Whitehorse Daily Star

December 5, 2012

• Dawson's new hospital to open in May 2013 The Yukon Hospital Corp. is looking to have substantial completion of its new Dawson branch by March 2013.
• Opposition presses government for more openness The opposition continued to pressure the government to rethink its proposed amendments to the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPP) in the legislature Tuesday.
• Mayor unaware of his efforts, Leef says The territory's MP says he welcomes a potential motion from city council calling for funding to be reinstated to Parks Canada to continue operating guided tours at attractions like the SS Klondike.
• Did you know? On the trail of local history! Ed. note: these historic items, submitted by the Whitehorse History Book Society, are published every second Wednesday.
• The Making of A Tradition? Ivory Randell performs at the Commissioner's Christmas Concert
• Water licence application process goes online Effective Monday,
• Stikine Science Fair Entertainment The Yukon/Stikine Regional Science Fair was held Saturday at the Yukon College.
• Budding scientists showed off their creativity The Yukon College cafeteria was full of young scientists from 11 schools last Saturday
• Drumming Up Entertainment The Elijah Smith Elementary School senior drum line performs at noon Tuesday
• Prolonged power failure hit Mendenhall at -32 C Residents of the Mendenhall subdivision west of Whitehorse were without power for at least three hours last weekend, some for more than 16 hours.
• Students visit chamber to protest loss of gym Twenty-four Grades 8 to 10 students from F.H. Collins Secondary School staged a protest inside the legislative assembly Tuesday afternoon to emphasize the importance of their school gym.
• Dog groups continue to request mezzanine use Local dog clubs are continuing their call for the city to let them – at least temporarily – use the Takhini Arena's mezzanine despite a change prohibiting non-service dogs from city-operated facilities.
• Officials searching for mine's manager A supervisor at a Wheaton Valley gold mine has been fined $5,000 for occupational health and safety violations.

December 4, 2012

• Ross River Dena Council has new chief Brian Ladue has unseated Jack Ceasar as chief of the Ross River Dena Council.
• Banishing The Whiskers Robert McEhee prepares Brian Buckman for his shave
• CYFN-government relations ‘rocky': grand chief Yukon First Nations' chiefs are frustrated with the territorial government's last-minute postponement of the second Yukon Forum to take place this year.
• Liberals fear ‘guillotine' is poised over major acts The Yukon Liberal Party fears the government plans to "guillotine” amendments to both the Access to Information Act and the Yukon Oil and Gas Act.
• On The Prowl Red foxes can regularly be seen along the Mayo Road north of Whitehorse.
• Inn owners take on new partner The owners of the High Country Inn have decided to turn the hotel into a franchise.
• See The Light The SS Klondike
• Yukon Electrical plans to seek a rate increase Yukoners are facing the possibility of another increase in electrical rates, on top of the 12.9 per cent Yukon Energy has already applied for.
• Flu has arrived early in territory As if the cold and snow haven't created enough miseries, the Yukon is already seeing flu activity in two communities.
• Woman receives settlement after tumble in Superstore The owners of the Whitehorse Real Canadian Superstore have been ordered to pay about $26,000 to a woman who fell in the store six years ago, fracturing her knee.
• Mayor turns elf to get Santa on the road Mayor Dan Curtis will be joined by at least two other council members this Christmas as they add "elf” to their résumés.
• ‘The federal government has to get off their ass' Mayor Dan Curtis is joining the ranks of Yukoners calling on the federal government to restore funding to Parks Canada to continue operating attractions like the SS Klondike.

December 3, 2012

• Hillcrest issues will be subject of public meeting The City of Whitehorse will hold a public information meeting on several planning processes occurring in and around Hillcrest Tuesday evening.
• ‘I don't think anybody can explain the beauty' A Fort McPherson, N.W.T. elder travelled to Whitehorse last week to share his views on the Peel land use planning at the capital's round of final public consultation.
• Santa Arrives The Grinch made an appearance in the Winterval parade Saturday.
• College now on back-up boiler Yukon College is using two back-up boilers at its Ayamdigut campus after its main boiler stopped working Friday morning.
• Warrant out for robbery suspect Whitehorse RCMP have identified a suspect after a downtown bar was robbed last week.
• Building dispute lands in court A group of local condo owners looking to stop the construction of apartment buildings will have to wait two weeks to present its case in Yukon Supreme Court.
• Burst pipe, flooding prove arts centre show stoppers The show must go on, whether it's on stage at the Yukon Arts Centre or in the gym at Yukon College.
• Charges against taxi driver planned Four drivers were arrested over the weekend for suspected impaired driving – including a Whitehorse cab driver with a passenger in the back seat.
• MRI campaign fund-raisers reach their objective early The Yukon Hospital Foundation expects to reach its $2-million Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) fund-raising goal by the end of the month.