Whitehorse Daily Star

March 12, 2009

• Group satisfied with planned removal of riverside buildings The Wilderness Tourism Association of the Yukon supports the negotiated settlement forcing the removal of four buildings built along the Bonnet Plume River.
• Site zoned for firm's plans The rezoning of 5 Lorne Rd. to allow for a lumber yard brings Igloo Building Supplies closer to setting up shop in the city.
• Travel approved Funding has been approved for Coun. Jan Stick to head to this month's board meeting of the Association of Yukon Communities to be held at Marsh Lake.
• Long winter's banishment set for Mar. 21 Is the never-ending winter, with yet more snow falling today, getting you down?
• Funding doubled for violence prevention The Yukon government has doubled the money for the Prevention of Violence Against Aboriginal Women Fund from $100,000 to $200,000 annually, pending legislative approval of the 2009-10 fiscal year budget.
• Reaching Out Johannah Sessford (left) greets people at the Whitehorse Connects event on Monday.
• Thaw Di Gras promises fun in Dawson The Klondike Visitors Association (KVA) is once again gearing up for Thaw Di Gras,
• Minister evoked some Arctic history One hundred years ago, French Canadian explorer J.E. Bernier was steaming his way through the Arctic archipelago,
• Mayor still fluid on bottled water issue Bottled water won't be disappearing from city facilities anytime soon
• Charged Mountie was drafted by NHL The two Mounties charged with sexual assaulting a woman in Watson Lake last weekend are Shawn McLaughlin and Graham Belak.
• Arctic policy experts praise minister's words A speech Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon made in Whitehorse yesterday is drawing praise from Arctic policy experts.

March 11, 2009

• You're in for a treat in east coast culture with the Cotters The Cotters will take to the stage of the Yukon Arts Centre on Thursday evening,
• Yukon's writers fill in at the famed Berton House retreat DAWSON CITY - It's an ill wind that blows nobody good, as the old saying goes.
• Burgundy's Cote de Beaune region yields special wines Burgundy, one of the three most prestigious wine-growing regions in the world, lies in the east of France,
• 'Ready to Work' program helping Filipino community Two groups are teaming up to bring the "Ready to Work" program to members of the Filipino community in the Yukon.
• Tetlin Junction needs Dawson sign, KVA told When it comes to the part of the Klondike Visitors Association (KVA) annual general meeting called "voice of the membership," it seems there are some things that don't change a lot from year to year.
• Whitehorse Connects! Photo Spread
• Whitehorse Connects deemed a success After hearing a slew of thank-yous Monday from those leaving Whitehorse Connects, Julie Menard, the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition's co-chair has deemed the day a success.
• Good Energy Rebate Program will continue, minister says The Yukon government plans to renew the Good Energy Rebate Program for the 2009-10 fiscal year, pending legislative approval of the coming budget.
• Charges laid against RCMP officers Two Watson Lake Mounties have been charged with sexually assaulting a woman last weekend, the RCMP announced today.
• Petroleum company takes action on unpaid bills After putting a lien on Ross Mining's operations late last year, MacKenzie Petroleum has filed a claim in Yukon Supreme Court demanding that the mine pony up more than $600,000 worth of unpaid fuel bills.
• Climate change is altering the North Slope The ecosystem is changing in the Far North.
• Obliged to move its transmitter, CBC pursues shift to FM band CBC Radio One in Whitehorse wants to move from 570 AM to a new spot on the FM band.
• City funding approved for variety of events The city will be handing out close to $16,000 in cash for a variety of events happening around town through the year.
• Local man sentenced for aggravated assault One hundred Yukoners who gathered in a Whitehorse courtroom Monday morning - responding to a call for jury selection - were sent home after hearing the accused they were there to try plead guilty.
• 'Pioneer for women's equality' remembered The Yukon lost its greatest champion of women's rights Saturday with the passing of Joyce Hayden. She was 77.
• YTG pours $2.6 million into Olympics The Yukon government is set to spend more than $2.6 million over the next year on events around the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

March 10, 2009

• Education/innovation fund planned A new program called Leaders in Education/Innovation Fund has been announced by Education Minister Patrick Rouble.
• Budget provides $400,000 for part of school's replacement Replacing an aged F.H. Collins Secondary School will move to the planning stage after the legislature has passed the 2009-10 fiscal year budget.
• Exhibit Continues "For the Love of Wood"
• Bid for airport work will be reviewed soon A review of the $10.9-million bid by a Delta, B.C. company for the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport terminal expansion is scheduled for Thursday, says a Yukon government spokeswoman.
• Yukoners mined for exploration dollars in Toronto TORONTO - The Yukon is just straight past South Africa; turn left at Saskatchewan and it is just opposite northern Ontario. If you go by Chile, you have gone too far.
• Territory loses former cabinet minister Former Yukon NDP cabinet minister Joyce Hayden died last Saturday in Whitehorse at the age of 77.
• RCMP officers suspended Two Watson Lake RCMP officers are suspected of sexually assaulting someone while off-duty, prompting the local RCMP to launch three separate investigations.
• Showing How It's Done Kate McConnell, 22, originally from Midland, Ont.,
• Working siren wouldn't have saved lives: chief Ross River's fire chief and the Yukon's top fire marshal both say a general alert siren likely wouldn't have saved any souls from last week's deadly fire.
• Bonds suggested as way to raise funds for projects As the city gets closer to borrowing $6.7 million, one city councillor is suggesting officials look at the possibility of issuing bonds.
• Council approves compost budget changes Asphalt path work will go ahead as planned instead of the $20,000 cut it had faced.
• Energy savings would negate higher home costs It would cost about $8,000 more to buy a home built to the new standards proposed for the city's building and plumbing bylaw over a new home with standard construction.