Whitehorse Daily Star

April 15, 2008

• YTG receives more money for policing The territorial Department of Justice is deciding how it will spend $800,000 it will be receiving from the federal government over the next five years as part of a new Police Officers Recruitment Fund.
• Poll drivers on intersection lights, councillor urges While the $1.8-million proposal to reconstruct Industrial Road is dead, the possibility of installing a regular traffic light at the four-way stop signs at Quartz Road is still on the table for discussion.
• Court told of horrific allegations of abuse A two-week civil trial against the Yukon government involving allegations of sexual abuse and torture began Monday in Yukon Supreme Court, with Justice John Richard presiding.
• Interactive Literacy Forum underway The Department of Education is a receiving site for the first Pan-Canadian Interactive Literacy Forum, sponsored by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), and provincial and territorial Ministries of Education.
• Justice consultations out to reshape the system DAWSON CITY - The Corrections Act Consultation community tour visited Dawson earlier this month, scheduling meetings with the general public, members of the Tr'ondek Hwech'in First Nation, Dawson Community Group Counselling and various other stakeholders in the administration of justice.
• Council blesses task force selections The appointments of nine volunteers to the Parks and Recreation Grants Task Force were approved by city council at its regular meeting Monday night.
• Company has burn permit extended a week An Air Curtain Destructor may extend the city's burn permit season, council was told last week.
• Housing project's timing, budget challenged The Yukon government should check its math on the proposed 30-unit development to provide accommodations for single women and children, says Liberal MLA Don Inverarity.
• Proposed condo clears another hurdle The proposal for a new four-storey commercial-residential development in Porter Creek was advanced by city council Monday night.
• Court action disappoints housing co-op The Whitehorse Housing Co-operative is disappointed the Yukon Housing Corp. (YHC) has gone to court with its desire to seize ownership of the co-op's 12 units.

April 14, 2008

• Death is now treated as a homicide The RCMP are investigating the death of a 63-year-old man whose body was found at a residential fire last month as a homicide.
• Takhini North residents file suit against city Residents of Takhini North are suing city hall. In a lengthy statement of claim filed in Yukon Supreme Court last week, the 76 residents, representing scores of duplex properties, say the city messed up horrifically when it permitted the federal government to sell the subdivision to a local business in 1998 for $2.2 million.
• Unsecured lumber caused air crash: coroner report Improperly secured cargo has been found as the cause of a plane mishap that killed a 39-year-old man in Mayo last June, according to a coroner's report. Richard Rodger died accidentally on June 2, 2007, after he sustained multiple blunt force injuries, says the report, released Friday.
• Artwork's recovery pleases minister The Yukon government is pleased the moose antlers artwork entitled Yukon Seasons has been recovered by the RCMP, Tourism and Culture Minister Elaine Taylor said Friday.
• Executive director leaves support centre A local residential school survivor support centre has lost its executive director, although he says it will continue to progress without him.
• Yukoners begin celebrating Education Week Yukoners across the territory are celebrating Education Week, which began today, and will end Friday.
• Real estate signs target of attacks Real estate signs in the Granger and Copper Ridge areas of Whitehorse are being vandalized and stolen, says the Star's outdoors columnist.
• Rejected sale of aerospace giant hailed by Yukon MP Yukon MP Larry Bagnell is applauding the federal government's rejection of the proposed sale of Canadian aerospace giant MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to Alliant Techsystems Inc. of the United States.
• Marwell Lift Station set for new parts To avoid an emergency spill of effluent waste into the Yukon River, the city is moving ahead with plans to purchase new parts for the Marwell Lift Station.
• Parties plan no more procedure motions It's not likely the NDP and Liberal opposition members will launch another co-ordinated effort to prolong consideration of the Child and Family Services Act, party leaders have indicated.

April 11, 2008

• Nurses, hospital far apart in talks The city's nurses have not been satisfied with the Whitehorse hospital's contract offers, so a mediator is being called in.
• Snowpack translates into upbeat flood forecast Southern Lakes residents should not expect another summer of record flooding, Yukon government experts are saying.
• The pending summer driving season brings higher gasoline prices Whitehorse drivers can expect to see gas prices climb leading into the summer season, as prices down south prepare to do the same, say experts.
• This bill would outlaw family fishing By the time you read this, a crucial vote on the future of wildlife management, as well as hunting and fishing, will have taken place in Ottawa.
• A classical soiree filled the Oddfellow's Hall DAWSON CITY - Dawson City and classical music don't exactly go hand-in-hand, but the ever versatile Oddfellow's Hall ballroom brought the two concepts together on the evening of March 28 for a couple of hours of highbrow entertainment that served two purposes.
• The adventurous stages of the typical marriage According to a friend of mine, sex is, apparently, the only reason you meet someone in person after "dating" him or her online. Who knew? Talk about lacking romance.
• A search for absolution crosses two generations The folks at Between the Covers made a very wise decision when they determined that David Bergen's novel needed two narrative voices.
• Help wanted in locating these Yukoners The public's assistance is requested in locating three Yukoners wanted as of noon Thursday.
• Artwork reveals little girl's story in three stages Life's Journey of Hope and Healing, the work seen in today's front-page photo, is a mixed media artwork creation by emerging artist Jenny Jackson.
• YHC files petition The Yukon Housing Corp. (YHC) has filed a petition in Yukon Supreme Court seeking to dissolve the Whitehorse Housing Co-operative.
• Child welfare act divides YTG, first nations It was everything but a normal day in the legislature Thursday.
• Charges laid in unrelated incidents A 24-year-old Whitehorse man was arrested and charged with one count each of obstructing a peace officer, attempting to disarm a peace officer, resisting arrest, uttering threats, and possession of a controlled substance early Wednesday morning after the RCMP received a 911 call.
• Carver 'thrilled' by recovery of antlers The artist of a recently-returned antler carving says he is thrilled the story has a happy ending.
• Realtor underwhelmed by lot development pace This time of year sees the most "For Sale" signs up on residents' front lawns, but realtors say there aren't enough houses to go around.