Whitehorse Daily Star

September 3, 2010

• Don't miss this long-gun registry meeting! The Yukon Fish and Game Association will host a public meeting at the Mt. McIntyre Recreation Centre at 7 p.m. on Sept 8.
• Edmonton author bound for Berton House Edmonton-based writer Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail is about to embark on the literary adventure of a lifetime: a three-month stay at Berton House, Pierre Berton's childhood home in Dawson City.
• When fictional writers begin writing fiction ( Bookends ) In the television series Castle, famed mystery writer Richard Castle is allowed to shadow the cases of detective Kate Beckett and her homicide team after he assists them in unraveling a series of murders apparently based on the plots of his novels.
• School of Visual Arts' name modified The addition of the Yukon College wing to the building which houses the KIAC School of Visual Arts (SOVA) is not the only change coming to that structure. The other one is a bit more immediate.
• Cultural centre, library ‘a place for everybody' Steel, rebar, wood, cement and a lengthy list of other construction supplies are helping the Kwanlin Dun First Nation return to its ancestral home on the waterfront as construction continues downtown on the First Nation's $22.7-million cultural centre.
• Man checks Dawson off the ‘Bucket List' "This trip is my bucket trip,” 84-year-old Palmer Andrews said in the Jack London Museum recently.
• Roadside hunting rule changes A recent territorial court ruling means hunters will no longer be able to hunt wildlife while positioned on Yukon roads and highways.
• Whistle Bend subdivision clearing progressing well With clearing well underway in the Mountainview Drive area, Yukon government tenders for future Whistle Bend work are beginning to roll out.
• Funeral home's site plans a work in progress The temporary move to Cook Street has sent Heritage North Funeral Home owner Chris Thompson back to the drawing board in planning for a permanent location in Porter Creek.
• Officers' violent deaths have touched territory As any Yukoner who has travelled in Alaska will agree, residents of the Canadian territory and the American state generally greet one another as favourite siblings within the North American family.
• Long-time MP made historic announcement Ed. note: this is the April 9, 1962 Star story announcing Gordon Cameron's appointment as the Yukon's commissioner.
• Aviator served as mayor, commissioner Gordon Robertson Cameron, a former commissioner of the Yukon, died peacefully in Edmonton on Aug. 10.
• MLA marks a year as a lone soldier Brad Cathers acknowledged the one-year anniversary of his split with the Yukon Party government's cabinet and caucus by sticking to his guns.
• Man fined, ordered to clean up property A Whitehorse man is now under a court order to clean up his Maple Street property and pay a $400 fine.
• Insurance company appeals ruling The insurance group that paid for the damage caused in a 1997 fire at the Whitehorse Rapids Dam power plant is going to the territory's highest court to try to get its money back.
• Campers plucked from park and charged Two visiting campers were treated to a helicopter ride courtesy of Parks Canada last month, and slapped with a charge of illegal camping in Kluane National Park and Preserve.
• Hollywood legend to come north next week When Mickey Rooney takes the stage at the Yukon Arts Centre this Wednesday, he will be two weeks (and a day) shy of his 90th birthday.
• Potential scam victim wants to hear from others A Whitehorse woman believes she's been the victim of a scam, and wants to find others in town who may have been hit as well.
• Assault victim was stabbed multiple times A Whitehorse man who committed a "shocking, brutal assault” has been sentenced to three years in federal prison.

September 2, 2010

• Projects get financial lubrication from CDF Nineteen community projects have received more than $263,000 in Community Development (CDF) Tier 1 funding, the Yukon government said earlier this summer.
• College on verge of starting fall semester Yukon College will kick off the fall semester on Tuesday with a day of activities that will orient students in the right direction toward academic success.
• A Living Link To History Virginia Lindsay, the daughter of the late steamer captain Frank Slim
• Video contest entries reviewed Northwestel Inc. officials are sifting through the entries to the first-ever Northwestel Community Cable 9 video contest.
• Dawson digesting recreation facilities bonanza It's been on the recreation department's wish list for well over a decade, but Dawson City is finally getting a skateboard/bmx park.
• Massive thunderstorm darkened Dawson There was no question as to what caused a major power outage in Dawson on Monday.
• Lincoln Town Car, Toyota tangle in the rain An ugly-looking crash on a rain-slicked Alaska Highway sent two men to Whitehorse General Hospital with minor injuries Wednesday afternoon.
• Secure driver's licences will be made in territory New secure driver's licences and government-issued photo identification cards have been delayed again, but will be produced in-house by the territorial motor vehicles branch.
• Citizen's call helps nab erratic driver A timely 911 call by an alert civilian enabled Whitehorse RCMP to nab an impaired driver Tuesday morning at the traffic circle on Robert Service Way.
• Senator is high on satellite's benefits Yukon Senator Dan Lang wants a proposed $500-million radar satellite on the radar of the territorial government and local businesses.

September 1, 2010

• Literary gold helps bring visitors to Dawson ( Uffish Thoughts ) Thousands of non-natives came to the Yukon in the first place to tap its resources.
• Historic site to be more amenable to visitors Forty Mile, once a major caribou crossing and site of pre-Klondike Gold Rush placer mining,
• Interfaith symposium to go Sept. 21 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, BC Canada (AMJ),
• Report highlights Tory ‘negligence': Liberals Liberal MPs say a new report about strengthening Canada's Arctic communities confirms the Harper government's negligence toward northerners, and supports Liberal commitments to the North.
• Crumbling infrastructure needs work: report Ottawa needs to create a long-term strategy to rebuild and maintain aging infrastructure in the North, says a group representing Canada's cities and towns.
• Woverine mine production is imminent: vice-president Production at the Wolverine mine is expected to begin late this month or in early October, says a senior official with the Yukon Zinc Corp.
• Praise doesn't confirm another run: ex-candidate At the close of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's address to local Conservatives last Thursday,
• Another Internet failure attended to Customers using Northwestel Inc.'s DSL Internet service had only intermittent service at best for close to 12 hours beginning Tuesday afternoon after an equipment failure in Whitehorse.
• Grace period is over for abusers of parking spots After handing out more than 20 written warnings, effective today, city bylaw officers are fining those parking illegally in slots reserved for disabled motorists.
• Flag Flap Resolved Bobbi Rhodes from The KebaBery took advantage of a break in the rain and wind recently to use a long wooden pole to untangle the five flags flying in front of the restaurant.
• Free up more information, governments urged Canada's information and privacy commissioners are calling on all governments – provincial, territorial and federal – to put more information on the public record, making it easier for citizens to access.
• North called catalyst of economic growth All of Canada will benefit from a stronger North, and organizations like local businesses and their chambers of commerce have a major role to play in that, says Perrin Beatty.
• Drug dealer argues he did not receive a fair trial A confessed drug dealer is appealing his conviction by the Yukon Supreme Court, claiming his rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms were ignored .