Whitehorse Daily Star

April 29, 2013

• First nurse practitioner is registered in Yukon Yukon residents stand to benefit from the registration of the first nurse practitioner in the territory, says Health and Social Services Minister Doug Graham.
• Deadline looms for feedback on Animal Health Act changes The Yukon government is seeking public comment on proposed changes to the Animal Health Act, and the dealine is Tuesday.
• Yukoners honour late, injured workers "It's the same as it always is; for me, it's a struggle that we even have to have a day,” said Kate White.
• Mixing Science and Fun Jasmine Sealy (left) and Alyssa Gehmair (right), along with Tara and Isabel Magsucang (foreground),
• River is taking its own sweet time this year If you've been wondering how early your pick should have been for the Dawson Ice Pool contest run by the IODE, the smart money is on a late break-up this year.
• Party members confirm their support for premier Yukon Party members reaffirmed their support for Premier and leader Darrell Pasloski and elected a new executive at their annual general meeting (AGM).
• Board ordered to compensate janitor who was hurt on job The Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board has been ordered to pay a janitor who was injured in a 2011 fall.
• Humane society's meeting goes this evening One of many outstanding legal issues between the Yukon registrar and former members of the Humane Society Yukon board has been moved out of the courtroom for now.
• Lawsuit follows fire which gutted hotel The Liard First Nation (LFN) is taking its insurance broker to Yukon Supreme Court,
• Judge hands down 18-month probation term A 54-year-old Whitehorse man was handed an 18-month probation term this morning for a list of offences that range from theft to uttering threats to intoxicated driving.
• Home Brew Fest fans see Skagway trip extended Avalanches on the South Klondike Highway have left a number of Yukoners stranded in Skagway. Many were there for Saturday's annual Home Brew Fest.

April 26, 2013

• New start time proposed for council meetings Council will be debating how and when it conducts its meetings next month when city staff bring forward a proposed new procedures bylaw.
• Arena will get new hot water system Instead of spending $70,000 on the pool at the Canada Games Centre as it had planned, the city will use the money for the Takhini Arena.
• Policy throttles free speech, NDP charges The Yukon Party government must stop muzzling public servants in the midst of education controversies, the NDP says.
• Selling SOVA Dr. Curtis Collins, left, the new director and program chair of the School of Visual Arts in Dawson City,
• Electoral scholar proposes fairer vote system Only 27 per cent of voters had "successful votes” in the October 2011 territorial election, charges longtime Whitehorse resident Dave Brekke.
• Community to pay tribute to workers Sunday Members of the community will gather this weekend to remember more than 55 Yukoners killed on the job since 1984, including one who died in 2012.
• Getting A Look-See CBC North camera man Mike Rudyk tours members of the Selkirk Elementary School technical team through the CBC Yukon TV studio Wednesday.
• Corporations' executives will face MLAs' questions After repeated calls from the opposition, the Yukon Party has finally agreed to bring the Yukon Hospital, Energy and Development corporations before the legislature for questioning.
• Justice minister lends input to Victims' Bill of Rights The Yukon's justice minister was in Ottawa this week to provide input on the development of a Canadian Victims' Bill of Rights.
• Three-decade tradition runs its course at F.H. Collins The F.H. Collins Secondary School Library hosted what will probably be the last in an unbroken series of 33 Young Authors Conferences on Wednesday and Thursday.
• Tunes For Transplant Gordie (left) and Aiden Tentrees perform Thursday evening
• Boil water order rescinded The boil water advisory issued for Watson Lake has been rescinded.
• Decades of helping hands earn award From coaching minor softball to flipping countless pancakes and burgers to building Maryhouse, Ed Sumner has done it all in the Whitehorse volunteer scene.
• Helping Build Their Community The nominees for the Volunteer of the Year are seen Wednesday night.
• ‘Stories have been uncovered like an archeological dig' A school assignment for Grade 4 students at Golden Horn Elementary School is bringing families and generations closer together.
• Local choirs to showcase showtunes There's no shortage of musical theatre in Whitehorse these days.
• The 'Joys Of Spring' Don't put away that shovel yet!
• Avalanche throws wrench into meeting Whitehorse will not be part of the Northern Lynn Canal Neighbours Summit that had been set for this afternoon.
• Car stolen A 2003 Nissan Sentra was taken some time overnight from an apartment parking lot in Riverdale.
• Chamber uneasy about mine plan's prospects The Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce is calling for support of the proposal to reclaim tailings at the former site of the Whitehorse Copper Mine.
• MLAs protest Alaska-set show's Yukon namesake Yukon MLAs have taken issue with the Discovery Channel's show Yukon Men, and are calling for the name to be changed.
• Vacation package changes leave hotel out in the cold Holland America will be closing its Westmark Hotel in Beaver Creek next summer as it revamps its tourism packages for the Yukon, a senior company official said today.

April 25, 2013

• Governments working to improve the rights of victims of crime The Yukon's justice minister provided input Wednesday to the federal government at consultations in Ottawa seeking stakeholders' views on the development of a Canadian Victims' Bill of Rights.
• Yukon performers making a splash in the capital Yukon artists were front and centre as the Northern Scene Festival launched in Ottawa today.
• Be like sponges, budding young authors advised The 33rd annual Young Authors Conference welcomed 55 students to F.H. Collins Secondary School's library Wednesday morning to begin two days of authors' readings and writing workshops.
• Swimming Anyone? A large puddle accumulated by the Chilkoot Way and Two Mile Hill Wednesday afternoon
• Volunteer Yukon unveils two new programs As part of National Volunteer Week around the country, Volunteer Yukon has announced two new programs designed to encourage and appreciate volunteers around the territory.
• Talent In An Expanded Gallery Simon James Gilpin is seen in the North End Gallery's new exhibition space
• Dam not responsible for flooding, YEC insists The NDP's Energy critic raised questions concerning winter flooding along the Mayo River during question period Wednesday, suggesting the issue began since the construction of the Mayo B dam.
• Government not forthright on Peel issue: CPAWS CPAWS-Yukon has produced a statistical review of responses to the Peel River consultations, suggesting the Yukon government didn't want to be upfront with the numbers.
• Ex-Motorways lots will go up for sale May 6 The remaining five lots up for grabs in the former Motorways trucking yard downtown will go on sale May 6.
• ‘You lied repeatedly to the jury,' ex-cop reminded A former RCMP officer who pleaded guilty to lying under oath was involved with some of the evidence in a Yukon Supreme Court murder trail currently underway.