Whitehorse Daily Star

June 24, 2009

• 'Happy birthday to one of Dawson's favourite antiques' This past Monday was John Gould's actual 90th birthday,
• Playing The Park The First Peoples Performances play on the APTN stage at Shipyards Park last Saturday night.
• Challenge ponders creating supported living premises People with disabilities in the Yukon may soon have access to supported living in the downtown area.
• Graham lukewarm on Building Canada's benefit Whitehorse city councillor Doug Graham isn't counting on cash from the federal Building Canada program or stimulus funds coming to the city.
• Deputy ministers come to premier's defence The character of Premier Dennis Fentie is again being called into question with a new barrage of accusations of more political interference.
• Almost Gone What remains of the Pioneer Inn and lounge complex at the corner of Second Avenue and Jarvis Street
• Volunteer firefighters get raises At an announcement of enriched funding for Yukon volunteer fire departments Tuesday,
• Defy Fentie, ministers urged Opposition leaders and the former energy board chair say Premier Dennis Fentie had designs to sell the Yukon Energy Corp.
• Phelps unveils 10 statements about YEC's fate Former Yukon Energy Corp. (YEC) board chair Willard Phelps again challenged Premier Dennis Fentie to come clean on government plans to sell controlling interest in the corporation.
• Springing Into Action Members of the front of the pack are seen in the LeMans start
• City asks court to decide on contract award The fate of a city contract is being left in the hands of Yukon Supreme Court for the first time in the city's history.
• Scholarships available to Yukoners Whitehorse academics can claim another chance to be a Canadian ambassador abroad, with the help of Rotary International and their Ambassadorial Scholarship.
• Council considers federal funding pact Crews are continuing their overhaul of the water and sewer system in Takhini North against the backdrop of an ongoing court battle over who's responsible for paying the local improvement charges for the work.
• No Serious Injuries A van turning left on Two Mile Hill toward the Canada Post terminal collided with a Jeep Cherokee
• Copper Ridge home owners being flooded City officials have determined there are no leaks in city infrastructure that could have led to the flooding of some crawl spaces and basements in the Copper Ridge subdivision.
• Animal pound needs $100,000 in work to prevent virus spread Fixing up the city pound in an effort to prevent the spread of parvo
• Two police officers choose trial method Two Watson Lake-based RCMP officers charged with sexual assault will have their fate decided by a Yukon Supreme Court judge and jury.

June 23, 2009

• Commissioner's Ball celebrates Yukon's birthday "Don't we look lovely?" asked Commissioner Geraldine Van Bibber
• Premiers agree on plans to tackle gang violence While gang violence has not so far been an issue in the Yukon
• Drivers nabbed An offer of a safe ride home led police to arrest three Yukoners for allegedly drinking and driving last weekend.
• Leaders taking action on pharmaceuticals DAWSON CITY - As the chair of the Western Premiers' Conference, it fell to Dennis Fentie to give the conference report at the end of last Thursday's sessions.
• Labour groups push for EI reforms The Yukon Federation of Labour was part of a gathering of labour groups from the West and the North which met in Dawson City
• Partnerships important In their final press conference of their two-day meeting in Dawson
• Council approves quarry application Provided it meets 12 conditions outlined by the city, a quarry can proceed on the Mount Sima Road.
• Lightning cut Dawson's power Power went out in Dawson at 7:13 last Friday evening
• Councillor questions daycare centre plan City councillor Dave Stockdale has his doubts about permitting a child care centre to move ahead at 75 Ortona Rd.
• 'There never has been a deal' over selling off YEC: Fentie Premier Dennis Fentie this morning denied he intended to sell Yukon Energy's assets in whole or part to ATCO, the Alberta-based power provider that owns Yukon Electric Co. Ltd.
• Glacier Bears would lose pool lanes under city's scheduling A move by city officials to focus on general membership of the Canada Games Centre has competitive swimmers and their families wondering about their own practice times coming this fall.
• Conducted energy device found in downtown area The RCMP discovered they weren't the only ones in town packing electrical weapons when they found an abandoned Taser-like device in downtown Whitehorse last Friday.
• Phelps lambastes 'tin-pot dictatorship' Arrogant, manipulative and a bully.

June 22, 2009

• Charrette provided valuable advice for city Armed with ideas formulated by community representatives at last week's charrette, the City of Whitehorse is forming a plan for economic development.
• Nation-Wide Exposure Gerry Alfred and the Pelly Crossing Dancers perform at the APTN concert in Shipyards Park on Saturday.
• Crews make quick work of bush blaze Emergency crews sped to the scene of a bush fire burning three kilometres from the city centre on Sunday.
• Park meeting on energy corporation set for 7 p.m. Fears the government will privatize the Yukon Energy Corp.,
• Yukon Zinc hosts drumming ceremony marking progress to date WOLVERINE MINE - In recognition of progress at the Wolverine mine and to pray for its future, a group of five Kaska men conducted a drumming ceremony at the mine site Thursday.
• Phelps misunderstands issue: Fentie DAWSON CITY - Selling Yukon Energy to ATCO, which owns Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd., was essentially a misunderstanding in the mind of Willard Phelps, the corporation's former chair of the board, says Premier Dennis Fentie.
• Morning collision sends elderly man to hospital An 81-year-old Whitehorse man is in serious condition in hospital this morning after being T-boned by another driver near the Wann Road intersection on the Alaska Highway
• Young Man Injured A 21-year-old man was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital with serious injuries after his Ford Festiva rolled over near the Takhini River Bridge on the North Klondike Highway shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday.
• Canoeist rescued after spill in rapids Tourists, police and search and rescue officials combined forces Sunday afternoon to rescue a man after his canoe capsized in the Five Finger Rapids north of Carmacks, stranding him on an island in the Yukon River.
• Services disrupted After a series of outages affecting the Internet,
• Plan was to sell half of YEC: ex-board member DAWSON CITY - Greg Hakonson does not like being in the spotlight.
• Canadian component of search called off Canadian search and rescue teams have called off their part of a search for a small American aircraft not seen since Saturday evening.