Whitehorse Daily Star

April 11, 2013

• Community celebrates its proud grads More than 75 friends, family and community members gathered March 22 to watch 10 Yukon College students graduate from their programs in Watson Lake.
• Groups receive $270,000 in territorial grants Eighteen community organizations are receiving more than $270,000 in support from the Yukon government's Community Development Fund (CDF).
• Quest media coverage proved valuable With the 2013 Yukon Quest having been one of the most successful races in recent years, media stories spanned at least seven countries, the Quest said last Friday.
• Festival Fun Accomplished freestyle skier Josh Harlow is seen with Special Olympic athlete Ernest Chua last Saturday at the 2013 Special Olympics festival.
• Preferred supplier selected to deliver new transit buses; firm city policy suggested City councillor John Streicker wants to see a policy that would establish rules for selecting preferred suppliers for certain city contracts.
• New exhibit turns conventional media on their heads Whitehorse artist Amber Church's new solo show, Manipulating Media, will open at 5:00 this afternoon at Gallery 22 (308 Elliott St., above Triple J's Music).
• CanNor distributes economy-building funding L'Association Franco-Yukonnaise (L'AFY) received funding Wednesday to develop French-language tourism products and services in the territory.
• Elders' comments on Peel were disregarded, First Nation says The First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun (NND) has raised serious concerns that oral statements contributed by elders during the most recent round of Peel consultation open houses are not being considered by the Yukon government.
• Officer describes items seized at scene of fire Wednesday's testimony at a Yukon Supreme Court murder trial focused on the early days of the investigation into what was originally a suspicious death at a fire in Ibex Valley.

April 10, 2013

• On the trail of local history! Ed. note: these historic items, submitted by the Whitehorse History Book Society, are published every second Wednesday.
• Conservator to restore damaged piano Greg Kelley, a Toronto furniture conservator, will arrive in Dawson City next Monday to begin treating a historic piano damaged by water a year ago.
• Planning branch expands its staffing The territory's land planning branch now has another planner to help address an active local area planning agenda, Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Brad Cathers announced Monday.
• Concerns heard straight from the horses' mouths Residents of Cowley Creek didn't move to the country residential subdivision thinking there'd be large trucks hauling horse trailers down their street, city council was told Monday night.
• RCMP officer charged after incident A Whitehorse RCMP constable has been charged under the Criminal Code with dangerous flying while off duty.
• ‘There's no way there will be zero contamination' About 25 Yukoners gathered outside MP Ryan Leef's office at noon Tuesday, joining a national movement against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) – specifically, Monsanto's Roundup Ready Alfalfa.
• Multiple operators will staff historic sites Six operators have been awarded businesses licences to run tours at either the SS Klondike or the Dredge No. 4 near Dawson City.

April 9, 2013

• APTN, Internet program to begin filming in Whitehorse There may be bruised egos and bodies at the start of production this week of Warrior Games, a 13-part, half-hour TV series for youth on APTN and the Internet.
• Don't blow the potential of wind energy, MLA urges The NDP's Environment critic challenged the Yukon government on its renewable energy record Monday in the legislative assembly.
• Church event set for Saturday evening Whitehorse churches are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
• Whistle Bend lots over-priced, under-sized: MLA The interim leader of the Yukon Liberal Party and the minister of Community Services exchanged verbal blows over the development of the Whistle Bend subdivision Monday during question period in the legislature.
• Fun In The Sun A kite skier has some fun Sunday on Fish Lake.
• Developer calls height restriction doable A Hillcrest developer says he can work with the nine-metre height limit city council has placed on his four properties in the neighbourhood.
• Alexander Street residence replacement is on schedule Demolition of 207 Alexander St. is moving ahead as planned, contrary to concerns raised by the NDP Monday in the legislature.
• Murder trial hears from victim's acquaintances The jury for a Yukon Supreme Court murder trial heard from people who knew the murder victim Monday.
• Sima financial data released as season ends The Great Northern Ski Society has released its financial statements going back to the 1990s.