Whitehorse Daily Star

March 20, 2013

• Donating Warmth Working with Coast Mountain Sports and the Merino wool clothing vendor Icebreaker,
• Hillcrest project developer may have to alter his plans A local developer could be forced to change his plans after city council granted him approval to build triplexes on Hillcrest Drive.
• Healthy Outdoor Fun Youth take part in the Tim Hortons Ski'll Fest on Tuesday afternoon
• New society will help animals and their owners A new non-profit society has been founded to help Yukon animals and people in need. It's called Kona's Animal Assistance Coalition (Kona's Coalition).
• Delicacies For Sale Enrica Nadalini had organic eggs for sale at the Potluck Food Co-op Info Market on Tuesday afternoon.
• Minister sets out expectations to bishop Vanier Catholic Secondary School's policy on gay students must be changed to meet Yukon human rights laws, says Education Minister Scott Kent.
• Man who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend avoids pen A Watson Lake man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping his former girlfriend has avoided a federal prison sentence.
• Scrapping of new school design questioned The Yukon government was too quick to toss out plans for the F.H. Collins Secondary School reconstruction, the vice-president of the lowest bidding company told the Star Tuesday.

March 19, 2013

• Youth to benefit from $100,000 investment Yukon youth will benefit from approximately $100,000 of support from the Yukon government's Youth Investment Fund in 2013/14, subject to legislative approval.
• Yukoner receives Jubilee medal Yukoner P. Jerry Asp received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal on March 5 in Toronto.
• Circle of Promises set for Thursday As Idle No More continues to grow as a movement, and as the work of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission unfolds, the Yukon Human Rights Commission is invites the community to a Circle of Promises event set for Thursday.
• Burning Away the Winter Blues is 15 years old With spring just around the corner (hopefully) it's time to crawl out of hibernation, and participating in Saturday's Burning Away the Winter Blues festivities is the perfect way to do it.
• Late tourist's system was drug-free The Japanese tourist found dead at the Takhini Hot Springs earlier this year had no drugs or alcohol in her system.
• School opts to return to mixed classes Takhini Elementary School has opted to abandon its single-gender program following a five-year review of the pilot.
• ‘We don't have the money,' ski society is told Officials with the Great Northern Ski Society say their funding request to the city has not changed – despite an administrative report to council that indicates otherwise.

March 18, 2013

• Rae denounces ‘narrow-minded austerity' Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae expressed concern Sunday that this coming Thursday's federal budget will continue along the same line as last year's omnibus bills.
• Businesses interested in running tours Several businesses have expressed interest in running tours at the Dredge No. 4 near Dawson City and the SS Klondike this summer, says Anne Morin, the field unit superintendent with Parks Canada Yukon.
• Budget to have money for new Sarah Steele Building Thursday's territorial budget will include $900,000 for the new Sarah Steele Building in Whitehorse, the government announced today.
• Alaska couple gets hitched while Trekking Over the Top Michael and Tracy Pollock went to Dawson City to get married during the recent Second Trek Over the Top snowmobile event.
• Doctor recruitment plan called inadequate The Yukon government's plan to address the territory's doctor shortage with International Medical Graduates (IMGs) is short-sighted and a "Band-aid” solution.
• Council to peruse report on Sima comments It could be at least another week or longer before council decides how it will respond to a request for $400,000 in funding from the Great Northern Ski Society.
• Honours Handed Out Dave Laxton (far left), the Speaker of the Yukon legislature,
• Youth is charged after RCMP field complaint of axe wielder A Whitehorse teenager was arrested Friday after police were called to a Copper Ridge home over complaints of a person with an axe.
• Justice officials making preparations for trial A record number of people have been summoned for jury duty in preparation for a trial later this year.
• Tall cell phone tower may be erected soon A new cell phone tower could be up in Riverdale sometime in May if all goes according to plan.
• Transaction demonstrates claims' low value: YCS The Yukon Conservation Society says a transaction between two companies offers a telling glimpse into the value of quartz mineral claims in the Peel River watershed.