Whitehorse Daily Star

September 10, 2008

• Beaver Creek's Rendezvous with entertainment BEAVER CREEK - There's a well-kept secret in Beaver Creek that's been going on for the last 17 years.
• Erik Nielsen: the early political years As a tribute to the late Erik Nielsen, the Yukon's MP from 1957 to 1987, the Star is publishing a series of articles tracing the first 10 years of his political career.
• Campground is open again Environment Yukon has ended the partial closure of the Kusawa Lake Territorial Campground.
• Water main line contract awarded Skookum Asphalt Ltd. has been awarded the more-than $787,000 project that will connect the two new water wells being drilled in Riverdale.
• Territory helps recognize FASD Day The Yukon joined an alliance of seven jurisdictions in recognizing Tuesday as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Day.
• College hires director of first nations initatives Tosh Southwick, a member of the Kluane First Nation, has accepted a position with Yukon College as the director of First Nations Initiatives.
• Project to cost the city less A city project will come in $31,000 less than its original estimate.
• Cycling couple are prowling the Americas DAWSON CITY - They met two years ago in Tibet. She was cycling around the Far East and he was climbing Mount Everest.
• Ancient Dawson bylaws book found DAWSON CITY - The recent discovery of a printed and bound copy of the early bylaws of the City of Dawson stirred up a bit of archival rivalry recently. Mayor John Steins displayed the book, carefully wrapped in cloth, at the Aug. 5 town council meeting.
• Governments accept recommendation for mine A recommendation from the territory's assessment board to permit the Carmacks copper mine project to proceed has been accepted by the Yukon and federal governments.
• Public hearing on land scheduled for October The former Motorways trucking yard on the waterfront is closer to having its zoning changed to give bidders a better idea of what developments can go on the properties.
• Green Party to be part of debate John Streicker, the Green Party candidate for the Yukon for the federal election, along with all other local candidates will be invited to participate in CBC North's radio debate.
• Radio system will improve public safety Moving into the implementation stage for the territory's new mobile radio system puts the territory closer to meeting both the current and future needs of public safety and service workers like the RCMP, ambulance personnel and others.
• Candidate's kick-off had scant time for media Darrell Pasloski, the territory's Conservative candidate in the Oct. 14 federal election, borrowed a page from Prime Minister Stephen Harper's playbook on dealing with the local media this morning.
• Palin's selection presents few problems for Yukon: Fentie As U.S. Republican presidential nominee John McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate continues to generate media analysis, the Yukon's leader hesitates to speculate on the ramifications for the Alaska gas pipeline should McCain win the Nov. 4 election.

September 9, 2008

• Language training agreement signed Glenn Hart, the minister responsible for the French Language Services Directorate, has announced a new partnership between the Yukon government and l'Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY) to provide French language training to Yukoners.
• Erik Nielsen: the early political years As a tribute to the late Erik Nielsen, the Yukon's MP from 1957 to 1987, the Star is publishing a series of articles tracing the first 10 years of his political career.
• Cool summer helped keep river level down Record rainfall at Burwash, Beaver Creek and Faro caused flooding on the North Klondike Highway and resulted in record-high water levels downstream on the Yukon River, but cooler temperatures upstream have had the opposite effect, despite the higher-than-normal precipitation.
• Teenager facing charges after two-vehicle accident A 16-year-old driver from Whitehorse is facing charges of failing to yield the right-of-way in the wake of a two-vehicle collision this morning on Hamilton Boulevard.
• Quarry proposal stirs strong opposition City council has put off its decision on the second reading of an amendment to the Official Community Plan (OCP) to allow for a quarry off the old Livingstone Trail.
• Court hears challenge of airport work A Yukon Supreme Court justice has reserved judgment on the Kwanlin Dun First Nation's (KDFN's) application for an interlocutory injunction to halt an expansion project at the Whitehorse International Airport.
• Streicker draws support for debate eligibility John Streicker, the Yukon's Green Party candidate for the Oct. 14 federal election, is uncertain if he'll be permitted to participate in any local radio or televised debates after a consortium of national media outlets barred Green Party Leader Elizabeth May from their nationally televised debates.

September 8, 2008

• Local band enjoyed foray into Quebec The Yukon imprints itself upon her residents; each is affected differently but each one is affected.
• Erik Nielsen: the early political years The writer is a former Star editor. Part two of this feature, which was originally published in the Star's 90th anniversary special edition in 1990, will appear Tuesday.
• Aquatic centre is open again The Whitehorse Lions Aquatic Centre reopened Friday after being closed for two weeks for its annual maintenance.
• Travellers flee vehicle fire Whitehorse RCMP are reminding motorists to adjust their driving to changing conditions on the road and weather after a rollover and vehicle fire near Marsh Lake on Saturday.
• Judge ends injunction on waterfront sales Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale has terminated the injunction which suspended the sales of two prime pieces of city waterfront property.
• Physical injuries ruled out as cause of local man's death Testing has indicated that a 39-year-old Whitehorse man who died Aug. 30 following an altercation with RCMP officers did not succumb from physical injuries, according to the coroner's office.
• Man receives pen time for sexual assault A 42-year-old man will spend the next 2 1/2 years in a federal penitentiary after he was sentenced for sexual assault last week in territorial court.
• Council will vote on well project The city is moving closer to using wells for the community's water supply.
• Political friends, foes pay tribute to Nielsen Former Conservative government leader Willard Phelps says his relationship with the late Erik Nielsen dates back to the 1950s, when Nielsen was first elected MP.
• Nielsen ruled out serving a full final term Past prime ministers Lester B. Pearson and Pierre Trudeau have airports named after them, and Whitehorse businessman Rolf Hougen thinks the late Erik Nielsen, who served the Yukon as its MP for 30 years, should be similarly honoured.