Whitehorse Daily Star

March 6, 2008

• Chinese firm to invest in tungsten deposit A $19.4-million investment into North American Tungsten by a major Chinese mineral producer was announced Wednesday afternoon.
• Offenders, victim's healing crucial: expert An Ontario-based Crown prosecutor says he hopes to see a greater recognition that the healing of offenders and victims has to play a more dominant role in the criminal justice system.
• Potential TB exposure being taken 'seriously' Staff and inmates at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre are being screened for tuberculosis after one inmate was hospitalized by the airborne infection.
• The weather is warm and the snow's deep on the trail This town of 350 people triples in size when the Iditarod comes through, as it did Wednesday.
• Meeting on issues about intellectual disabilities set Are communities in Canada making people with intellectual disabilities vulnerable?
• Local students back from UN event Evan Manning and Kaitlin Knutson recently returned from the Northern Model United Nations hosted at the Tree of Peace Friendship Centre Feb. 15-16 in in Yellowknife.
• No injuries in school bus mishap Two students on board a school bus were uninjured in a minor accident yesterday due to a quick-thinking bus driver, a spokesperson from Takhini Transport said today.
• Takhini North residents shown development options City planners presented Takhini North residents with two design concepts at a meeting Wednesday evening.

March 5, 2008

• Subdivision expansion raises some concerns One resident is leery of plans to expand the Fox Haven subdivision, city council was told.
• We're a culture 'awash in cosmetic surgery' A women's studies doctoral candidate is making several appearances in Whitehorse this week to discuss the juncture between feminism, popular culture and cosmetic body modification.
• Jail work bids barrel past YTG's estimate Bids received for renovations to the Whitehorse Correctional Centre have come in more than double what the Yukon government has budgeted.
• Mining firm directors told to pay 75 per cent of fees Two of the directors of Aurora Mines Inc., the registered holder of placer gold claims near Mayo, have been ordered to pay 75 per cent of fees incurred from an application they made to restrain the transfer of the mines' ownership to another company.
• Environmental grants sought The Raven Recycling Society and Vanier Catholic Secondary School are applying for $1,894 from the city's Environmental Fund.
• KVA redefines mandate, examines downsizing DAWSON CITY - The Klondike Visitors Association (KVA) has been engaged in some navel-gazing over the last couple of years.
• Fentie at oil, gas meeting Premier Denis Fentie planned to promote the Yukon's oil and gas sector at the Arctic Gas Symposium in Calgary today.
• Threats were ambiguous, judge says in acquitting man A 42-year-old Dawson City man had two charges of uttering threats to cause bodily harm dismissed in territorial court last week due to their ambiguous nature, according to a written decision by Judge Karen Ruddy.
• Budget money shift proposed The city's director of administration is asking council to approve shifting $7.8 million from last year's budget to 2008's.
• Apartment complex project pursued Northern Vision Development is asking city council to permit the second phase of a Summit Apartment complex project in Hillcrest.
• Recommendations for subdivision called 'doable' The Carcross-Tagish First Nation is ready to move forward with its subdivision plans after they were approved by the Yukon Environmental Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB).
• Mining company is readying responses to board's questions The company proposing the Carmacks copper mine intends to make a quick and full response to questions raised last week by the assessment board, says a company spokeswoman.

March 4, 2008

• Councillors check triplex project area Two city councillors have strayed from their regular duties to investigate sunlight complaints about a proposed downtown development themselves.
• Premier reports on meeting with governor Premier Dennis Fentie and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have added climate change concerns to their intergovernmental discussions and agreements.
• Premier asked to halt attacks and concentrate on education After returning from Alaska, Premier Dennis Fentie is firing back at the Whitehorse Elementary School Council's chair, saying he is misrepresenting facts with "voodoo math".
• Iditarod's Canadian mushers are hanging in ROHN, Alaska- The Iditarod is just over a day old, and already the teams are arriving in Rohn, Alaska, a couple of hundred miles out.
• Market society seeks use of parking lot again The Fireweed Market Society has renewed a request to city hall for permission to operate on a waterfront parking lot following a successful 2007 season.
• Centre's attendance calculation queried The assistant manager of the Canada Games Centre has told city council that about 2,000 people use the centre every day, indicating numbers are up.