Whitehorse Daily Star

May 2, 2007

• Yukon Energy hopes to salvage deal The proposal to extend the electrical grid from Carmacks to Stewart Crossing is hanging by a thread.
• Liberals want Fentie to report on environment The Environment minister is legally required to report to the public on the state of the environment every three years.
• Donations blossom into hanging flowers The city's Main Street hanging flower basket program is a go.
• RCMP investigating knife incident Whitehorse RCMP are continuing to investigate an incident at Christ the King Elementary School on Tuesday which saw one student pull a knife out during an argument with another student.
• Cycle to workplace, city urges The City of Whitehorse is asking people to get out of their cars and bike to work.
• Territory to commemorate Asian heritage The Yukon Archives and Yukon Human Rights Commission have partnered in the creation of a three-panel display commemorating Asian Heritage Month.
• Collision breaks young cyclist's ankle A collision on Fourth Avenue at Steele Street on Wednesday afternoon landed a 15-year-old cyclist in the hospital with a broken ankle.
• More doctor recruitment efforts set The Yukon government plans several new initiatives under the Health Human Resource Strategy to make the Yukon a more attractive place for new doctors.
• Vancouver firm to probe Thomson Centre mould A $10,000 contract has been awarded to a Vancouver-based company to investigate the mould at the Thomson Centre.

May 1, 2007

• Career geologist baffled by WCB charges A career exploration geologist is not only upset, but mystified by charges of safety infractions laid against a local company after an employee was killed in the field by a bear last year.
• Arntzen found not guilty of indecent assault Judge RenÈ Foisy has found Haakon Arntzen, the former Yukon Party MLA for Copperbelt, not guilty of indecent assault.
• City can't help service clubs, mayor declares The city can do little to help service clubs looking to sell food at the annual trade show because Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters and Subway have an exclusive agreement at the Canada Games Centre (CGC) and event organizers signed a contract recognizing that.
• Territory's MLAs agree to sit for 32 days The Yukon legislative assembly will be sitting for 32 days this spring.
• Woman robbed at Qwanlin Mall A woman who refused to give money to two youths was robbed of her wallet Tuesday morning.
• Yukon Placer Regime funded The Yukon government has committed a total of $650,000, in two parts, to the Yukon Placer Regime.
• Yukon Energy's head plans to talk about YUB verdict Yukon Energy president David Morrison was expected to talk this afternoon about the rejection of a multimillion-dollar deal with the new Minto mine.
• Art displays open in government buildings On display this week at the government main administration building is a photojournalism exhibit on the prevention of sexualized violence through the eyes of the youth.
• Housing catch-22' ensnarles local senior Murray Biggin, a Whitehorse senior, says he'd like the Yukon Housing Corp. to revise its policy requiring individuals to sell off any real estate before receiving confirmed accommodation for social housing.
• Block Parents asked to return their signs The RCMP are asking residents who display Block Parent signs in their windows to return them and ask for new ones from the national organization.
• Northwestel seeks artwork Northern artists are being invited to take a unique approach in the 2008 directory cover art competition.
• Human rights body seeks court's help The Yukon Human Rights Commission is going to Yukon Supreme Court in an effort get documents from the territorial government for an investigation.
• Fentie runs into climate change meeting storm The Liberals are saying Premier Dennis Fentie's decision to skip out on Tuesday's Council of the Federation meeting on climate change shows just what a priority the environment is for the Yukon Party.
• Parks officer program created Environment Yukon has committed $395,000 in new funding to establish a permanent parks officer program and Celebrating Yukon Parks.
• Tagish welcomes fire hall addition and new tanker Community Services Minister Glenn Hart personally delivered a new $152,000 fire tanker truck last Saturday to the Tagish Volunteer Fire Department on behalf of the Yukon government.

April 30, 2007

• We think it's atrocious': Kiwanis member A business arrangement between a coffee shop, a sandwich chain and the City of Whitehorse is preventing local service clubs from raising money for children and sick people.
• Work halted on service station project Digging a hole at a future eight-pump gas station next to the Starbucks outlet spurred a phone call from the city's planning department last week.
• Canadian Tire contractor sues company, construction firm Shortly after opening its new store at the Chilkoot Centre, Canadian Tire has found itself being sued by one of the subcontractors on the project.
• Mining 101 course planned for public The Yukon government will provide about $20,000 to increase public education and awareness of the mining industry by offering a 'Mining 101' course to the general public.
• Education reform project loses co-chair After spending more than a year meeting with stakeholders, the Education Reform Project is being sent back to the communities to get more public input.
• Youngsters asked to name RCMP foals Six foals will be born this spring at the RCMP breeding farm in Pakenham, near Ottawa, and that's left the national force looking for names for the horses, which could one day be part of the Mounties' Musical Ride.
• Board rules against Minto agreement A multimillion-dollar agreement between the new Minto mine and Yukon Energy has been denied by the Yukon Utilities Board.