Whitehorse Daily Star

March 28, 2007

• Ex-police officer to spearhead drug program Doug Green is clear on what he wants the Canines for Safer Schools Program to be about.
• Board recommends charge against offender The National Parole Board is recommending a designated long-term offender from the Yukon be charged with breaching his supervision order.
• Passage's melting ice must be addressed: scholar The disappearance of sea ice in Canada's Arctic is an indication that climate change is real and must be addressed if the country intends to maintain its sovereignty, says Dr. Michael Byers.
• Yukon Development Corporation chair reappointed to second term The Yukon government has re-appointed Willard Phelps as chair of the Yukon Development Corp.
• Man's sentencing set for April 11 It will be at least another two weeks before the final assault charges stemming from fights at last summer's Dust Ball slo-pitch tournament dance are dealt with.
• Fun Run will help CAIRS The Yukon-Canadian Bar Association Law Day Committee has chosen the Committee on Abuse in Residential Schools Society (CAIRS) as its charity for this year's 17th annual Canadian Bar Association Law Day Charity Fun Run and Walk.
• Federation unveils courses on compensation system The Yukon Federation of Labour has launched a new three-course training program aimed at creating a better understanding of the workers' compensation system.
• Bid to alter airport zoning is taking off Local pilots are on board with city plans to change zoning at the Whitehorse International Airport.

March 27, 2007

• Sex offender chooses city as new home A man considered to be at a moderate to high risk to again commit sexual offences against children was released today from an Ontario prison.
• Power consumers' rate break continues The Yukon government will extend 'subsidies' to electrical consumers for another three months, Energy Minister Archie Lang announced Tuesday afternoon.
• Man uttered death threats against officers A man who threatened Whitehorse RCMP officers more than a year ago was sentenced in territorial court Tuesday to an 18-month probation term and time served.
• No one opposes plans for tent A public hearing on a giant tent to be constructed on the Alaska Highway by Yukon Yamaha saw no members of the public attend.
• City settles with the union representing most employees City council has approved a collective agreement with a union representing most city employees.
• Caretaker residence approved City council has passed a zoning amendment to permit an apartment at a vehicle dealership.
• Learning disabilities spell troubling realities A new survey by the Learning Disabilities Association of Canada shows individuals with learning disabilities are less likely to to complete high school and hold down a job.
• RCMP to conduct Easter checkstops Planning to go to Haines Junction for the April 6-9 Easter long weekend? Make sure your vehicle or snowmachine or both are working well and the paperwork on them is up to date.
• Outfitters' camp issue lands in court A lawyer representing Bonnet Plume Outfitters says the Yukon government's case against his client is seriously flawed.
• First full-time chief electoral officer hired An all-party committee has decided Jo-Ann Waugh will serve as the Yukon's first ever full-time chief electoral officer.
• Mayor third time lucky on smoking proposal DAWSON CITY With the complete town council in attendance, Mayor John Steins has finally received approval for his attempt to place a non-smoking resolution before the annual general meeting of the Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) when it meets here in late May.
• Hospital curtails maternity, pediatric ward visits Whitehorse General Hospital is restricting the number of visitors to the maternity and pediatric wards as a virus works it way through the territory.

March 26, 2007

• Council gets earful on downtown's future Eliminating the construction of apartment buildings and townhouses from the city's downtown residential area would mean the neighbourhood bordering the clay cliffs would continue its slide into slum status, city council was told Monday evening.
• Bar operator given scant notice to close A Whitehorse man who has run his Second Avenue bar for nearly 30 years says he was given fewer than six hours to shut down his business.
• Condos to replace Pioneer Inn A Whitehorse business owner plans to bulldoze the Pioneer Inn this summer to build a four-storey condominium complex.
• Foster homes for animals badly needed Overcrowding at the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter is causing the Humane Society Yukon to put out a plea for foster homes.
• Motorcyclist sues over collision with vehicle A motorcycle crash dating back to April 8, 2005 has found its way to a Yukon Supreme Court lawsuit.
• YTG saying little on explosives' location The Yukon government will not discuss anything that may describe the location of a bundle of undetonated explosives used in a failed attempt to trigger an avalanche along the South Klondike Highway.
• Ministers silent on Saturday's expiration of power subsidies With four days to go before Yukoners are scheduled to lose their monthly subsidies for electrical rates, the territorial government has yet to make an announcement regarding the program's future.