Whitehorse Daily Star

May 21, 2007

• Fundraising meet a success Fifty people came out last Wednesday to support junior members of the Yukon Orienteering Association.
• Mountain View Golf Course Thursday Night Men's Commercial
• There is a point where this isn't reasonable' It started as a long weekend grad party for some Whitehorse teenagers and a camping trip for two groups of young adults from Whitehorse and the Northwest Territories, all at the Pine Lake campground.
• Governor General to visit in June Governor General Michaelle Jean will visit Whitehorse and the Yukon for the first time next month.
• Territories renew co-operation accord Addressing climate change will be a fundamental element of the Yukon and Northwest Territories Intergovernmental Relations Accord.
• Would-be robber sentenced to three years in pen An unsuccessful attempt to rob a gas station clerk has netted a local man a three-year penitentiary term.
• Blaze in hay destroys truck It appears a cigarette is to blame for a blaze which destroyed a pickup truck on Saturday evening.
• Fire destroys camper on eve of long weekend Camping season will be a little difficult for one household in the McIntyre subdivision after a fire destroyed a small camper last Friday evening.
• Proud grads bask in their achievements The first high school graduation ceremony of the year saw 91 first nations students accept their graduation certificates at the Yukon Convention Centre on Saturday
• Dry conditions see most burning permits cancelled Yukon Wildland Fire Management officials have suspended burning permits throughout the territory, with the exception of Old Crow.
• Disappearing housing stock is a crisis', Hardy believes Whitehorse Centre MLA Todd Hardy says the Yukon government must address the critical shortage of low-income housing in the downtown core.
• Lang dogged in insistance rates will drop Energy Minister Archie Lang continues to insist additional revenue from the new Minto mine will drive down electrical rates.
• Liberals inconsistent in arguments: YP The Liberals can't embrace the environment as a top priority and argue to continue the Rate Stabilization Fund, says the Yukon Party government.
• The wolves aren't the problem Wolves are hunted from Aug. 1 to March 31!

May 17, 2007

• CCA announces full Pan Am road and track teams The Canadian Cycling Association (CCA) is happy to announce the full team for the Pan American road and track championships, to be held in Valencia, Venezuela, from May 21 to 27.
• Judge set to sentence robber this afternoon A local man who pleaded guilty to robbery and disguise with intent last week for an April robbery at Bernie's Race Trac gas station will be sentenced later this afternoon.
• Bourassa plans to adjourn Ernie Bourassa is leaving the Yukon.
• Plumbing firm piped up to save hanging flowers The behind-the-scenes Main Street hanging basket benefactor has come to centre stage.
• Grim contractors snap up city's last lots The last 11 fully-serviced urban lots in Whitehorse were snatched up on Thursday afternoon during a builders' lottery.
• Students' bikes stolen, then recovered Staff at Elijah Smith Elementary School will be keeping a closer eye on the school's bike racks after two students had theirs stolen Thursday afternoon. Both have since been recovered.
• Drop-off zone will curtail dangers to kids The Ecole Whitehorse Elementary's School Council announced on Monday that thanks to funding secured by Education Minister Patrick Rouble, construction on a new safe drop-off zone will begin in the summer.
• Wheels or walkers on Mary McLeod Road? DAWSON CITY It's officially Mary McLeod Road, though some still call it the old Dome Road and still older folks call it the AC Trail.
• Gov't ignoring medical concerns: Mitchell The Yukon Party government is disregarding the concerns of doctors and nurses at the expense of the health care system, says Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell.
• Review the environmental research, proponent urges People thinking of signing a petition opposing a planned contaminated land site near Haeckel Hill may want to review the environmental research that's already been done on the plan, project proponents say.
• April weather data released Temperatures were the most noticeable weather element in April, Environment Canada reports, with the Peel River watershed recording temperatures up to four degrees above normal.
• Man sentenced for break-in A local man who pleaded guilty to one of the four break-ins at the North Dragon Restaurant this year is spending a 180-day sentence in jail.
• Three Yukoners sought by police The RCMP have asked for the public's help in locating three Yukon residents.
• Keeping an ear on the Yukon's elk Tracking the Yukon's two elk herds has begun.
• Ambulance attendants need assistance DAWSON CITY Volunteer ambulance attendants in Yukon communities are overworked, underpaid and burning out.
• FASD expert offered guidance to groups For about 30 years, Jan Lutke has been dealing with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
• Ski patrollers celebrate coveted awards When Don Wilson and Kirstie Simpson found out they were nominated for the prestigious Canadian Ski Patrol awards, neither of them could quite believe it.
• Yukon canine takes top honours at B.C. event For Bonnitta Ritchie, the top dog with the Yukon Kennel Club, it should be no surprise that her own pup was top dog at the Burns Lake Dog Show two weeks ago.
• School recycling program to end soon Students at 19 Yukon schools have just a week longer to collect outdated Northwestel Inc. telephone directories in the company's sixth annual Directory Recycling Program. This year's program began in mid-April and will end May 25.
• What happens when secret agents settle private scores Greg Rucka is a very busy scribe who has just finished being part of the writing team on an ambitious comic book project a weekly book called 52 for DC Comics. He has also been the writer for a wide variety of books, including Superman, Batman, Spider-man and the X-Men.
• Local playwright, Mitch Miyagawa's Carnaval comes to town While the setting will draw people in, it is the storytelling which will keep people in their seats for Whitehorse's latest production, Carnaval.
• Our environment must be a key issue in next election If you think for one second that we in the Yukon do not have to worry about global warming because we are too far north of Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver or even Alberta's tar sands, think again.

May 16, 2007

• Whitehorse Minor Softball League Wednesday's Results
• Wells would be safe: soil treatment proponent Fears of poisoned water wells surrounded discussion of a proposed contaminated lands facility near the Mayo cutoff.
• Gov't about to deliver' on childcare: Fentie Premier Dennis Fentie is telling parents and child care providers to 'stay tuned' for future announcements about funding the day care system.
• Working group talked Arctic security The Arctic Security Working Group (ASWG) had its first of two meetings this year at the Gold Rush Inn from Tuesday through today.
• YFL announces award, bursaries The Yukon Federation of Labour has announced it has created three youth awards/bursaries for Yukon students.
• Keep us informed, MLAs ask association DAWSON CITY Territorial opposition parties are asking Yukon municipalities to keep them in the loop.
• Towns to speak about finances DAWSON CITY The federal government will hear that Canada's towns and cities need more money.
• Dawson ferry season begins early DAWSON CITY There was no wild slide into the Yukon River this year as the George Black ferry was eased into the water with hardly a splash last Friday morning.
• First nations' staff to learn stream sampling techniques Sixteen staff from first nations in the Yukon and northern British Columbia will learn how to conduct stream bioassessment sampling at a one-week workshop set for July in Whitehorse.
• Opposition wonders when whistleblower legislation will come There is no reason for the Yukon Party government to continue to wait to put forward whistleblower legislation when it has the ability to do so on its own, say the Liberals.
• Blasting agent would need a great effort to detonate The manager of the local Yukon Pump Sales and Service Ltd. shop says the 248 kg (550 lbs.) of blasting material stolen sometime between last Friday and Tuesday is not volatile and would require a 'significant effort' to detonate.
• Age of majority photographs to be taken at vehicles branch Photo identification used for confirming age of majority, previously issued at the Yukon Liquor Corporation's Whitehorse store, will now be provided by the motor vehicles branch on Steele Street in Whitehorse.
• YTG is obligated to egotiate education duty sharing: NDP The NDP is arguing certain provisions in self-government agreements obligate the Yukon government to negotiate the sharing of responsibility of the public education system.