Whitehorse Daily Star

February 27, 2013

• Young wordsmiths gave their all at spelling bee More than 50 students from Whitehorse and the surrounding area spent part of their Rendezvous Friday last week giving their spelling skills a workout.
• Yukon residents' RRSP contributions rose in 2011 In 2011, 24 per cent of all Canadians taxfilers contributed to RRSPs, Statistics Canada reported earlier this month.
• Dawson cheerfully braces for visiting snowmobilers Thursday will see the arrival of the first wave of Trek Over the Top visitors for 2013.
• Man's fall spurs suit against city, society A Whitehorse man is suing both the city and the Grey Mountain Housing Society after he fell down the back stairs of his rented house, rendering him a quadriplegic.
• City's support for private bill welcomed Kristina Craig, a Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition co-chair, is praising city council for its vote Monday evening to write a letter of support for Bill C-400 just before MPs vote on the private member's bill to establish a national housing strategy.
• We'll do better, corporation, minister promise Both the Yukon Hospital Corp. and the Department of Health and Social Services have accepted the findings of the auditor general's investigation into the planning process for the Dawson City and Watson Lake hospitals, and have agreed to implement the report's recommendations.
• Report verifies our concerns: opposition parties Report verifies our concerns: opposition partiesThe opposition says it's vindicated with Tuesday's release of an auditor general's report highlighting significant failures in the planning process for new hospitals in Dawson City and Watson Lake.
• Serious shortcomings found in hospitals' planning The Yukon Hospital Corp. is unable to demonstrate that the new hospitals in Dawson City and Watson Lake are the most effective way to meet the communities' health care needs, according to a scathing report by the auditor general released Tuesday.

February 26, 2013

• ‘Behind every great school is a great principal' The principal from Haines Junction has been named one of Canada's Outstanding Principals for 2013.
• Collision claims life of 18-year-old woman An 18-year-old woman has died after a collision in the south end of Whitehorse Monday evening.
• Talent at the Keyboard Emily Ross, the winner of the annual Superstar event in 2012,
• Four arrested after police find drugs Four men have been arrested on drug charges after police were called to a downtown Whitehorse house last Friday.
• Air North flight attendants join union The flight attendants with Air North are officially a union.
• City budget keeps buses operating evenings Yukon College students could have an easier time getting home from evening classes later this year if city council adopts the proposed 2013 operating budget.
• ‘This will not be a painless exercise' Whitehorse property owners will pay nearly four per cent more in property taxes if city council adopts the proposed operating budget.

February 25, 2013

• Rendezvous Part 4 More Pic's
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• New president takes helm of Y2Y initiative Fifteen years ago, Karsten Heuer undertook an epic journey, walking and skiing from Yellowstone National Park to the Yukon, to promote the Y2Y vision of a connected landscape.
• Rendezvous deemed a success as milestone looms As organizers wrap up a highly successful 49th annual Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Festival, they are already getting geared up to mark the half-century edition.
• First Nation pursues OCP changes Changes proposed to the city's Official Community Plan (OCP) could give the Kwanlin Dun First Nation greater clarity when it comes to its settlement lands.
• Council considers school board status The Robert Service School Council is still awaiting a formal response from Education Minster Scott Kent regarding proposed changes to the school calendar.
• NDP looking for approach to First Nations-oriented issues With a new permanent minister of Aboriginal Affairs named, the Yukon NDP hopes the federal government has ushered in a more moderate approach to First Nations issues.
• Women receive harassing calls Five women in the Whitehorse area have complained to the RCMP after receiving lewd and sexually suggestive anonymous phone calls.
• ‘This was a difficult decision to make' The Yukon government has asked the Supreme Court of Canada for permission to appeal December's Yukon Court of Appeal decision regarding the staking of mineral claims.