Whitehorse Daily Star

January 30, 2007

• Barge plan would save $45 million Redfern Resources Ltd. has announced a major shift in its proposal to reopen the Tulsequah Chief mine in the Taku River watershed.
• Minimum wage will rise 12 cents effective April 1 Effective April 1, the Yukon's minimum wage will rise 12 cents per hour, from $8.25 to $8.37.
• Plane lands on North Klondike Highway There were confused faces greeting Carmacks RCMP officers Tuesday as they diverted vehicle traffic around a two-seater airplane that had landed on the road.
• Cash saved for family stolen from restaurant Janet Chan had been saving her tip money to give to her mother and sister in order to help out the family.
• Musher boasts young team to tackle Quest When Catherine Pinard was 10 years old, she made a decision about what she wanted to do with her life.
• Ex-CYFN employee files suit after firing A former manager with the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) is suing the central first nations administrative body for allegedly firing her without cause or notice.
• Games volunteers offered price break The High Country Inn has given a boost to volunteers for the 2007 Canada Winter Games.
• Budget's passing ignites fire hall work The city's fire department will have two stations, more training opportunities, room for equipment and continued access to neighbourhoods throughout Whitehorse.
• RCMP, school officials probe painted graffiti Whitehorse RCMP and school officials are continuing to investigate racial slurs that were discovered spraypainted around F.H. Collins Secondary School last Sunday morning.
• Klondike torch relay covered 24 kilometres DAWSON CITY It's been a long haul since April 2006, and there were a few confusing bumps along the way, but the Canada Winter Games torch relay finally made it to the Klondike last Saturday.
• First nation hails abandonment of road plan The Taku River Tlingits First Nation of Atlin is delighted that Redfern Resources has cancelled its plan to build a 160-kilometre haul road through wilderness, says the first nation's spokeswoman.
• Turn your lights out, Raven urges The Raven Recycling Society will turn off its lights and electrical appliances Thursday to participate in an international 'power down' of citizens against global warming.
• Games volunteers don their new duds Some 2,000 volunteers for the Canada Winter Games picked up their uniforms last weekend, Games manager Chris Morrissey estimated Monday.

January 29, 2007

• Councillors at odds over city's honesty' Intense debate preceded the passing of a five per cent property tax hike and an increase in user fees in this year's $41.3-million municipal operating and $16-million capital budget.
• Ex-group home resident assaulted, suit alleges Sexual and physical assaults of a youth in the late 1970s at a Watson Lake group home have resulted in a man who has suffered from alcohol abuse, suicidal thoughts, loss of self-esteem and other problems in his life, says a lawsuit filed in Yukon Supreme Court.
• Blue Moon's liquor licence suspended The Blue Moon Saloon is under a seven-day liquor licence suspension order until Thursday.
• Dawson's power failures continue DAWSON CITY Students writing computer-based examinations in English 10 and Social Studies 11 at the Robert Service School had a rude shock when the power went down at 11:06 Monday morning.
• Ship's crew plans to visit city A crew from a Canadian naval ship is coming to Whitehorse.
• Council swamped with objections to plant A first nation chief, a lawyer, a naturopath, a newspaper reporter, a doctor, scores of homeowners and a packed council chambers turned out Monday evening to oppose an application to put a concrete batch plant in the McLean Lake area.
• Nutritional researcher in city for presentation It was for selfish reasons that Brad King says he began researching metabolism and aging.

January 28, 2007

• Man fined, prohibited from hunting An Alberta man has been banned from hunting in the Yukon for seven years and ordered to pay $1,500.
• Quest mushers drop off dogs' grub Food, supplies and straw are now on the way to 10 checkpoints along the 1,600-kilometre trail of the Yukon Quest sled dog race.
• More hotel rooms freed up The Canada Winter Games Host Society has turned back a large number of hotel rooms at the Whitehorse Westmark, in accordance with the agreement for block-booking the facility.
• Remarks unacceptable, local cab driver says Before calling local taxis and their operators dirty, city commuters need to look in the mirror, a local cab driver says.
• Airport-hotels shuttle created Every aircraft landing in Whitehorse will now be met with a shuttle service.
• Councillors understood fire hall would close City officials have identified the removal of the downtown fire hall as an option for the past several months.
• Abuse of indigenous women scrutinized The head of Amnesty International (Canada) isn't ruling out another trip north as the organization continues to focus on the national issue of violence against indigenous women.