Whitehorse Daily Star

April 16, 2009

• Anthropologist joins journal's editorial board Norman Alexander Easton, a longtime lecturer in Anthropology and Northern Studies at Yukon College,
• Winged Signs of Spring With the Yukon River breaking up,
• City, developer poised to sign agreement An access from Waterfront Place to Second Avenue is closer to reality, eight years after the plan was approved by the city.
• Charges pending after collision snarls traffic There were no injuries reported in a two-vehicle collision that snarled traffic at the bottom of Two Mile Hill at quitting time Wednesday afternoon.
• Horne outlined anti-violence measures to her colleagues Marian Horne, the minister responsible for the territorial Women's Directorate,
• Envoy hears Yukoners' views on pensions The Yukon's unions were out in full force Wednesday,
• Minister assessing proposed wildlife rule changes Fourteen proposals to change regulations affecting fish and wildlife in the territory are literally in the court of Environment Minister Elaine Taylor.
• Put pulse-taking before diagnosis: Mitchell Health and Social Services Minister Glenn Hart was standing more than sitting in the legislative assembly Wednesday as opposition members pelted him with questions over the latest government announcement to build a hospital in Dawson City.
• Inquisitive rodent perished instantly A squirrel did it.

April 15, 2009

• Janke takes MITY prize with group effort DAWSON CITY - "I've never actually won an award, and this is a great one," Daniel Janke said last Sunday night.
• Yukon artists' work to get southern exposure The work of 20 member artists of the Yukon Artists @ Work Cooperative will animate the walls of the new Reach Museum/Gallery in Abbotsford, B.C. in June.
• Renamed volunteer award honours Moe Grant The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous board of directors has renamed its Volunteer of the Year Award the Moe Grant Memorial Volunteer of the Year Award.
• Students recording own culture, heritage Students at Yukon College's Mayo campus are involved in an innovative program where they learn to document their own culture and heritage.
• CYFN supports Tories' bid to eliminate firearm registry The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) supports the federal government's legislation to abolish the long-gun registry (Bill C-301).
• Major mine moves closer to production A major mining initiative in the southeast Yukon recently moved one step closer to starting production, Energy, Mines and Resources Brad Cathers reminded Yukoners on Tuesday.
• Rest Time A red-breasted merganser,
• City crews continue clearing trails As the warmer weather slowly takes hold, city crews are continuing to clear paved trails for pedestrians and cyclists.
• City's snowfall was greatest since 1943 Whitehorse has just completed the snowiest winter since 1943, Environment Canada reports.
• Dawson City river dome marks historic North Pole anniversary DAWSON CITY - That strange structure at the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon rivers is not a new system to recording the annual spring break-up.
• Students urged to apply for Arctic expedition Students on Ice is offering 10 fully-funded northern students positions to participate on the upcoming Students on Ice - IPY Arctic Expedition from July 29 to Aug. 13.
• Residents, mining firm pursuing common ground Keno City spokesman Bob Wagner says he'll keep an open mind when it comes to future discussions with Alexco Resource Corp.
• Pepsi sign must go, council insists A local businessman isn't ruling out taking court action to keep a Pepsi sign on his property.
• Take allegations outside house: Fentie to Liberals Accusations of back room dealing for awarding the Dawson City sewage treatment contract flew from the opposition side during Tuesday's question period in the legislature.

April 14, 2009

• City poised to award accounting contract It could cost the city close to $120,000 to change how it does its accounting.
• Sandwiched Emergency crews responded to a three-vehicle collision on the Alaska Highway near the Airport Chalet
• Jobless rate steady, but 100 jobs lost While the Yukon's unemployment rate remained at 6.7 per cent through February and March, the territory lost another 100 jobs in that same period, according to the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.
• New hospital definitely needed, MLA says DAWSON CITY – Dawson's mayor is welcoming the Yukon government's plan to build a new hospital, but last Thursday's announcement has left some key questions unanswered.
• Arctic Power gets closer to industrial area land purchase The city is closer to selling a 307-square-metre site in Marwell to Arctic Power and Communications Systems Ltd.
• Ready' Aim... Cadets from the three territories compete
• Final walk-through set for residential school building For many Yukon first nations, the structure at 11 Nisutlin Dr. is remembered as Yukon Hall, part of the residential school system in the 1960s and 1970s.
• Park's creation is up to city, ministers say The decision to turn land straddling McIntyre Creek into a park is one for the city to make,
• Injured snowmobiler medevaced to B.C. Emergency medical services, search and rescue teams and the RCMP joined forces on Easter Sunday to get an injured snowmobiler to hospital after his snow machine took a 20-metre drop off a cliff near the Skagway summit.
• Burglars' targets are spread across city, police warn A group of thieves is working in Whitehorse, preying on empty homes, local RCMP warned today.