Whitehorse Daily Star

January 17, 2007

• Gallery is in good shape: departing curator 'I feel a little sad I'm leaving because I put a lot of time into this place,' says Scott Marsden, the Yukon Arts Centre Art Gallery's curator.
• Workplace injury rate alarms chamber head A total of 43 Yukon workers have reported being injured on the job 32 higher than last week.
• Longtime ombudsman to step down Yukon ombudsman Hank Moorlag will retire on April 5.
• Dress our drivers by Friday, Whitehorse Transit tells store The city's bus drivers still have no pants.
• Yukon's threesome carve their way to victory in Italy Three veteran Whitehorse snow carvers have won big in Italy.
• Judge plans February decision for local marijuana grow case Territorial court Judge Karen Ruddy expects it will likely be at least late next month before she decides if evidence involving search warrants and arrests can be used in the trial over a marijuana grow operation in the Copper Ridge subdivision.

January 16, 2007

• Yukon well represented at squash interprovincials In a sign of the territory's increasing popularity on the national squash scene, Yukon was a popular word at the women's interprovincial championship in Vancouver this past weekend.
• Search warrant information faulty, court told In its information to obtain a search warrant for 16 Sitka Cres., the RCMP provided 'misleading' information and omitted details that were known as part of their investigation, lawyer Mitch Foster argued in territorial court Tuesday.
• Auditor General will deliver report Sheila Fraser, Canada's Auditor General, will be in Whitehorse on Feb. 2 to deliver an audit in relation to the Department of Highways and Public Works.
• Renovations designed to bolster security The cabinet and caucus offices at the Yukon legislative assembly are currently in the process of getting a $60,000 facelift.
• Games planners have food storage problem Canada Winter Games officials are searching for a place to store $500,000 worth of food after a local company revoked its sponsorship commitment five weeks before the sporting event begins.
• BYTE plans annual conference More than 70 youth from around the territory will be telling their stories this year at the annual Yukon Youth Conference.
• Power cut off in Dawson City Residents of Dawson City were without power Tuesday afternoon for about 20 minutes.
• Eviction notice issued under SCAN program The first eviction notice issued in relation to the Yukon's new Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods legislation was posted Tuesday morning.

January 15, 2007

• Cold water poured on new fire hall plan Plans to combine the city's two fire halls under one roof atop the Two Mile Hill need to be revisited, municipal budget critics maintain.
• Marsh Lakers have doubts about proposed land use plan Both the Marsh Lake local advisory council and the Yukon government agree planning of the community's future is needed.
• Consumers' group questions size of tax increase The territory's Utilities Consumers' Group (UCG) is voicing disapproval of the budget the city tabled in December.
• Mayor steadfast on his opposition to smoking DAWSON CITY Dawsonites can expect to see the question of a smoking ban in public places raised sometime during the next few months if the discussion at the council table, on the Dawson City Forum and in Mayor John Steins' media interviews is any indication.
• Games tickets are selling very quickly: president The opening ceremonies for the 2007 Canada Winter Games in Whitehorse have sold out.
• Man reported missing Whitehorse RCMP are asking for help in finding a 23-year-old local man who has been missing since Dec. 29.
• Accused was denied his rights, lawyer argues A man arrested and charged with cultivating marijuana and stealing electricity in December 2005 was not granted his right to a phone call nor a lawyer of his choice, territorial court judge Karen Ruddy heard Monday afternoon.
• No review set for city's Official Community Plan The city will not be reviewing the Official Community Plan ( OCP) this year. Facing a handful of budget critics at its weekly meeting Monday evening, council heard from Porter Creek resident Carole Bookless. She said she wanted to know why the public is not being consulted in 2007 when council said in 2006 the public would be.
• Lack of sidewalks jeopardizing kids' safety, resident believes A lack of sidewalks in the Riverdale area is leaving school children to walk on city streets to get to school.