Whitehorse Daily Star

April 24, 2013

• Leef is out to grab your money Canadians should get ready to pay more for everyday goods.
• Live Words moves to Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre This year's edition of the Yukon Writers Festival Live Words public reading drew about 40 folks Tuesday evening to the spacious new multi-purpose room at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre.
• On the trail of local history! Ed. note: these historic items, submitted by the Whitehorse History Book Society, are published every second Wednesday.
• Training workshop held for Yukoners Yukon municipal officials, First Nation leaders and territorial government staff recently finished a two-day workshop on placemaking
• Leef took part in memorial walk Yukon MP Ryan Leef was amoung those runners in Ottawa who marched from Parliament Hill to the American Embassy on Monday in memory of the victims from the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings.
• Minister sorry for declaring building finished The minister of Highways and Public Works apologized Tuesday in the legislature for a gaffe he made late last month.
• Food drive continues tonight, Thursday The annual food drive put on by local churches continues this week.
• Peel watershed freeze will continue: Pasloski The freeze on land inside the Peel River watershed will be extended beyond May 4, Premier Darrell Pasloski told the legislature Tuesday.
• Court upholds man's sexual assault conviction A Yukon man has lost his appeal of a sexual assault conviction from 2011.
• Musician, performer to launch first CD Claire Ness will take the Yukon Arts Centre stage at 8:00 this evening
• Probe's results should inspire confidence: RCMP The results of an investigation by the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP should instill public confidence in the accountability of the RCMP, a local inspector said today.
• Fund-raiser set for Betty's Haven A shower curtain, a towel, a little bit of cutlery: they're the little things many people take for granted when they get their morning shower and grab their breakfast.
• ‘Such occurrences strike the heartstrings of all of us' The Yukon has joined jurisdictions across the country calling for a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.

April 23, 2013

• Students to present heritage projects Students from Grades 4 through 9 are gearing up for next month's 15th annual Regional Heritage Fair, in which they will present their research on a Canadian heritage topic.
• Youthful Generosity The Christ the King Elementary School Kindergarten class visited the Whitehorse Food Bank on Monday afternoon
• Northwestel partners with schools to help environment Northwestel Inc. acknowledged the recycling efforts of Takhini Elementary School students Monday during the launch of this year's Directory Recycling Program.
• Take A Detour The trail along the Yukon River
• Department accused of trying to gag employees The official Opposition and the president of the Yukon Teachers' Association are concerned that the Department of Education is attempting to muzzle its staff.
• Wisdom Spotted Owls like this one are a real treat,
• Peel plan called ‘lightning rod for division' Premier Darrell Pasloski and his Yukon Party government are again under attack for the handling of land use planning for the Peel River watershed.
• Land parcels closer to losing greenspace designation The designation of five Kwanlin Dun First Nation parcels in the city is now in the hands of the Yukon government.
• Man's arrest was unreasonable: commission Stewart Jamieson wants Yukoners to know their rights.
• Ibex Valley fire claims woman's life The coroner and the fire marshal's office are investigating after the body of a 69-year-old woman was found Monday inside the burned-down remains of a home in Ibex Valley.

April 22, 2013

• Cannes Film Festival to screen Yukon film Economic Development Minister Currie Dixon is congratulating Yukon filmmaker Moira Sauer on creating a Yukon short film that will grace the screen at the Cannes Film Festival May 15 to 26.
• Arrest processing unit work to be tendered soon The remainder of the new $4.5-million arrest processing unit should be going out to public tender soon, says a senior Yukon government official.
• Murder trial hears testimony from RCMP officer The defence lawyer for a man accused of murder got a chance to ask questions about the early work done in the case.
• A Visitor From Above This visitor dropped by a home on Teslin Lake
• Astronaut takes questions from local students Grey Mountain Primary School's gym was packed but silent Saturday afternoon as a voice came over the speaker.
• Honing Young Talent Adjudicator Joan Thompson works Friday with the Whitehorse Elementary School intermediate choir
• Council to vote on new fire truck The city could have a new fire truck soon if council votes in favour of spending up to $609,000 on the purchase.
• Imagination Library receives funding The Yukon government has made good on its election promise to support the Yukon's Imagination Library.
• Gathering saluted benefits of medical marijuana Lee Goodwin organized Saturday's local 420 marijuana rally to increase awareness about the benefits of medical marijuana.
• Medical council restocked with new members A new Yukon Medical Council has been appointed, with only one member returning from the council which resigned en masse in March.