Whitehorse Daily Star

November 12, 2013

• Learning The Ropes Students in the program known as C.H.A.O.S. (Community, Heritage, Adventure, Outdoors and Skills) 10
• The Sheepdogs will play the Rendezvous festival in February The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous will celebrate its 50th anniversary by bringing Juno Award-winners The Sheepdogs to Whitehorse for the 2014 festival.
• Ice slips into more telecommunications services Since last Saturday, Rogers and Fido cell phone customers have been able to use their phones in Whitehorse as Ice Wireless launched its 3G service here.
• Remembrance Day 2013 Photo Spread
• Wildlife management meeting set More fishing restrictions on six popular lakes are among 10 changes to the Wildlife Act being advanced for public input.
• NDP suggests how to improve the economy The NDP opted to debate the state of Yukon's economy last Wednesday, the first opposition motion day of the fall sitting.
• Holland America, Air North flights proposal hits a snag Holland America's plans to fly its clients between Dawson City and Fairbanks have hit turbulence after U.S. Customs and Border Protection rejected Air North's plans for the daily summer flights.
• Initial report was inaccurate, coroner says The family of a woman who died last year at the Watson Lake hospital wants a public inquiry into the circumstances that led to her death.

November 8, 2013

• Natural gas-burning plan well worth it, board told The $1-million proposal to begin burning natural gas in Watson Lake's diesel generators would pay for itself in eight years, according to figures presented to the Yukon Utilities Board.
• Yukoners pursuing health-related studies receive territorial support Ten Yukon students will receive financial support from the territorial government through three separate health education bursaries.
• Yukon Little Free Library saluted The Yukon gained the attention of Rick Brooks and Todd Bol, the Little Free Library (LFL) movement founders, this week.
• Cenotaph vigil to begin Sunday The Cadets of 2685, the Yukon Regiment, Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps and 551 Whitehorse Lions Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, will be posting an overnight vigil at the City of Whitehorse Cenotaph at 6 p.m. Sunday.
• Nakai production begins touring the communities Following the success of Nakai Theatre and Ramshackle Theatre's co-production in September 2013 and performances in Toronto and Victoria in summer 2013,
• Fall recreation grants go before city council The city is expected to dole out more than $43,000 to curlers, actors, skaters and preschoolers, among others.
• Labour federation lays plans for coming year The Yukon Federation of Labour (YFL) will be focusing on continuing its support of other unions and on human rights issues over the next year.
• Going, Going.... The sun sets
• Mine revival project going ahead, executive says The proposal to revive the Brewery Creek gold mine east of Dawson City is going forward, says the president of the company in control of the property.
• Exhibit Opens Sandra Grace Storey opened Messengers and Metaphors at Gallery 22
• An incredible mystery: Where is Shorty Roiles' grave? Henry (Shorty) Roiles was a veteran of the First World War.
• Remembering Their Sacrifices Cadets formed the honour guard this morning at Porter Creek Secondary Schoolʼs Remembrance Day ceremonies
• Yukon College elder to speak in Ontario Yukon College elder-in-residence Randall Tetlichi will be a presenting panelist at this weekend's 15th annual Symposium in Indigenous Research at Queens University in Kingston, Ont.
• Misery In Haiti ʻAs Haiti experiences heavy rains, I canʼt help but think of Mackenloveʼs family,ʼ says Yukoner Morgan Wienberg,
• Yukoner's tireless dedication to Haiti lives on For anyone whoever wondered how quickly things can change, how people can come together ... here is an astonishing example.
• MLAs have reams of legislation to pore over The Yukon government has tabled 10 pieces of legislation as the first full sitting week of the fall legislative session came to a close Thursday afternoon.
• Latest unemployment figures released October's seasonally adjusted labour force remained consistent from September, but 100 more Yukoners were unemployed.
• Having regained her health, she's out to help others It was last January when Aimee-Lynn Cumming began to feel pain in her abdomen.
• YTG tables court-ordered changes to mining laws Amendments required to bring the Yukon's mining legislation into compliance with last December's Yukon Court of Appeal decision were tabled Wednesday.
• Drug sellers can tear families apart, offender is told A months-long undercover operation by the RCMP culminated this week in a Whitehorse man receiving a conditional sentence for cocaine trafficking and possession.

November 7, 2013

• Corp. honoured with two national awards The Carcross Tagish Management Corp. (CTMC) and its chief executive officer (CEO) Justin Ferbey, were recognized with two national awards at the Cando 20th annual national conference and annual general meeting in Winnipeg last week.
• A Family Affair Whitehorse resident Ramesh Ferris (left) stands alongside Ontario Lt.-Gov. David Onley (right) at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto earlier this week.
• NDP prescribes pharmacists legislation update The territorial NDP wants the Yukon's pharmacists legislation to be updated.
• Teegatha'oh Zheh finds a new home The redevelopment of the former Canadian Tire store by Northern Vision Development has meant a new home for the Teegatha'oh Zheh organization.
• Hospital expansion project work begins Though Whitehorse General Hospital is fewer than 20 years old, work on a multimillion-dollar expansion has begun.
• Warding Off The Flu Premier Darrell Pasloski took a few moments from his busy day to get his flu shot Wednesday morning.
• Correctional centre has expanded its First Nations programming Management at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre has been working with contractors to expand culturally-relevant programming for First Nation inmates.
• Meeting to focus on Schwatka Lake's future The future of Schwatka Lake will be the subject of a meeting tonight at the Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre as the city continues developing a plan for the lake's western shore.
• MLA goes to bat for unpaid workers Interim Liberal Leader Sandy Silver raised concerns Wednesday in the legislature that some Yukon businesses won't get paid for outstanding debts owed by Dowland Contracting Ltd.
• Planned school's energy standards raised in house The NDP raised concerns Wednesday that the plans tendered for the new F.H. Collins Secondary School do not meet City of Whitehorse energy requirements.