Whitehorse Daily Star

June 10, 2008

• Games centre membership sales up More Whitehorse residents are using the Canada Games Centre if membership sales are any indication.
• Judge's handling of case upheld The B.C./Yukon Court of Appeal has dismissed a Yukon man's request for a new judge. The man argued that a Yukon Supreme Court justice had ruled against his case out of personal bias.
• Students select best tobacco education ads Yukon students in Grades 5 through 12 have once again made their choice for the most effective tobacco education television advertisement from around the world.
• Leadership conference delegates visiting territory Delegates from the Yukon Study Group of the Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference made an appearance at a Riverdale day care centre Monday as part of their mandate to examine community leadership in the territory.
• PSAC regional official re-elected Jean-Francois Des Lauriers has been re-elected for a fifth term as vice-president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada's North Regional Executive.
• Hardy students deliver organ donation message A group of students from Porter Creek Secondary School marched nine kilometres through driving rain Monday morning to deliver a message to Mayor Bev Buckway about organ donation.
• Masonic Lodge's proposal approved Members of the Masonic Lodge are closer to having a new home after city council voted in favour of an appeal to permit the side-yard setback to be relaxed at 1500 Centennial St. in Porter Creek.
• Development agreement to be signed City council has voted in favour of moving ahead with a development agreement on the proposed Summit Apartments in Hillcrest.
• Education reform project goes multimedia "Can you move over two chairs, just like you were on the (Jay) Leno show or Oprah?" asked Maria LeRose, "host" of last evening's New Horizons: Honouring Our Commitment to the Future event. "Once we have our own show, we'll have our own band and music playing."
• Two wildfires being fought in Dawson district Two wildfires have been reported in the Dawson City fire district.
• Council foils trailer park proponent's plans At a time when it's difficult for first-time home buyers to break into the housing market, it's disappointing city council opted not to re-visit its decision that spurned the rezoning of land for a new trailer park, says its former developer.

June 9, 2008

• College marks anniversaries, graduates 200-plus "Sometimes it's easier to be an ostrich," Kawina Robichaud said during Yukon College's graduation ceremony held Saturday.
• Bank's staff helps cancer research At noon Friday, Pearl Pearson shaved her head.
• Court reserves decision The three visiting justices in the spring sitting of the B.C./Yukon Court of Appeal have reserved judgment on a case involving the Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board (WCB) which dates back to 2002.
• Best argument for sovereignty is northerners, senator says Best argument for sovereignty is northerners, senator says
• Bus riders enjoyed a free transit day Rising gas prices didn't seem to be a deciding factor in taking a free ride from the city on Clean Air Day last Wednesday.
• Centre's closure unjustified: opposition parties Outcry from parents, opposition parties and media coverage appear to have bought Curious Buddies Day/Night Care and Pre-School some time to comply with government safety regulations.

June 6, 2008

• First of all, the "Things you would not believe but true" category. As for the accompanying photo this week, I even found hard to believe, so I took a picture of it.
• Weewerk signs a pair of rising stars In May, the small, Toronto-based record label Weewerk signed two dazzling new artists, Canteen Knockout and The Travelling Band.
• Beginning again with the alphabet mysteries I read A is for Alibi not that long after it first appeared in paperback in the mid-1980s as a result of hearing an interview Peter Gzowski did with Sue Grafton on Morningside.
• DreamNorth Theatre has much ado about Shakespeare The words of William Shakespeare will come to life once again this summer, as the Toronto-based DreamNorth Theatre Company plans to present the comedy Much Ado About Nothing, to be held in Shipyards Park beginning June 13.
• A touch of Irish bluegrass swings the ballroom DAWSON CITY - The Belfast String Band rocked the Oddfellows' Hall ballroom on May 29 with nearly three hours of swing and country-tinged bluegrass.
• 'Sometimes they feel just like family' The baby mountain goat at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve may not have a name yet, but she has a friend-a month-old muskox named Jesse.
• Students lauded for bettering their community The Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation has saluted two Whitehorse students for their 2008 millennium excellence awards (entrance level).
• City may disown two distant sisters It takes a lot to disown a family member, but at the municipal level it can be done with a quick vote.
• Money proposed for roads in Whitehorse Whitehorse roads could be getting a $300,000-injection.
• City officials approve planned duplex change Two could become three.
• RCMP seeking whereabouts of this trio The public's assistance is requested in locating three Yukoners wanted as of noon Wednesday.
• Youth resilience was subject of meeting Parents, teachers, students, principals, health workers, justice workers and many others filled a conference room at the High Country Inn last Friday to discuss the hows and whys about resilience in children and youth.
• Pioneers helped build transportation network Two men who helped build the territory's transportation system were inducted into the Yukon Transportation Hall of Fame on Tuesday evening.
• Surveying company sued by government The Yukon government has filed a civil action suit against Lamerton and Associates, a professional surveying company, for its failure to complete its contractual work at the Whitehorse Copper subdivision.
• Spook Creek building owners seek encroachment pact The Spook Creek building on Quartz Road is encroaching on yet another agreement to use city land around Earl's Restaurant.
• Elk tick program will continue as is "It's a complex problem with complex solutions," said government biologist Rick Ward, of the winter tick epidemic amongst elk in the territory.
• Hillcrest apartments take another step New apartments in Hillcrest are getting closer to being built as the city moves ahead with a development agreement for the site.
• Council to vote on rezoning application City council could approve second and third readings of a zoning bylaw that would see a 0.24-hectare piece of land off MacDonald Road at its Monday night meeting.
• Campfire safety urged With the fire danger rating currently high to extreme in the Kluane fire district and an increase in campers expected in Haines Junction for this weekend's Alsek Music Festival, fire officials with Wildland Fire Management are urging the public to be cautious with any kind of burning.
• Film reels in Cannes screening Paul Davis rides his bike to work in -40C weather.
• Man jailed two years for extortion, mischief A 40-year-old Teslin man convicted of extortion and mischief received a two-year jail sentence and one year's probation Thursday in Yukon Supreme Court. He will serve the sentence at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre.
• Porter Creek lots proposed for development The Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce is praising a move by the city that could have new single-family lots on the market later this year.