Whitehorse Daily Star

April 11, 2007

• Veteran businessman wants to be a Tory MP Whitehorse businessman Darrell Pasloski wants to represent the Yukon in the House of Commons.
• Smoking started apartment blaze Smoking is the likely cause of Wednesday morning's fire that caused significant damage to the Skyline Apartments in Riverdale, says Whitehorse fire chief Clive Sparks.
• New jail remains in planning stages The opposition parties are asking why after more than four years in office the Yukon government is still pouring money into planning a new jail and not building one.
• Legion branch plans Vimy Ridge events It's been 90 years since Canadian forces captured Vimy Ridge in France during the First World War.
• Flames ravage Dawson landmark The Eldorado Hotel was engulfed in flames shortly after noon today as scores of Dawson City residents gathered to watch a community landmark burn.
• Melting season washes over Dawson City DAWSON CITY Anyone who thought spring was taking a little too long to arrive in the Klondike will probably have changed their minds after the Easter weekend.
• Data confirm March was a chilly month The entire Yukon was cold in March, with the monthly average temperatures looking more like what should have been recorded in February, says Environment Canada.
• Bridges to be built and then demolished The 14th annual Bridge Building Competition will take place Saturday in the Porter Creek Secondary School gym.
• Public hearing drew scant interest No one spoke for or against an amendment to the city's zoning bylaw to legally permit manufactured homes in an area of Porter Creek.
• Planning report out next week A report detailing concerns raised on the future of Old Town and highway hotels is set to be tabled next week.

April 10, 2007

• Judge finds flagrant breaches' of men's rights Crown prosecutors will need time to decide how to proceed after territorial court judge Karen Ruddy ruled there were a number of Charter violations in the arrests and search warrants used in 2005 against eight men over a number of marijuana grow operations around the city.
• More consultation needed before referendum, resident tells city The city has not consulted the public enough to hold a referendum on the future of an Arkell greenbelt, city council was told Tuesday evening.
• Landlord and Tenant Act under scrutiny The Yukon Landlord and Tenant Act is under internal government review.
• Restrict green space vote, council urged Permitting every municipal voter to cast a ballot on the future of green space in the lower Porter Creek bench isn't fair, city council has heard.
• Major fire drives residents out into the morning chill A handful of occupants of a Riverdale apartment building were taken to hospital to be checked for smoke inhalation after a mid-morning fire caused in excess of $100,000 in damage.
• Man nabbed after armed robbery A 25-year-old Whitehorse man is in custody after another armed robbery at Bernie's Race Trac gas station the second in less than a month.
• McLean Lake controversy hits Supreme Court McLean Lake residents are taking the territorial government and the City of Whitehorse to Yukon Supreme Court over a planned concrete batch plant and a quarry.
• City studies lot purchase The city is looking to buy a 1,059-square-metre piece of land for $65,734 to build a road.
• Charges laid after youth assaulted The RCMP's Watson Lake detachment is investigating an incident of bullying and assault with matches after four youth suffered from minor burns on April 3.
• Ambulance service seeking full-time staff as calls mount DAWSON CITY Dawson's volunteer ambulance crew is too busy and the territorial government needs to think seriously about stationing some full-time attendants here, town council has been told.
• Lawyer queries agreement's validity A lawyer hired to conduct a legal review by the city has questioned the validity of an agreement detailing who is responsible for paying for the replacement of ailing water and sewer lines beneath 82 homes in Takhini North.

April 9, 2007

• High snowpack suggests global warming: official A record-high snowpack in the Southern Lakes region could be indicative of global warming, says hydrologist Richard Janowicz of the Department of Environment.
• Ex-cabinet minister named administrator Doug Phillips, a former legislator, has been appointed as the new administrator of the Yukon.
• Government still pursuing buildings' removal The Yukon government will continue its push for the removal of four buildings built by Bonnet Plume Outfitters, says the manager of the territorial lands branch.
• YTG to study municipal grants The Yukon government will be reviewing the way it provides funding to cities and towns in the territory.
• Glitch sees board's website tout ex-professor For the past few days, many people looking to learn more about the environmental and social impacts of development projects in the Yukon have been learning about psychology and animal behaviour from a retired professor in Quebec.
• Council to decide on grants tonight Community groups have asked city council for $17,000 to help the environment.
• Work force participation rate fell last month The work force participation rate in the Yukon dropped by three per cent in March compared to the same period last year.