Whitehorse Daily Star

October 29, 2007

• Help is on the way, minister assures youth A pilot project aimed at dealing with youth homelessness may be in place by the new year.
• Yukon MP meets the Dalai Lama, chairs rural caucus The self-governing and land claims agreements of many Yukon first nations could be important for Tibet in gaining autonomy within China, the Dalai Lama told the territory's MP Monday in Ottawa.
• Penikett to visit city next week Tony Penikett, the former two-term NDP premier of the Yukon, will be in Whitehorse next week to discuss aboriginal land claims and read from his new book.
• Man may to go Wellness Court A Whitehorse man convicted of sexual assault and uttering threats to cause bodily harm was put under consideration for the Community Wellness Court on Monday.
• City looking for photos of jackets There were thousands of Canada Winter Games volunteers in orange jackets wandering around Whitehorse last February and March.
• N.W.T. blaze proves fatal AKLAVIK, N.W.T. (CP) RCMP in the Northwest Territories are trying to identify human remains found in the charred ruins of a cabin.
• Don't exterminate elk, says NDP MLA The NDP's Environment critic doesn't want to see the Yukon's population of wild elk slaughtered.
• Agriculture subdivision changes let farmers remain on the land Amendments proposed for the territory's Subdivision Act would bring legislation in line with the 2006 Yukon Agriculture Policy.
• September was a month of balmy temperatures Once again, most of the territory saw above-normal temperatures for September, continuing the trend of the summer, the Yukon Weather Centre reports.
• Ferry rides end earlier this year DAWSON CITY Last Friday was the day they pulled the George Black ferry out of the Yukon River this year.

October 28, 2007

• FASSY executive director will leave territory next year A voice and advocate for those who live with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) will be leaving the territory next year.
• We had our hearts broken in two' It's been 20 years since the stories of abuse at Indian residential schools started surfacing in the territory through radio and television productions by Northern Native Broadcasting Yukon.
• Iceland excursion to raise funds for diabetes fight Anyone who doubts that every challenge is really an opportunity in disguise need look no further than Sharon Nehring-Willson's example.
• Youth stress need for local shelter About 20 young people slept outside the Elijah Smith Building on Friday night in an organized effort to raise awareness about Whitehorse's lack of an emergency youth shelter.
• Government participated in oil and gas symposium The Yukon again partnered with other northern governments to host the second Northern Oil and Gas Best Management Practices Symposium in Inuvik.
• Social assistance rates will rise, but increase unknown Social assistance rates could be on the rise in the territory, but just how much they will increase remains unknown.
• CAW to help with well repairs in Carmacks The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union will send members to Carmacks next spring to help repair some 90 wells in use by the Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation.
• Public accounts show big surplus in money, assets The territory and Alberta are the only two jurisdictions in the country not to be in debt, according to the Yukon government's 2006/2007 public accounts report tabled in the legislature last Thursday.
• Council member appointments extended Additional roles city council members take on as deputy and reserve mayors, committee chairs and vice-chairs and ad hoc and special committee appointments will continue until the end of November.

October 25, 2007

• River settlers should have been left alone, says author Dan O'Neill's basic thesis in this book is that there is room for a culture of wilderness river dwellers along the banks of the Yukon River and that it has been destroyed by over-regulation and the misguided conservation efforts of the American parks service in Alaska.
• Taking a fine Canadian journey in 60 minutes DAWSON CITY One day in early July, I spent an hour travelling through 1,000 years of Canadian history.
• Tribute albums highlight two new music releases The life and death of iconic rock musician Kurt Cobain (Feb. 20, 1967 to Apr. 5, 1994), has been revived with a new documentary about him, entitled Kurt Cobain: About A Son. Being released alongside the film is this soundtrack.
• Territory enters era of $900-M budgets A $99-million surplus shows the Yukon government has the money to spend dealing with social issues, say the territory's two opposition parties.
• Businessman recalled for his kindly nature David Martin Gilbert's family members remember him as 'a calm, quiet man' who was a wonderful father, brother and husband.
• First nations relations surface in house The relationship between first nations and the Yukon government has always been 'up and down' regardless of which party is in power at the time, says Andy Carvill, grand chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN).
• Grandfather's journey led man to the Yukon DAWSON CITY On Aug. 18, Bill and Marilyn Sparks came as close as they could to fulfilling a dream Bill has had since he was a young boy.
• French officer spent month learning English As a member of France's military mobile policing unit, Staff Sgt. Laurent Martra's career has taken him from his home in France to Bosnia and, most recently, patrolling for a bear seen around homes in Old Crow.
• Charrette will yield useful plan, mayor believes Mayor Bev Buckway is sold on this week's four-day sustainable planning exercise which concluded Thursday.
• Police seeking three accused Yukon men The public's assistance is requested in locating three Yukon men wanted by the RCMP as of noon Wednesday.
• City agrees to help Yukon Council on Disability City council voted to break precedence last week, funding a grant to the Yukon Council on Disability.