Whitehorse Daily Star

August 11, 2009

• Diners savoured tasty testament to vegan cuisine Whitehorse residents enjoyed a taste of unconventional "cooking" today as the Little Raw Food for a Day Cafe served up raw and living foods at Shipyards Park.
• Councillor wants parking rules applied consistently The move to charge $50 each month for parking on the Motorways site downtown has one councillor questioning why the city isn't charging for parking in another downtown lot.
• Yukon jobless rate dipped in July The good news is that the Yukon's unemployment rate fell nearly half a percentage point from June to July.
• A Monday Morning Mystery Whitehorse RCMP were called to this house on Strickland Street yesterday
• Helping Hands City firefighters
• Council sides with Glacier Bears' quest Swimmers dropping into the pool to swim a lap or two will be out of luck a couple of hours or longer on Saturday mornings this fall.
• Green Party's leader plans Yukon foray Elizabeth May, the federal Green Party leader, is making a stop in Whitehorse for three days beginning Aug. 21
• Developers' parking rules to change in city's core Parking regulations just became a little more relaxed for downtown developers.

August 10, 2009

• Rain helps douse forest fire worries The evacuation alert for citizens in the Little Salmon Lake and Drury Creek area has been lifted thanks to cooling temperatures and increased precipitation throughout the weekend.
• Man charged with committing indecent act Police have arrested a Whitehorse man for allegedly touching himself in public.
• YTG butting out sales of tobacco-like snacks After forcing retailers to hide tobacco products from view last March,
• Award-winning film focuses on Burma An award-winning film that takes an explicit look at the events of the 2007 Burmese Saffron Revolution will have its Yukon debut this evening.
• Faro has man barred from work property The town of Faro is trying to have one of its citizens removed from the tiny community,
• Motorcycle crash leaves man dead A Carcross man was found dead Saturday after his motorcycle crashed on the South Klondike Highway.
• Krautschneider House may be demolished Nearly a decade after the historic Krautschneider House was saved from the wrecking ball, Michael Bellon is continuing his fight to preserve the structure.
• Levelled Very little was left of the former Yukon Hall on Nisutlin Drive
• RCMP seek man after teenaged girl attacked Police have released the name of a man suspected of attacking a teenaged girl in downtown Whitehorse last week.
• Whitehorse brothers awarded $80,000 in defamation suit Though disappointed with Yukon Supreme Court Justice Randall Wong's order he pay out close to $80,000 in defamation damages to David and Stanley Borud and Borud Enterprises,
• Sixteen-year-old girl faces murder charge A man was killed in Whitehorse on Saturday morning and police have charged a 16-year-old girl in connection to the death.

August 7, 2009

• These organizations deserve your support! If you are a fisherman, big game hunter, waterfowl hunter, bird watcher, animal watcher, camper or just someone who enjoys the outdoors,
• How to capably commit murder by statues Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his wife, Reine-Marie, have made an annual anniversary pilgrimage to the Manoir Bellechasse for many years,
• Devastation called impossible to describe As shocking as it was to have been in Eagle when the May flood hit,
• New locomotive: less rumbling, less smoke SKAGWAY - The sound of White Pass and Yukon Route trains travelling through Skagway and up the summit is starting to change.
• Yukon Quest purse to be at least $150,000 The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race will have at least a $150,000 US purse for the 2010 race.
• RCMP begin heavier traffic control plan Motorists will be watching their speedometers more closely as the RCMP increase their presence in high-risk traffic areas around Whitehorse.
• Into The Drink Keeping cool in more ways than one during the recent heat wave,
• Liberals making little headway in request for YEC briefing Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell's letter demanding his Opposition party be provided the same briefing to cabinet "about the privatization discussions with ATCO" appears not to have reached Premier Dennis Fentie.
• Host society being formed for Arctic Winter Games As the nation counts down to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, city officials are also getting set for 2012, when the city will see athletes gather from across the North for the Arctic Winter Games.
• Road Work Drivers heading into Riverdale via Lewes Boulevard found themselves taking a detour Thursday afternoon
• Austin could head off on Haines trip City taxpayers could be paying for Coun. Dave Austin to head to Haines in September.
• Chinese decision-makers explore investment prospects The Yukon is playing host to China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) this week as the delegation explores mineral investment opportunities in the territory.
• 'We don't support protectionism,' Fentie says Premier Dennis Fentie is hitching his wagon to employment insurance reforms he and his western premier colleagues crafted in June,
• Parking, zoning changes closer to vote City staff are recommending council move ahead with second and third readings of a bylaw that would bring changes to parking and some zoning downtown.
• Demolition Proceeding Crews continue to tear down the former Council of Yukon First Nations' headquarters on Nisutlin Drive in Riverdale.
• Higher-than-thought paving bill may steamroller city The city's road surfacing bill could come in at more than $208,378 for the year.
• Collision Victim Mourned A wreath and flowers have been placed at the intersection of 12th Avenue and Pine Street,
• Calm summer followed tense river break-up MINTO - Minto Resort lies about half way between Whitehorse and Dawson City, just south of Pelly Crossing on the Klondike Highway.
• Pool issue to make another splash at council The debate over the use of the aquatic centre at the Canada Games Centre is expected to return to council chambers Monday night when city staff bring it back for a council decision.
• Prowling wolves causing woes for Watson Lakers A grey timber wolf with a nasty limp is preying on dogs in Watson Lake, and residents are being asked to be vigilant in watching over their pets.
• Cancer care navigator position is now staffed Yukon cancer patients will now have someone designated to support them through all the processes that come with a cancer diagnosis.
• Campground opened to RVs The Congdon Creek Campground was reopened to RV camping Thursday. It was closed earlier in the week due to bear activity.
• Accusations against Yukoner were groundless, judge rules A Dawson City businessman who has been subject to an insurance fraud investigation for nearly four years has been exonerated by a B.C. Supreme Court judge.
• Government orders discharge at Minto The Yukon government ordered the Minto Mine earlier this week to seek another emergency amendement to discharge more water from its mine site - in the middle of the chinook salmon run.
• Temperatures see campfire ban lifted Wildland Fire Management officials have lifted its ban on campfires throughout the territory.
• 'I think it's a really good day for Trevor' A dangerous dog has been granted the second chance its chorus of supporters were calling for.