Whitehorse Daily Star

November 5, 2008

• Panel honours late elder's accomplishments An interpretive panel has been created in English, Southern Tutchone and French to commemorate the contributions of the late Elijah Smith to the Yukon, his connection to the land and his abilities as a leader and a warrior.
• Perfect Line Curling scenes
• Cycle to Walk Campaign plans thank you event The Cycle to Walk campaign will hold a volunteer and sponsor appreciation event from 7:00 to 9:00 this evening.
• Bridge work is now complete The final stage of the Lewes River Bridge rehabilitation project is now complete, says Highways and Public Works Minister Archie Lang announced.
• Bike park moves to next phase A proposed mountain bike and BMX park is moving into the next phase of becoming a reality with council set to vote next week on the subdivision of the 2.7 hectares of land off Sumanik Drive that would be used for the project.
• Agreement will unite the Trans Canada Trail The Yukon government has entered into a signed agreement with the Klondike Snowmobile Association which will unite the Trans Canada Trail, Highways and Public Works Minister Archie Lang said last Friday.
• Read minutes, Takhini North resident urges city council City councillors were encouraged Monday night to look over the minutes of a meeting city staff had with Takhini North property owners.
• Tour boat issue called problematic for Taylor The fate of the Yukon Queen II tour boat has given the opposition a chance to portray Environment Minister Elaine Taylor, who also serves as Minister of Tourism and Culture, as being in a pickle over the issue.
• Upper lips lead the charge against cancer Things are going to get pretty hairy at the Whitehorse Fire Department this month.
• Burwash Landing needs school: MLA The question over establishing a school in the tiny community of Burwash Landing has long been a bone of contention for McIntyre-Takhini MLA John Edzerza.
• Cultural centre could include library The Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre set to be built on Whitehorse's waterfront could house the Whitehorse Public Library.
• Reluctant Customer Firefighter Brian Fedoriak shaves the moustache of Dennis Blaker

November 4, 2008

• RECREATIONAL A DIVISION HOCKEY Terra Firma Muckers and Kluane Drillers
• 'Not a healing centre,' YTG minister says now When construction is finished on the new correctional centre in Whitehorse, it will not be renamed the Yukon Healing Centre, as was originally thought.
• First nation calls forestry act discriminatory The Yukon Party government's proposed Forest Resources Act discriminates against the Liard First Nation and is an affront to its aboriginal rights and title to its traditional territory, says the first nation's chief.
• Correction A story in last Friday's edition incorrectly referred to Tr'ondek Hwech'in First Nation Chief Darren Taylor.
• MLAs spar over ABCP investment When the cat's away, the mice will play, and play and they did Monday during question period in the territory's legislative assembly.
• Crown doesn't have to pay accused's legal fees: judge The ex-Dawson City mayor accused of taking more than $100,000 from the town's coffers while in office will have to pay his own legal expenses.
• Whistle Bend park space called 'important' A park would be the centrepiece of the new Whistle Bend subdivision.
• City doesn't have $500,000 for Games: Graham Having the right facilities doesn't mean the money's there to host an international northern sporting event, maintains one city councillor.

November 3, 2008

• Bus involved in rollover left Whitehorse on Friday FORT NELSON, B.C. - Three people are critically injured and in hospital in Fort Nelson, B.C., after the bus they were riding in flipped onto its side on a freezing rain-slicked Alaska Highway near here.
• European Union Parliament officials visit Whitehorse A delegation from the European Union Parliament made a stop in Whitehorse last week, visiting Yukon College during their current biennial tour of Canada.
• Impaired driving deaths 'unacceptable' RCMP There's always an option.
• WINGED LINGERERS Swans are seen in the McIntyre Creek area Saturday.
• City reviewing court decision City voters could be going to the polls twice in 2009.
• Put off forestry act: first nation The Liard First Nation is asking the Yukon government to postpone second reading of its new Forest Resources Act.
• Judge raps conduct of lawyer, who plans appeal The behaviour of a lawyer and business owner in a property dispute was "high-handed" and "reprehensible," says a Yukon judge.
• Halloween saw 12 people arrested It was a peaceful Halloween night in Whitehorse on Friday.
• Transfer payments won't be cut back, Fentie is informed The prospect of a recession and federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's warning to provinces that their equalization payments could suffer will not affect the Yukon, according to Premier and Finance Minister Dennis Fentie.