Whitehorse Daily Star

August 26, 2010

• Harper shimmies, shouts on eve of sojourn to Whitehorse Prime Minister Stephen Harper has posed for countless pictures and given several speeches across the North this week.
• Ketza Construction, First Nation form alliance A recent business alliance between Ketza Construction and the Kluane First Nation will deliver employment and training to Kluane beneficiaries and a scholarship fund for the First Nation's students seeking post- secondary education.
• Test Flights Underway One of the immature eagles in the nest on Robert Service Way
• Legislative committee wants to hear public's views on ATVs The legislature's Select Committee on the Safe Operation and Use of Off-road Vehicles is now seeking Yukoners' views on the safe operation of all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles in the territory.
• Correction A story in Tuesday's edition reported that Dr. Said Secerbegovic is taking legal action against local CBC radio reporter Nancy Thomson.
• The SS Keno Steamer Capt. Frank Slim is seen in the film The Last Voyage of the SS Keno,
• Old house gives way to parking spaces The downtown area will receive more parking spaces once development is completed on an Alexander Street property.
• Chiefs stress watershed's role to PM Two chiefs leading the push for protection of the Peel River watershed are keeping the heat on.
• Death treated as suspicious The RCMP believe the death of a young Carcross man to be suspicious, and are conducting an investigation.
• Carcross hotel, Mayo-based vessel in line for preservation Nine restoration and preservation projects in Yukon communities will share $100,000 in Historic Properties Assistance funding.
• FASD symposium planned for next month A major Yukon-based symposium on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) will take place Sept. 28-29 in Whitehorse.
• Planes' interception cooked up as diversion, MP Bagnell believes A pair of Russian bombers intercepted by Canadian fighters 120 nautical miles from Canadian airspace Tuesday heated up debate over the $16-billion purchase of Lockheed-Martin F-35 stealth jets.

August 25, 2010

• Yukon artists to showcase their work Outside The territorial Touring Artist Fund has approved $39,000 for Yukon artists to present their work at national and international venues.
• More great wines, more great recipes There is a wide choice of blush wines in Provence, where wine was produced during 26 centuries by the Phoenician founders of Marseilles, who introduced the vine in France.
• Missing man charged with murder A search for two missing Alberta men has ended in one of them being charged with second-degree murder.
• Volunteer Ambulance Society, YTG sign deal The Volunteer Ambulance Society and the Yukon government's Emergency Medical Services branch have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Community Services Minister Archie Lang said Monday.
• City releases Fall Active Living Guide The City of Whitehorse released its 2010 Fall Active Living Guide on Monday.
• Funding infusion to retrofit housing units The Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in will benefit from $755,000 for retrofitting 67 housing units in Dawson during the next two years.
• Haines Road reopened after mudslide The Haines Road is now open after it was closed temporarily this morning due to a mud slide.
• Residents deserve a byelection: opposition Opposition Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell wants Premier Dennis Fentie to call a byelection for Whitehorse Centre in time to elect its representative for the fall sitting of the legislature.
• City hopes to make big splash The City of Whitehorse is set to host a community pool party on Saturday, Mayor Bev Buckway said Tuesday.
• Construction By The Book Construction continues on the new Kwanlin Dun cultural centre
• Motivational speaker visits college Yukon College has invited motivational speaker Kevin Burns to inspire employees during today's in-service during professional development day.
• Mayo resident is $75,000 richer Miranda Blanchard shed tears of happiness when she discovered her recent $75,000 lottery win.
• Member who left humane society board is re-elected The Humane Society Yukon made sweeping changes to its board of directors last week in the wake of a controversial decision to put down a dog residing at the society's Mae Bachur Animal Shelter.
• Correction The gender of a pickup truck driver who suffered minor injuries in a fiery collision in Dawson City last Thursday (Star, Aug. 23) is female.
• City's error sets up another Black Street hearing A clerical error is behind the decision to hold another public hearing into the proposed $6-million reconstruction of Black Street.
• Major road repair bids reviewed Officials are still reviewing bids received for one of the Yukon's largest highway maintenance contracts this year.
• Troubled tour company granted more time Great River Journey has received a third extension on its proposal to avoid bankruptcy, but time is running out for the wilderness tourism operation.
• Mayor's land policy reform ideas defeated Mayor Bev Buckway had the door slammed shut on her attempt Monday night to remove cornerstone features of the city's new policy governing land sales.
• Government won't discuss Music Yukon's dilemma Music Yukon, a non-profit society aimed at developing the recording arts business and musicians in the Yukon,

August 24, 2010

• Mother Nature helping firefighters Precipitation and cooler temperatures have kept fire activity light, helping firefighters get the upper hand on the Cassiar Fire on Highway 37 near the Yukon border.
• Company has an option to takeover A potential "white knight” offer has emerged for Tagish Lake Gold Corp. (TSXV:TLG), which has been fending off a takeover by New Pacific Metals Corp. (TSXV:NUX).
• PM to attend Conservative reception Prime Minister Stephen Harper's plane will touch down in Whitehorse at 12:30 p.m. Thursday – the final stop of his annual Arctic sojourn – however, details of his Yukon visit remain scant.
• Lang wishes success for Yukon team Community Services Minister Archie Lang bid good luck to the Yukon's team at the Canada 55+ Games that began Monday in Brockville, Ont.
• Up... Way Up The windows in the roof of the Elijah Smith Building
• Carcross Desert in line for spiffy biffy A concrete pad for two outhouses planned at the edge of the Carcross Desert has raised some concerns for New Democratic Party Leader Liz Hanson, who questions the need for such facilities and their location.
• Lang lauds federal spending in Beaufort region Yukon Senator Dan Lang is touting nearly $22 million in federal research dollars for the Beaufort Sea – a region rich in oil and gas that will require protection as exploration activity is set to ramp up there in the coming years.
• Break for mining industry is costing public: NDP It was only logical to seek a break for mining companies that have been saddled with a staking moratorium inside the Peel River watershed, says the president of the Yukon Chamber of Mines.
• Paper wants court to toss defamation suit The Yukon News has applied for a defamation case against it to be thrown out because of an excessive delay in proceedings caused by its accuser, the paper argues.
• ‘I like my back yard,' resident tells council The proposal for a new two-storey six-plex at the corner of Centennial Street and 12th Avenue in Porter Creek received a rough ride in front of city council Monday night.