Whitehorse Daily Star

August 25, 2009

• Book launch will celebrate icon's 83rd birthday The first biography of the former northerner who painted paradise will have its official launch tomorrow at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Magnitude 3.8 quake shook the Yukon An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.8 on the Richter scale struck the northern Yukon early this morning.
• Oil and gas resources branch launches online well data The Yukon government is launching a new online resource
• Leisure ice to become canvas The leisure ice surface at the Canada Games Centre will become a canvas for five young local artists as the city gets set to show its support for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
• Yukon firefighters helping crews in B.C. Forty territorial firefighters and one senior supervisor from Yukon Wildland Fire Management have been shipped to southern B.C. to assist with continuing extreme fire conditions there.
• Power failure affected hundreds Several hundred homes and businesses were without power Sunday afternoon after a power pole caught on fire and collapsed following the failure of an insulator north of the Lewes River Bridge.
• Fentie would have handled YEC issue differently If he had to do it again,
• Trappers' group can be saved: treasurer The Yukon Trapper's Association is caught in a no-win situation.
• Town councillor made derogatory remarks, board told Faro town councillor Valerie Benoit allegedly made derogatory and dismissive comments about a first nations man who applied for the town's top staff position in 2004,
• Council moves forward with raises Chances are, city councillors to be elected in October will see a raise in their honouraria, or salary, in the mayor's case, but it will come only once.

August 24, 2009

• Council to vote on sale of Takhini North lots As construction continues in Takhini North to overhaul the aging water and sewer system and build new lots, so too does the paperwork that goes along with it.
• Appeal court strikes down city bylaw The head of the McLean Lake Residents Association is praising the ruling of the B.C./Yukon Court of Appeal,
• Police investigate major tools theft Ketza Construction's work on the Riverdale pump house is still moving along on schedule, in spite of a significant robbery last week.
• Liquor seized, man charged A load of beer and hard liquor bound for Ross River was confiscated by RCMP officers last Thursday evening,
• October meetings may be cancelled As the October election approaches, city staff are looking at giving council a month off.
• Mayo hosts Prime Minister Harper Prime Minister Stephen Harper shakes hands with locals
• Seniors' utility grant changes proposed A proposed bylaw would put into writing rules already established around the city's seniors utility rebate.
• Court rules against McLean Lake referendum quest If there's one thing a decision by the B.C./Yukon Court of Appeal has stressed for Marianne Darragh,
• Ottawa has failed aboriginal people: May With a dash of humour, federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May launched the party's Arctic Strategy on Friday, during her weekend visit to Whitehorse.
• Kiewit is the right company, premier says Promising jobs for northerners and financing for a multimillion-dollar hydro project in the Yukon, Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered no guarantee federal money would go to a Canadian firm to complete the work.

August 21, 2009

• When the American general's daughter went missing When the President of the United States faces the fact that his god-daughter has been abducted by the crazed leader of a paramilitary group who wants to set up his own nation in the wilds of Montana,
• Carpet beetle larva does clean-up job for taxidermist Marck Bloch of Yukon Big Game Taxidermy has taken one more step toward excellence in his taxidermy business.
• Arts fund awards grants for community projects The Arts Fund is contributing $102,665 to seven recipients to promote visual and performing art projects in their communities, Tourism and Culture Minister Elaine Taylor said Tuesday.
• Climate change and its impact on the storyteller's art ( Uffish Thoughts ) MONTREAL - Science fiction writers approach the subject of climate change from a somewhat different perspective than the rest of the population.
• Canadian science fiction, fantasy artists honoured Prix Aurora Awards are given out annually for the best Canadian science fiction and fantasy literary works,
• Dawson City inspired visiting performer's latest album To create imagery of northern ghosts, cabin fever and lurking wolves in his lyrics,
• Yukoner promotes song dedicated to slain tot With the help of a Whitehorse woman, a Michael Jackson single dedicated to a slain British toddler may reach the number one spot on the UK singles charts this summer.
• Juneau has struggled to remain the capital If there's one message Whitehorse mayor Bev Buckway said she took away from a presentation by Juneau mayor Bruce Botelho here Thursday, it's to "hang on to your capital."
• Mine's impacts may last for 800 years FARO - The Faro pit at the Faro mine complex has impressive measurements: 1,675 metres long, 975 m wide, 330 m deep.
• Safe Arrival The aircraft carrying Prime Minister Stephen Harper
• Carvers savour their extraordinary creation After 10 weeks living on a secluded island in the Yukon River, the Sundog Carvers have returned to the city - to the real world, some might say, but not William Callaghan.
• Different strokes for different folks ( Analyis ) Two federal leaders will grace Whitehorse with their inimitable presences today - one under the auspices of raising the profile of Canada's North and the other to raise the profile of her fledgling political party.
• Stockdale to seek 10th term A councillor's work is never done....
• Trevor 'happy to see everybody' After returning to the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter, a dog that bit multiple people is one step closer to having its behaviour evaluated.
• Yukoners made quick work of search mission Members of a volunteer search and rescue team from the Yukon were toasting success within hours of arriving in northern B.C. yesterday.