Whitehorse Daily Star

September 9, 2010

• Scotiabank AIDS walk set for Sept. 15 All Whitehorse residents are invited to participate in the 2010 Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life on Sept. 15 to raise money that directly benefits Yukoners affected by and at-risk to AIDS.
• Carcross educator honoured for literacy work Premier Dennis Fentie presented the sixth annual Council of the Federation (COF) Literacy Award to Carcross educator Eleanor Millard at a special ceremony held Wednesday to coincide with International Literacy Day.
• Dessert-Devouring Dominator Brittney Johnson shows off her plate after winning the pie eating contest at the Yukon College
• Freighter canoe to be hung in local gallery Renowned Dawson City artist Halin de Repentigny has brought his 8 1/2-metre ( 28-foot) freighter canoe to Whitehorse, as it will find a home at the Copper Moon Gallery.
• I feel his pain, Hoeppner says of MP's dilemma The MP aiming to kill the long-gun registry wrapped up her three-day visit to Whitehorse by stopping at the everyman's coffee shop – Tim Hortons – this morning to talk government and guns.
• ‘Women still feel unsafe to walk the streets' It's been more than two decades since the first Take Back the Night March brought women and children into the streets to assert their right to safety on their own streets.
• Heritage fund may help fix scorched Skyscraper The city's heritage fund could end up covering some of the costs to repair the historic Log Skyscraper after one of the units caught fire last February.

September 8, 2010

• Publishing, marketing workshops planned Yukon writers who want to learn more about publishing and marketing their work are encouraged to attend the second of two "writer's toolkit” workshops presented by the Whitehorse Poetry Society
• Fall is here, but it's not too late for salad and beer Salads go with any white or blush wine and with any type of beer!
• The ODD Gallery becomes an odd forest ( Review ) The ODD Gallery becomes an odd forest
• MP applauds call for Burma inquiry Yukon MP Larry Bagnell, chair and founder of the Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB),
• Fentie lauds federal funding for Beaufort Sea research The federal government's recently announced new funding of the Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment (BREA) supports the Yukon's interests, Premier Dennis Fentie said recently.
• Yukon firefighters receive national recognition Awards were a big part of the final banquet at the recent Yukon Fire Chiefs Conference.
• Recipient of Garfield Weston Award chooses Yukon College Jude Wong, a recipient of a 2010/11 Garfield Weston Entrance Award, has chosen to study at Yukon College, from among 100 institutions.
• Public consultations begin on ATV laws The territorial government is inching closer to regulating all-terrain vehicles in the Yukon with the release of an online survey querying what limits,
• Just Desserts Students dig into the pies at Yukon College during a pie-eating contest held at noon Tuesday.
• Potential developer defends housing plan A six-plex proposed for Centennial Street has one city councillor worried the townhouse development could be too large to fit in with the rest of the neighbourhood.
• Local family cycled for diabetes research cause Family "vacation” has taken on a whole different meaning for one Whitehorse family.
• Suit against paper can continue, judge rules The civil suit between Watson Lake's doctor and pharmacy owner and the Yukon News will continue,
• Hoeppner invades absent Bagnell's turf Yukon MP Larry Bagnell continues to sidestep questions on which way he will vote on Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner's private member's bill to kill Canada's long-gun registry.

September 7, 2010

• Registration fair a success It appears Whitehorse residents are gearing up for a busy fall, at least if the turn-out for activities registration at the Canada Games Centre is any indication.
• Yukoners attending Norway event Ten Yukoners are in Alta, Norway to sow their perspectives and reap the ideas of international experts on farming in the North at the Circumpolar Agricultural Conference.
• Gertie's Girls end race flushed with success There was never much doubt who would win the Great International Outhouse Race held over the long weekend.
• Hoeppner hopes to change MP's mind on registry Candace Hoeppner, the Conservative MP whose private member's bill to scrap the long-gun registry has created an extended dust-up on Parliament Hill and revived the debate over gun control, arrives in Whitehorse today to push her cause.
• Season Winding Down Graham Rudge is seen at the Fireweed Farmers Market
• Tombstone park won't see exploration permit renewed The Yukon government could find itself dealing with providing compensation to Canadian United Minerals,
• New lots out for bids later this month Two new properties in Takhini North will be the next lots to open up in the redeveloped neighbourhood.
• RCMP get the wrong man in ‘high-risk takedown' Whitehorse police were involved in a very real takedown operation Saturday, prompted by what turned out to be a fake handgun.
• Dawson's ex-mayor is Ontario-bound Glen Everitt, Dawson City's disgraced ex-mayor, will be permitted to move to Ontario after being sentenced to a relaxed house arrest and community service earlier this summer,
• Opposition disrespects riding, premier argue The fall sitting of the Yukon's legislative assembly will begin Sept. 21, Premier Dennis Fentie announced Friday, a month earlier than in previous years.