Whitehorse Daily Star

July 16, 2009

• Disabilities committee welcomes new member There will be a new voice offering the city advice on issues being faced by the disabled community.
• Warm asphalt mix being tested A pilot project is using a new warm asphalt mix between km 195- 196 and km 217-223 of the North Klondike Highway.
• College is open for registration Yukon College is accepting registration for courses beginning in the fall semester.
• Local cadet aims to become pilot Cadet Dominic Larkin of 551 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron of Whitehorse is the only local air cadet to attend the Regional Gliding School,
• Travel river carefully, fire officials warn Anyone travelling on the Teslin River should do so with extreme caution,Wildland Fire Management officials warned today.
• Gearing Up For The Onslaught The main stage tent for the Dawson City Music Festival
• Front Street work begins in Dawson DAWSON CITY - Work on the Front Street paving project in Dawson is well underway.
• Chief denounces apprehension of newborn child The Yukon government's recent seizure of a newborn right after birth was nothing short of horrible,
• City to study improving FireSmart tactics The city is committing itself to providing $10,000 in services for a project that will look at more efficient ways of doing FireSmart.
• Outgoing regional chief gracious in election loss Eric Morris, a former Teslin Tlingit Council chief,

July 15, 2009

• Atlin: the country's best-kept festival secret? After a weekend of great music, fabulous weather and amazing hospitality,
• Performing, visual, literary artists share $40,000 Eleven Yukon artists will share $40,000 in funding to further their artistic development and create new works,
• Two succulent recipes to complement a great bear The Yanjing lager beer comes from the largest brewer in China today, employing more than 20,000 people.
• Flood relief funds enriched Federal Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan topped up the Yukon's coffers with $500,000 during a visit to Whitehorse on Saturday.
• 'There's a sickness in government': Phelps Perhaps the only sure way to prevent Premier Dennis Fentie from making a deal between the Yukon Energy Corp. (YEC) and ATCO is for one or more Yukon Party caucus member to cross the floor and sit as an independent,
• Eagle surviving ice, water - and trauma EAGLE, Alaska - Customs and border protection officer Charles (Chuck) Collins spends most of his year in Anchorage, but has looked forward to his summers in Eagle for the last six years.
• City awards firehall contract Ketza Construction will build the city's new fire hall.
• Pair pedalling to raise autism awareness An Adventure for Autism had a couple of long-time friends cycling through Whitehorse on their way to South America last week.
• Governing party spurns committee appearance The Yukon Party is flaunting democracy by refusing to attend a public accounts committee meeting to decide if hearings are warranted on the disclosure of government's recent dealings with ATCO, says Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell, the chair of the committee.
• Vuntut Gwitchin independent, says Linklater The Council of Yukon First Nations does not speak for the Vuntut Gwitchin of Old Crow, Chief Joe Linklater has reminded Premier Dennis Fentie in a recent letter.
• Correction Re: "CBC transmitter gets three years' grace" in Tuesday's edition.
• Salvagers' court appearance cancelled Any legal actions against the Alberta family who tried to salvage a First World War plane from the bottom of Watson Lake are on hold, police and Justice officials confirmed today.
• Late fire marshal a 'warm, genuine person' Leaving behind a legacy of improved fire services in the Yukon, Marty Dobbin, the territory's fire marshal, died unexpectedly in his home last Saturday.
• Plane crash victim mourned as 'gracious' woman Investigators from the National Transportation Safety board arrived in Destruction Bay today to assist with the investigation into a fatal plane crash there on Monday night.
• Previously abused dog to be put down The owner of a dog that will be put down after attacking three people says he wasn't informed of the animal's traumatic history when he adopted it from the local animal shelter.
• Landlord padlocks trappers' association's offices The Yukon Trappers' Association is in deep trouble financially, and Yukon first nations are being asked to do anything they can to help.

July 14, 2009

• City pool access issue is floated back to officials The issue of who gets to use the city's swimming pool and when is back in the hands of city staff.
• Lakeside Tranquility Whitehorse resident Conrad Gryba relaxes on the dock in Atlin, B.C.
• CYFN's assembly gets off to genial start This will be a pivotal week in the future of the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN),
• Ketza awarded city well work City council has opted to side with Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale in awarding a $863,053 contract to Ketza Construction.
• Local woman is $100,000 richer A Whitehorse resident was surprised to learn she is now $100,000 richer after purchasing a lottery ticket from a local retailer.
• CBC AM transmitter gets three years' grace After forcing the CBC to move its Whitehorse AM radio antenna to make way for the new Whistle Bend subdivision,
• Rescuers tried in vain to free woman It was just after 9 p.m. Monday and Fred Lind was walking his dog along the shore of Kluane Lake in Destruction Bay.