Whitehorse Daily Star

September 27, 2013

• Bicycle riding bylaw passes council's first two readings Cyclists are getting closer to being governed by a new bylaw after city council passed the first two readings of the proposed bicycle bylaw Monday evening.
• Big changes loom for north end of Range Road The neighbourhood at the north end of Range Road could be a very different place in a few years.
• Fracking committee may study provinces' experiences A trip to B.C. or Alberta may be in the cards for members of the legislature's select committee on hydraulic fracturing.
• Honouring Runners' Large Legacy Hundreds of Porter Creek Secondary School students and teachers took to the streets of Porter Creek on Thursday for their annual Terry Fox Run.
• Youth asked to contemplate an important question If you could say anything to a boyfriend, a girlfriend, a friend, what would you say?
• Chamber president has doubts about forecast The president of the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce is raising concerns that the government's most recent economic outlook seems almost too optimistic.
• Parking permits available to condo, apartment residents Those living in condos or apartments downtown now have the same access to parking passes that others in the neighbourhood do.
• Thrills On Stage Veteran local performer James McCullough, left, and Winluck Wong are two of the performers in the Guild Hall production Freak Winds
• City to raise flag of Lancieux in sisterhood The City of Whitehorse was set to proudly raise the flag of sister city Lancieux, France, late this afternoon at city hall.
• Residents to judge street reconstruction proposal Property owners along Ogilvie Street, from Fourth to Eighth avenues, will be asked to vote on whether they're willing to pay for a portion of proposed road upgrades.
• Bidding Farewell David Jensen, with the Dakká Kwáan, shares a dance Thursday afternoon with Naoke Ito, a Yukon College Japanese student.
• Minister attended FASD gatherings Health and Social Services Minister Doug Graham was in Edmonton this week meeting with his colleagues from the Canada Northwest Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Partnership.
• Crews work on slope stabilization Yukon government crews were continuing stabilization work along the North Klondike Highway today near Fox Lake following a mudslide onto the road Wednesday evening.
• City's slate of new, altered fees closer to fruition City fees are closer to changing following Monday evening's city council meeting.
• Memorial helps ‘find healing and a little bit of closure' Two slabs of jade now stand in the park where Jaedyn Amann used to play.
• Familiar Role For Principal Hundreds of Porter Creek Secondary School students and teachers took to the streets of Porter Creek for their annual Terry Fox Run this week.
• Patience Makes Perfect Local artists Nicole Bauberger, left, and Phillipe LeBlonde work Tuesday afternoon on the mural for the Yukon Diversity Art Project at Yukon College.
• Production will be boosted at Wolverine Mine Yukon Zinc Corp. will increase production at its Wolverine Mine to 75 per cent, beginning Oct. 10.
• ‘Drunk punks' force merchant to hire bouncer A variety store with a bouncer: that's the solution that Ken Achtymichuk,
• Disregard remarks, jury instructed Yukon Supreme Court Justice Leigh Gower instructed jury members Thursday afternoon to disregard a piece of testimony they heard that morning.
• Testimony wraps up in attempted murder trial After three weeks, the Yukon Supreme Court jury has heard all the evidence in the case of the 31-year-old Whitehorse man charged with trying to kill an RCMP officer.
• ‘As far as I'm concerned, we will find him' The family and friends of a Haines Junction man who went missing last month remain hopeful despite a lack of new information on his whereabouts.
• Ex-city manager had been suspended prior to his medical leave Stan Westby, the now-former manager of the City of Whitehorse, says he is seeking legal advice and will not be commenting on city council's decision late Thursday afternoon to fire him.

September 26, 2013

• Bank Thanked The Royal Bank of Canada was presented with a Community Builder Award Wednesday morning
• Northern development ministers to gather here The Northern Development Ministers' Forum is coming to the Yukon in 2014, Economic Development Minister Currie Dixon announced today.
• Show Continues Catherine Deer and Don Watt take in the Art Under Pressure exhibit Tuesday evening
• Canada Job Grant concerns labour ministers Provincial and territorial labour ministers are seeking a meeting with their federal counterpart to discuss significant concerns with the proposed Canada Job Grant.
• Mural Progressing Nicole Bauberger demonstrates to Phillipe LeBlonde the painting technique Tuesday afternoon
• Local theatre ensemble to present performances The Whitehorse Theatre Ensemble, in conjunction with Aurora Nova Productions in the U.K., will present the Yukon premiere of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit by Nassim Souleimanpour beginning Friday.
• A Mudslide's Havoc Yukon government crews are seen working this morning to clean up an overnight landslide on the North Klondike Highway at Fox Lake.
• Momentum growing for fourth annual cultural celebration From Friday through Sunday, cultural organizations across the Yukon will be opening their doors to the public as part of two nation-wide celebrations: Culture Days and Doors Open.
• City manager's long absence continues Little is being said about the lengthy, continued absence of city manager Stan Westby, though the city expects to release a statement by the end of this week.
• Economy needs diversifying, NDP says of report The leader of the official Opposition is once again calling on the Yukon government to redirect its attention to economic diversification.
• Accused man tells jury he's innocent Christopher Cornell testified Wednesday he was nowhere near Madley's General Store in Haines Junction when it was robbed two years ago today.

September 25, 2013

• Mold issues prompt remediation order at treatment plant Mold issues at Dawson's wastewater treatment plant caused the territory's occupational health and safety branch to issue a remediation order, which has been carried out as of this week.
• Promoting A Vital Goal Whitehorse resident Stephen Roddick
• Stuff the Bus event replenishes food bank The efforts of the Whitehorse Baptist Church and the entire Whitehorse community have filled the shelves of the Whitehorse Food Bank.
• Help ward off bears, residents urged again Conservation officers are yet again calling on Whitehorse residents to better secure their garbage and compost bins after officials from Environment Yukon immobilized a hungry black bear Monday near Yukon College
• Rights bill consultation lacked diversity, Yukoner says Federal Justice Minister Peter MacKay was in Whitehorse last week to discuss forthcoming victims' rights legislation with Yukoners.
• RCMP corporal recalls the day he was shot at Haines Junction RCMP Cpl. Kim MacKellar still has metal fragments in his eye from the day the windshield of his police truck was hit by a bullet from a high-powered rifle.
• Eagle Gold secures quartz licence The Eagle Gold mining project has been given the go-ahead to start construction with the issuance of a quartz mining licence.
• Daycare investigated after tot suffers burn Questions continue to go unanswered for a Whitehorse family after their 11-month-old son came home from daycare with a burned hand.
• Description of woman's attacker issued Whitehorse RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in a sexual assault investigation.