Whitehorse Daily Star

September 11, 2013

• Traffic bylaw passes first two readings City councillor John Streicker says he's proposed changes to the city's traffic bylaw which would make the parking pass program universal.
• Yukon Ice Patch work authorization cancelled The permit for archeological work in the Yukon Ice Patch has been cancelled.
• Ayatori Demonstration English as a Second Language students shared some of their culture at noon Tuesday at Yukon College.
• Filmmaker to present documentary tonight There will be several opportunities to see a dramatic documentary about what happened in Whitehorse on 9/11, thanks to a telecasting deal with Community Cable 9.
• Potential graves would be safeguarded, city told The city is handing over ownership of three Steele Street properties to the Yukon government for the expansion of the Sarah Steele Building.
• Exhibit To Open tomorrow Marie-Hélène Comeau (above) will open News from the Canyon Thursday at the Yukon Arts Centre Community Gallery.
• New regulations will modernize Yukon business legislation The Yukon government is seeking feedback on new and amended regulations that are the final step in modernizing the territory's 30-year-old business legislation.
• NDP questions Taylor's silence on school policy Vanier Catholic Secondary School's new draft policy for gay students is a step in the right direction, says NDP Leader Liz Hanson.
• Come and Get 'EM! Dwayne Latham flips burgers
• Pair of cougar sightings reported Environment Yukon received two reports of cougar sightings in Porter Creek late last week.
• Don't discuss new policy with media, travel agents told Multiple sources tell the Star that local travel agents are being asked not to speak to the media about a new Yukon government pilot project.
• Jury selection finalized this morning The trial of a man facing two counts of attempted murder was delayed Tuesday when one of 14 jurors asked to be excused for health reasons.
• Case against accused isn't complex: prosecutor The case against 32-year-old Christopher Cornell is simple, Crown prosecutor Keith Parkkari said this morning in his opening remarks to a Yukon Supreme Court jury.

September 10, 2013

• Two hundred fewer people working: labour figures There were 200 fewer people working in the territory last month over a year earlier, when 19,400 were employed.
• Territory welcomes a new audiologist The Yukon government's hearing services branch now has a full-time audiologist on staff, the first since 2009.
• Mirthful Meal Teddy Jackson and territorial cabinet minister Elaine Taylor share a laugh
• Latest power failures under study An unexplained issue at Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd.'s Mt. McIntyre substation triggered power outages across Whitehorse this morning.
• Criminal charges lodged following collision A female driver was arrested and charged with impaired driving Monday evening in Whitehorse.
• Literacy Advocate Recognized Longtime Whitehorse resident Beth Mulloy
• Yukon firefighters return from duties in Idaho, Oregon Sixteen Yukon Wildland Fire Management firefighters and an agency representatives returned to the territory Monday evening after having spent the past 16 days in Idaho providing firefighting support.
• Selection of jury finalized for attempted murder trial Selection of jury finalized for attempted murder trial
• Residents' objections fail to topple cell tower A last-ditch effort by residents of four Copper Ridge households to convince city council not to go ahead with a lease to Bell Canada for a new cell tower did not work Monday evening.
• Air North to continue Kelowna service through the winter B.C.'s Okanagan Valley will remain just a flight away through the winter.
• Government chips in more money for Sima cause City council will meet later this week to discuss the latest request of $200,000 to help get the Mount Sima ski and snowboard facility operating this winter.

September 9, 2013

• Registration fair enjoyed heavy turnout Last month's eighth annual Community Registration Fair saw many Whitehorse residents taking an interest in active living, said Deputy Mayor Betty Irwin.
• Year's research farm harvest has served a double purpose Fifty kilograms of sweet and tasty snap peas have been donated to the Whitehorse Food Bank.
• Learning On The Water ‘Paddling into a new year'
• War veterans' memories must be documented: author Astrid Zoer was born in Holland, four years after the Second World War ended.
• See The Lights Motorists participating in this morning's commute to and from Riverdale
• Minister is out to stick it to red tape The federal government is attempting to reduce red tape for small and medium-sized businesses with a new online mail service.
• Runway work to be done in two phases A tender scheduled to close Thursday will see the repaving of one of the runways at the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport over the next two years.
• Firefighters will hold out their boots for a good cause Yukoners are being urged to join Whitehorse firefighters this Friday as they hold out their boots in support of Muscular Dystrophy Canada.
• Jury selection underway in attempted murder trial Jury selection began this morning for the trial of a Whitehorse man accused of attempting to murder a Haines Junction RCMP officer and another Haines Junction man.
• Political figures laud waterfront's completion Representatives from all levels of government were on hand Friday morning to celebrate the completion of the Whitehorse waterfront revitalization project.
• Burned rubble has yielded body The RCMP and territory's fire marshal's office are investigating what appears to be a fatal fire Sunday at a mobile home in West Dawson.