Whitehorse Daily Star

April 19, 2013

• Churches' food drive is in full swing Local churches are holding their annual food drive in support of the Whitehorse Food Bank.
• City to award contracts for pest control, pump With this week's major snowfall, it may seem the mosquito season is a long way off, but the city's getting set to take on the insect.
• Findings Presented Cristina Pekerik, left, Cody Doerksen, centre, and Derik Niemstra, with the Statistics Course,
• Spring may be late, but the swans aren't Halfway through April, and we've seen a big jump in swan counts: 750 at Swan Haven, 320 in Tagish, and 330 at Johnson's Crossing (a partial count).
• Cowboy Junkies lasso a fix in Whitehorse The Cowboy Junkies are coming west for a tour of the cowboy lands, and are heading north for their first-ever Yukon show.
• Money may be diverted to arena The city could be reassigning the $70,000 it had planned to spend on replacing a pump at the Canada Games Centre's pool.
• Dawson's food bank plans drive Food banks have become a fixture in many communities.
• Silver prods YP on ex-MLA's rec centre promise The Yukon government is evading questions on whether it remains committed to building a new recreation centre in Dawson City.
• Friday at The Festival Adjudicator Joan Thompson
• Boil water advisory expected to end soon A boil water advisory was issued Thursday for the residents of Watson Lake, but officials say it could be lifted as early as the end of today.
• Friends of Bear Creek out to raise YCGC camp's profile The Bear Creek compound was once the home of a small community outside Dawson and the headquarters of the Yukon Consolidated Gold Company (YCGC).
• Yukon Talent Heads East Marie-Maude Allard and Alain DesRochers perform at the Northern Scene festival
• Pasloski pondering whether to join call for national inquiry Jurisdictions around the country have signed on to a call for a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women across the country.
• Correction Thursday's story regarding Grade 3 students at Grey Mountain Primary School
• The Sound of Music The Whitehorse Elementary School intermediate choir performs
• NDP seeking stories about experiences with health care The NDP has launched a campaign to re-centre the Yukon's health care system around patients.
• Lawyers fed just desserts after minister's remark After publicly pronouncing that Yukon government lawyers just aren't as good as Chevron Corp.'s are, Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) Minister Brad Cathers has attempted to make nice with the legal team.
• Yukoners remember singing icon's visit Whether she was receiving the Order of Canada, bringing her unique voice to fans on stage,
• Comments about YTG staff prompted legal threats The unknown creator of a website dedicated to the Whistle Bend subdivision controversy has bowed to legal threats from the Yukon government.
• Air North becomes sole carrier to Calgary Air Canada has cancelled its summer route from Whitehorse to Calgary, the Star has learned.

April 18, 2013

• Students on pace to speak to space It's what you might call a very (very, very) long-distance phone call.
• Items showed presence of blood, murder trial is told A number of items collected in connection with a 2008 murder in the Ibex Valley, including a knife, a towel and a flashlight, tested positive for the possible presence of blood, a Yukon Supreme Court jury heard Wednesday.
• Spring snowfall catches some motorists off-guard Whitehorse RCMP are reporting three vehicle rollovers directly related to treacherous road conditions created by the unexpected record dump of snow this morning.
• Stress can rule the days, nights for 911 dispatchers There's a lot going on behind the scenes of a 911 call.
• ‘This whole situation has been unfortunate, unforeseen' Construction is continuing on the Dawson City and Watson Lake hospitals, the chair of the Yukon Hospital Corp. told a Whitehorse news conference this morning.

April 17, 2013

• Local landlords can help fill a vacancy, coalition believes The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition wants to learn more about Whitehorse landlords in order to strengthen the community.
• Foundation introduces new fund-raiser event The Yukon Hospital Foundation is poised to introduce its newest fundraiser – Dine-Out Whitehorse, presented by Evergreen Homes and Construction.
• Betty's Haven set to open this fall Whitehorse will soon offer brand new, long term "second-stage” housing to women and children responding to violence.
• NDP wants liquor corporation job reinstated The NDP has urged the Yukon government to reinstate the full-time social responsibility position at the Yukon Liquor Corp.
• Settlement land may lose green space designation The Kwanlin Dun First Nation (KDFN) could be closer to developing some of its land after next week's city council meeting.
• A Successful Show Takhini Elementary School students
• New website will help with career planning Education Minister Scott Kent unveiled a new Yukon WorkFutures website Tuesday before education and labour market stakeholders gathered at The Old Fire Hall.
• Ten Lessons from a Tiger to be presented Environment Yukon, in partnership with the Yukon Science Institute, will soon host author John Vaillant for a free evening talk on Ten Lessons from a Tiger.
• Spring? Say Again? The city was blanketed with snow Tuesday evening and this morning
• Woman's honesty reunites art, gallery Two of three paintings stolen from a local gallery were returned Monday to the RCMP by the woman who purchased them and later recognized them as the stolen art.
• CRTC decision puts crimp on NWTel's plans Northwestel Inc. president Paul Flaherty says the company is having to make a serious shift in future upgrades because of a recent CRTC order.
• Flood officials keeping wary eye on areas The late spring in the Yukon and an above-average snowpack in some areas has created a moderate flood risk for several communities, says a government hydrologist.
• Kent absorbs opinions on dual-school concept It became clear last night that the decision on whether to build a French first language high school on the site of the new F.H. Collins Secondary School won't be an easy one.