Whitehorse Daily Star

November 30, 2012

• Games Centre saluting patrons today Residents looking to go swimming, do yoga, have the kids burn off some energy at an indoor playground or any number of other activities may want to head to the Canada Games Centre today.
• Celebrating Cultural Diversity The Carole Mullin Dancers were part of the entertainment
• Chief expands on departure from CYFN The White River First Nation needs to be recognized as an equal government in matters affecting its traditional territory, says its chief.
• Soiree On Tonight The Festival of Trees
• Family's generosity raises $900-plus for Plan Canada Inside the Mclean household, a catalogue with colourful pictures of Christmas gifts has been leafed through, potential gifts marked and looked at over and over again by five-year-old Leah and three-year-old Kara.
• City firefighters are closer to a new contract Whitehorse firefighters drew closer to having their latest contract in place Monday night when council unanimously passed first and second readings of the agreement.
• YP out to choke off information flow, Silver says Klondike MLA Sandy Silver is disappointed the government is using its majority to ram through changes to the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
• Heralding Seasonal Sounds The Whitehorse Community Choir rehearses Wednesday evening
• Council officially began work Oct. 30 Whitehorse city council will not be paid from Nov. 1 as planned.
• MLA questions teacher staffing decisions On the heels of a new collective agreement between the government and the Yukon Teachers Association, NDP Education critic Jim Tredger is questioning teacher staffing decisions.
• Instructor teaches techniques for trapping wolves Wolves are like people when they're born.
• Fund-raiser got its start down under Movember, which started in Melbourne, Australia, has grown to a global movement.
• Politicians lowered the boom on close shaves Fu Manchu? Horseshoe? Handlebar? It's now a question for another year.
• Feisty councillor takes on Environmental Grants Arguing the city has to be vigilant in how it disperses its cash,
• ‘As goes December, so goes the rest of the winter' Oh, the weather outside is frightful.

November 29, 2012

• Debate on act's changes catches parties off-guard Both opposition parties have expressed surprise after the government brought forward the bill to amend the territory's Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act for second reading Wednesday in the legislature.
• Getting The Government's View The Yukon government's Peel watershed consultation room is seen Wednesday evening.
• Young scientists will face off this Saturday The Yukon/Stikine Regional Science Fair (Grades 4-12) will take place Saturday at Yukon College.
• Literacy Centre Gets A Lift Heather Sodaman was the first person to officially use the new lift
• Prospectors, developers group announces new student award The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) has announced a new student award of $1,000.
• Public spaces receive helping hand from CDF More than $575,000 from Tier 2 funding of the territory's Community Development Fund (CDF) will go to 13 projects aimed at enhancing public spaces and supporting initiatives throughout the territory.
• Pro-preservationists jam Peel watershed event It was standing room only at the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society's (CPAWS') Peel consultation Wednesday evening
• Calgary has finally gotten Whitehorse's goat The Calgary Zoo has announced there is literally a new kid in town.
• Audit of pharmacies to streamline system, minister believes The territorial government plans to audit Yukon pharmacies' billings and claims as part of its on-going development of a pharmaceutical information technology system.

November 28, 2012

• Radio society to hire year-round manager Numbers were somewhat down at this year's meeting of the Dawson City Community Radio Society, which operates CFYT-FM and the rolling ads on DCTV's cable Channel 11.
• Frozen Globes to warm businesses' hearts Economic Development Minister Currie Dixon is encouraging nominations for a new business awards program,
• New book explores history of Bahá'í women Yukon College's Dr. Lynn Echevarria has a published a new book, Life Histories of Bahá'í Women in Canada: Constructing Religious Identity in the Twentieth Century.
• Figures confirm sharp rental increases Median rents in Whitehorse have risen by 22.8 per cent in the past five years, climbng to $835 in June 2012 from $680 in June 2007.
• Water metering remains in holding pattern It seems that water consumption in the city won't impact utility bills for some time.
• Northwestel must provide financial data to CRTC Northwestel Inc. has been ordered to provide a regulatory authority with what it cost the telephone company to provide a specific business service for its customers in the North and what it charges.
• MP explains opposition to anti-bullying motion Yukon MP Ryan Leef says he voted against an NDP motion to develop a national bullying prevention strategy because it was "leading us down the road of more study and less action.”
• Tree Trimming Time City of Whitehorse employee Bill Hodgkinson
• City does its part for anti-violence effort It took no convincing for city council to approve a nearly-$28,000 grant to help build housing for women fleeing violent relationships.
• Keno City inhabitants seek help to leave their community Residents of Keno City are requesting help from the territorial government in relocating to other Yukon communities.
• Snow caves are sheltering some, MLA is told As temperatures continue to hover close to the minus 30 C mark, housing concerns for the city's homeless made their way back into the legislature Tuesday.
• Snowmobile education campaign launched The city has launched a campaign to educate residents on its new snowmobile bylaw.
• Winner's Reward Solstice Sarin-Toews (right) receives an iPad she won in last month's Partners in Yukon Science event from Kawina Robichaud.
• Councillor is against proposal for duplex A proposal for a two-storey duplex on Aishihik Road in Riverdale should not even have its "day in court,” says Coun. Dave Stockdale.
• Man who executed his family planned to move here A suburban Chicago man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for killing his wife and three school-age children as they sat buckled into the family's SUV.
• Rights case sees both sides seek compensation Both sides of a Yukon sexual harassment case are asking for compensation.
• Teachers' agreement hikes pay, pares class sizes Yukon teachers have signed a new collective bargaining agreement, securing a 5.75 per cent pay raise over three years and smaller class sizes.