Whitehorse Daily Star

February 1, 2013

• SOVA receives new chair Dr. Curtis Collins will begin work Monday as the new program director and chair of the Yukon School of Visual Arts (SOVA) in Dawson City.
• First Nation, village welcome new RCMP corporal A new detachment commander has been selected for the Mayo RCMP.
• Dawsonites offer opinions on community services It's been about three years since the City of Dawson held information sessions to either give or receive information about municipal services.
• Inquest into tragedy to begin Monday A coroner's inquest into the deaths of five people from carbon monoxide poisoning a year ago is scheduled to begin Monday.
• Staying In Shape The Fun Way Youth participate this morning in the 44th annual Polar Games at the Canada Games Centre.
• Liberals offer some unsolicited advice to premier If Premier Darrell Pasloski is serious about improving his relationship with Yukon First Nations, he should look at this week's announcement from Golden Predator and the Kaska Nation.
• 2012 city budget amounts amended The city is officially done with its 2012 budget.
• City looks to host sustainable communities event As city councillor John Streicker gets set to head to Ontario next month for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' (FCM's) annual sustainable communities conference, city staff are working to bring the conference here in 2015.
• Constructing A Better Community Yukon College carpentry pre-employment students are seen with the two eight-by-12-foot sheds built for Yukon schools' recycling program.
• Emotional reunion gives Yukoner inner peace When Ramesh Ferris was returning from a quick two-day trip to India last month, his parents were there to greet him at the Vancouver airport.
• Air North extends cut-rate seat sale Air North's Bon Voyage 35 Seat Sale between Whitehorse and Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary, timed to coincide with the last day of its 35th anniversary year, has been extended by an additional day.
• Readers flock to embrace Yukon writer's novel It was a personal challenge for Allison Martin, to write and self-publish her debut novel in just under four months.
• Seniors cut to the chaste of skill-learning Making knives isn't what comes to mind when thinking about how the retired or semi-retired spend their leisure time.
• Couple awaiting Parks Canada's response to proposal A local couple is in the early stages of setting up a not-for-profit organization to help ease the impact of controversial Parks Canada cuts in the Yukon.

January 31, 2013

• Groups pleased with speaker's tour The Council of Canadians and Yukoners Concerned about Oil and Gas say they're pleased to conclude this month's Realities from the Horn River speaking tour.
• Idle No More has curried unity, speaker says The environment, the actions of the federal government, the Peel watershed debate and Idle No More itself were the main topics of discussion at a Day of Action meeting held here Monday evening.
• Giving Service to Burns in the Klondike Many places celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns (Jan. 25, 1759) with a Burns' Night Dinner.
• Clarification Wednesday's story regarding the $40,000 in government funding being released to the Humane Society Yukon
• Council OKs appointments to advisory committee Lisa Rawlings Bird, Jenny Roberts and George White will be part of the committee which advises the city on how to make the community more accessible for all.
• Yukon aboriginal women praise chief, support for Idle No More movement Yukon aboriginal women are commending Ontario First Nation chief Theresa Spence and continued support of the Idle No More movement.
• You're Third Yuka Honda (left) draws third place for the start of the Yukon Quest 300 from race marshal Sebsastien Schnuelle on Wednesday evening at the Meet the Mushers event.
• First Nation mourns late elder Members of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) are mourning Tuesday's sudden loss of elder Marge Jackson at the age of 94.
• Whistle Bend subdivision approved by city council New lots in Whistle Bend are closer to opening up after city council approved the subdivision for the next phase of the new neighbourhood.
• Alexco aims for producing ore bodies Alexco Keno Hill Mining Corp. hopes to have two more ore bodies in production this year, says the company president.
• Deal reflects the co-operation we seek: chief The Kaska of southeast Yukon and northern B.C. have signed an exploration agreement with Predator group.

January 30, 2013

• Kaska won't bend to premier's will, chief insists Chief Liard McMillan of the Liard First Nation says the Kaska are unified in their resolve to stand up to Premier Darrell Pasloski and his Yukon Party government.
• Contract tendering delay called ‘misstep' Tuesday's announced delay in contract tendering for the new F.H. Collins Secondary School is only the latest in a long line of government missteps and broken promises, charges the territory's NDP.
• Hospitals' names to reflect towns The Yukon Hospital Corporation's board of trustees has announced the names of the two new community hospitals to open in May.
• Stockdale declares conflict over zoning issue Two weeks after Coun. Dave Stockdale made the unusual move to appear before his fellow council members at a public hearing on a rezoning application, he opted not to cast his vote on the proposal.
• Johnny Cash film coming to city Johnny Cash's longtime manager, Canadian-born Saul Holiff, is the subject of an award-winning new film coming to Whitehorse—home of lead actor Joshua Robinson (né Holiff).
• Collision Traffic was backed-up briefly after a two-vehicle collision
• Promotional trip went well, minister says The Yukon's Tourism and Culture Minister spent last week travelling, promoting the territory as a prime destination.
• Emergency youth shelter doing well, director says Almost a month since it opened, the new emergency youth shelter run by the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre is "doing very well,” executive director Delilah Pillai said today.
• Government helps shelter pare money stresses The Humane Society Yukon (HSY) has been cleared to receive the nearly $40,000 in government funding withheld for the last four months while it worked to get its books in order.
• Robert Campbell Bridge cycling lanes approved In adopting its 2013 capital budget, city council has flashed a green light to new cycling lanes for the Robert Campbell Bridge in and out of Riverdale.
• Cabinet to study treatment centre plan soon The new addiction treatment centre planned to replace the current Sarah Steele Building facility will include a youth and family unit, says Health and Social Services Minister Doug Graham.