Whitehorse Daily Star

May 21, 2009

• Seven-day makeover targeted trash By the end of the Klondike Improvement Action Group's seven-day blitz to clean up the town,
• Teenagers prepare for the Envirothon Yukon teenagers are getting their green thumbs prepped for North America's largest annual environmental competition (www.envirothon.org).
• Grants support environmental awareness in territory Seven registered, non-governmental organizations will receive funding to further their efforts in educating the public about the Yukon's natural environment, Environment Minister Elaine Taylor announced Wednesday.
• May is Motorcycle Awareness Month Whether for pleasure, a taste for adventure or to beat the high cost of commuting, more and more people are riding motorcycles these days.
• First Flight? A Piper Super Cub takes off from Schwatka Lake on Wednesday.
• Summer may offer pleasant weather There's a good chance the next three months will bring above-normal temperatures in central Yukon, says meteorologist Gabor Fricska of Environment Canada.
• Will 'the bypass be bypassed?': Carmacks resident Carmacks residents are pleased with last week's announcement of the $2.3 million in federal stimulus funding going to the rebuilding of the Nordenskjold River bridge.
• Yukoners head east for annual SIDS run A white T-shirt with a colour photograph of a smiling baby boy named Cole says it all.
• Comment on the OCP, public urged As the consultation period for the city's latest update of the Official Community Plan (OCP) winds down,
• Riding changes to see legislature gain 19th seat Changes to electoral boundaries mean some Yukon voters will find themselves in a new district come the next election, scheduled for 2011.
• Long-time friends divide windfall Two Yukon residents are celebrating their win of $292,297.50 from a 6/49 lottery ticket.

May 20, 2009

• Eaglesmith and Tentrees pack the ODD Hall DAWSON CITY- Fred Eaglesmith is full of contradictions.
• The varied wines from five regions of British Columbia Five regions have been declared Designated Viticultured Areas in B.C.
• Environment forum set for tomorrow The Yukon government will host the third annual Environment Forum tomorrow at the Yukon College gym at the Ayamdigut Campus in Whitehorse.
• Food drive is underway; grub goes to food bank Whitehorse churches will be donating to a different cause this year when they collect goods during their annual food drive.
• Assessment of Watson Lake health facility is almost done A spokesman for the Yukon Hospital Corp. is not yet sure about the suitability of a proposed steel structure for a new hospital in Watson Lake.
• Yukoners mourn 'The Art of Karaoke' A prominent member of the community known for his singing voice and gentle, caring demeanour, has died.
• Crews summoned to extinguish car fire Emergency crews were called to a car fire on Miles Canyon Road early this morning.
• Kluane Park opens for summer season Visitor centres at Kluane National Park opened over the Victoria Day long weekend and staff there are advising visitors to register for overnight trips.
• All Aboard! The White Pass and Yukon Route train pulls into the depot last Sunday during the Yukoner's weekend.
• Arts in the Park swings into 13th season Blasting trumpets and rattling snare drums announced the 13th season of Arts in the Park as the All City Band took to the stage in LePage Park on Tuesday.
• Council considers Arctic Winter Games contract The proposed contract for Whitehorse to host to the 2012 Arctic Winter Games (AWG) may virtually mirror what the city signed when it last hosted the event in 2000.
• Student takes culinary skills to P.E.I. An F.H. Collins Secondary School student is vying for the title of best baker at the Canadian Skills Competition.
• Survey response miniscule, but messages clear The majority of Yukoners who responded to a recent survey on health care don't want to see new and expanded user fees, but they don't want see current service levels compromised either.
• Minister rejects Pilot Mountain ATV restrictions Environment Minister Elaine Taylor has dismissed some key recommendations from the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board.

May 19, 2009

• Climate exchange hosts environmental website The Northern Climate ExChange (NCE), Yukon College, is now hosting an educational resource website for northerners in the Yukon, N.W.T. and Nunavut.
• Snowmobile association helps Maryhouse The Yukon Snowmobile Association presented Maryhouse with a donation on May 8.
• Territorial fund awards nearly $1 million The territorial Community Development Fund (CDF) has contributed more than $900,000 toward projects approved in the latest Tier 3 intake.
• Dawson's ferry is back in business After some engine problems that took the boat out of service hours after it launched last Friday,
• College board members remain Clarence Timmons and David Hett have been re-appointed to the Yukon College board of governors until June 30, 2012.
• Lottery win will cover home renovations Home renovations can be costly, but they just got a little more affordable for Donna Holcomb,
• RCMP stress summer road safety Local Mounties took to the roads last week during the lead-up to the first long weekend of the spring/summer.
• Season's first fire doused The territory's first wildfire of the season was reported and put out over the long weekend.
• Hospital corporation rapped for huge medevac bill The Yukon Hospital Corp. was negligent when it failed to clearly inform a medevaced patient he would be liable for the trip's cost, the territorial ombudsman's office has concluded.
• Child returned safely to dad after abduction A 23-year-old Whitehorse woman is facing a charge of the abduction of a person under 14 after a child was taken from a home in the McIntyre subdivision Monday.
• Hardy weighing his future as an MLA Yukon NDP Leader Todd Hardy's Whitehorse Centre seat could be vacant as early as July, setting the stage for a byelection in the downtown riding.
• Elk's death not unusual: veteran game rancher Game farmer Bill Drury says the death of an elk he imported from Alberta earlier this month is unfortunate, but not unusual in the business.
• Moratorium clamped on game farm animal imports The Yukon government has imposed a moratorium on any further imports of elk and other game farm animals.
• Family Togetherness This bear family was seen Saturday near Carmacks