Whitehorse Daily Star

January 22, 2014

• Marsh Lake couple will be festival ambassadors Dwayne and Nellie Backstrom of Marsh Lake were introduced as Mr. and Mrs. Yukon earlier this month.
• Downtown lot expansion closer Jat's Backyardscaping is getting closer to owning its backyard after council passed first and second readings of a bylaw to sell land that's been leased to Jat's and Sportees since 2009.
• The Peel: the great debate extends back a decade It began almost a decade ago.
• Plan could expose quarry area to incoming travellers City planning staff will be going back to Skookum Asphalt to discuss altering plans that would see a section of land next to their property off Robert Service Way rezoned.
• Yukoner's $600,000 workers' compensation case back in court The case of a seasonal worker tarred with fraud and ordered to repay $600,000 in workers' compensation was back before the Yukon Supreme Court this week.
• Mines chamber has misgivings about revised Peel land use plan The Yukon Chamber of Mines is expressing caution and disappointment about the new land use plan for the Peel River watershed
• Oil, gas rights postings draw no response Industry didn't express any interest in acquiring oil and gas rights in the Yukon during the last request for postings issued by the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR).
• Blueprint protects 29 per cent of Peel planning region The land use plan for the Peel River watershed released Tuesday afternoon is drawing fire.
• ‘This might be the day when they lost the next election' Na-cho Nyak Dun Chief Ed Champion says it's a given that the four affected First Nations will take the Yukon government to court over the Peel land use plan released Tuesday.

January 21, 2014

• Proposed land sales at Sima pass first, second readings More industrial activity on Collins Lane is closer to becoming a reality after city council passed the first two readings of two separate bylaws which will see pieces of land sold.
• Time for sustenance A gathering of a dozen moose belly-deep in snow was spotted in the Southern Lakes area of Teslin last weekend
• Mini-series' premiere drew a large crowd DAWSON CITY – The Oddfellows Hall has a capacity of 135 people, and it was full for Monday evening's watch party organized for the first night of the Discovery Channel's Klondike mini-series.
• Tailor-made for a fund-raiser Kiera Smith works on shorts last Friday in the Porter Creek Secondary School Fashion Art Design School class.
• Aboriginal Employees' Award of Honour presented Three Yukon government employees have been awarded the 2013 Aboriginal Employees' Award of Honour.
• NWTel monitoring tool fixed Northwestel Inc. discovered its usage monitoring tool had been unavailable to the public since last Thursday, but had the problem fixed by Monday.
• Talented trio As they were Monday evening, Sarah Ott, Emily Ross and Madi Dixon (left-right) will be among the performers this evening in the MADnificent MADness variety show at the Wood Street Centre.
• Cabinet adopts alterations to wildlife rules Changes to wildlife regulations reviewed by the public in 2012 were adopted by the territorial cabinet Monday.
• Trail plan may be adopted next week ATV users, snowmobile drivers, dirt bike riders, skiers and pedestrians could soon have a better sense of what trails they should be on and what to expect
• Fracking committee sets its schedule for hearing witnesses Next week, the legislature's Select Committee Regarding the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing will hear from eight groups in an attempt to foster a scientific understanding of fracking.
• Yukon Liberals to choose their new leader on March 1 The Yukon Liberals will have an official leader come March 1.
• Former cabbie assaulted woman, drove impaired A former Whitehorse taxi driver has pleaded guilty to driving drunk while passengers were in the cab.

January 20, 2014

• Dawsonites to gather for premiere Dawson City residents will gather late this afternoon to watch the premiere of the Discovery Channel's Klondike miniseries.
• Recycling processors see diversion credit raised Recycling processors will get a little more help for their efforts from the city
• Fine fashions Emma Blair photographs Tayler Mitchell, Riley Olsen and Laura Holmes (left to right) Friday in Porter Creek Secondary Schoolsʼ Fashion Art Design School class
• WestJet service will stay as is While WestJet is expanding service in a number of regions across the country, its summer-only service in Whitehorse will not change in 2014.
• Sitting pretty The unseasonably warm weather allows for projects such as this Humpty-Dumpty to be built.
• Mine's job layoffs concern chamber The Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce has expressed concern over the recent layoffs at the Minto Mine.
• Fund-raiser staged The Extremely Moving Youth Society presented Go Nuts!
• Range Road North meetings planned The City of Whitehorse is undertaking a neighbourhood plan for the Range Road North area to help guide its future growth and development.
• Musical fuel Solid Fuel – Ragn Royle, Logan Frasher, Ale Peters and Madi Dixon, left to right – perform at Fridaysʼ youth showcase at Epic Pizza
• City convicts first motorist for passing too close to a cyclist The first motorist to face a fine under the city's new bicycle bylaw for driving too close to a cyclist will have to pay up.
• Tuition boost is manageable: students' union The president of Yukon College's students' union doesn't expect a planned tuition increase will "break anybody's back.”
• Teachers' group plans conference The Yukon Teachers' Association will host a national conference on women's issues in February.
• Yukon Energy boss to retire by year's end Yukon Energy president David Morrison plans to retire by the end of the year.
• Project closing in on lock on investment target The keyless padlock developed in Whitehorse is on track to raise the $165,000 target established on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform.
• Man jailed for chase, possessing stolen property A man already facing potentially stiff punishment for attempting to murder two peace officers in 2011 had more time added to his name Friday afternoon