Whitehorse Daily Star

April 30, 2010

• This week: a lot to do about fish I do get some interesting questions about fish and wildlife.
• Many voices team up to tell this story ( Bookends ) The story begins with Father MacAvoy, an aging priest who had once been on staff at Choutla School near Carcross.
• Nakai's Homegrown Theatre Festival set for May Twenty-three talented Yukon theatre groups will take the stage in two weeks for Nakai Theatre's Homegrown Theatre Festival line-up.
• Local artist's work decorates new directory A Whitehorse artist achieved one of her long-term artistic goals when her work was selected to be showcased on this year's Northwestel Inc. directory cover.
• Exhibit celebrates school's third year The Klondike Institute of Art and Culture's School of Visual Arts (SOVA) is celebrating the end of its third full year with a town-wide art exhibit.
• Principals will learn of school transfer options On Tuesday, high school principals, superintendents and high school counsellors will be treated to lunch and a guest speaker at the Yukon College dining room.
• Power line to B.C. envisioned in decade Yukoners are being encouraged to join the growing push to tie the entire northwest corner of North America into the continental electrical grid.
• MLA dares minister to cancel his health coverage A letter sent to a random sample of Yukon Health Card holders has angered Vuntut Gwitchin MLA Darius Elias, who this week accused the government of using scare tactics to solicit information.
• Reporting suspected child abuse is mandatory The new Child and Family Services Act is now in effect, replacing the 26-year-old Children's Act.
• Tourism industry holding annual conference Yukon tourism business owners, operators, industry leaders and government representatives have gathered at TIA Yukon's spring conferencein Whitehorse to exchange information about the latest trends and issues affecting the industry.
• First nation will invest in hydro project The First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun hosted a celebration Thursday evening to mark its intention to buy into the Mayo B hydro expansion.
• Literary celebration lit up The Old Fire Hall After a number of years at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre,
• Fire's cause may never be determined The investigation into the April 17 fire that destroyed the historic Watson Lake Hotel is continuing.
• Acquitted man does a jig in court Fingerprints found on a plastic bag are not enough to connect a person to the contents of that bag,
• Yukoner to help in Haitian quake relief It's been 3 1/2 months since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti and three months since long time Yukoner Al Alcock informed the Canadian Red Cross he was available to help in whatever way he could.
• Truck gutted by deliberately set fire A truck that was set on fire in the area behind Mt. McIntyre subdivision Tuesday was likely stolen just hours earlier, according to police.
• Early start to fire season expected, officials warn Yukon Wildland Fire Management officials are reminding the public that permits are now mandatory when conducting any open burning in the territory, except for campfires.
• City encourages everyone to clean up Where Lunette the Clown has given kids the 10-second clean-up on the popular children's show The Big Comfy Couch,
• Unexpected Detour his van was badly damaged after it rolled on the North Klondike Highway between Granite Lake and Pelly Crossing this week.
• Local man jailed for date rape A Whitehorse man has been sentenced to three years in jail for the date rape of his former girlfriend.
• The building will go; the memories will linger More than 6,000 students from across the Yukon have graduated from F.H. Collins Secondary School.
• Stepfather ‘ treated both girls as prostitutes,' court is told A stepfather who sexually abused his two daughters will spend 4 1/2 years in prison, half the time he spent assaulting his children.
• Judge orders release of man's $11,400 One of the men arrested during the largest marijuana grow-operation bust Whitehorse has ever seen won another victory against his prosecutors this week, with the return of more than $11,000 in cash.

April 29, 2010

• ‘It is time we stopped the carnage' A somber crowd quietly gathered in the lobby of the Yukon government's main administrative building early Wednesday afternoon,
• Lucky Ducks A pair of Barrows golden eye ducks
• City moves on Whitehorse Copper park Kids living in the Whitehorse Copper subdivision are closer to getting a neighbourhood park to play in.
• Museums receive $300,000 in territorial grants Thirteen museums and first nations cultural/heritage centres, along with the Yukon Historical and Museums Association,
• Government foils demand for public inquiry The government will not hold a public inquiry into the tragic death of Raymond Silverfox in RCMP cells,
• ‘What a difference two weeks makes' The Yukon Party government bowed to public and political pressure Wednesday and voted to delay a bill which would give the territory sweeping powers to seize property

April 28, 2010

• Being Environmentally Aware he kids from the Tr'inke Zho Daycare gathered in front of the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre in Dawson City on Earth Day
• Become a writer by acting like one, author says David Waltner-Toews is a veterinarian, an epidemiologist, founding president of Veterinarians without Borders/Vétérinaires sans Frontières – Canada, and of the Network for Ecosystem Sustainability and Health.
• ‘Writing is like balancing on an ice floe' Miche Genest came to the Yukon by way of Toronto and Greece in 1994.
• Chamber exploring proposed recycling rules The impact of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation on local businesses is still not entirely known, but the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce is asking its members to make their views of the possible regulations known.
• Spring Has Sprung The spring flower has been blooming for a number of days now.
• Hanson Street upgrades return to city's agenda Two months after defeating a bylaw to move forward with a local improvement charge to fix up Hanson Street,
• Shelter fund-raising flowed with the lemonade Summer is the season of lemonade stands and hot summer days,
• It Must Be Spring The Klondike River is shown at about 4:30 Monday afternoon shortly after break-up at Dawson City.
• Solar car set another chilly record Having just set another record, the solar car which looks like a flying saucer was back in Whitehorse last Thursday – Earth Day.
• Be careful with fire, chief warns With dry and windy conditions typical of this time of year, Whitehorse fire chief Clive Sparks is reminding the public to be cautious.
• City gets more say over boulevard The city could soon have more control over Hamilton Boulevard and properties nearby
• Rare Appearance This DC-4 carrying the Ice Pilots crew
• Building's management nixes Day of Mourning flag The president of the Yukon Federation of Labour says it appears the Elijah Smith Federal Building has outgrown its local roots.
• YTG told to withdraw Civil Forfeitures Act The official Opposition Liberals joined their New Democratic Party counterparts last week in speaking out against the proposed Civil Forfeitures Act and its potential to trample Yukoners' rights.
• Alert officer led to drug charges, conviction A last-ditch attempt to get rid of some incriminating evidence ended up putting the icing on the case against a Whitehorse man accused of dealing drugs.
• ‘Little to show' for tourism marketing: MLA Was it the recession or Tourism and Culture Minister Elaine Taylor's fault for the flagging number of tourists choosing the Yukon as their destination?