Whitehorse Daily Star

April 13, 2009

• Sewage lagoon option still in play, judge says Dawson City is working on plans to install a chemical plant to deal with the town's sewage,
• Flyeing Giant Land Here An Mi-26T heavy lift Russian helicopter, the world's largest,
• Deadline imminent for awards nominations It's your last chance to nominate a wildlife enthusiast!
• Popular Skater The Easter bunny was out skating with youth of all ages Saturday at the Canada Games Centre.
• Dawson hospital process to begin Health and Social Services Minister Glenn Hart and Klondike MLA Steve Nordick have announced the start of the process to build a new hospital in Dawson City.
• Correction One of 43 Yukon Health Review recommendations
• Cool rods take to the iced-over river DAWSON CITY - Assume there's nothing cooler than a skid that feels out of control but isn't.
• Few answers emerge from heated exchanges Insults, accusations and non sequiturs formed the back and forth cavalcade of question period in the legislative assembly last Wednesday.
• City council fielding concerns about in-city mineral staking Authority over staking mineral claims is in the hands of the territorial government,
• Marsh Lakers won't relive 2007: officials Emergency response officials will be buying more sandbags as predictions continue for another year of flooding at Upper Liard, southeast Yukon, beginning in early June.
• Yukoners On Parliament Hill Carcross Recreation staff recently went to Ottawa with three local youth to participate in the Youth Centres des Jeunes Canada conference.

April 9, 2009

• Kenyon was welcomed to community celebration Chief Darin Isaac and the Selkirk First Nation council welcomed Economic Development Minister Jim Kenyon to a community tour and celebration of the progress of the Journey to Self Reliance project on March 27.
• Firearms law saga is in complete disarray Firearm legislation is a mess thanks to all the so-called "leaders" of all three major political parties.
• A modern thriller descended from the adventure pulps There's almost too much going on in Black Order.
• Not there? You missed a real barnburner Paramedic and Big Soul took the Yukon Arts Centre audience for a ride down the funk/R&B/hip-hop railway last Sunday evening and wow! Was it ever fun!
• Keep scholarships in mind, senator urges Yukoners Yukon Senator Daniel Lang is welcoming new help for graduate students in Canada's Economic Action Plan.
• Oral health starts at birth: minister To celebrate national Oral Health Month, Health and Social Services Minister Glenn Hart announced a new promotion of its Pre-School Dental Program on Tuesday.
• Staff could take over easements authority Authority over easement agreements within the city could be put in the hands of city staff rather than going through the process of council approval.
• Signs proposed for trolley platforms The city could be spending another $13,000 to share the history of the waterfront.
• Avoid new or higher fees, health panel told Adding or increasing user fees for certain health services were not popular ideas at last week's public forum on The Yukon Health Review in Whitehorse.
• The Master Draws A Crowd World-renowned pianist Oliver Jones
• College gains a multi-use shop with YTG help Yukon College has expanded its learning lab and shop capacity thanks to government infrastructure funding.
• Demolition of old warehouse is cleared to continue today No environmental assessment is required and burning at a Quartz Road demolition site continued today,
• Electrical blaze damages beverage business Whitehorse firefighters were called to the Northlands Beverage building on Copper Road late Wednesday afternoon to deal with an electrical fire.
• City gives up on uncollected bills The city has officially written off more than $4,000 in uncollected accounts by passing third reading of the bylaw around it late last month.
• Councillors plan some travel The territory's highways could see a few city councillors in the coming weeks.
• 'Stunting' ticket case reaches the Yukon Supreme Court Drivers beware: the Yukon's law enforcers are cracking down on revving engines and squealing tires - at least, that's what one ongoing traffic violation case seems to indicate.
• Correction An article in Wednesday's edition
• Author still pursuing Canol Refinery park For better or worse, the Canol Refinery left its legacy on the Yukon.
• Council examines planned cultural centre Before the Kwanlin Dun First Nation (KDFN) moves forward with its cultural centre on the waterfront, it will need the city to approve its conditional use application.
• First northern ALS walk set for fall Equipment for someone with ALS can cost upwards of $137,000 a patient.
• Ski hill staff 'saw a lot of big smiles' With Mount Sima's season winding down, skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts will be looking to make the most out of the hill's facility this long weekend.
• Offender breaches his probation conditions Convicted rapist Marcellus Jacob is being sought by police, after walking away from his halfway house in B.C.'s Lower Mainland a week ago, just a day before the end of his sentence.

April 8, 2009

• A savoury chicken recipe with a Baco Noir The Niagara Peninsula, the Lake Erie North Shore and the Pelee Island are the regions producing wine in Ontario.
• Helping The Cause Sophisticated Cavemen Rick Sward, Ched Dunham, Graeme Peters, Laura Lewis and Ivan Zenovitch
• Fund-raiser will help overseas children read On Saturday, April 18, the Dance of Hope Dance-a-thon will take place at the Whitehorse Westmark Hotel to raise money to buy reading material for an orphanage in Nepal and a Beggars School in India.
• World heritage status requires some planning DAWSON CITY - The four days of events which comprised Doors Open Dawson began with a lecture at the Dawson City Museum.
• Land planning services enhanced The Yukon government is funneling an additional $50,000 into the land planning branch to increase community land planning initiatives, Energy, Mines and Resources Brad Cathers said today.
• Nuisance dogs marred visit to Swan Haven Like many Yukoners, Dianne Gray has made an annual trek to Swan Haven each spring to take a look at the visitors and see some of the Celebration of Swans activities that kick off the opening of Swan Haven.
• Quality Cabinet Crafting Massey Baker, a Grade 10 student at F.H. Collins Secondary School,
• Capacity development program announced The Department of Education, through the Northern Strategies Fund,
• 'I am going to fight to stay here,' mother vows The thing Jacqueline Garcia Morales wants the most in her life is to raise her two sons in Canada.
• Clarification The two Watson Lake RCMP officers who were scheduled to appear in court Monday on sexual assault charges had permission to have an interim lawyer appear on their behalf.
• Be safe on the summit, RCMP urge Yukoners Haines Junction RCMP are reminding snowmobilers to be safe and responsible as the long weekend approaches.
• Chinook cap imposed on pollock industry The high seas management body for the North Pacific has taken steps to reel in the accidental catch of chinook salmon by Alaska's pollock industry.
• Council approves fire hall borrowing The city has the go-ahead to now borrow $6.7 million to build a new fire hall at the top of Two Mile Hill.
• Phoenix Rising planned to be a triplex The Phoenix Rising will have some red tape to poke through in its climb out of the ashes.
• Inspectors halt burning at demolition site Yukon government inspectors have ordered a contractor to stop burning waste at the demolition site of an old Marwell warehouse off Quartz Road yesterday after it was learned material being incinerated violated the Environment Act.
• Shedding Her Locks For A Cause Holy Family Elementary School teacher Vanessa Stitt