Tuesday morning.
• Greenhouse project passes city council's initial scrutiny A proposal for a community greenhouse in Valleyview has made it through one of its first hurdles at city council, but it didn't come with the city's full support.
• MP winds up as MLAs' first-day target Estranged Yukon Party MLA Brad Cathers and his former government caucus may not agree on the party's leader,
• Two councillors have bone to pick over Meatless Mondays Whether the city will venture into the diet and nutritional lives of its residents will be clearer next week,
• Capital's owner drained of capital The owner of two recently closed Whitehorse bars is out of capital,
• Charges dropped after complainant runs The sex assault case against two Ross River brothers collapsed on the second day of trial Tuesday,
• Woman is declared long-term offender A Carcross-Tagish woman with a 40-year history of violent crimes has been labelled a long-term offender by the Yukon Territorial Court.

September 21, 2010

• Better late than never for Dawson's audit To those not well informed in the arcane practices of Canada's Public Sector Accounting Board,
• Season Finale Hannah Nordlund, left, works on felting with Shiela Alexandrovich
• Public exhibit designs to be unveiled Parks Canada plans to share with the public new exhibit designs in a series of community presentations set for Oct. 4-6.
• Seven hundred people lost power Saturday About 700 residents of the Mayo Road area were without power Saturday morning thanks to a blown transformer on the Takhini Hot Springs Road.
• An Artist's Vision Of Canada Dawson City artist Halin de Repentigny
• Camper found guilty of threats, pointing gun An elderly camper went "over the top” when he threatened to shoot a wandering dog at a Yukon campground last summer,
• Economic development strategy sees the capital rebranding itself The "wilderness city” appears to be "striving for excellence” as it considers how it will market itself to potential newcomers.
• Neighbours still oppose planned six-plex Neighbours of 1204 Centennial St. hope a meeting tonight will see some big changes to the proposal for a multi-family housing development on the site.
• City asked to support proposed shelter A proposed housing project would provide ‘round-the-clock support to residents who may otherwise find themselves with no place to live.
• Ex-minister high on experimental MS treatment Former territorial health minister Don Roberts wants the current Yukon government to offer more than just lip service to local multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and a new medical procedure said to alleviate symptoms of the disease.

September 20, 2010

• A jammin' good time was had by all ( Preview ) The Gold Pan Saloon was the place to be as local musician Andrea Burgoyne spiced up last week's usual Thursday night jam by bringing along a pair of musical friends from Nova Scotia.
• Temporary ambulance station firms up By early November, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) ambulance crews will begin around-the-clock service,
• First Nations award two vital contracts for cultural centre The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) announced last week it has awarded two important contracts for the CAFN Cultural Centre project in Haines Junction.
• Teenager takes case to human rights body A Whitehorse teenager who claims she was fired from her day care job because of a then two-year-old Motor Vehicles Act infraction is taking her case to the human rights tribunal this week.
• McLean Lake development agreement is approved The city has taken the next step to allow a concrete batch plant to operate out of the McLean Lake area.
• A Decade Of Sisterhood Whitehorse Sister city Lancieux, France
• Correction A story in last Wednesday's edition referred to Dave Loeks
• Late ex-city councillor is remembered for integrity A former Whitehorse city councillor is being remembered as a conscientious worker who listened to the concerns of his community.
• Skies over airport will be active this week Search and Rescue 2010 (SAREX 2010) is a training competition being held in and around Whitehorse over the next several days.
• Bagnell's, Stoffer's positions to prove fatal to firearms bill Larry Bagnell will vote Wednesday to end debate on a private member's bill aimed at scrapping the long-gun registry, ending speculation on how the Lib-Yukon MP will vote.