Whitehorse Daily Star

June 19, 2009

• Top outdoors writers to meet here in 2010 For the first time, the Outdoor Writers of Canada will host their annual conference here next June 3-5.
• The power of SHAZAM revisited Superman was the first multi-powered hero.
• Barbecue Entertainment The Ta'an Kwach'an Dancers
• Youth asked to create art on skateboards Board Stiff and the Boys and Girls Club are working together with young artists to create a new Canada Day celebration.
• Doer left Dawson City for Washington Manitoba Premier Gary Doer says he's leaving the western premiers' annual conference early to talk to U.S. business leaders about why Buy American and Buy Canadian trade policies won't work.
• Popular column has run its course, its writer maintains After nearly a year of sharing her nautical adventures with Star readers, Dawn Kostelnik is discontinuing her twice-monthly column.
• First nations leaders want obligations honoured DAWSON CITY - First nations leaders are distressed by the lack of co-operation between them and the territorial and federal governments.
• Yukoners honoured for heritage contributions Yukon Historical and Museum Association (YHMA) volunteers and board members have once again been recognized for their outstanding work in the heritage sector.
• Local man is missing Local police are asking for the public's help in locating a man who has not been seen since last weekend.
• Intruders rouse resting woman Another Whitehorse resident, this time a woman living in Copper Ridge, was targeted by home intruders Thursday.
• Lightning short-circuits Mounties' flight A plane load of Mounties was struck by lightning Wednesday, and forced to land in Carmacks.
• Recording studio gets the go-ahead in Copper Ridge A full-time recording studio has been given the green light from the city to operate out of a residential home in Copper Ridge.
• Whistle Bend subdivision comes closer to fruition Properties in Whistle Bend won't go on sale for another three years.
• Yukoner is relay's youngest member A Yukon boy who sat in the cheering section while his mother ran in awareness-raising marathons for his type 1 diabetes, will now be an active participant in helping to eliminate the disease.
• Bentleys breeze through Whitehorse again It may look wonderfully decadent and arcane to those who have stood at the side of the road gaping at the parade vintage vehicles flowing through town Thursday,
• Mock election catalyst pleased with results A mock election held at Shipyards Park last week was a success, says organizer David Brekke, and he hopes the exercise has people thinking about electoral reform.
• Readying For A National Telecast The APTN television network set-up in Shipyards Park
• Western premiers work on joint EI reform ideas DAWSON CITY - Canada's western premiers are pushing for a rebuilt employment insurance program that drastically reduces regional qualifications that make it easier for some Canadians to receive benefits than others.
• Labour groups want CPP expansion, reform DAWSON CITY - Western labour leaders want the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) expanded.
• 'This whole corporation is in chaos' The truthfulness of Premier Dennis Fentie and his plans for the future of Yukon Energy is being called into question - again.

June 18, 2009

• Building height change proceeding The Vuntut Gwitchin Limited Partnership has made it through the first hurdle in removing the three-storey limit for its proposed development on First Avenue.
• Queen II reaches Dawson DAWSON CITY - The Yukon Queen II completed its maiden voyage of the season, a trial run, last Sunday, spending the night docked in Dawson.
• Dog testing vent planned The Humane Society Yukon will host a Canine Good Neighbour test Sunday as a fund-raiser for the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter.
• Charette to build ideas for city's economic development Representatives from a cross-section of the community are participating in creating an action plan for the city's economic development today.
• A Capital Enterprise The Capital Hotel,
• Yukon firefighters to do battle in Alberta Yukon firefighters are heading to Alberta today to help battle the fires raging near Fort McMurray.
• Book is helping break the silence over FASD Sitting in the Trails North cafe, Jenny Jackson explains just one of the many things she has learned through raising her daughter Crystal and caring for adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder:
• Air North Delivers Leaders Premier Dennis Fentie, left, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, centre, and British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell
• Premiers have brought their tiresome buzz words to Yukon Most of the faces are familiar along with the usual talking points for this year's instalment of the Western Premiers' Conference that kicked off today in Dawson City.
• Western premiers have gathered in Dawson DAWSON CITY - Canada's western premiers are pitching free trade as the shining light out of the recession and the alternative to the "Buy America" stance south of the border.
• Jury had difficulty reaching a verdict A Yukon Supreme Court jury passed down a guilty verdict Wednesday afternoon against the bouncer accused of sucker punching a drunken patron outside Coaster's Bar in 2007.

June 17, 2009

• Guinness and beef stew: a splendid combination The Guinness beer was brewed for the first time in 1759, after Arthur Guinness bought a monk's brewery that had fallen in disrepair in Dublin.
• Commissioner's Tea brings back fond memories DAWSON CITY - Parks Canada staff and the ladies of the IODE faced last Saturday morning with some trepidation.
• Local poets prepare to take the stage The Yukon has a long history with poetry and on Sunday, June 21, 'neath the midnight sun, local poets will showcase their work at the Whitehorse Poetry Festival's Yukon Poetry Night.
• Pre-Show Repose Danny relaxes before showing at the Yukon Kennel Club's 38th annual dog show
• Territory marks 100 years of elected government DAWSON CITY - It was warm in the courtroom of the Old Territorial Administration Building last Friday.
• From Years Gone By It was Old Home Week in Dawson City last Friday
• Public servants celebrate special week Yukon government employees are celebrating Yukon Public Service Week this week.
• Statistics Canada forecasts $29-million deficit The Yukon government will run a $29-million deficit this year, according to a Statistics Canada report on public spending by provinces and territories released Tuesday.
• A tradition in the making: Karr to play arts centre A group of local music legends will take their tunes to the Yukon Arts Centre once again.
• Pandemic alert will not change territory's response to disease Yukon residents should not view the World Health Organization's elevation of its pandemic alert level to Phase 6 as an increase in the severity of the novel influenza H1N1 virus.
• Learning Bicycle Safety Grey Mountain Primary School and the Whitehorse RCMP hosted a bike rodeo last Thursday afternoon.
• Lengthy fracas follows domestic assault call Two RCMP officers who responded to a domestic assault complaint early Wednesday morning were themselves assaulted when they tried to arrest the suspect.
• Rain douses fire bans City residents can once again enjoy their backyard fire pits, provided they have a burning permit.
• Convicted 44 times, man gets more jail time While for most young Yukoners, graduation season means going on to bigger and better things, for one Whitehorse man, it means going on to longer and harder time.
• Colorado Talent Comes North Jessica Smith on bass and Chris Elliott on banjo
• Senator, MP offer different takes on deal While the spin factor was going full-tilt in Ottawa this morning,
• Dawson Creek contractor created latest service woes They say bad things happen in threes, and Northwestel Inc. is hoping its third significant service outage in a week will be the last for a while, says Anne Kennedy, the company's director of communications.
• Bouncer felt 'extremely bad' about fracas A 12-person Yukon Supreme Court jury retired to the deliberation room this morning after hearing defence and prosecution submissions in the case against a local bouncer accused of assaulting a drunken patron on the street outside Coaster's Bar and Grill in October 2007.
• 'Cease and desist' YEC plans, premier warned Premier Dennis Fentie does not have any mandate to negotiate private-sector involvement in Yukon Energy, insist the territory's two opposition leaders.