Whitehorse Daily Star

October 24, 2007

• Host society boss explains its withdrawal from championships Releasing the 2008 World Junior Weightlifting Championships was not an easy decision to make, but one the Whitehorse host society felt was necessary, says the society's chief executive officer.
• YTG shifts ambulance services responsibility As the government starts recruiting full-time paramedics for ambulance service in Dawson City and Watson Lake, the management of the ambulance services through the territory will move from the Department of Health and Social Services to the Department of Community Services.
• Ministers hear trade pact, health care concerns The Yukon government was quizzed on everything from trade agreements to social issues Tuesday night as Premier Dennis Fentie wrapped up his final community tour in the territory's capital.
• Downtown housing projects get go-ahead A housing development downtown can go ahead after city council voted Monday night to grant the conditional use application for the project.
• Youth plan to sleep outside Members of the Whitehorse Youth Coalition will be sleeping in front of the Elijah Smith Building on Main Street Friday night to raise awareness of the city's need for an emergency youth shelter.
• Students joined global movement DAWSON CITY Students from the Robert Service School joined millions of schoolchildren from 42 countries earlier this month in walking to school the morning of Oct. 12.
• Former chief making bid to regain the job Of the four candidates running in the Nov. 5 electin for chief of the Liard First Nation, one name may remind voters of an incident they'd rather forget.
• Arkell expansion contract awarded by city council Inukshuk Planning and Development will oversee plans for the expansion of the Arkell subdivision.
• Government funds youth recruitment project The territorial Department of Economic Development and l'Association franco-yukonnaise (l'AFY) have teamed up for a labour market project aimed at young workers.

October 23, 2007

• Weightlifting event would have brought 700 people Whitehorse will not be playing host to the 2008 Junior World Weightlifting Championships due to a dispute with the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), the host society announced this morning.
• Liberals to propose bills on energy, better consultation Yukoners could be selling off excess energy to Yukon Energy if the official Opposition Liberals have their way in the legislature this sitting, which will begin tomorrow.
• Elk should be eliminated, biologist says The Yukon must not mess around with the winter tick infesting the Yukon's elk, says a career biologist.
• Land applications not being stalled: Fentie A Haines Junction man who wants to build a new home hopes the Yukon government will now let him get started on the project after what appears to be a 'mistake' by the territorial land branch.
• Old cribs will be relocated DAWSON CITY In what may at first sound like an odd proposition, the City of Dawson has recently purchased a couple of historic brothels.
• Students help out program for the homeless The No Fixed Address Outreach Van of Whitehorse received a generous donation from the students of Selkirk and Whitehorse elementary schools last week in recognition of Poverty and Homelessness Action Week.

October 22, 2007

• McLean Lake controversy returns to council Whitehorse city council could face further court action or even the involvement of the territory's Community Services minister if it rezones four hectares of land near McLean Lake for a concrete batch plant, council heard at its meeting Monday night.
• Deferment sought on Whitehorse city council is asking a property owner on Squatter's Row to let it defer its decision on whether her lot can be extended.
• Unusual all-female jury acquitted man of charges Crown prosecutor Noel Sinclair says an all-female jury's acquittal of Wayne Silverfox shows the prosecution did not prove its case against the 51-year-old beyond a reasonable doubt.
• Crime Stoppers issues alert Crime Stoppers Yukon has issued word of a Canada-wide warrant for a 28-year-old man who was allegedly involved in an international auto theft ring that began in the fall of 2001 and continued until the summer of 2003.
• Historic properties owners receive funding The Yukon government's Historic Properties Assistance Program is providing $82,410 for the restoration and preservation of 11 privately-owned historic properties.
• Council adopts city trail plan City trails could be taking up more of the municipal budget this year if council members agree with some of Coun. Doug Graham's suggestions.
• Air North soars into national award Joe Sparling, president and chief executive officer of Air North, has won the Transportation Association of Canada's Achievement Award.
• Yukon Forum approves $15.8 million in projects First nations and the territorial government met at the Yukon Forum last Friday to discuss the implementation reviews of the final and self-government agreements and to approve the latest projects under the Northern Strategy Trust Fund.