Whitehorse Daily Star

March 2, 2010

• Dawson students help humane society and victim of rollover DAWSON CITY – The Grade 5 class at Robert Service School has completed a two-week fund-raising spree which saw the youngsters take in $3,044 to help support the Humane Society Dawson and injured Whitehorse resident Jessica Frotten.
• Injured workers will get more protection The territorial government has proclaimed Section 41 of the Yukon Workers' Compensation Act.
• Scouting movement honours its own Local Scouts celebrated the birthday of the organization's founder, Lord Baden Powell, last week.
• OCP comment period extended Residents wanting to have their say on the city's review of the Official Community Plan (OCP) have a little more than an extra three weeks to do so.
• Rendezvous kept RCMP officers hopping Rendezvous festivities matched with Olympic hockey fever exhibited in local watering holes kept Whitehorse RCMP busy last Friday through Monday morning, but most revellers kept their sticks on the ice and out of the penalty box, according to "M” Division Sgt. Don Rogers.
• Mine must double its security deposit The Minto Mine has been instructed to double its reclamation security deposit to $8.33 million, the Yukon Territory Water Board heard Monday.
• ‘If you want to run my business, you can buy it' Michel Tetrault knows his English isn't the best.

March 1, 2010

• El Nino has many Yukoners basking in welcome warmth An enormous mass of warm Pacific Ocean water that parked itself off the coast of the Americas, a phenomenon known as El Nino, is causing warmer-than-usual temperatures experienced in much of the Yukon this winter.
• VICTORY CELEBRATED Enthusiastic Canadians were out celebrating Canada's Olympic victories.
• Musician keen on big moment Manfred Janssen says he is honoured to be performing his song Highwind on March 12 at the opening ceremony for the 2010 Paralympics in Vancouver.
• Clarification Deputy Finance Minister Dave Hrycan was misquoted in last Thursday's article "Union pushing pension protection message”.
• BURLESQUE COMES NORTH Sweet Soul Burlesque
• Beware of new scam related to Sally Ann The captains of Whitehorse's Salvation Army shelter and church are warning Yukoners not to be taken in by a phone scam which uses their name.
• Rendezvous 2010 Legends of the Klondike Strange things done in the land of the midnight sun.
• Dakakawada Development buys Castle Rock Enterprises The development arm of the Champagne Aishihik First Nations, Dakakawada Development Corp., has added another company to its corporate roster.
• Rendezvous sees another successful year Like any major event, things didn't always go exactly according to plan.
• Minister silent on controversial human rights board appointment The Human Rights Board of Adjudication has more people sitting on it than is permitted by law, and one of its newest members has been found by her fellow board members to have stereotyped attitudes toward first nations people.
• Hotel staff pursued would-be robber A botched robbery landed three people in handcuffs Sunday morning after a man tried to make off with $5,000 from the 98 Hotel.

February 26, 2010

• Trapping is both legal and humane There are two sides of the trapping issue: the side of the legal trapper, and the anti-trapper and hunter.
• Humanity's children search for a purpose I would have avoided this book had I not met the author briefly at the World Science Fiction Convention
• Three outstanding images chosen in photo contest Three Yukon photographers are receiving prizes for their submissions to the Cold Snaps Winter Photo Contest.
• Government supports tourism, KVA assured DAWSON CITY – With tourism officials mostly tied up with the Olympics this month, it fell to Klondike MLA Steve Nordick, to address the annual general meeting of the Klondike Visitors Association (KVA) on tourism issues.
• Klondike Visitors Association had a tough year DAWSON CITY – At last year's annual general meeting of the Klondike Visitors Association (KVA), executive director Gary Parker had a sobering message for the membership.
• Partners put their relationship on ice – but in writing, too DAWSON CITY – The way George McConkey and Brenda Baxter put it, they wanted to be married out on the Yukon River – provided the sun was shining on the day they had chosen.
• City will sign off on Shipyards Park leases The annual Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous winter festival wraps up in Shipyards Park this weekend for the general public.
• Jobless rate held steady last month For the second month in a row, the territory's unemployment rate remained at 7.4 per cent in January.
• MAY I HAVE A SEAT? Gillian Campbell has some fun
• Rendezvous migrates back to its roots As Yukoners get set to descend on Shipyards Park for another annual Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous festival this weekend, among the many familiar faces will be one a lot of Yukoners haven't seen for a while but know all too well.
• YCS urges prudence in drafting power policy Caution is needed when it comes to developing a policy to provide for independent power production, the Yukon Conservation Society is suggesting.
• Debate over mining activity turns emotional DAWSON CITY – Opposition to a submission by Slinky Mines for a 10-year extension to its operations on the first bench of the Dome Road and on claims located below the Pierre Berton Drive residential subdivision appears to be gathering steam.
• SHARP SPELLER The annual Northwestel Spelling Bee
• Pillai is confident city could stage Hockey Day In Canada Coun. Ranj Pillai believes the time has come for the city to score Hockey Day In Canada.
• Violent conduct earns teen ticket to pen Three days of escalating violent and destructive behaviour has graduated a 19-year-old Whitehorse man from territorial jail to federal prison.
• Student home after surviving ship sinking Erica Trimble wanted to earn her high school diploma aboard a tall ship while sailing the world because she craved adventure, but last week the 17-year-old student got a little more adventure than she bargained for.
• Family challenges ‘suicide' label on father's file Ever since Robert Els' death 15 years ago, his family has been waiting for an explanation they can swallow.