Whitehorse Daily Star

October 15, 2008

• TV viewers had some early election results At 6:40 Tuesday evening, 20 minutes before Yukon polls closed, eastern TV stations were announcing a Conservative minority government.
• Geological Survey studying impacts of climate change The Yukon Geological Survey is working on four projects which will study how permafrost and landslides impact Yukon terrain.
• New parking meters now in effect Put those nickels and dimes away.
• Airport work dispute must be resolved: TIAY There is an urgency to settling the dispute halting the Whitehorse airport terminal expansion project, says the chair of the Tourism Industry Association Yukon (TIAY).
• Officials still in dark about outage There is still no explanation behind Monday's blackout that left most of the territory without power for several hours, Yukon Energy spokeswoman Janet Patterson said today.
• Bolton philosophical about distant finish The once heady days of support for the New Democrats in the Yukon was absent at the federal polls on Tuesday.
• Greens elbow aside NDP to place third By 7:30 on election night, the Green Party's John Streicker was already a clear winner, regardless of the results.
• Conservatives 'on the rise,' Pasloski says Election night was bittersweet for Conservative candidate Darrell Pasloski. He watched his party gain 19 seats nationwide, while on the receiving end of a sound thumping from Liberal incumbent Larry Bagnell.
• Bagnell racks up fourth straight win And it's off to Ottawa again for the Yukon's MP of eight years.
• Address on homelessness Planed Gordon Laird, an acclaimed Calgary researcher and journalist,

October 14, 2008

• Creative City Network conference set Up to 100 delegates will descend upon Whitehorse this week to look at how arts and culture impact municipalities.
• Squatter's Road property could be subdivided Before a 0.67-hectare property near McLean Lake can be sold under the territory's Squatter Legitimization Program, city council will have to approve its subdivision.
• Heavier voter turnout expected later According to Sue Edelman, the chief returning officer for the Yukon, voter volume for the federal election this morning depended on where one was.
• Anti-poverty coalition unveils logo The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition (YAPC) has unveiled a new logo that expresses the work it does.
• September's weather proved rather ordinary, records show The territory generally recorded normal temperatures and precipitation in September, reports Environment Canada's monthly climate review.
• An Autumn Stroll About 30 people took part in the walks
• Police seize marijuana plants, firearm Whitehorse RCMP seized 183 marijuana plants and a firearm during a raid on a residential grow operation at Marsh Lake last Friday night.
• Premier rejects Mitchell's ABCP proposal Premier Dennis Fentie won't be answering territorial Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell's call for him to push the federal government to buy back the $36.5 million the territory invested in asset-backed commercial paper in 2007.
• Power failure baffles officials; MLA wants probe The cause of Thanksgiving Monday's lengthy power outage remains a mystery, though the reasons behind the blackouts last Friday and Sunday are clear.
• Hospital patients can't vote today People admitted to Whitehorse General Hospital after Oct. 6 who remain in care there through today, will have to leave the hospital to vote in today's federal election.
• Multiple family-zoned property lures no bids The only multiple family-zoned property on the former Stan McCowan Arena site in Porter Creek will be sold over the counter after no one bid on the 0.587-hectare property by last Friday's deadline.
• Man is dead after vehicle ends up in Dezadeash River A man is dead and another is recovering from hypothermia after their vehicle went into the Dezadeash River near Haines Junction last Friday night.

October 10, 2008

• The truth behind horns and antlers There is some misconception between antlers and horns that we should put to rest.
• The historically based tale of Eagle's Washer Woman Ted Genoways was travelling in Alaska in 1996, the first of the Klondike Centennial Years, when he stopped in Eagle, that haven of disaffected and unsuccessful stampeders who didn't want to live in Canada, and came across the story of Anna Malm.
• Police plan to beef up traffic patrols this weekend The RCMP will be keeping a close eye on Yukon roads over the long weekend and are asking people to buckle up and drive safely.
• Collision Aftermath Members of the Whitehorse Fire Department examine the scene of a multi-vehicle collision
• 2010 Yukon Quest will begin later The 2010 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race will start Saturday, Feb. 6, a week earlier than the traditional second Saturday of February race start date, officials said today.
• Ski hill operator receives another $200,000 Mount Sima is on the road to becoming a year-round operation after the Yukon Lottery Commission announced Thursday it will inject $200,000 into the ski/snowboard facility.
• Man astonished he had to pay postage to cast vote A B.C. man temporarily working in Whitehorse encountered some hassle this week while attempting to vote by special ballot for a candidate in his home riding of Vancouver Island North.
• MP unsurprised by premier's endorsement of Conservative Liberal-incumbent Larry Bagnell has hit back against Premier Dennis Fentie's suggestion the federal Liberal party and Bagnell have done little for the Yukon.
• Streicker: 'I'm running for the Yukon' The Star: Many people see the Green Party as a one-issue party. How do you try and address that notion?
• Pasloski: 'I'm up for the task' of being MP The Star: Yukon's voters historically have bucked going with a candidate whose party is most likely to form the government in Ottawa.
• Bolton: NDP the best option for families The Star: The chances of the NDP forming a majority government in Ottawa are slim to none, so why should people vote for you?
• Bagnell: long tenure strengthens effectiveness Ed. note: Presented on this and the subsequent three pages are question-and-answer sessions with the four Yukon candidates in Tuesday's federal election. They appear in alphabetical order, beginning with Liberal incumbent Larry Bagnell.
• Half of Mount Sima industrial lots sold Five of 10 Mount Sima industrial lots for sale by public tender were sold Thursday, and five are now available over the counter.
• No clear winner in all-candidates' forum Yukon voters anticipating a defining moment or knock out punch at CBC North's all-candidates' forum in Whitehorse last evening, did not get it.
• Liberal candidate returns to the classroom His audience may have been too young to vote, but that did not stop Liberal-incumbent Larry Bagnell from visiting Whitehorse Elementary School Wednesday to talk politics with the students.
• Porter Creek lots turned back to city As the city gets ready to open bids on the three properties on the former Stan McCowan Arena site, it has also turned to over-the-counter sales on five of the single-family lots that were put to the lottery system last month.
• Court revisits damages issue following woman's injury A love affair gone awry, and then to court, will cost a bit less for a Teslin businessman after an appeal court judge reviewed the case.
• Man is found not criminally responsible for sibling's death A man charged with stabbing his brother to death was suffering from a psychotic episode when the murder occurred, so is not criminally responsible, the Yukon Supreme Court decided Wednesday.
• Conservatives' slide dragging down Pasloski, polling finds The Conservative Party in the territory is being hit hard by Yukoners' reactions to global economic woes, a survey has found.