Whitehorse Daily Star

October 16, 2009

• Brown writes a love letter to the Masonic Order ( BOOKENDS ) In the template for a Robert Langdon novel, there are certain things that must take place and certain types of people who must be present.
• Questions and answers about CWD Several weeks ago, I touched on chronic wasting disease (CWD) and since have had more questions come to me on the subject.
• Author found Dawson a surprising experience Relaxing in an easy chair in Berton House in late September, Pasha Malla chuckles a bit when I ask how his stay in Dawson has been for him.
• Fact and fiction at Rosslyn Chapel ( UFFISH THOUGHTS ) Rosslyn Chapel is located just a short drive from the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, on a hill above Roslin Glen near the village of Roslin.
• Series takes the Tlingit voice nation-wide Anash and the Legacy of the Sun-Rock is a historical six-episode live animation television show that received critical acclaim and funding for a second season.
• Seeing a sprawling world on $7 a day At 7 a.m. Tuesday, you might have seen a slightly-built young man on the side of the road heading south on the Alaska Highway.
• Outgoing council OKs wave of fee increases With fitness fees taken out, the outgoing city council was unanimous in its vote to approve third reading of amendments to the bylaw setting the rate for city services at its Tuesday evening meeting.
• Whitehorse man wins $78,000 With the SUPER 7 lottery game holding its final draw on Sept. 18th, Wilhelm Grossen decided to buy a ticket.
• Federal minister announces major tourism, culture grants Diane Ablonczy, the Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism,
• City will spend $318,225 on flush tank upgrades The city will spend $81,775 less than it planned to make improvements to the Porter Creek sewage system after council voted Tuesday night to award the tender for it to Duncans Ltd. for $318,225.
• Teachers, territory plan to go to mediation Teachers in the territory and the government will be going to mediation after negotiations for a new contract broke down last month over wage issues.
• ‘The people have spoken,' Fedoriak concedes From the very first election returns Thursday night, mayoral candidate Al Fedoriak fell behind incumbent Mayor Bev Buckway.
• ‘We're going forward,' Buckway vows Bev Buckway will hang onto her job for another three years.
• Trying to mask a failure to address the basics ( Comment ) Last week, Whitehorse city councillor Dave Stockdale announced at an all-candidates
• Candidates reflect on their wins and losses After two of 27 ballot boxes were counted Thursday,
• Method of collision reporting altered In an effort to streamline services, Whitehorse RCMP are asking people who have been in a collision to get an estimate of the damage to their vehicles before reporting the crash to police.
• Togetherness These five moose,
• Postcards show the desire for change: recycling society In the last two weeks,
• Council seeds the bylaw that restricts grass blades' height It's no longer legal for Whitehorse property owners to have grass that is more than 10 cm high.
• Looking Good Florence Washpan has her hair cut by Suzie Cooper from Hair Sensations
• Former mayor edges out current mayor n a race that seesawed back and forth through the entire count,
• Jury hears of all-night party prior to woman's death It was June 21, 2008, the longest day of the year and Whitehorse was full of revelers.
• Support floods in for Yukon sledder injured in Boston Support from throughout North America is flowing in for a Yukon freestyle sledder who remains in hospital after a crash at a competition in the Boston area.
• Many familiar faces return to council There won't be a lot of changes inside council chambers after the new council is sworn in to office on Oct. 26.

October 15, 2009

• Council members reflect on the past term They didn't always agree and there were more than a few "real discussions,” as Coun. Doug Graham described them.
• ‘Education is not a privilege,' major summit told "The legacy that we leave for our children and our people has not been written yet, but it is up to us to make sure it is a good one.”
• Pipeline, mining forum set for Watson Lake The Liard First Nation Development Corp. will host the second annual Pipeline and Mining Forum and Trade Show in Watson Lake Oct. 19-22.
• New council committed to buying buses Ending her first term on council as the lone vote against the purchase of new city buses,
• Morning voter turnout was steady It appears many voters were waiting until later today to cast their ballots in the city election.
• Cathers lobbying for house privileges After walking away from his cabinet post and the ruling Yukon Party's government caucus,
• Accused admitted to beating woman, sister tells court Alicia Murphy admitted to beating Evangeline Billy on the night she died and manipulating her body to make it look like rape,
• RCMP nail scores of drivers over long weekend Whitehorse RCMP and bylaw officers handed out 130 tickets during several check stops and patrols through the Thanksgiving long weekend.

October 14, 2009

• RCMP find accused at side of road Police have arrested a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman early this month.
• Experts unimpressed by move to rename passage A move supported by federal MPs to give a Canadian connotation to the fabled Northwest Passage has garnered poor reviews from some of the country's top authorities on international law.
• Faro did not discriminate against man, board rules The Yukon Human Rights Board of Adjudication has exonerated the Town of Faro, saying it did not discriminate against an Inuvialuit man who applied for a top administration job in 2005.
• Collision victim medevaced Outside Whitehorse RCMP have charged the driver of the Dodge pickup truck involved in Tuesday's two-vehicle collision that sent four people to hospital.
• Vandalism leaves bus riders in the elements; taxpayers with big bill At least some bus riders will be left to the elements this winter after vandals destroyed the Hamilton Boulevard bus shelter closest to the Canada Games Centre over the long weekend.
• Clarification Skeeter Miller-Wright,
• Woman hasn't been home for six months Whitehorse RCMP are asking for the public's help in finding a local woman who hasn't been home in more than six months.
• Buses, Canada Games Centre dominated forum Getting Yukon College students on and off its main campus and into the Canada Games Centre were among the major topics that worked their way into a municipal all-candidates' forum early Tuesday afternoon.
• Premier is ‘not worried' as MLAs prepare to reconvene Premier Dennis Fentie will return to the legislative assembly Oct. 29 as leader of a minority government in the wake of a high-profile cabinet minister's resignation in late August.
• Court hears of discovery of woman's body at riverbank Evidence from the spot where Evangeline Billy's body was found in 2008