Whitehorse Daily Star

November 10, 2006

• Listening Post: Vegas-born punk rockers try to Escape the Fate The post-hardcore punk quintet Escape the Fate hopes Dying is Your Latest Fashion, their first full-length album, will help them escape.
• Bookends: The Shannara saga by Brooks continues to roll along There is bound to be a certain repetitive quality to quest sagas. The trick is to shake up the plot lines a bit, introduce some new characters, provide some additional back story, and come up with a different way to win the war.
• Thought-provoking exhibits open at Yukon Arts Centre On Thursday evening, the Yukon Arts Centre opened three final series of exhibits for 2006.
• Youth injury rates spur call for action Youth advocates are calling for action as the number of young Yukoners being hurt on the job accounts for nearly a quarter of all workplace injuries.
• Inmate takes complaint to ombudsman The territory's ombudsman is investigating a complaint by a Whitehorse Correctional Centre inmate who says he's being denied proper medical attention.
• First nation election will proceed 'May the best person win.'
• Council ponders grant requests In line with a municipal grant program, city council is considering $41,803.18 in requests from recreation organizations in the city.
• Poppy sales on the upswing in territory In Don Crawford's famous poem on why to wear a poppy, it's opened with, 'Please wear a poppy,' the lady said, And held one forth, but I shook my head.
• Yukoner lost a friend on the battle field 'I've seen first-hand what combat does to men and women physically and mentally,' says Pte. Darrell Barker. 'I wear a poppy to remember those that have taken their lives and sacrificed them so we could be here today.'
• Ceremony planners expect a large crowd The Whitehorse branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is expecting approximately 1,200 attendees and 73 wreath layers at tomorrow's Remembrance Day ceremony.
• I was emotional to be appreciated' 'I think it's important to support the troops,' says Darcy Grossinger, an organizer with the local Royal Canadian Legion's support program.
• First nation curtails caribou hunting Hunters are not allowed access to Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation land along the Dempster Highway.
• Crash victims located A man, woman and child involved in a rollover that killed a Carmacks man Wednesday have been found.
• John Howard/Elizabeth Fry Societies established By establishing both John Howard and Elizabeth Fry societies in the territory, officials with both are hopeful they can help those in and coming out of jail.
• Yukon Energy drops Marsh Lake plan Yukon Energy has dropped its proposal for additional water storage on the Marsh Lake system because of steadfast resistance, says the corporation's president.
• Motel invader sentenced to jail term A man charged with breaking into an Airline Inn room housing a family of four has been sentenced to three years in jail and two years'probation. Yukon Supreme Court Judge Leigh Gower handed down the sentence Thursday.
• Airline offers a break after Stones postpone concert Rolling Stones fans in the territory are getting a break when they rebook their flights to Vancouver for the Stones' concert.
• African excursion may prove permanent Don Harding, well-known to many Whitehorse parents as the guy who coached their kid's baseball, basketball or football team, is getting ready to go to Africa.
• Survey out to measure Games' impacts Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont. is conducting research to determine how the 2007 Canada Winter Games will impact the Whitehorse community.
• Historic inn's sign to rise again A historic city sign will be re-erected in a parking lot across from city hall, members of city council have heard.
• Court rejects dog owner's legal quest Territorial court Judge John Faulkner will not grant a stay of proceedings over whether a dog will be labelled dangerous.

November 9, 2006

• ANWR drilling no longer a priority: chief Advancing any pro-development initiative inside the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) became very difficult Tuesday, says Chief Joe Linklater of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation.
• Man charged with impaired driving causing one death A 46-year-old Carmacks man is dead and another is facing a number of charges after a rollover on the North Klondike Highway late Wednesday afternoon.
• Charrette enters its final day The collaborative design process for the creation of the biggest development project Whitehorse has ever seen is in its final day.
• Woman makes appeal for a place to stay A tenant evicted from a trailer at the Takhini Trailer Court is out on the street with no place to go.
• October saw decline in full time employment positions The unemployment rate in the Yukon may be continuing to fall, but 1,000 fewer Yukoners were working in full-time positions in October.
• Popular respite places close for the season in Dawson DAWSON CITY Dawsonites looking for a quick lunch and a cup of coffee during the day, or a drink with friends in a more intimate setting in the evening, have just had their options reduced for the winter.
• Autism guidebook now available A new guidebook entitled Autism Spectrum Disorder A Yukon Guide to Services was released late last month.
• Lagoon location decision bounced back to council DAWSON CITY Dawson's planning board has overturned its own earlier decision and tossed the future of a sewage lagoon location back to town council to decide.
• College hosts climate change researcher Kieran O'Donovan has returned home to the Yukon to pursue research for his Master's degree in biology from the University of Alberta.

November 8, 2006

• Opposition ready to hear regime's agenda The first session of the 32nd Yukon Legislative Assembly will open in just over two weeks, on Nov. 23.
• Northern premiers renew their accord The reaffirmation of the Northern Cooperation Accord illustrates the North's place in Canada's future, says Premier Dennis Fentie.
• Swift River Lodge owner defends actions Swift River Lodge owner Sharon Johnson and her brother, who helps run the business, have done everything they can to ensure both the sewage system and water system are safe for the public, territorial court heard Tuesday.
• Submissions delayed in major drug case It will be another two weeks before lawyers in a major grow operation trial return to territorial court to make submissions on the seven motions which argue the admissibility of evidence in the case.
• Union and gov't resolve hours of work dispute Representatives of the Yukon Employees' Union, the Department of Justice, and the employees and management of the Whitehorse Correctional Centre have achieved a resolution to the long-standing dispute over hours of work.
• A special day for a special girl' The Grade 4/5 class at Hidden Valley Elementary School is currently studying heros.
• City leans toward grub over money For the second year in a row, the city will be permitting people with parking tickets to pay in food instead of in cash.
• Charrette drawing positive reviews Experts and local residents who are planning one of the biggest developments in the territory's history have entered into day four of a collaborative design process.
• BYG marketing plan approved by supreme court Justice Ron Veale of the Yukon Supreme Court has approved a marketing plan to sell assets of the bankrupt gold mine near Carmacks.
• Expenses grew by $14 million: report The release of the 2005/2006 public accounts show that the Yukon has a surplus of $80.4 million.
• Yukon Hospital Corp. announces new CEO A Vancouver man has been named Whitehorse General Hospital's new chief executive officer.
• Man faces theft charge A Carcross man has been charged with stealing from a local business there.