Whitehorse Daily Star

March 5, 2010

• ‘Conservation officers have a soft touch' – oh, yeah? In July 2009, Florida conservation officer Vann Streety was shot a number of times in what was a deadly ambush by a meaningful assassin.
• Six months that changed the world It's a truism in high school history texts that the Paris Peace Conference, far from laying to rest the issues stemming from the Great War, laid the groundwork for the rise of Hitler and the war that would follow.
• Artists receive grants to tour their works The territorial Touring Artist Fund will provide $35,700 to nine performing, visual and literary artists to present their work at national and international venues.
• Dawson councillor resigns DAWSON CITY – After serving a full term on municipal council under former mayor John Steins, Coun. Ashley Doiron has decided to leave the post.
• VANISHING ACT The Kishwoot Island Bridge has been removed.
• Bravo Awards set for Mar. 11 The Yukon Convention Bureau will hold the sixth annual Bravo Awards, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. March 11 at the High Country Inn.
• HOW SWEET IT IS! Whitehorse Elementary School youth lined up for a taste of maple candy
• Bars told to close for range of violations Liquor sales in the Yukon last year topped those of territorial and provincial counterparts, but the year of record booze purchases also witnessed the most licence suspensions for bars that violated the Liquor Act.
• College recruits new financial aid advisor Yukon College students now have more assistance in accessing financial aid.
• Federal, Yukon governments sued over resources issue The Liard First Nation on behalf of the entire Kaska Nation is suing Canada and the Yukon government for profiting from resources taken from Kaska land without the Kaskas' approval.
• CLIMATE CHANGE SECRETARIATE MOVE The opening of the Yukon government's Climate Change Secretariat on Rogers Street.
• Elder will be missed: Dene national chief Edith Josie, the Old Crow elder who died of natural causes at the age of 88 on Jan. 31, will be sorely missed, says Dene National Chief Bill Erasmus.
• Folk group nominated for Juno Award Yukon folk group Annie Lou's self-titled debut album has earned a Juno nomination in the annual Canadian music awards' Roots and Traditional category.
• Premier gives thumbs-up to federal budget Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie is hailing the federal budget, unveiled yesterday by federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, as good news for the territory.
• Man recovering from shock The Yukon's workers' compensation board is investigating a serious workplace injury which occurred Thursday morning in Whitehorse.
• FUN WITH FIBRE The Northern Fibres Guild will open From the Eye to the Hand tonight in the Arts Underground.
• Board clears mine's bid for water licence changes The Yukon Environmental Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) has approved the application by the Minto Mine to amend its water licence.
• Store owner makes emotional decision to close The e-mails addressed to Tania Luehmann say it all.
• Firm fined for illegal dumping, burning Kingcat Construction of Whitehorse was slapped with a $3,000 fine this week, after the company's owner admitted to illegally dumping and burning demolition waste just north of city limits.
• Accused's fate rests in jury's hands An offence that comes very low on the scale of things Yukon law enforcers deal with on a daily basis has ended up in front of a Yukon Supreme Court jury this week, with the trial of Keith Bunbury.

March 4, 2010

• Leave pensions alone, Mitchell warns Yukon Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell is concerned by the recent refusal of Treasury Board president Stockwell Day to provide assurances that public pension plans are off-limits in the coming federal belt tightening.
• Town seeks resolution of mining rights dispute DAWSON CITY – The City of Dawson's submission to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board (YESAB) on the Slinky Mine stops well short of saying, "Don't do it.”
• Recycling fund finances community projects The Yukon government's Recycling Fund is financing new projects in three Yukon communities.
• ART EXHIBITION DEBUTS Women and Water will open at 7:00 this evening at the Centre de la francophonie.
• City may extend landfill contracts Arctic Backhoe, the Raven Recycling and McInroy Disposal Inc. could have another two years of work at the local landfill.
• The British have come, the British have come! DAWSON CITY – The British landed in Dawson City last week to spend a week doing survival in the bush training exercises with the local Rangers.
• Councillor may join hospital board City councillor Florence Roberts could soon become the newest member of the Yukon Hospital Corp. board.
• Correction Two Mark Kellys live in Whitehorse.
• MP and senator offer different takes on speech Wednesday's speech from the throne is garnering mixed reviews from the territory's political representatives on Parliament Hill.
• City proposes berm toward off Marwell floods At 300 metres long and four metres wide at the top, it's hoped a berm along the Yukon River in the Marwell subdivision will keep the area from flooding due to ice jams.
• Band turned away at Canadian border Canadian fans of the late, great Frank Zappa's music lost their chance to hear members of his original band play his tunes this week, when the Grande Mothers were stopped at the Vancouver International Airport and sent back to Los Angeles.
• Mats, sand weren't in place for major blast The blaster responsible for the rock shower which rained down on the Lobird Trailer Park in May 2008 has been fined for failing to follow proper safety procedures in the incident.

March 3, 2010

• Yukon playwrights featured at public reading Well-Read Books will host a free public reading and refreshments in Whitehorse with Yukon playwrights Celia McBride, Patti Flather and Jack Jenkins.
• German man hiking the Yukon Quest trail DAWSON CITY – Joachim Rintsch came strolling up the ramp from Dawson's ferry landing in Dawson City on Feb. 22, just about 10 minutes after his advance promotion people had thought he would.
• Opponents to water licence state final arguments before board Outright rejection of a water licence for the Carmacks copper mine proposal is the only way to ensure protection of the environment, say several parties.
• City says thanks to snowmobile group The city is publicly extending its thanks to the Klondike Snowmobile Association (KSA) for the 15-year partnership between the two.
• HOT WHEELS Mud boggers were on display during the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Parade
• Granger Mall lot enlargement pondered City staff are recommending council support the proposal to expand the lot size of the Granger Mall property when it goes through the Yukon government's land application process.
• Arctic Circle is a lonelier place today The Yukon lost another Colourful Five Per Center last Friday with the passing of Harry Waldron, the debonaire "Keeper of the Arctic Circle.” Waldron was 74.
• Takhini North land lottery drew 71 applicants Camilla Burks says her family is fortunate.
• What is a heap leach mining process? Heap leaching involves placing raw, crushed ore in a big pile, then pouring a solution over it.
• Water board hears closing arguments in Western Copper application The Western Copper Corp. has gone through an exhaustive exercise to demonstrate its Carmacks copper project is economically and environmentally viable, the Yukon Territory Water Board heard Thursday.
• City may hike development cost charges Developers could be facing steeper development cost charges (DCCs) if city council approves a proposal to raise the charge on residential projects, and that's not sitting well with Coun. Doug Graham.
• Nation-wide alert issued for Yukoner Police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for the arrest of Yukoner Christopher Schafer after the 33-year-old Old Crow man walked away from his Vancouver halfway house Monday.