Whitehorse Daily Star

April 29, 2007

• Yukon Party's approval rating soars to 45 per cent The economy is no longer the top concern for Yukoners as the governing Yukon Party begins its second term in office.
• Educators opt for change in leadership The Yukon Teachers' Association will have a new president beginning in July.
• Community court officially opens Aside from the schedule of 2 p.m. every second Monday, there are not a lot of items set in stone for the new community wellness court option.
• Governor shuts down power to Dawson DAWSON CITY Dawsonites experienced a brief power outage on Friday when a governor broke down on one of the hydro units in Mayo.
• Placer miner sues MacKenzie Petroleum over fuel quality Contaminated fuel cost a Dawson City placer miner more than $100,000, states a lawsuit launched last Monday in Yukon Supreme Court.
• Man faces numerous charges A Whitehorse man is facing charges of robbery, theft, breaching a recognizance and driving while disqualified.
• Recycling facility to rise from the ashes Environment Yukon will provide the funding to rebuild the recycling facility at the Marsh Lake waste transfer station.
• Man turns himself in A man wanted by police turned himself in Friday after a Crime Stoppers bulletin was released.
• Hundreds honour Yukon's fallen workers Scores of Yukon youth marched for safer workplaces Saturday.
• Upper Liard duo face charges Two people from Upper Liard near Watson Lake are facing two charges each of possession of drugs for trafficking after the RCMP pulled over a suspicious vehicle on Friday evening.
• World heritage status may be far away DAWSON CITY It may be somewhat longer than anyone expected before Dawson City is considered for World Heritage Status, according to Rob Watt, superintendent of Klondike National Historic Sites.
• Liberal MLA questions board chair's pay Liberal Labour critic Don Inverarity is suggesting Craig Tuton, chair of the Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board is unfairly receiving a rate of pay higher than any other board in the Yukon.

April 26, 2007

• Mining executive defends power agreement The Minto mine needs certainty when it comes to an arrangement with Yukon Energy, says Stephen Quin, president of Sherwood Copper Corp.
• Man faces drug charge after police search inn A Whitehorse man has been charged with possession of marijuana after an ongoing investigation by the Whitehorse RCMP's Street Crime Reduction Team.
• Meetings planned for school survivors A former student of the Whitehorse Baptist Mission residential school, Bob Charlie is now tasked with informing other residential school survivors around the territory about their options in the court settlement for those who went through the school system.
• Poppy the cow just kept on giving A Yukon family has donated an entire cow to the Salvation Army.
• Local labour shortage to stretch a decade: study The city's chamber of commerce says businesses will have to fork out more cash for younger workers as predictions call for at least another decade of the territory's labour crunch.
• Post-bust, houses can cultivate sweet deals Getting a deal on a property once used to cultivate marijuana in the basement isn't a problem as long as you know the house is safe, say purchasers of former Whitehorse grow ops.
• Charges follow fatal mauling near Ross River Charges have been laid against a Whitehorse geoscience company following an investigation into the death of a man killed by a bear while staking mineral claims last year.
• Couple faces civil action A woman facing two fraud charges has found herself and her husband the object of a civil lawsuit as well.
• Cubs could have had a home, shelters say Two grizzly bear cubs gunned down by Yukon conservation officers last spring could have been placed in a wildlife shelter.
• Yukon black bear cub gets second lease on life Tesi the black bear is alive and happy today thanks to the actions of a Swan Lake, Alta. outfitter and an Atlin, B.C. conservation officer.
• Dawson receives mental health nurse Health and Social Services Minister Brad Cathers has announced improved mental health services to rural Yukon residents, with the location of a mental health nurse in Dawson City.
• Veteran food educator moves to classroom For 27 years, Pat McKenna has been teaching F.H. Collins Secondary School students how to safely handle food, bake and cook for a large crowd.
• Police seek help in locating suspects Ed. note: with the co-operation of Crime Stoppers Yukon and the Whitehorse RCMP, this feature will be published each Friday in the Star.
• Personnel working on first fire of the 2007 season Yukon Wildland Fire Management personnel are working to douse the first wildfire of the 2007 season.
• Minister prodded to table WCB report The recommendations of the Workers' Compensation Act Review Panel have been sent to stakeholders but Brad Cathers, the responsible minister, has yet to table it in the legislature.
• People use stories to think, author Julie Cruikshank says DAWSON CITY Julie Cruikshank is no stranger to the Yukon, having worked closely for more than a decade with the Yukon Native Language Centre in Whitehorse.
• White Stripes to leave their mark on city of Whitehorse The White Stripes, currently one of the biggest rock bands in the world, will find themselves in Whitehorse on June 25 for an intimate concert at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• With every mistake we must surely be learning something I could have titled this column 'Four years in the Trenches with Gwynne Dyer' ,but that would not have been fair, since not everything the man writes is about warfare, though the tenor of the times has dictated that a lot of it is.
• The proper selection of fishing gear is essential One thingI am convinced of is most of the fishing lures displayed in countless sizes and colours in mass fishing displays are there to catch the people, not fish.

April 25, 2007

• Sign's threat' to workers irks MLA 'Employees discussing this project with government representatives or elected officials without the authority of this office will have their employment immediately terminated.'
• Minister receives major WCB report After almost four years, the Worker's Compensation Act review panel has released its report and recommendations.
• YTG has no record of man The territorial Public Service Commission said this morning it has no record of Farley Hayes ever being a Yukon government employee.
• Put workplace safety first, students urged Young workers are often taken advantage of on the job and have a right to keep themselves safe, Porter Creek Secondary School students heard Wednesday.
• RCMP's presence to be buoyed The Yukon government will commit $388,000 to the RCMP for staffing in the communities.
• Grant helps YTG itself: mining executive A $200,000 Yukon government grant to the new Minto mine is helping the government more than the mining company, says the president of the Sherwood Copper Corp.
• First nations' education funded Education Minister Patrick Rouble has announced an increase of nearly $250,000 in first nation education-related funding under the 2007-08 budget tabled in the legislature a week ago.
• NWTel unveils new phone directory cover The joy of music and self-expression is depicted in a colourful painting on the cover of the new Yukon and northern British Columbia telephone directory from Northwestel Inc.