Whitehorse Daily Star

May 7, 2007

• RCMP target prolific and priority offenders' Drugs, nine guns and $20,000 in cash were seized by Whitehorse RCMP early last Saturday morning.
• Accused will have case moved to B.C. The trial into the marijuana grow operations found in the Copper Ridge subdivision in 2005 continued this morning.
• Territorial employees approve agreement The approximately 2,200 government employees represented by the Yukon Employees Union have voted to ratify a new three-year collective agreement.
• City will host open house on referendum The first of a series of public open houses on the upcoming greenbelt referendum will be held tonight.
• Mayor to travel to ball The mayor is looking to travel to Dawson city to go to a ball.
• Education power must be shared: critic The ability to share power and governance is needed if the territory's education system is ever going to be truly reformed, says NDP Education critic Steve Cardiff.
• Canada Games Centre sought The city's Canada Games Centre could be set to take the world stage for weightlifting.
• College's acting president will stay on The new president at Yukon College is not a new face.
• Association boasts new face, new attitude Six industry representatives together with seven tourism association appointees comprise the new board of directors of TIA Yukon.
• First nation receives Health and Social Services Minister Brad Cathers has announced a $300,000-grant to the Tr'ond'k Hw'ch'in First Nation to improve and expand child care services in Dawson City.

May 6, 2007

• Two plead guilty to producing marijuana Two men entered guilty pleas in territorial court this morning to producing marijuana as the trial over several grow operations in the city resumed.
• Watson Lake school gets failing grade again The Fraser Institute has once again given Watson Lake Secondary School a failing grade.
• Show visitors given food, asked for donations Ten thousand visitors to the Lake Laberge Lions Club trade show had the chance to eat chicken, subs, cookies and drink coffee to raise money for charity.
• Accident injures Vancouver man Police are still investigating a Sunday afternoon single-vehicle accident involving an SUV and a lamppost on Robert Service Way.
• Annual bike auction set for Saturday Whitehorse residents shopping for a new bike may want to hold off until Saturday.
• Mine deal can be salvaged, Lang believes Energy Mines and Resources Minister Archie Lang is confident a multimillion-dollar energy deal with the new Minto mine can be saved.
• Education reformers gagged, MLA says The contents of two letters sent to the Education Reform project amount to gag orders, says NDP Education critic Steve Cardiff.
• River's break-up burned the bannock DAWSON CITY Freda Roberts was cooking bannock on the riverside porch of the D‰noj‡ Zho Cultural Centre when she heard someone banging something loud to get her attention.

May 3, 2007

• Yukon artist Nicole Bauberger to be busy in Calgary, Ontario Whitehorse painter Nicole Bauberger will tour her work across the country this spring.
• Maria Muldaur is Naughty, Bawdy & Blue Maria Muldaur's latest album, Naughty, Bawdy & Blue, is a unique concept which goes well beyond a regular tribute CD.
• Trapper Dan sings quintessential Yukon themes Yukon mannerisms were never more prevalent than they are in musician Dan Halen's debut CD, The Bear Essentials.
• Cross-Canada collection of writers visit Whitehorse The 28th edition of the Young Authors' Conference began Thursday with Darren Hays, principal at F.H. Collins Secondary School, confessing he has discovered a newfound appreciation for the written word after losing his voice for an extended period the year before.
• The right food can make the difference when camping For the past 40 years, I have been an outdoor columnist for many newspapers as well as magazines.
• The authors are going to Whitehorse, and I'll be there DAWSON CITY As I write this column on Tuesday morning, we are a day away from the beginning of the Yukon Writers' Festival, which began Wednesday and runs until May 10 in Whitehorse.
• The characters in books often make the story worth it I have earlier dealt with the two volumes of Top Ten stories, each of which was a serial graphic novel in which we could sort of say that Hill Street Blues met the Justice League.
• Takhini North residents are invited to charette tomorrow Takhini North residents have been encouraged to set aside $24,000 worth of cost concerns to participate in a planning workshop on the future of their neighbourhood.
• White Stripes fans spent a chilly night After more than 12 hours of waiting for many White Stripes fans, it took only 12 minutes to learn whether they will get to see the concert next month at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Ex-Canadian Tire store to become CYFN offices A deal worth somewhere around $4.5 million to purchase the former Canadian Tire store has been inked by the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN), it was announced Thursday afternoon.
• Business broken into yet again Two Whitehorse men are facing charges after another break-in at Bernie's Race Trac Gas.
• Great horned owl recovers, soars again On the count of three, Linda Bonnefoy threw her arms forward, and a feathered blur swooped out into the air.
• Midwifery group plans Saturday parade With International Midwives Day set for Saturday, Yukoners will get to learn about midwife services and an organization that's pushing for those services to be covered under the territory's health care plan.
• Police seek three local men The public's assistance is requested in locating three men sought by the Whitehorse RCMP.
• Yukoner funds new research program When Rick Nielsen was awarded a $20,000 fellowship by Action Canada last July, he was at a loss regarding what to do with the money.
• Fair matches employers to workers Dozens of local employers and hundreds of prospective employees descended upon the Westmark Whitehorse Hotel on Thursday for the 2007 Yukon Job Fair.
• Residential school survivor launches lawsuit Residential school abuse survivors across the country are deciding whether to accept the proposed court settlement over the schools.
• Restaurant will embrace the past Main Street will soon be heading back to the 1950s.
• Appraisal sets out developers' profit The developers of a new country residential subdivision next to the Meadow Lakes Golf and Country Club stand to make a profit of almost $1 million.
• MLAs blame each other for stall in legislature Debate in the legislature fell silent early yesterday after quorum was not achieved and the Speaker was obligated to adjourn the house until Monday.
• Keep out genetically modified seeds: petition A petition calling for a 10-year moratorium on the use of genetically modified seeds in the Yukon took root on Earth Day (April 22), with more than 100 signatures gathered.
• Man envisions after-treatment care centre For those struggling with drug and alcohol addictions, extra help may be just around the corner or that's what Collin Moonen hopes, at least.