Whitehorse Daily Star

May 10, 2007

• I'm in heaven ...' says visiting playwright Anna Chatterton Anna Chatterton is stifling in her hotel room at the Westmark Whitehorse Hotel after a busy day at the Young Authors' Conference and a CBC radio interview when we sit down to chat about writing and teaching.
• Books bring a touch of tundra and a dram of Dresden Tundra seems to be the North's answer to Gary Larson.
• Language instruction, support help immigrants adapt to Yukon Language instruction, orientation to the workplace and more efficient regulating systems for professionals could do much to support the integration of new immigrants into Yukon life, according to local program co-ordinators providing support services to new immigrants.
• Fast, loud punk from around the globe In this modern age where the term punk can mean anything in a wide range of melodic styles, Society's Parasites return the word to its roots.
• After flying with Yorky, I know that God lives on Last month, I received an e-mail dealing with my writings on evolution. The question pondered by the person was, with all my mentioning of evolution, do I believe there is a God?
• Story of missing pilot may become a movie For the past 38 years, local author Jane Gaffin has thought someone should make a movie about Edward Hadgkiss.
• Thank God for the fire department' The cause of Thursday's fire that roared through the second storey of a 1940s-vintage home in Porter Creek remains unknown today, though Whitehorse RCMP are looking for three young people.
• New jail to be built next to existing one: minister After spending five years looking at options for the Whitehorse Correctional Centre, the Yukon Party government has announced it will build the new jail in the same spot.
• Education reform still up in the air Ask Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) Grand Chief Andy Carvill if the Education Reform Project is still an equal partnership with the territorial government and he smiles.
• Bike thieves becoming bold and resourceful, police say Spring is in the air and it seems like everyone in town is trying to get out on a bike regardless of whether the ride is theirs.
• Dad cycling to help kids with epilepsy He's got a broken finger and just hit another flat tire, but Glenn Fenster isn't going to let anything stop him.
• Motion seeks review of MLAs' salaries The NDP wants the government to establish an independent, non-partisan commission to examine the rate of pay for the Yukon's elected representatives.
• Decades-long Shakwak project nearing end Golden Hill Ventures of Whitehorse has submitted the low bid of $13.8 million for the final leg of the Shakwak highway project.
• Youth takes to the air before the road A Yukon teen has earned his pilot's licence one year before he's eligible to drive.
• Consider end-of-life plans, Yukoners urged Yukon residents are being asked to consider their own deaths and what arrangements they'd like to see made when they're close to the end.
• Pilot project involves use of carts to collect rubbish New garbage and compost carts for the city are set to be put to the test in Porter Creek at the end of this month.
• Help sought in finding wanted men The public's assistance is requested in locating three wanted Whitehorse men.
• Campground permits easier to buy Beginning this camping season, Yukon residents will be able to purchase their $50 annual campground permits from private vendors in Whitehorse and the communities, in addition to the usual government outlets.

May 9, 2007

• Appointment provokes strong reaction on college campus The appointment of Dr. Terry Weninger as the president of Yukon College has numerous members of the Yukon College Employees' Union up in arms.
• MLAs approve NDP's smoking legislation The Yukon's legislative assembly has a tremendous opportunity before it right now, says Rob Cunningham, a senior policy analyst and lawyer with the Canadian Cancer Society.
• KDFN election goes back to court A visiting judge will wait until Friday to decide whether he can rule on the 2005 Kwanlin Dun First Nation (KDFN) election.
• Travellers are missing Fort St. John, B.C. RCMP are asking residents from both northern British Columbia and the Yukon to help them find a pair of travellers.
• Aboriginal supplier directory created Northwestel Inc. has compiled a new supplier directory to help the company work more effectively with first nation and aboriginal businesses across the North.
• Power deal meetings on Yukon Energy and officials with the Sherwood Copper Corp. continue to meet in attempts to save an agreement to supply the new Minto mine with hydroelectric power.
• Locals wandered into Dragons' Den Brave enough to enter the Dragons' Den?
• Settlement land proposed for sewage lagoon DAWSON CITY The latest Tr'ond'k Hw'ch'in First Nation general assembly has authorized the chief and council to propose a parcel of settlement land for Dawson's new sewage lagoon.
• Wind power is saving Northwestel money An alternative energy project initiated by Northwestel Inc. is showing signs of success.
• Help on the way for broken streets The city is set to spend $700,000 to resurface crumbling streets.

May 8, 2007

• It moved so fast, over a great distance' A Riverdale couple was so convinced they saw unidentified flying objects over Grey Mountain on Monday evening that they called the RCMP and the local air traffic control tower.
• More charges laid after major drug bust More charges have been laid against three people Whitehorse RCMP arrested early last Saturday morning while executing a search warrant on a Riverdale townhouse.
• Fentie rules out governance as discussion topic The question of governance is not on the table for discussion in relation to education reform, says Premier Dennis Fentie.
• Official gives the scoop on loader woes The city is looking to buy a $230,000 front end loader to replace the $196,000 lemon it acquired in 2005.
• Centre ready to match students with jobs Hunting season is here.
• Charrette participants plan Takhini's future Area residents, an architect and city planners sat down last Saturday to develop the future look of the Takhini North subdivision.
• Firm looks to treat contaminated soil A local company is looking to develop a contaminated lands site off the Alaska Highway west of Whitehorse.
• Carmacks students head east for competition While high school students often depart on educational trips to other cities, Halifax isn't exactly a common destination.