Whitehorse Daily Star

April 29, 2009

• 'What motivates me is just a desire to write' This is one of a series of author's profiles leading up to this week's Yukon Writers' Festival and the Young Authors' Conference.
• 'Write, write, write! Read as much as you can!' This is one of a series of author's profiles leading up to this week's Yukon Writers' Festival and the Young Authors' Conference.
• City awards contract for major water, sewer work in Takhini Castle Rock Enterprises has been awarded the first of two contracts in the overhauling of the water and sewer system in Takhini North.
• Seniors advocate alternate location for hospital DAWSON CITY - If there's one thing anyone proposing any sort of major development in Dawson should know, it's that some residents will disagree with the proposed site of the project.
• Sides looking for mediator Alexco Resource Corp. and the Keno City Advisory Council have agreed they need a "mediator" to help resolve their differences, says Keno City spokesman Bob Wagner.
• Hardy unleashes both barrels on adversaries in legislature New Democratic Party Leader Todd Hardy enlightened the legislative assembly Tuesday, offering his interpretation of a quote from Voltaire, the 18th-century French writer and philosopher.
• Emphasis on workplace safety must continue: MLAs Every day, the digital counter in front of the workers' compensation building at the corner of Fourth and Strickland in Whitehorse ticks up a few more notches.
• Court dismisses human rights appeal A Yukon man's bid to have a decision from the Yukon Human Rights Board of Adjudication overturned has failed.
• Minister peppered with queries about education Potential teacher cuts, court action the francophone school board has taken against the government and his absence at the Yukon Teachers' Association annual meeting dogged Education Minister Patrick Rouble throughout Monday's question period in the legislature.
• Alaska moves to conserve Yukon-bound chinook salmon The State of Alaska is reminding its residents of this summer's plan to protect more chinook salmon bound for Yukon waters. Salmon
• Grits detect divisions on premiums issue To charge, or not to charge.
• Firm's founder files suit against purchaser Last year, Jon Rudolph's mining company was winning awards and making the news as a leader in the gold mining business.
• Youthful Takeover Nine students from Whitehorse and several Yukon communities debate topical issues in the territorial legislature last Friday afternoon.

April 28, 2009

• Municipal leaders want project rules clarified WATSON LAKE - Building Canada's infrastructure can be a daunting task if you don't know what details will make a project eligible for the federal fund.
• NDP sets date for leadership contest Yukon New Democrats have set Sept. 26 as the date for their leadership convention.
• Clarification Re: "Substitute teachers' rights being violated, YTA says", in Monday's edition.
• Infrastructure can pare dependency, MP says WATSON LAKE - Federal investment in transportation and infrastructure in the North could mean less dependence in Ottawa by northern regions, says Yukon MP Larry Bagnell.
• Divisiveness clear over watershed's future Division over future land use inside the Peel River watershed was abundantly obvious and substantial at Monday evening's public meeting.
• Housing project unleashes traffic concerns After years of dealing with vehicles coming and going from 810 Wheeler St., Heather Kennedy doesn't want to deal with the traffic using the back alley to the new housing development proposed for the property.
• Roadside Rest This fox was seen relaxing
• Exasperated MLAs forced to hear minister out The government's revamped Corrections Act passed with unanimous support in the legislature last week.
• Drugs likely behind major cash seizure, RCMP say About $94,000 in cash was seized by the RCMP near Watson Lake last weekend as part of the "M" division's check stops throughout the territory.

April 27, 2009

• Our home: In Honour of Earth Day 2009 (A Poem by Christopher Wheeler of Whitehorse, written on April 22)
• Writing is 'sweet and painful,' author says DAWSON CITY - Despite being the child of a pair of teachers, Candace Savage did not automatically gravitate to writing. She did, however, have a love of language, which continues to this day.
• Substitute teachers' rights being violated, YTA says Not classifying substitute teachers as government employees prevents them from joining a union and therefore violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, says the Yukon Teachers' Association.
• YTA will receive a new president After two years at the Yukon Teachers' Association helm, president Jim Tredger is taking a break.
• Baby Steps For A Cause The baby carriage portion of the 19th annual Law Day Charity Fun Run and Walk
• Correction Based on information provided by the RCMP,
• Mayo's endorsement of mine stirs ill feelings Tensions are running high between the residents of Keno City and the Village of Mayo's elected council over the Bellekeno mine proposal, according to recent correspondence.
• Police nab teenagers Local RCMP collared two young teenagers whom they think are behind at least three of the home invasions reported in and around Whitehorse over the last three weeks.
• Tai Chi Tradition Celebrated World Tai Chi and Qigong Day was celebrated by these two participants and many others Saturday at Shipyards Park.
• SuperGreen homes provide 'huge payback' Boasting a garage, a spacious living room and kitchen,
• AYC delegates prepare agenda for YTG WATSON LAKE - The Association of Yukon Communities (AYC ) will call on the territorial government to take action on issues around garbage, the Motor Vehicles Act, staffing, funding and its policing agreement with the federal government.
• Swine flu will arrive - eventually: medical health officer Yukoners who feel a flu coming on are being told to stay home and get some rest by the territory's chief medical officer,