Whitehorse Daily Star

May 26, 2009

• Territory's Metis seek government recognition Governments try to pretend the territory's Metis residents don't exist as a nation, says the president of the Yukon Metis Nation Society.
• Judges hear arguments in McLean Lake dispute The B.C./Yukon Court of Appeal has reserved its decision on the McLean Lake Residents Association's appeal of a 2008 ruling which dismissed its case against the city.
• Deep shaft effluent treatment explained The inevitable reaction to the public presentations of the Corix Water Systems Vertreat Wastewater Treatment Technology was for someone in the audience to mutter,
• Convention bureau has bolstered economy Despite challenging economic times throughout the country, the Yukon Convention Bureau managed to contribute handsomely to the Yukon economy last year.
• Students' job hunt will be 'challenging' Despite expectations of a slow tourism season, the Service Canada Centre for Youth aims to find work for all youth who walk through its doors this summer.
• Senatorial Scrutiny Yukon Senator Dan Lang reviewed the army cadets
• Clay cliffs fire doused; planes go to Alaska Wildland Fire Management crews were quick to extinguish a small fire Monday afternoon atop the clay cliffs in downtown Whitehorse.
• City moves ahead with Arctic Winter Games The city has agreed to take on the responsibility of hosting the 2012 Arctic Winter Games, with a unanimous vote Monday night that will have the mayor sign off on the hosting agreement.
• Judges side with city in case of walker's fall A woman who fell on a wintery sidewalk nearly a decade ago has lost her right to appeal an earlier decision that favoured the city.
• Taping The Top Dog Principal Kerry Huff was taped to the wall at Porter Creek Secondary School last week.

May 25, 2009

• Partnership pares risks of wildfires The Yukon government is working with the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) to conduct community fuel abatement projects in southwest Yukon.
• Supply glitch delays Dawson street paving DAWSON CITY - The paving project that was supposed to have begun on Dawson's Front Street about now, with a late June finishing date, has been delayed by about a month.
• Senators, MPs donate clothing The Sequels clothing store took on the look of an overstuffed closet Friday morning after Yukon MP Larry Bagnell dropped off 16 boxes of donated women's clothing.
• Territory receives $51 M for housing improvements The feds have given public and subsidized housing in the Yukon a $51-million boost.
• Bourassa returns, but not as mayoral candidate The city's former mayor has learned you can go home again after all.
• Engineer's claim for damages is denied A Yukon Supreme Court justice has thrown out a local engineer's claim that the territorial government owes him money because it sullied his reputation and acted unfairly by no longer issuing him sole-source contracts.
• Neighbour pulls man from his burning home A 69-year-old Whitehorse man suffered smoke inhalation but escaped without serious injury after his Copper Ridge home caught fire Friday evening.
• Forest fires could have been far more serious Quick response and an alert fire lookout employee were instrumental in preventing two forest fires from getting out of control over the sunny, dry weekend.
• Market Back in Business The Fireweed Market at Shipyards Park opened for the season last Thursday.

May 22, 2009

• Believe it: wood stoves are going green! The federal government just published its "green" ratings for the provinces and territories, and the Yukon received a "C minus" rating in the national survey.
• Yukoners showed off scientific skills in Winnipeg Students representing the Yukon at this month's 2009 Canada-wide Science Fair in Winnipeg returned with multiple awards and a great experience, organizers said Thursday.
• New life begins on the World Wide Web Wake is the first book in a projected trilogy by former Berton House writer-in-residence Robert J. Sawyer.
• Deception to descend on the arts centre A web of lies will descend over the Yukon Arts Centre on Saturday, as the theatre de la pasteque (Watermelon Theatre) takes over the stage with their fifth French-language production in 15 years.
• 'This is what railroading's all about' SKAGWAY - An all-steam White Pass and Yukon Route rotary fleet broke through compact snow on the summit earlier this month, then plowed through drifts on down to Bennett, B.C., acting like its old self.
• Food bank has an open house The Food Bank Society of Whitehorse will host its first community open house from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
• City wells bids flow in under-budget The city could be paying less than expected for two new wells that will take the municipal water system entirely off of Schwatka Lake.
• Elk moratorium long overdue: association head It's about time the Yukon government issued a moratorium on the import of game farm elk, says the president of the Yukon Fish and Game Association.
• Severed cable disrupts services in Carmacks Most Carmacks residents and businesses were without phone service from early Thursday afternoon until 8:00 this morning because of a "cable tear-up," according to Northwestel Inc.
• Get into the bag habit, consumers urged There's no Blue Box program in the territory, but shoppers will soon have access to a blue bag, aimed at reducing the amount of waste throughout the Yukon.
• Fentie dared to collect award for secrecy The Yukon government is in the running for the Code of Silence Award, an annual prize bestowed upon the nation's most secretive government, department or agency by the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ).
• If A Tree Falls In Takhini North, Will Anybody Hear it? Workers are removing a good number of trees to make way for new infrastructure and the new Takhini North subdivision.
• Firefighters plan practice flights Whitehorse residents shouldn't be surprised if they see more aircraft in the city skies this weekend.
• Study downplays harm from burning garbage Toxic emissions from burning garbage at the territory's dumps pose no significant health risk for people living near community landfills, according to a study financed by the territorial government.
• Building name honours vessel's final pilot The man who piloted the SS Keno on her final voyage from Whitehorse to Dawson City was remembered for his place in the Yukon's history and much more Thursday during the official naming ceremony of the Frank Slim Building in Shipyards Park.
• Man is found not criminally responsible for mattress fire The man charged with setting a mattress on fire at Whitehorse General Hospital last October has been found not criminally responsible for his actions.
• 'You will get old very fast with addiction,' judge warns An Abbotsford, B.C. judge handed out more than just jail time when she was in Whitehorse last month to hear a number of territorial court cases.
• Eagle's devastation brings Dawson City memories flooding back Bill Bowie has been thinking a lot lately about the Dawson flood of 1979, those thoughts triggered by the devastation he's seen in photographs coming out of Eagle, Alaska, this month.
• Guard your drinks, awareness drive urges The first time Lauren Tuck had her drink drugged, she didn't know what had happened to her.
• 'They've turned me into an inconvenience store' A local convenience store owner says the Yukon Lottery Commission has turned his business into an "inconvience store."