Whitehorse Daily Star

October 16, 2013

• Local man enduring a landlord's nightmare "This used to be a nice little cabin,” Tom Wood says as he looks at the outside of the cabin on his Carcross Cutoff-area property.
• United Way breakfast raised almost $22,000 Thanks to a platoon of celebrity servers, dozens of silent auction sponsors, 730-plus attendees and an extraordinary number of volunteers, more than $21,900 was raised for Yukon organizations at the annual breakfast held Oct. 4.
• Major culvert work should be finished by Friday The culvert replacement on the Alaska Highway just south of the Marsh Lake Campground will be completed by Friday, says a senior government official.
• Don't blow off wind power, advocate urges It's up to Yukoners to push the territorial government and Yukon Energy toward the use of renewable wind energy to displace fossil fuels, says Jean-Paul Pinard.
• Driver charged A woman who rolled her vehicle across the Alaska Highway from the Kopper King bar last Sunday is facing an impaired driving charge, the RCMP said today.
• Signs Of Fall The annual parade of float planes being relocated from Schwatka Lake to the Whitehorse airport has begun.
• Micro-hydro project will have 10-year pay-back Approval of the Yukon's 10th micro-hydro project is being recommended by the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB).
• Hosting role ‘an honour,' Pasloski says Hundreds of delegates are in Whitehorse to discuss northern economic and social issues at the Canada's North Summit 2013.
• ‘It's time to cast our eye outward': premier The Yukon isn't pursuing economic growth for the sake of growth alone, Premier Darrell Pasloski told delegates at a major economic conference this morning in Whitehorse.
• Frostbite organizers hope to regroup for 2015 The 2014 Frostbite Music Festival has been cancelled.

October 15, 2013

• Minister lauds latest royalties figures The Yukon's mines minister says recent figures on the industry's royalties prove its economic benefit to the territory, despite a steep drop in the amount of money doled out.
• Employment Expo Held Deputy Fire Marshal Mike Marcuson fits Karter Kazakoff with a firefighting outfit last Thursday during the Yukon College Education,
• First Nation celebrates 15 years of self-government The Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in and other members of the Dawson community came together recently to help TH celebrate 15 years of self-government achievements.
• Help at Hand Photo Spread
• Whitehorse waterfront project is a finalist for national award The Yukon government-led Whitehorse waterfront revitalization project is a finalist for the Canadian Urban Institute's (CUI) annual Brownie Award.
• Talking Policing RCMP Const. Wayne Gork speaks about a career in the RCMP last Thursday at the Yukon College Education,
• City, territory to sign economic development pact Wanted: one economic development officer.
• Practice Makes Perfect Whitehorse firefighters
• Correction A photo in last Thursday's issue identified construction on the Alaska Highway as part of work planned for the Hillcrest area.
• YCS executive director among Canada's Clean50 leaders Karen Baltgailis, the Yukon Conservation Society's executive director,
• City adopts new fees set Certain homes in the city will now be permitted to put two garbage carts out to the curb come collection day, but it will come with a cost.
• Application for assessment denied A territorial court judge has denied an application for a psychological assessment involving "a very difficult prisoner” with a lengthy criminal record to determine his mental stability.
• Motorist helps collar border jumper RCMP officers have arrested a border runner with the help of an alert truck driver and a fortuitous traffic collision.

October 11, 2013

• Young female talent to be showcased tonight Madi Dixon has been creating music since she was born, she says.
• All signs point to another Yukon Historic Site The Watson Lake Sign Post Forest has been officially designated a Yukon Historic Site under the territory's Historic Resources Act.
• Students a key ingredient to ‘A Recipe for Fire Safety' Whitehorse kids are a key ingredient in A Recipe for Fire Safety, this year's national safety campaign supporting Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 6-12).
• Insufficient Cover A lone willow bush isn't a great place to hide behind,
• MP cautious about NDP's Senate reform ideas Ryan Leef says he's not "fundamentally” opposed to limiting senators' partisan activities, as the NDP proposed Tuesday.
• Canada World Youth participants helping out locally Mayor Dan Curtis and Deputy Mayor Jocelyn Curteanu were joined by Councillors Betty Irwin, John Streicker and Dave Stockdale at city hall last Friday to welcome Canada World Youth participants to Whitehorse.
• Literacy coalition close to lease extension The Yukon Literacy Coalition is extremely close to getting its waterfront lease extended.
• Faces pushes Whitehorse artist to face her own creative fears Mixed media artist Amber Church, whose show Faces continues in the Yukon Arts Centre's Community Gallery, hopes it will inspire others to draw.
• Driver's Charter rights were not violated: judge A Yukon judge ruled there was no breach of Charter rights when a police officer suspected a Whitehorse woman of drunk driving, administered a roadside screening test and detained her last December.
• City budget: ‘It's going to be incredibly difficult' The city will no doubt have "some tough decisions” ahead as officials consider the 2014 budget.
• Second fire in four years called ‘suspicious' A small fire inside a deserted building just behind Whitehorse Elementary School has been deemed suspicious.
• Country residential properties hit in latest real estate figures The value of real estate transactions for April, May and June were down across the Yukon compared to the same three months last year, according to new statistics.
• Moose may be in running for world record Dawson City resident Heinz Naef has to wait 60 days to see if the moose he shot Sept. 25 will be recorded as the largest in the world – at 75 1/4 inches across.
• Falcon Ridge homeowners want millions in penalties Copper Ridge condominium owners faced off against their "misleading” and "intimidating” developer in a courtroom power struggle this week,