Whitehorse Daily Star

April 19, 2010

• Four events will receive city funds From Canada Day to winter solstice, the city will put $10,000 into community parties.
• Land acquisition passes first two readings The city is closer to getting two new lots totalling more than 13 hectares owned by the Yukon government next to Hamilton Boulevard.
• Education Week Marked Larry Kwiat compiled and teaches the Seniors Computer Literacy Course for Seniors at the Yukon Learn Society.
• Watson Lake Hospital now part of Yukon Hospital Corporation History was made April 1 when the Watson Lake Hospital became part of the Yukon Hospital Corp. (YHC).
• Kindergarten kids to get extra help Children starting Kindergarten this fall will receive support from the Department of Education with a new Stepping into Kindergarten initiative.
• Territory's first water membrane system set A $3.2-million project will see the first membrane filtration water system in the territory operating out of Marsh Lake next month.
• Students wrangle over motions in house Students wrangle over motions in house
• Education Week Fun ia Maguire, left, and Kailer Freeman attended the Yukon Literacy Coalition's activities at the TD-Canada Trust Family Literacy Centre
• Town bemoans the loss of its centrepiece The fire that destroyed the Watson Lake Hotel early Saturday morning is being treated as suspicious.
• Major municipal funding review announced Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) president Bev Buckway is praising the territorial government's announcement Friday
• Dawson man seeks Liberal nomination Robert Service School teacher Sandy Silver will seek the Liberal nomination for the next territorial election in the hopes of improving how the government communicates with rural ridings like the Klondike.
• ‘ I knew there was something wrong with him' There are limited options for the homeless and addicted of Whitehorse;

April 16, 2010

• ‘Anti' element: much on words, little on facts It does not matter what part of the world you live in: the anti-hunting and trapping element is much on words, but there is very little,
• Ramesh Ferris's incredible journey Despite a publisher's misfire back in January, Better than a Cure, the remarkable story of Ramesh Ferris' Cycle to Walk trip across Canada in 2008
• This production will grow better with time ( Review ) Boasting an "All-Star Whitehorse Cast”, the Guild Theatre is ending the season with a song,
• Pipeline venture to gauge interest in project The Denali pipeline venture announced last week it's moving into its open season to see how much interest there is in a natural gas pipeline running down the Alaska Highway,
• ID blitz aims to reduce underage drinking The Yukon Liquor Corp. and the RCMP have begun an ID blitz
• Media's access to jail raised in legislature Department of Justice officials are saying a newly revealed policy which bars reporters from the Whitehorse jail
• Violent collision closes Alaska Highway A 48-year-old woman is being investigated for possible impaired driving following a two-vehicle collision on the Alaska Highway this morning.
• Don't push through forfeiture act, NDP urges The government ignored an NDP motion tabled Wednesday to delay the controversial Civil Forfeitures Act and Thursday,
• Council sole-sources $136,000 contract for city hall lift Yukon Mountain Woodworks won't have to worrying about getting in the lowest bid on a city contract to install a new elevator lift at city hall.
• Haziness blamed on inversion layer An inversion layer sitting over the Yukon is likely behind the hazy conditions seen around Whitehorse on Thursday and today,
• Pride and Patriotism Canadian Ranger Rebecca Freeman
• Prospects of flooding are low, officials say The risk of flooding this spring is low right across the territory, from Upper Liard to Old Crow, says Yukon hydrologist Ric Janowicz.
• First nation must pay its legal costs The Liard First Nation will have to pay its own legal costs following its successful defence of a defamation suit, a Yukon Supreme Court justice ruled this month.
• Bison hunt didn't reach YTG's target Yukon hunters harvested 150 bison this season.
• Hospital corporation boss defends spending At a time when the cost of delivering health care in the territory is rapidly increasing, a trend the government's 2008 health care review warns will continue,
• Hands-On Adjudication Adjudicator Ric Schultz compares his hand with Luke McGrath
• Ice Pilots chaperoning Lord Stanley's mug The Ice Pilots of TV fame have been hired to fly the Stanley Cup in its journey across the North.
• Pro-mining minister talks out NDP motion The Yukon Party government's pro-mining stance,
• Public hearing set for housing development A vote by council Monday night has set the stage for locals to have their say on a proposed new multi-residential project proposed for 25 Wann Rd.
• Spring Ritual Two swans stretch their wings in the McIntyre Creek area
• Man has six impaired driving convictions Drinking and driving continues to be a major problem on Yukon roads, as indicated by three territorial court decisions released this week.
• Snowslide victim recalled as upbeat, adventurous man Many outdoors enthusiasts in the territory are bidding farewell to a friend they've come to know well over the past year.
• Inquest hears of events leading up to man's death Raymond Silverfox had no place to go the night before he died in police custody.

April 15, 2010

• Emergency services personnel clean up contaminated fuel The Whitehorse Fire Department was called to the McIntyre subdivision late this morning to handle what's being described as a minor fuel spill.
• Yukon government doles out community grants The Community Development Fund (CDF) has awarded more than $282,000 under its Tier 1 intake for project applicants seeking contributions of $20,000 or less.
• Partnerships are featured in Education Week activities The importance of partnerships and technology are being highlighted as the territory celebrates Education Week this week.
• Territory ‘not on the hook' over hydro project: Fentie Once again, an appraisal offered by Premier Dennis Fentie does not reflect that of officials.
• Students' bridge building prowess showcased The 17th Annual Bridge Building Competition is set for Saturday in the Porter Creek Secondary School gym.
• Council rebudgets 2009 funds More than $12,000 has been added to the 2010 capital budgets with city council's vote to push projects that didn't get finished last year into this year.
• Volunteers Wanted Katie Shewfelt was at the Whitehorse Food Bank table set up at the Volunteer Fair in the Canada Games Centre on Wednesday.
• Youth absorbing look-see of governing Youth from across the Yukon are attending the fifth annual Youth Parliament today and Friday.
• Inquest into man's death expected to go seven days Friends and family of the late Raymond Silverfox filed into Courtroom 1 of the Andrew Philipsen Law Centre
• Buckway wants to retain presidency of the AYC Mayor Bev Buckway, who doubles as the Association of Yukon Communities' (AYC's) president, says she's ready to serve another term in the latter role.
• ‘We're in it to win,' Phelps says of new venture Willard Phelps, a former government leader and ex-Yukon Energy Corp. chair,