Whitehorse Daily Star

February 17, 2014

• All In The Family Yukon Quest musher Hugh Neff was at Macʼs Fireweed Books on Friday signing his Tales of the Gypsy Musher Alaska and Beyond.
• Website stresses smoking prevention and cessation The Department of Health and Social Services launched a revamped website during the recent National Non-Smoking Week.
• Path funding is contingent on territorial money It may not be a walk in the park, but pedestrians are closer to having an easier time traversing between Hillcrest and the downtown.
• You're Back! Swede , Mandy Naumansʼ nine-year-old pet dog,
• Man sentenced for dangerous driving and breaching orders A Dawson City man in jail awaiting trial on charges of attempting to murder two RCMP officers was sentenced earlier this month on unrelated charges.
• Just Desserts The pie-eating contest returned Saturday
• Legal battle over Whitehorse Copper site heard in court Friday The territorial government should not have granted permission for a mining corporation to dump its waste in a pit at the old Whitehorse Copper Mine, argues a Whitehorse company with subsurface claims to the site.
• Tread carefully on fracking: climate expert Climate change expert John Streicker says if the Yukon government is to permit hydraulic fracturing, it should conduct significant background research first.
• Rendezvous' Main Street fun: nostalgia mixed with success The past weekend was a walk down Memory Lane for many who took in any number of Rendezvous events as the annual festival kicked off.
• Investigation continues into fatal collision The RCMP are investigating a three-vehicle collision early Saturday near Watson Lake which killed a 61-year-old Alberta man and left two others injured.

February 14, 2014

• Coast High Country Inn, workers sign agreement Kitchen and serving workers at The Deck and Morels of the Coast High Country Inn have a new collective agreement governing wages, benefits, and working conditions in their workplace.
• Games Centre hours to be reduced Hours at the Canada Games Centre will be reduced Feb. 19 and 20 to accommodate the final installation of a new generator for the facility.
• Performing For The Peel Elder Art Johns performs for the hundreds of people who flocked to last sunday evening's fund-raiser
• Liberal president upbeat about party's future Having been "betrayed” by the Yukon Party, many Yukoners will look to the territoral Liberals as a serious alternative, predicts party president Devin Bailey.
• Umbrella bylaws for grants approved As income tax papers are mailed out across the country, city officials are busy wrapping even more 2013 paperwork.
• Celebrate the festival, city urges residents The city is encouraging everyone to embrace winter and enjoy some Rendezvous events.
• Taking In The Works Hildur Jónasson is curating Winged Tales in the Arts Underground Edge Gallery.
• City funding approved for May heritage fair The city will help make history this year.
• Another day, another team makes the finish line Yukon Quest rookie Curt Perano was the lone musher to cross the Takhini Hot Springs finish line Thursday, grabbing seventh place as he arrived at 12:14 p.m.
• Gastrointestinal hemorrhage cited in Quest dog's death Alaskan musher Dave Dalton's dog, Bashful, died of a generalized gastrointestinal hemorrhage, the Yukon Quest announced Thursday.
• The goal: a Dawson plan with no big surprises A draft land use plan for the Dawson City region will be available by the end of April, says the chair of the Dawson Regional Planning Commission.
• Leef the star of the easel in artist's latest show Artist Linda Leon has once again used her artistic talents to make her political views known.
• Tourism minister is touting the Yukon way Down Under Tourism and Culture Minister Mike Nixon is promoting the Yukon in Australia this week at the Canada Corroboree travel trade event.
• Musher won't contest Iditarod Injured musher Brent Sass has announced his withdrawal from the 2014 Iditarod.
• Warm respite will be a brief one The shift to unseasonably warm temperatures over the coming weekend will be short-lived, Environment Canada meteorologist Dave Wray said today.
• Condo developer content with court's ruling The developer embroiled in a legal battle — now entering its end game — over the future of a Copper Ridge subdivision insists he's extremely happy with a court decision that will see his company dole out nearly $400,000 in overdue fees to condominium owners.
• Drivers' haste, stupidity are risking students' lives "The wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round ....”
• Roaming wolves claim Fish Lake-area dog Conservation officers have confirmed a pet dog was killed by wolves last week along the Fish Lake Road.
• Fracking: ‘Don't make a hasty decision' "Courteously decline.”

February 13, 2014

• Awards nominations sought The Persons with Disabilities Advisory Committee and the City of Whitehorse are accepting nominations for 2014 Mayor's Awards.
• Broadband service under scrutiny Members of the Northern Communications and Information Systems Working Group and the telecommunications industry are convening in Whitehorse this week to discuss ways to improve connectivity in the North.
• Haul-Away Time Emergency responders were called to the intersection of Two Mile Hill and Range Road at around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday following a collision between this vehicle and another.
• Streetfest leads to free parking The City of Whitehorse has granted free parking for the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Streetfest and Party on Main set for Saturday.
• Three Canadians still in back of Quest pack Canadian musher Hank DeBruin has climbed out of the Red Lantern position in the Yukon Quest,
• Premiering This Evening Colin Milne, left, and Santana Berryman perform in the Guild Hallʼs presentation of TheBook of Esther, opening this evening
• Unemployment rate falls from last year Both the labour force and employment rate appear to be growing.
• ‘I just kind of bumbled my way through everything' Two well-known Yukon Quest mushers finished their odysseys in fourth and fifth places Wednesday.
• Dawson joins rainbow flag movement Dawson City is joining the ranks of communities – including Whitehorse – choosing to fly a rainbow flag in support of protests against Russia's anti-gay legislation.
• Neighbourhood plan to be unveiled at open house A glimpse into the possible future of the Range Road area north of Mountainview Drive will be unveiled this evening when the city hosts an open house at the Public Safety Building at the top of Two Mile Hill.
• Institute highlights need for strong fracking rules Since hydraulic fracturing can have "large-scale impacts,” it requires "large-scale planning and monitoring,” according to a technical analyst from the Pembina Institute.
• Youth conference is underway Bringing Youth Toward Equality (BYTE) began hosting its three-day second annual Leaders in Training Conference today in Whitehorse.
• Woman files suit after fall A Dawson City woman is suing the owners of the Real Canadian Superstore in Whitehorse after she slipped on a patch of ice in front of the building last year.