Whitehorse Daily Star

April 3, 2013

• Participation, fur numbers rose at annual show Last month's biannual Dawson Fur Show was held in conjunction with the town's Thaw di Gras spring carnival.
• MLA's crop of questions addressed GMOs The NDP repeated calls for the Yukon government to ban genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, from the territory Tuesday during question period in the legislature.
• A Phenomenon in the Sky A parhelic circle appeared on Good Friday over Whitehorse.
• NDP questions roles of switch-hitting minister The official Opposition is raising concerns about cabinet minister Currie Dixon's ability to remain unbiased as a member of the select committee on hydraulic fracturing.
• Jury selection starts for megatrial A huge group of Yukoners got a chance to see the justice system up close this week as jury selection began for a lengthy trial in Yukon Supreme Court.
• Show To Open This Evening Don Weir hangs a show of his work in Baked Café Tuesday evening.
• Standoff between council, government wears on Little progress has been made in the ongoing efforts to re-staff the Yukon Medical Council, says the president of the Yukon Medical Association (YMA).
• Latin Fiesta fund-raiser to help out local youth The Association for Helping Yukon Youth in Need will host a Latin dance party Saturday evening to generate funds for at-risk local youth.
• Store, two residences hit by fires Two fires in the last 24 hours plus a house fire last Sunday morning in the Takhini River Valley area kept firefighters around the territory busy recently.
• Fund-raiser set to help ease transplant costs Debbie Welch is a familiar face for many Yukoners.
• Man is arrested after shooting A 19-year-old man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after a shooting over the Easter weekend in the Granger subdivision.
• Councillors differ on rural subdivision's future Creating new lots is no way to solve a traffic issue, says city councillor Kirk Cameron and other council members who echoed his sentiments at Tuesday night's council meeting.

April 2, 2013

• Valcourt reappoints board's chair Stephen Mills has been reappointed as the chair and executive committee member of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB).
• Bridge Building Contest to showcase young engineers Science Adventures and the Association of Professional Engineers of Yukon will present the 20th annual Bridge Building Contest on Saturday in the gym of Porter Creek Secondary School.
• Students plan Shakespeare day Students from the Yukon Montessori School (YMS) and Golden Horn Elementary School will take part in a full day of Shakespeare activities Wednesday at The Old Fire Hall.
• Former mayor will discuss natural health Kathy Watson, the mayor of Whitehorse from 1994 to 2000, will speak Thursday with Yukon government officials on behalf of the Natural Health Practitioners of Canada Association.
• Solid Waste Action Plan will emphasize teamwork The city's next Solid Waste Action Plan will focus on partnerships.
• Missing bib cost musher second place After all the Percy DeWolfe races he has run, one would think that Hans Gatt would know better than to glide up to the finish line without wearing his race bib.
• Gov't. quizzed on water monitoring stations The government plans to install new water monitoring stations in the Eagle Plains area this summer, but currently there are no active stations, Darius Elias told the legislature last Thursday.
• Mary Lake playground to honour late worker The playground in Mary Lake has officially become the Gilles Lapres Memorial Playground.
• Late councillor remembered for work ethic, feistiness The city has lost one of its well-known public personalities with the passing of former city councillor Doug Gallup.
• Furore has done great damage, teacher says Between 10 and 15 teachers have likely requested transfers from Vanier Catholic Secondary School, according to one Vanier teacher who has applied to change schools.
• Taxi had dropped off teenager near her home The coroner has ruled the death of a Whitehorse teen, found lying in the snow near her home, was accidental.

April 1, 2013

• Mayor's awards given to dedicated citizens Deputy Mayor Kirk Cameron presented the City of Whitehorse Mayor's Awards to deserving citizens recently.
• Motion sought to toughen scrutiny over projects MLAs debated a motion to increase legislative oversight of capital projects last Wednesday afternoon in the legislature.
• A Rite of Spring Jukka Jantunen was readying the Swan Haven premises Sunday for today's noon opening.
• Carbon monoxide detector legislation tabled in house Legislation to improve public safety regarding oil-fired appliances was tabled last Wednesday in the legislature by Community Services Minister Elaine Taylor.
• City comes full-circle on roundabouts The city's multi-year experiment with roundabouts appears to have come to an inglorious end.
• 'The King' In The North Then-Alberta premier Ralph Klein gestures after being presented with a Rhino Party horn
• Architect outlines advantages of container-style housing Humans have almost always used the natural resources around them to house themselves.
• Perching and Searching A bald eagle sits Saturday by the nest beside Robert Service Way and surveys the area.
• City to dole out nearly $14,000 in grants The city will be handing out $13,600 in grants for various events after council voted to pass the funding for its Festivals and Special Events grants last month.
• Art has long been a part of local dance teacher's life While most Yukoners know her as a performing artist and dance teacher, Dale Cooper has been a visual artist since she could hold a crayon.
• NWTel renews agreement with amateur radio group Northwestel Inc. has renewed an agreement with the Yukon Amateur Radio Association (YARA) that will extend a partnership that has existed since 1976.
• Documents for land titles modernization are online The Yukon government has released a What We Heard document outlining the results of consultation on the Land Titles Modernization Project.
• Subdivision scene of Easter shooting Whitehorse RCMP are investigating an Easter weekend shooting in the Granger subdivision.
• Air North to buy Airbus A380, forge new routes Air North, Yukon's Airline, today announced it is doubling the size of its fleet with the purchase of 10 Airbus A380 aircraft, the world's largest passenger aircraft.
• Teen's victims were as young as seven years old A 17-year-old Whitehorse resident who pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assaulting girls as young as seven will have to wait a little longer to be sentenced.