Whitehorse Daily Star

March 12, 2013

• City receives financial management award The City of Whitehorse has been awarded the Canadian Award for Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA).
• Great Northern Ski Society funding at a glance How much has the city spent on Mount Sima since 2010?
• Play Performances Pending The cast of Je parle francais and I Love English give a reading of a part of the play at Café Rencontres last Friday.
• Yukon government directs year's RCMP priorities The Yukon RCMP's chief superintendent says communication is central to policing in the territory.
• ‘Sima needs the community and the community needs Sima' The message was clear and delivered by more than 20 people who addressed city council Monday night:
• Reaction to revamped school plan is mixed The Yukon's opposition parties have taken opposing stances on the latest announcement in the F.H. Collins Secondary School reconstruction saga.
• Campus-style school touted for flexibility The Yukon government has abandoned its $3.5-million F.H. Collins Secondary School reconstruction design.

March 11, 2013

• The future has arrived: national Elks leader For Robert Larsen, "the future is now” and that's the message he delivered last Wednesday night to members of the local Elks Lodge.
• Arts Discussion Andrew Connors, with the Yukon Film Society,
• Community infrastructure needs to be front and centre in Ottawa Community Services Minister Elaine Taylor, who is also the 2013 chair of the provincial-territorial Ministers Responsible for Local Government, met with Denis Lebel, the federal minister responsible for Infrastructure, last month.
• Jobless figures stay stable Unemployment figures in the territory appear to be at a standstill of 1,300 people without work in February.
• Bruins' Greetings Two bears have appeared recently on the Chadburn Lake green trail.
• Mayor awarded Diamond Jubilee Medal Mayor Dan Curtis was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by Commissioner Doug Phillips last week.
• Businesses have little time to pursue tours work Neither of the Yukon's opposition party leaders share MP Ryan Leef's enthusiasm about his announcement Friday that tours at the SS Klondike and Dredge No. 4 will be run by private operators this summer.
• Ex-daycare worker never felt harassed, rights panel hears A former employee at a Riverdale daycare says she never felt sexually harassed at work.
• Premier holding sitting cards close to his chest The Yukon Party government isn't giving away any hints about its legislative agenda for the upcoming spring sitting, scheduled to begin March 21.
• LNG consultations revive fracking concerns The Yukon government is seeking input on proposed regulations to guide the construction and operation of natural gas plants in the Yukon.

March 8, 2013

• Wildlife enhancement trust deadline extended The Yukon Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Trust is extending the deadline for proposals related to the restoration, enhancement and protection of fish and wildlife populations until March 15.
• Playground may be renamed to honour late worker The Mary Lake Playground could soon take on a new name that would honour a man who spent countless hours volunteering his services to the playground and neighbourhood rink.
• Company delivers new iPhone freight tracking app for Yukon airline Conquer Mobile, a leading developer of secure enterprise workforce apps, and Alkan Air have unveiled a new iPhone freight tracking app.
• Council to continue studying school board option Parents and members of the Robert Service School Council are relieved that Education Minister Scott Kent's recent announcement will enable Dawson to keep the type of school calendar it has used for the last two decades for at least one more year.
• Fire marshal receives prestigious medal Community Services Minister Elaine Taylor presented a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to Yukon Fire Marshal Dennis Berry last week.
• Junior Canadian Rangers gathered for events Junior Canadian Rangers took part in a chili cook-off and Winterlude events this week in Carmacks during their spring exercise, which will end Saturday.
• Public discussion encourages rights advocate The difficulty of balancing competing rights became evident as controversy arose surrounding Vanier Catholic Secondary School's religious policy on homosexuality in recent weeks.
• Creosote buildup's perils on display again Seventh Avenue in Dawson lit up with the flashing lights of fire trucks Tuesday evening as 14 members of the Dawson Volunteer Fire Department responded to a chimney fire at the home of Joe and Kyla Popadynec.
• Library of Parliament accepting teachers' applications for event The Library of Parliament is accepting teachers' applications for the 17th annual Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy to be held Nov. 3-8.
• Tombstone park plan reviewed The Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in and the Yukon government are holding a public review of the management plan for Tombstone Territorial Park.
• Second Trek arrives for another busy weekend The second wave of Trek Over the Top sledders arrived in Dawson beginning mid-afternoon Thursday.
• Cool Creativity Brian Fidler (right) works Thursday with Ulysse Girard putting together a puppet show at Ramshackle Theatre's shadow puppet-making workshop at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Clinic no longer performing Pap smears The Yukon Women's Clinic, a go-to destination for women without a family doctor in Whitehorse to get a Pap smear, is no longer performing the tests.
• RCMP, women's groups sign protocol The RCMP and women's groups from across the territory today celebrated a new relationship between the Watson Lake detachment and the Liard Aboriginal Women's Society.
• More visitors willing to take on a Yukon winter Over the course of the last three winters, tourism has seen tremendous growth in what has traditionally been considered the Yukon's off-season, says the Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon (TIA Yukon).
• Leukemia claims hard-driving entrepreneur A prominent Whitehorse businessman and once a force du jour on the local basketball courts died Tuesday from leukemia.
• Harassment allegations stunned ex-daycare owner The owner of a former Riverdale daycare says she would have stepped in if anyone had raised concerns about alleged sexual harassment in her workplace.
• MP outlines plans for tours of historic attractions Tours of the SS Klondike and Dredge No. 4 near Dawson City will be run by private businesses for the upcoming tourist season, Yukon MP Ryan Leef announced this morning.