Whitehorse Daily Star

August 30, 2006

• Businesses advised to reassess salary packages Whitehorse business owners will have to look at their salary and benefits packages if they want to find much-needed employees and compete with Alberta for labour.
• Yukoners hear Ignatieff's agenda Michael Ignatieff wants to be prime minister of Canada.
• Exclusive bear watching business created Plans for an exclusive wildlife viewing business at $2,000 US a day were released Tuesday afternoon by Vuntut Gwitchin Chief Joe Linklater and Premier Dennis Fentie.
• Be more receptive to Outside investment, delegates urged The Yukon's 'schizophrenic' view of Outside investment will require treatment if the territory's economy is to grow, members of the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce heard Tuesday.
• Suspicious package sees building cleared Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans workers were back at work this morning after their building was evacuated Tuesday afternoon due to the opening of a suspicious envelope containing orange powder.
• Northwestel Cable to acquire High Level Cable Northwestel Cable has finalized an agreement to purchase High Level Cable Ltd., in northern Alberta, effective this Friday.
• Medical bursary recipients named Health and Social Services Minister Brad Cathers has announced the names of the five Yukon students who will receive the Yukon Medical Education Bursary to help pay the costs of medical school.
• Yukoners mark sister city relationship Double the number of people expected were at city hall Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the continuing friendship between the Yukon and France.
• Home owners plan a garden suite City council has voted to permit a garden suite at 1104 Pine St. in Porter Creek.
• Governing party has Copperbelt candidate Russ Hobbis says he is honoured to be the Yukon Party candidate for the Copperbelt riding in the upcoming territorial election.
• Planner announces her candidacy The city's planning manager is looking to run as a Liberal for the legislative assembly in Riverdale North.
• Yukon Party acclaims candidate Jeannie Van Bibber was acclaimed Monday as the Yukon Party candidate for Mayo-Tatchun in the coming election.

August 29, 2006

• Council dismisses day care proponent's appeal In what resulted in a round of applause from area residents, city council has quashed a plan for a downtown day-care centre.
• Union leader hasn't forgotten Mr. Silent' Just because McIntyre-Takhini MLA John Edzerza has been nominated to serve as the NDP candidate for the riding in the pending election doesn't mean he will be permitted to forget his Yukon Party past.
• Stronger aboriginal ties needed: mining group It's imperative the mining industry enhance its relationship with aboriginal communities, says the president of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.
• Trailer fire deemed suspicous Whitehorse RCMP are being asked to assist in the investigation of a suspicious trailer fire that occurred at about 2 p.m. Monday.
• Hear out citizens, mayor urges Members of city council should express neither support nor disapproval on matters before them until such time as citizens have had their day in court, Mayor Ernie Bourassa said Monday.
• Firefighters helping out in Oregon Four Yukon firefighters left Whitehorse last Friday for west-central Oregon. After reaching Portland, they headed out to the Shake Table fire, which is a mix of nine fires in the Malheur National Forest.
• Yukon and France friendship feted The city will host a celebration of a six-year friendship between the Yukon and France beginning late this afternoon.
• Yukon Party MLA successfully makes switch in ridings Dean Hassard was acclaimed as the Yukon Party candidate for Porter Creek South for the upcoming election last Thursday evening at Holy Family School.
• NDP acclaims Riverdale hopefuls James McCullough will be the New Democratic Party candidate in Riverdale North for the coming election, while former Yukon News editor Peter Lesniak will represent the party in Riverdale South.
• YP picks Pelly-Nisutlin candidate Marian Horne, a member of the Teslin Tlingit First Nation, won the Yukon Party nomination for the riding of Pelly-Nisutlin at a meeting last Wednesday night in Teslin.
• Aboriginal leader eyes Liberal nod Longtime aboriginal leader Hammond Dick is seeking the nomination for the Yukon Liberal Party in Pelly-Nisutlin.

August 28, 2006

• Ignatieff wins MP's stamp of approval Yukon MP Larry Bagnell has thrown his support behind Michael Ignatieff's federal Liberal party leadership campaign.
• Ailing NDP leader plays host to premier in hospital Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie has met with ailing NDP Leader Todd Hardy and his doctors to discuss his condition.
• Edzerza to work hard' for an NDP victory Former cabinet minister John Edzerza has convincingly won the nod of the NDP to represent the party in McIntyre-Takhini for the upcoming general election.
• Media not told of cancelled meeting The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) is issuing an apology over a miscommunication which may have led some Whitehorse citizens to go to a meeting that had been cancelled.
• Beer pilfered from restaurant Thieves weren't picky about the type of beer they stole from the McCrae Chinese Restaurant earlier this month.
• Conductor fails again, causes power outage Sunday's widespread power blackout was caused by another failure of a conductor inside the number four turbine at the Whitehorse Rapids Dam, says Yukon Energy spokeswoman Janet Patterson.
• Man's court date is set A local man facing a dozen charges including aggravated sexual assault will make his next court appearance on Wednesday.
• First nations get say in Dempster area's future DAWSON CITY The Yukon's first nations didn't have a great deal to say about when and where the Dempster Highway would be built in the first place. Further economic development in that region, however, will not take place without their participation.