Whitehorse Daily Star

October 3, 2006

• Code would put on paper, what's already in practice In what promises to be the first of its kind in Canada, new members of council may be officially asked to sign a code of conduct requiring them to declare potential conflicts of interest in writing.
• Parties discuss poverty in Yukon A series of articles are being published this week highlighting topics of concern to Yukoners for the Oct. 10 territorial election.
• Enviornmental forum draws crowd to the Yukon Inn Protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, water protection and other green issues seemed to be on the mind of more than 60 voters who turned to an environment election forum hosted by the Keep It Clean, Keep It Green, Keep It Wild Coalition Monday night at the Yukon Inn.
• Accused opts out of fighting smoking bylaw A local woman who was planning to challenge the smoking bylaw says she just wants the matter to be over with.
• Pipeline review panel visiting Whitehorse The Joint Review Panel for the Mackenzie Gas Project will be in Whitehorse tomorrow to listen to presenters on the impacts of the proposed 1,220 kilometre pipeline.
• Vote on Meadow Lakes application scheduled The Meadow Lakes Golf and Country Club has applied to the city to subdivide crown land for the creation of a new country residential subdivision next to its fairways.
• Riverdale South: issues cross wide range There are many issues affecting people in the Riverdale South riding that should be addressed by candidates running there, said Jenny Trapnell, past president of the Riverdale Community Association.
• Labour shortage invites ideas from parties All three parties are planning how they would handle the labour shortage in the territory if they were elected to government in the Oct. 10 election.
• Whitehorse Centre: Focus on seniors required The most urban of the Whitehorse ridings, Whitehorse Centre doesn't just encompass residences but also much of the city's retail areas and part of the Marwell industrial park.
• Commercial fishing season lucrative JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) Most commercial fishermen who plied Southeast Alaska waters will end the 2006 season with money in their pockets despite high fuel prices and low pink salmon runs.

October 2, 2006

• Disagreement on intent of hearings surfaces While Yukon Energy and Yukon Electrical Company Ltd. are at odds over planning for long-term energy needs, Premier Dennis Fentie insists there should be no confusion.
• Boucher appeals conviction Dean Boucher believes a jury member who convicted him of second degree murder may have been biased.
• Fate of wounded bear remains uncertain Yukon conservation officers continue their hunt for a wounded bear which was sighted in the city's Porter Creek area last week.
• The parties' stance on the environment Five articles are being published this week highlighting topics of concern to Yukoners for the Oct. 10 territorial election.
• Nourish your family tree The Yukon Family Services Association (YFSA), with the support of Partners for Children, has geared up for National Family Week.
• Copperbelt: residents seeking new school Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles leading up to the Oct. 10 territorial election.
• New poster distributed The Yukon Liquor Corp. is distributing a poster discouraging Yukoners from combining the use of motorized sports machines with the consumption of alcohol.
• Party hopes leader's return will provide election boost Todd Hardy may now look physically different. But his voice is still the same. It's strong and his message is still clear.
• Playground equipment torched A tire swing at Elijah Smith Elementary School was torched late Thursday or early Friday, raising concerns that an arsonist is running loose in the area.

September 29, 2006

• Brian Fiddler's Hat Trick is a charming night out With all the theatre going on these days, there's much to choose from. The magical play Hat Trick, currently showing at the Wood Street Centre, is not to be missed, however.
• The fantasy worlds of Terry Brooks play out in author's books Angel Fire East concludes the trilogy which began with Running with the Demon and continued with A Knight of the Word.
• Shots fired, man stabbed in heart of downtown Shots were fired from a semi-automatic firearm and a 23-year-old Whitehorse man was stabbed early this morning outside a downtown bar. Whitehorse RCMP were called to Main Street, outside Lizards Lounge, at around 2:50 a.m., they said early this afternoon.
• What was going through your premier's mind?' Premier Dennis Fentie's decision to call an election nine days before the territory's fixed Oct. 19 municipal vote has contributed to fewer names on city ballots.
• College welcomes new official Jock Bryce will assume the position of director of human resources at Yukon College on Monday.
• Council sharpens animal bylaw's bite It is now illegal for one dog to bite another, city council has decided. At their weekly meeting Monday evening, members of city council voted in favour of amending the city's Animal Control Bylaw to include a section which would enable dog owners to be charged if their pet attacks another dog.
• Magazine planned for Air North Dawson City's Harper Street Publishing will be producing a quarterly in-flight magazine for Air North.
• Ceremony honoured late RCMP members 'M' Division RCMP officers gathered at Christ Church Cathedral last Sunday to remember the 22 members of the division who died in service. During the ceremony which marked RCMP Police and Peace Officers Memorial Day, Sgt. Pat Egan played Amazing Grace.
• Cardiff raises Liberal leader's investments Liberal leader Arthur Mitchell says he's prepared to do whatever he's directed to by the conflicts commissioner with his investments if he's elected premier in the Oct. 10 election.
• Judge departs with mixed emotion' Today marks the last official sitting day for territorial court Judge Heino Lilles, who has spent almost two decades deciding the fate of Yukoners accused of crimes.
• Firefighting managers declare season over With the 2006 fire season ending tomorrow, there have been 79 fires throughout the territory, burning 106,000 hectares of forest, Yukon Wildland Fire Management said Thursday.
• CBC tower's relocation may be a $1-million undertaking Taxpayers could be footing a close to $1-million bill for the CBC to relocate its AM radio tower if the city develops the lower bench area in Porter Creek.
• Kluane: incumbent totes new stripe to race Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles leading up to the Oct. 10 territorial election.
• Porter Creek South: land use a major issue Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles leading up to the Oct. 10 territorial election.
• Porter Creek North: road danger a common theme Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles leading up to the Oct. 10 territorial election.
• Matthew Grant Yukon Department of Environment officials have shot and wounded a bear in the Porter Creek area and are warning Whitehorse citizens to stay out of the area's greenbelts.
• NDP leader excited to come home NDP Leader Todd Hardy will be returning home to the Yukon this afternoon.
• Parties debate Yukon's economic future Economic diversification, attraction and retention of employees and private-sector investment highlighted last night's leaders' debate hosted by the Yukon Chamber of Commerce.
• Porter Creek Centre: green space a huge topic Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles leading up to the Oct. 10 territorial election.
• White Pass chugs past another rider record The White Pass and Yukon Route railway has ended the 2006 season with a new annual ridership record of 431,249 revenue passengers breaking last year's record of 430,037.
• Cat lifted from long-time perch 'The little Cat that did' has been returned to the family of the late Gunnar Nilsson and his wife, Mickey Lammers.
• This platform is doable,' Mitchell says The Liberal party is promising Yukoners $67.1 million in commitments in its election platform.
• YTA assigns homework to party leaders Sandra Henderson, president of the Yukon Teachers' Association (YTA), has some tough questions she wants the three party leaders in the Oct. 10 election to answer.
• Man tried to avoid driving impaired, judge concludes Territorial court Judge Heino Lilles has ruled a local man did everything he could to avoid driving drunk. The judge cleared him of charges of having care and control of a vehicle while he was intoxicated and over the legal limit of alcohol.