Whitehorse Daily Star

March 21, 2006

• City hall sprouts green-space bylaws Following a petition spearheaded by the Porter Creek Community Association, the city has unveiled new green-space bylaws which may be put to Whitehorse voters in a city-wide referendum.
• Send bylaws back for revision: association The city's green-space bylaws as presented at Monday night's council meeting do not meet the intent of petition questions circulated by the Porter Creek Community Association.
• Precedent-setting' trial forecast The definition of a public place could become a little clearer on June 9, in what justice of the peace Dean Cameron said could be a 'precedent-setting' trial.
• Athletes' village achieves milestone' A special ceremony was held at Yukon College on Monday morning to mark the placement of the final prefabricated housing module on the Athletes' Village for the 2007 Canada Winter Games.
• YTG to begin crisis counselling for kids Whitehorse-area children who witness domestic violence will soon have a new crisis counselling program available to them.
• Dawson to get arts program The Yukon government plans to provide money for a new accredited visual arts program in Dawson City.
• First nation is ordered to stop sewage dumping The Department of Health and Social Services says the Selkirk First Nation in Pelly Crossing will not be able to dump sewage again until it has an approved sewage storage pit.
• First nation pursues back rent The Champagne and Aishihik First Nation is looking for more than $10,000 in back rent and utilities from two people renting a house in Haines Junction.
• FRENCH CREW FILMS LOST PATROL' DESPITE WARM WEATHER 'We need bad weather' is about the last thing one would expect to hear from a film producer.

March 20, 2006

• Riverdale blaze injures one man, damages house One man remains in Whitehorse General Hospital today recovering from smoke inhalation after a fire caused about $40,000 in damage to a Riverdale home on Saturday.
• Residential lots proposed near golf course After calling plans for a course expansion unworkable, a partner in the Meadow Lakes Golf and Country Club Ltd. is proposing to build a country residential subdivision in a location previously eyed for the creation of an additional nine holes of golf.
• Fire destroys two structures built at community dump Two buildings which housed a volunteer-driven initiative to divert recyclables from the Marsh Lake dump have burned to the ground.
• Winter blues effigy set for the big burn Tuesday For the eighth year in a row, Burning Away the Winter Blues will provide citizens with a chance to shed the skin of winter and prepare to move into spring on Tuesday evening.
• Drugs, money seized Three Whitehorse residents are facing drug charges after the RCMP searched a house on River Ridge Lane on Saturday.
• Applicant discovered an unwieldy process Applying to build a residential subdivision in the Yukon is difficult and cumbersome because the Yukon government (YTG) has no policies in place to address private development.
• Dropping employment rate mystifies statistics bureau The territorial Bureau of Statistics is hoping a survey of Yukon businesses will help clear up the reason behind a noticeable decline in the territory's employment rate and overall workforce.
• Hometown musher takes the Percy DAWSON CITY It's been a long time since a hometown musher won the Percy DeWolfe Memorial Race.
• Lassen breaks record in quest for gold MELBOURNE, Australia (CP) Moira Lassen clutched a tear-stained, crumpled tissue in the palm of her left hand, her chin trembling as she sang along to O Canada.

March 19, 2006

• MASSIVE GRIZZLY SHOT IN PORTER CREEK A large grizzly bear was shot in Porter Creek early this morning - and wildlife officials believe it's the bear that's been the centre of concern recently.