Whitehorse Daily Star

May 2, 2013

• Government sums up regional flood risks According to the Yukon government, a moderate flood risk is forecaste for:
• Territorial economies' outlook called bright The global economy is making its presence felt in Canada's territories, dampening – but not dousing – the mining boom underway in Canada's North.
• Yukon government supports customer service training The Yukon government is partnering with the Yukon Tourism Education Council (YTEC) to offer customer service training to businesses.
• Talks scheduled A date has been set for collective bargaining negotiations with the newly-formed flight attendants' union at Air North.
• Pare probationary periods, NDP urges The NDP wants the government to cut probation periods for new employees in half.
• River relentlessly eroding Millennium Trail Despite serious erosion of the Millennium Trail, the city has no immediate plans to work on the trail this year.
• Children's Book Week gets underway Sunday For more than 35 years,
• ‘This will resonate across Canada' The Yukon has come a long way in protecting against carbon monoxide poisoning, but there's still a long way to go.
• Witness accused of suppressing information The defence lawyer in a Yukon Supreme Court murder trial has accused one of the witnesses of withholding information because he's too scared to talk.
• Offender committed infractions at local jail The Anchorage man who ran the border at Beaver Creek last October and led the RCMP on a lengthy, high-speed chase is scheduled to be sentenced next Friday.

May 1, 2013

• New medical council up and running, doctor says The new chair of the Yukon Medical Council wants to reassure Yukoners that the body is up and running once again.
• City updates development incentive policy In an effort to make it easier for non-profits to move ahead with housing development, the city has updated its development incentive policy.
• Trial hears about attempts to free stuck SUV It's March 26, 2008, and two people are stuck in their SUV on a mining road 30 minutes from the Swift River Lodge.
• Grade 4 student publishes e-book Maible Matrishon, a Golden Horn Elementary School Grade 4 student, has written, photographed and self-published an e-book based on her experiences living on an island near Bocas del Toro, Panama.
• Getting Fit Bekie Hobus and her 11-month-old daughter, Anna, are seen Tuesday morning on the Black Street stairs.
• Kent to visit Pelly in wake of principal's removal The NDP raised concerns in the legislature Monday regarding dismissal procedures for school principals following the sudden departure of the principal at the Eliza Van Bibber School in Pelly Crossing.
• ‘Sima summit' to be closed to public The much-touted "Sima summit” will be a closed to the public.
• Police busy on drug busts front The Yukon RCMP have been involved in a series of drug busts in the last 11 days, though investigators say none of them appear to be related.
• Oil-Fired Appliance Safety Act has a major flaw, MLA asserts The official Opposition has raised concerns regarding the servicing standards set out in the government's Oil-Fired Appliance Safety Statutory Amendment Act.
• TOYA disappointed by absence of legislation The Trails Only Yukon Association (TOYA) is continuing its call for the government to take action on off-road vehicle (ORV) use throughout the territory.

April 30, 2013

• Government provides museum sector with special opportunity The Yukon's museum sector is receiving a boost from a one-time fund providing 50 Yukoners with assistance to attend the Canadian Museums Association (CMA) annual conference in Whitehorse from May 27 to June 1.
• Honouring Ancestors Keelin made a project about her grandparents for Golden Horn Elementary School's heritage fair.
• Meeting sees mining firm live another day A move by shareholders to liquidate Selwyn Resources Ltd. and permanently turn the lights out was avoided at a special meeting of the company on April 22.
• Slush Becomes A spring Star With the fresh snow and near-freezing temperatures of the ‘spring' of 2013,
• Small aircraft flipped over A small aircraft that flipped over Saturday beside the runway at the Whitehorse airport resulted in just minor injuries, says an official with the Transportation Safety Board.
• Road's reopening saw many Yukoners return Not long before scores of Yukoners were to board Monday's ferry from Skagway to Haines did the South Klondike Highway reopen just before 4 p.m.
• A Disenchanting Sight New ice was seen Monday on the Yukon River near the Pineridge subdivision.
• Blood linked to man found in fire's ruins Blood found on the floor mat of a vehicle has been linked to an Ibex Valley man discovered dead in the charred remains of his cabin in 2008.
• Correction On the basis of a Yukon government news release from earlier this month,
• StrataGold Corp. donated $15,000 to Yukon Party StrataGold Corp. donated $15,000 to the Yukon Party in 2012, the highest contribution made to any territorial political party, says a report by Yukon's chief electoral officer.
• Foreign worker program changes denounced The federal government's changes to the temporary foreign worker program announced Monday are bad news for Yukon, says the president of the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce.
• Humane society looks to storm back from the brink With a unanimous show of hands in favour of adopting the 2012 financial records for the Humane Society Yukon Monday night,