Whitehorse Daily Star

May 7, 2013

• Yukoners receive gratitude for service to communities They received applause, standing ovations even.
• Money fortifies search and rescue services The Yukon Search and Rescue Incident Readiness and Management Support Program will receive $768,000 to improve search and rescue capacity in the territory.
• City unveils new e-billing option The City of Whitehorse has introduced e-billing utility bills – a new method for obtaining quarterly utility bills by email.
• The Big Moment The ribbon for the grand opening of Mah's Point is cut Saturday.
• Community leaders want grant program clarified Elected community leaders are seeking the Yukon government's assistance in clarifying the policy around the annual home owner's grant.
• Citizens urged to help clean up city Mayor Dan Curtis, on behalf of city Council and the City of Whitehorse, invites residents to participate in CLEAN Across Whitehorse – the 20 Minute Makeover by helping to clean up the city.
• Vandalism spree will cost taxpayers $7,000 It's estimated a weekend window-breaking spree at Christ the King Elementary School has cost $7,000, government spokeswoman Kendra Black said today.
• Air safety issue touches down in legislature According to the official Opposition, the runway at the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport needs significant safety improvements.
• 911 can be used to report drunk drivers, boaters Whitehorse residents may soon get a sobering reminder to call 911 if they think they've spotted an impaired driver or boater.

May 6, 2013

• City launches garbage day reminder system If you've ever lost track of garbage or compost day or raced outside after hearing the garbage truck, you're in luck.
• NDP presses for minimum age for young workers The Yukon is the only jurisdiction in Canada without legislation governing the minimum age of workers.
• Biomass energy project takes another step Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) Chief James Allen says he carries a power saw with him whenever he checks his traplines these days, for fallen trees.
• Residents may unite in community association Cowley Creek subdivision residents may soon have a new community association to represent their interests.
• New rules designed to stave off disease The Yukon government has implemented new rules to help protect the territory's deer populations from chronic wasting disease (CWD).
• Capital's move toward independence defeated A proposal by Whitehorse city council for new independence outside the Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) was shot down in flames over the weekend.

May 3, 2013

• Science needs to be independent from politics Science needs to be independent from politicsRecently, politics and science have been in the news: polar bears and Yukon MP Ryan Leef, oil sands and our federal minister of Natural Resources, potential fracking here in the territory ....
• Government fields queries on variety of fronts With two weeks left in the spring legislative sitting, opposition members continue to raise a variety of issues during question period – not all of them new.
• New fund will help Yukoners fighting cancer A newly established fund to support Yukoners fighting cancer and their families, who help to care for them, was launchd at a reception held late Thursday afternoon.
• College donates mobile training lab to Yukon Learn Yukon College presented 20 Dell laptops, shoulder bags and a wireless printer to Yukon Learn last month.
• NDP continues theme of project mismanagement The official Opposition is concerned the government is mismanaging yet another capital project.
• Tracing Irish Immigration Alyssa Rathburn, right, and McKayla Kaye studied the Irish immigration
• Northwestel helps kick off Volunteer Yukon campaign Northwestel is calling on Yukon businesses to commit to Volunteer Yukon's Corporate Social Responsibility Challenge after being the first company to sign on.
• Stepping With Care Cadence Milford dances
• Fracking committee's timeline called adequate Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Brad Cathers is confident a year is enough time to decide whether hydraulic fracturing should be permitted in the Yukon.
• School busing contracts awarded A new company will be operating the territory's school buses later this year after the signing of contracts worth an estimated $14 million.
• Musicians Visit Alberta The All City Band's Junior Concert Band is seen recently at the Calgary Zoo.
• Interpretive training funded The Yukon government is enhancing interpretive tours at Fort Selkirk Historic Site by providing $19,200 for wilderness heritage interpretive training.
• The right connection: duo will fix your cellphone Two Whitehorse men with backgrounds in commercial construction know what it's like to break a cellphone.
• Ex-commissioner receives her honour Former Yukon commissioner Judy Gingell was awarded the Order of Canada today, almost three years after she discovered she would be receiving the award.
• Creativity purring as cats leap onto the stage If it looks like a cat and dances like a cat, it might be a Music, Arts and Drama (MAD) student.
• MP's polar bear comments have experts growling Yukon MP Ryan Leef is defending comments he made regarding the status of polar bears after garnering national media attention earlier this week.
• CBC stalwarts sign off for the last time In 1991, the news media were a very different beast.
• Land claims trailblazer praised for his dedication Roddy Blackjack, a Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation elder, former chief and vocal advocate for his community, died this week.
• Yukon-Kelowna travel suddenly becomes easier Air North, the Yukon's local airline, has announced plans for seasonal summer passenger service between Whitehorse and Kelowna, in south-central British Columbia.