Whitehorse Daily Star

March 18, 2014

• Jobless rate showed a small decrease The Yukon's unemployment rate dropped slightly in February compared to the first month of 2014.
• Lofty Housekeeping One of the Millennium Trail eagles rearranges the nest Monday afternoon.
• Workers want union presence Front desk, housekeeping, and maintenance workers at the River View Hotel and serving and kitchen workers at the hotel's Fusion Restaurant have filed to be represented by the United Association Local 310 union.
• Rodent Triggers Power Failure A squirrel was responsible for a pole-mounted fuse blowing this morning,
• Adverse weather failed to deter skier A little rain is not stopping Whitehorse cross-country skier Emily Nishikawa nor other Yukon skiers competing at nationals from bringing home medals.
• Circle Marks A decade Shadelle Chambers (left), the president of the Whitehorse Aboriginal Womensʼ Circle, and Adeline Webber, the circleʼs founding president,
• Jim: there's a need for improved communications Wayne Jim, a former Liberal cabinet minister in the early 2000s, is running for chief of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation (KDFN).
• Sydney: culture, traditions essential to KDFN's identity After serving three years as a Kwanlin Dun councillor, Raymond Sydney is seeking the government's top leadership spot.
• Bill: ‘I want to see Kwanlin Dun succeed' Ed. note: Here, Star reporter Ainslie Cruickshank presents profiles of three of the four people running for chief of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation in Wednesday's election.
• Premier dispatches heavy hitters into Ross River meeting Premier Darrell Pasloski is sending his two most senior staff members this afternoon to meet with the Ross River Dena Council to discuss the future of the Ross River Suspension Bridge.
• Capacity crowd paid respects to late lifeguard Family, friends, and swimming students of Kelly Patrick filled the Grey Mountain Room at the Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre to capacity last Friday afternoon as they gathered to celebrate the life of the beloved lifeguard and swim instructor.
• Cost of new fire truck could go up by $65,000, council tol A new fire truck could cost the city $65,000 more than what it had planned to spend, all thanks to changes in the U.S. exchange rate.

March 17, 2014

• City approves grants The city will spend close to $20,000 on festivals and events in the coming year after council approved the funding at its meeting of last Monday evening.
• First Nations Leader Remembered Yukon College president Karen Barnes speaks
• Yukon events drink to Canada Water Week The territorial government is encouraging all Yukoners to join in a national celebration of water during Canada Water Week, today through Sunday.
• Late Clergyman Honoured Gary Bailie (right) accepts the Mayorʼs Award for Good Samaritan for the late Father Jean-Marie Mouchet
• Proud parents watch son, daughter excel Gold seems to be becoming standard for local Nishikawa siblings Graham and Emily.
• Rotored Visitors Four U.S. Army CH-47F Chinook helicopters landed Saturday
• Proposal isn't dead, proponent declares Chuck Eaton of Eagle Whitehorse says his proposal to reprocess tailings at the old Whitehorse Copper Mine is still very much alive.
• Ruling thrusts tailings project into limbo A Yukon Supreme court judge has thrown sand in an international mining corporation's gears by quashing its attempt to dump waste in a pit at the old Whitehorse Copper Mine.
• Temporary home for MRI scanner to be built The territorial government will provide $2.8 million to the Yukon Hospital Corp. to build a temporary home for Whitehorse General Hospital's new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner.
• Council finalizes changes to Handy Bus policy Anyone applying to use the city's Handy Bus system can now expect a 15-day turn-around time on his or her application after council approved a new Handy Bus policy on Feb. 24.
• Man receives jail term for ‘outrageous' murder Alexander Dennis was sentenced Friday afternoon to life in prison with no chance of parole for 12 years for the brutal murder of Gordon Tubman in 2010.

March 14, 2014

• Yarn reciter reaches his 90th milestone Tom Byrne, known for nearly 30 years as the voice of Robert Service at the little cabin on Eighth Avenue,
• Yukon says farewell to historic aircraft After 42 years of service, one of the most familiar RCMP "faces” in the Yukon has retired, and is moving on to a new career.
• Mulcair, Page address contemporary issues Tom Mulcair, the leader of the official Opposition, and Kevin Page, Canada's first, now former, parliamentary budget officer, were in Whitehorse this week.
• Stories inspire positive emotions, cohesiveness Twenty-five stories from nearly a dozen Yukon communities have been collected in a new publication called Stories that Inspire: Working Together Towards Wellness.
• Mayoral awards presented during Disability Expo The city's annual Mayor's Awards were presented during Wednesday's Yukon Council on Disability Expo.
• Rezoning approved for Skookum Asphalt land A small strip of land next to Skookum Asphalt has been rezoned and will likely soon be sold to the company.
• East Coast cultural group formed The Yukon East Coast Cultural Association announced its formation today.
• Emergency responders share stress management lessons In his four years as a corrections officer, Elden Schmidt has learned how to handle much of the stress of his work and pursue the elusive life/work balance.
• Director Visiting Festival Michelle Ehlen, a guest director, writer and actor from Los Angeles,
• Trip to Washington will bear fruit: premier Premier Darrell Pasloski is confident his trip to Washington, D.C. this week will make a difference in the future of Shakwak highway funding.
• Whitehorse man meant the world to partner "He was a very strong person.”
• Complex will give way to alternate housing A disputed, "half-decrepit” apartment complex in a Copper Ridge-area subdivision will, at long last, be torn down.
• Company's infractions result in maximum fines A propane supply company has been slapped with a $4,000 fine for numerous safety violations on worksites in Dawson City and Carmacks.