Whitehorse Daily Star

July 11, 2007

• The alarm bell has been sounded' All 12 volunteer ambulance attendants in Dawson City walked off the job at 10:00 this morning in support of their Watson Lake colleagues.
• First Nations Bank open for business A new bank has quietly opened its doors in Whitehorse that caters to the first nations community the only bank of its kind in the territories.
• Ships breaking promise as opposed to ice: MP With the purchase of up to eight seasonal ice-breaking ships, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has broken a promise to the North, says the territory's MP.
• Small fire detected in Dawson district A new forest fire was detected in the Dawson fire district Wednesday afternoon.
• Skills Canada Yukon gets cash infusion Education Minister Patrick Rouble has announced nearly $75,000 in continued funding for Skills Canada Yukon.
• Forestry firms feel shut out, planners say The Yukon government is shutting out local companies from large forestry contracts, say some forest planners.
• Education administrators meeting here The territorial Department of Education is hosting the Canadian Association of School Administrators' annual conference and Summer Leadership Academy.
• Compensation board boasts $3-million surplus After years of paying out more money than it collects, the Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board (WCB) is back in the black.

July 10, 2007

• Fire guts room at Chilkoot Trail Inn A 49-year-old man has been charged with arson after a fire destroyed a room at the Chilkoot Trail Inn Tuesday evening.
• YTG was warned of ambulance volunteers' woes The Yukon government had plenty of warning that an ambulance crisis was imminent, according to the Association of Yukon Communities' (AYC's) president.
• Firefighters called to mobile home park There was no damage from fire to a trailer that was being put in place at the Takhini Mobile Home Park Tuesday evening.
• Klondyke Harvest Fair to take a breather The Yukon Agriculture Association has decided to cancel this year's annual Klondyke Harvest Fair.
• General assembly to affect campground Kluane National Park will be playing host to members of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nation later this month when the first nations hold their general assembly July 27-29.
• Residents' concerns rising with lake level MARSH LAKE Residents of the Marsh Lake area are growing concerned with the rising lake levels outside their homes.
• Water advisory possible Health officials are considering a boil water advisory in the Southern Lakes region.
• Fire's activity slows Fire officials are reporting little growth on the Eagle River fire (OC-3), burning approximately five kilometres from the Eagle Plains Lodge on the Dempster Highway.

July 9, 2007

• We were very reluctant to give up our radios' All eight active attendants who operate the volunteer ambulance service in Watson Lake quit Monday morning.
• Man facing firearms charges after incident A Teslin man is facing numerous firearms charges after a gun was fired early Sunday morning.
• Outfitters disappointed with court ruling The Yukon Outfitters Association is expressing its disappointment with last week's Yukon Supreme Court ruling which upheld the 2002 revocation of Klaas Heynen's hunting concession.
• Sprinklers set up around lodge A site protection plan has been developed to protect property that may be threatened by a wildfire burning in the Old Crow fire district.
• Land disposition process ridiculous': Graham For the sake of transparency and efficiency, city council should take responsiblity for land disposition within Whitehorse boundaries, the deputy mayor says.
• Utility opened river gates early Yukon Energy has used every option at its disposal to help with rising water levels in the territory's Southern Lakes region.
• YTG is responding, minister says The fact that government personnel and property owners know higher water is coming is an advantage, Community Services Minister Glenn Hart said Monday.
• River devouring bank near trail Erosion is a problem near the city's Millennium Trail.
• Call out for trust fund proposals The Yukon Forum is soliciting proposals for projects from Yukon first nation governments and territorial government departments for the 2007 Northern Strategy Trust Funding.
• Search on for missing boaters YELLOWKNIFE (CP) Aircraft, boats and an RCMP dog team are searching for two young people who were adrift in Great Slave Lake.
• Western premiers poised to listen to first nations' woes Western premiers are prepared to hear about the social conditions of aboriginal people from first nations leaders next year.
• YTG, chamber of commerce launch business directory The territorial Department of Economic Development, in partnership with the Yukon Chamber of Commerce, has publicly launched the Yukon business directory website www.directoryyukon.com as part of the government's investment attraction strategy.