Whitehorse Daily Star

July 31, 2008

• More cadets to graduate this evening Twenty Royal Canadian Army Cadets will graduate from their first summer of training at the Whitehorse Cadet Summer Training Centre near Mary Lake this evening.
• Mackey could be named toughest athlete After becoming the first musher to win both the Yukon Quest and Iditarod sled-dog races this year, Lance Mackey is up against 32 other athletes - ranging from BMX freestyle rider Matt Huffman to bull rider Lane Frost - in determining the toughest athlete.
• Japanese hosts' hospitality impressed Yukoners Local students say they were amazed by the friendly hospitality they were welcomed with during their visit earlier this month to Ushiku, Japan, one of Whitehorse's sister cities.
• Mailed food program to be reviewed A review of a long-standing federal program to reduce the cost of fresh food for northerners must not compromise the program's integrity, Yukon MP Larry Bagnell said Monday.
• Major heritage festival to start Friday Diverse ethnic communities representing nations such as Vietnam, India, the Phillippines, Japan, China, France, Israel, Greece, Mexico and more will be celebrating their cultures this weekend at the first and annual Whitehorse Heritage Festival.
• Man on Greyhound bus going to Winnipeg stabbed, then beheaded victim: passenger Shocked passengers aboard a Greyhound bus in Manitoba said the attack was incomprehensible.
• Beautification committee proposed for Dawson DAWSON CITY - There are a number of things Dawson City could do to spruce itself up.
• No-call list could help Yukon businesses The upcoming national do-not-call list could be good news for business in the city and territory, says the president of the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce.
• Accord Signed Premier Dennis Fentie

July 30, 2008

• It's time for the rainmaker to go away DAWSON CITY - I can think of at least three ways to begin this week's column.
• Fidler's Cam and Legs to run in Calgary Brian Fidler has had his hands full with his latest production - literally.
• New jail to be called 'healing centre' The Yukon's environmental screening board has given its approval to construct the new correctional centre to replace the aging facility in Whitehorse.
• Man claims he hasn't gotten full compensation for injury A 51-year-old Whitehorse resident has filed a claim against the Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board.
• Stalled sewage treatment plans start moving again DAWSON CITY - Progress is being made on alternative sites and methods of sewage treatment in Dawson City.
• Bird enthusiasts end a year on the road They're back and happy to be home near the Yukon wilderness.
• Yukon government and first nation ink partnership accord The Yukon government and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) ramped up the "working together" stakes this week after signing an Intergovernmental Relations Accord and an agreement to collaborate on a new cultural centre in Haines Junction.
• New regulations are in effect as hunting season starts soon With this Friday's arrival of the fall hunting season, the Department of Environment wants hunters to be aware of new regulations.
• Airline's Profit Soar An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737
• A Tiny Friend Malkholm Boothroyd of Whitehorse
• Injury case returns to courtroom A visiting Supreme Court justice has reserved judgment on a point of law involving a woman's allegation that the City of Whitehorse should be held responsible because she slipped and fell on a slippery sidewalk.
• Female chinook numbers are down from past years A noticeable decline in the number of female chinook returning in this summer's below-average salmon run up the Yukon River is even further cause for pause.
• B.C. taps Yukon for firefighters With few wildfires hitting the territory this season, 18 Yukon firefighters have been sent to B.C. to help battle a 150-hectare blaze near Chetwynd.
• Tomatoes Blossom into Donation Sales of tomato plants generated $2,000

July 29, 2008

• Kwanlin Dun contemplates launching court case The territorial government could be up against another first nation in Yukon Supreme Court over the sale of Whitehorse waterfront land and the tender process involved in its disposal.
• Hand Over Hand Yukon MP Larry Bagnell
• Liquor rules' limbo frustrates businessman An unexplained delay in bringing new liquor regulations into force has left a Yukon businessman high and dry.
• GIS earnings exemption raised for northern seniors The Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) will provide an additional $500,000 in GIS payments to more than 700 working seniors in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
• Yukoners attending conference in Yellowknife Deputy Premier Elaine Taylor and several Yukon first nations women are representing the Yukon at the second annual National Aboriginal Women's Summit.
• Needle awareness workshop planned Blood Ties Four Directions will host a needle safety awareness workshop at 7:00 this evening at the Whitehorse Public Library.
• Company agrees to maintain Faro mine site An Ontario-based company has been awarded the contract to take over care and maintenance of the Faro mine next year.
• Injunction freezes sale of waterfront lots Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale has granted the Ta'an Kwach'an Council the injunction it sought to suspend the tender for two Yukon government-owned waterfront lots in downtown Whitehorse.