Whitehorse Daily Star

November 25, 2013

• White Ribbon campaign launch set This year, men and boys are once again being asked to make a pledge to never commit, condone or be silent about violence against women and girls.
• Famished Help Fund-Raiser Nearly 450 people attended Saturday morningsʼ Skookum Asphalt Santa Breakfast at the Yukon Government Building, enjoying pancakes, sausages and pictures with Santa and Mrs. Clause.
• Community land management consolidated Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Scott Kent and Community Services Minister Brad Cathers have announced changes to land management, planning and development that will improve services to rural Yukon.
• On The Scene The RCMP
• Charges anticipated after two-truck collision Two vehicles were damaged and a driver could be facing charges following investigation after a collision at 6:45 p.m. Sunday at Hamilton Boulevard and Lazulite Drive.
• City may adopt updated interim city manager bylaw Brian Crist's title has gone from acting to interim city manager since last April.
• Hundreds listen to literary legend's public reading Maddaddam, the new novel by Margaret Atwood — who read passages of it to a 400-strong crowd on Saturday night in Whitehorse — includes scenes familiar to any resident of the Yukon, where a portion of the book is set:
• Vote set on environmental grants Depending on a council vote this evening, the city's bylaw department could be joining forces with the Recreation and Parks Association of the Yukon (RPAY) to make cycling safer for kids around town.
• Climate talks proved subdued, Yukon ADM discovered in Poland This year's UN climate conference, COP 19, kicked off with a few "passionate pleas,” but it was a more subdued set of climate talks than in years past, Ed Van Randon told local reporters Friday morning from Poland.
• Industry anticipates expanded First Nations role It's only a matter of time before aboriginal communities become major players in the mining industry, says the past president of the Yukon Chamber of Mines.
• Review restarts for LNG-powered generators plan The clock is back on for the review of Yukon Energy's $34-million proposal to install two new back-up generators powered by natural gas next year.
• Major fund-raiser called ‘very successful' It appears Yukoners are continuing to give generously to relief efforts in the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the country on Nov 8.

November 22, 2013

• Broken boldly asks: who are we when our memories fade? ( Review ) Brian Fidler begins by telling his audience in the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre that some of what they are about to see and hear is real and some of it isn't.
• Major typhoon relief fund-raiser set for tomorrow A buffet dinner and fund-raising event for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan is set for 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.
• U.S. Customs braces for flights to Fairbanks The decision by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) to permit Air North's planned flights to Fairbanks next summer means Anchorage will lose three customs positions.
• Singing In The Holiday Season The Carolling Choiristers sing Thursday evening at the Northwestel Festival of Trees BAH Humbug at the Yukon governmentsʼ main administration building.
• Large caretaker suite would help business, city told A caretaker suite proposed to be double the size of what would normally be permitted by the city,
• Yukoner to attend U.S. State Department program Later this month, Justin Ferbey will travel to Washington, D.C. to represent the Yukon and his community of Carcross as a participant in the U.S. State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program.
• Proposed bylaw would ban new garberators Garberators – not unlike door knobs in Vancouver – may be on their way to becoming a thing of the past in Whitehorse if the city adopts a new sewer bylaw.
• Cardboard to be designated a controlled waste City council has approved amendments to the Waste Management Bylaw that will designate cardboard as a controlled waste at the dump.
• Accolades showered upon Leckie award winners The winners of the Robert E. Leckie awards were announced during this week's 41st annual Yukon Geoscience Forum banquet.
• Annual youth showcase concert goes tonight Commissioner Doug Phillips will officially launch the second annual Commissioner's Youth Showcase Concert at 6:30 this evening, featuring talented Yukon musicians and artists.
• Yukon women certified as postpartum doulas Two staff members of the Victoria Faulkner Women's Centre have become the Yukon's first Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA)-certified postpartum doulas.
• Firefighters summoned to blaze at local campground A trailer erupted in flames this morning at the Robert Service Campground after an electric heater ignited some "combustibles.”
• MP plans to donate to Filipino typhoon relief effort Ryan Leef will make a personal donation to the Canadian Filipino Association of the Yukon of at least $500 tomorrow at the organization's fund-raiser for the Philippines' relief effort.
• Searing winds topple trees in Riverdale; power cut Crews were expecting to have power in Riverdale fully restored by early this afternoon.
• Man's work ethic ‘second to none,' court told Witnesses offered more insight this week into the character of Denis Chabot and the events around his death at a local tire shop two years ago.
• YDC told to plan for one or more hydroprojects The Yukon government has kicked off its pursuit of new hydroelectric energy projects.
• ‘Help us bring down the demand for drugs': RCMP A Whitehorse man arrested in connection with a recent cocaine, marijuana and firearms seizure by the RCMP has a lengthy history with the Yukon justice system.

November 21, 2013

• Chamber looks for stronger bond to its community It was quite clear from the beginning of its annual general meeting that one of the chief priorities of the Dawson City Chamber of Commerce was to get a full board in place.
• Director of premiering play is sorry to leave ( Preview ) Brian Cochrane, director of the Guild Hall's production of The Cripple of Inishmaan,
• City council approves fall recreation grants The city is providing more than $43,000 to curlers, actors, skaters and preschoolers among others after council approved its fall recreation grants at its Nov. 12 meeting.
• Northwestel Festival of Trees to start today The Yukon Hospital Foundation will launch the 2013 Northwestel Festival of Trees late this afternoon with the Capstone Mining BAH Humbug cocktail party at the Yukon Government Main Administration Building.
• Water lines thawing led to a close call It was very fortunate there wasn't further fire damage to a Porter Creek home Wednesday evening, acting city fire chief Kevin Lyslo said this morning.
• Aviator takes on mining industry's turbulence Hugh Kitchen is a pilot, not a miner.
• Minister doesn't discount potential staking moratorium The Yukon's Energy, Mines and Resources minister would not rule out a potential staking moratorium in Ross River Dena Council traditional territory when questioned Wednesday.
• Government ices NDP's call for inquiry The Yukon government will not call an independent inquiry into the death of Teresa Sheunert at this time, Health Minister Doug Graham said Wednesday in the legislature.