Whitehorse Daily Star

March 25, 2009

• Thaw Di Gras fun had events for everyone DAWSON CITY - With temperatures ranging from -29 C in the morning to -11 later in the day, it almost seems silly to call Dawson's annual Thaw Di Gras a spring carnival.
• Recipes to help complement a prolific wine production area The Cotes du Rhone region is one of the prolific wine production areas of France,
• Bison harvest surpasses 120 With a week left to go in the annual bison hunt, 121 animals have been harvested, according to Environment Yukon records to the end of Tuesday.
• Correction An article in Monday's edition
• Act permits corrections services offloading After years of studies, plans and consultations, the Yukon government finally introduced its revamped Corrections Act in the legislative assembly Tuesday.
• Celebrating Photographer's Work Electric Company Theatre is presenting 'Studies in Motion' at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Dawsonites escape major tax hikes DAWSON CITY - There were no changes to the mill rates when Dawson council passed the 2009 Taxation Bylaw on March 17.
• Traffic offence led to showdown with officer On the night of Dec. 10, 2005, Roy Buyck cut a corner
• Elk imports carry great risk: wildlife group There is a risk of deadly disease arriving in the Yukon when importing game farm elk, says the executive director of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation.
• Friends of McIntyre Creek want moratorium Both the city and territory will be asked to place a moratorium on any development along McIntyre Creek while the Yukon government considers the possibility of creating a territorial park around the creek.

March 24, 2009

• Sewing expert instructing at college Students in Yukon College's Industrial Sewing Program are getting some expert advice while producing a product that has possible market potential.
• Bagnell won't be affected by membership, money targets Increased donor and member targets set by federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff will have little impact on Yukon MP Larry Bagnell.
• College to offer Master of Education program Yukon educators will be able to continue their own education in the territory this fall with the University of Northern British Columbia's (UNBC's) Master of Education program being offered at Yukon College.
• Horne's horizon entails a $60-M jail "Keep your eyes on the horizon and imagine tomorrow."
• College board gains member The territorial cabinet has appointed Whitehorse resident Patti Balsillie to Yukon College's board of directors.
• Learning About Police Work Hank Moorlag, a retired Whitehorse RCMP officer,
• Games centre hosts Nutrition Month events Dietitians and city officials will continue promoting healthy eating this week at the Canada Games Centre.
• City adopts changes to waste diversion policy As the saying goes, you can't always get what you want, but that isn't stopping Raven Recycling Society officials from praising the city for the changes it did make to its waste diversion credit.
• Public alert out for stolen ivory Whitehorse RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in finding a stolen piece of mammoth ivory.
• Pranksters persuade man to pitch out TV, fridge A couple of Whitehorse pranksters had a smash hit at the Edgewater Hotel last weekend when they convinced a guest to pitch his television set out the window.
• Rouble's responses fail to satisfy MLAs' demands Education Minister Patrick Rouble refuses to set targets for improving high school graduation rates in the territory and cannot guarantee more accurate statistics with respect to those rates.
• Games would carry $6.1-M pricetag Northern athletes are closer to invading the territory in 2012 after city council voted unanimously Monday night to submit the bid to host that year's Arctic Winter Games (AWG).

March 23, 2009

• If you have a piece of her work, you're lucky A unique one-night art show was held at the Centre de la Francophonie on March 15.
• River panel plans meetings in Whitehorse The body responsible for managing Yukon River salmon stocks will begin meeting here Wednesday.
• Budget aims to pare patients' wait times Whitehorse General Hospital is receiving another $836,000 to help improve patient wait times,
• Councillor has second thoughts on quarry issue Just a few weeks after voting to rezone 92.7 hectares of land on the Old Livingstone Trail as the city moves ahead to quarry part of the site, Coun. Dave Stockdale is thinking his vote should have been different.
• A Visit From A Champion Victor Kraatz, a former world champion figure skater,
• Yukon's Asian investment attraction expands to Japan The Yukon government is expanding its 2009-10 investment attraction efforts into the Japanese market.
• Banishing Winter A fire spinner performs quick and skillful movements
• Computer technician still fighting to regain job Three months after the territory's human rights panel ordered Yukon College to give Farley Hayes his job back,
• College makes announcements on several fronts Yukon College's academic credibility is moving forward thanks to continuing research work happening at the college, says the school's president, Terry Weninger.
• Contractor plans to maximize local employment The contract to expand the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport terminal has been awarded to the low bid of $10.9 million by Graham Construction and Engineering of Delta, B.C.