Whitehorse Daily Star

November 14, 2012

• More high school students to ride city transit The Yukon government and the City of Whitehorse today announced the expansion of a pilot program enabling students to get to high school using city buses for free.
• First Nation's chief denied third term Ed Champion was elected last week as the new chief for Mayo's First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun, unseating incumbent Simon Mervyn Sr. by a whisker.
• Peering For Prey Over the past few weeks, this part of the Yukon has seen an invasion of hawk owls.
• Commemorative Diamond Jubilee medals awarded Diamond Jubilee medals were presented to a number of people last Saturday by Premier Darrell Pasloski and Senator Dan Lang.
• Blue Feather Keeper Of The Flame Photo Spread
• Privacy Commissioner objects to act's changes The Yukon's Information and Privacy Commissioner has opposed most of the proposed amendments to the territory's Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPP ).
• Councillor wants St. Nick back in garbage truck A Whitehorse city councillor is hoping to come to Santa's rescue and save a Christmas tradition.
• Chamber opposes hiking minimum wage The Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce is urging the territorial Employment Standards Board not to consider any further increase to the base minimum wage of $10.30 per hour.
• Yukon Zinc fined $150,000 following fatality The owner of the Wolverine Mine has accepted the maximum possible fine following the 2010 collapse which killed a worker.

November 13, 2012

• Sign Right Here Bob Cameron signs copies of his book Yukon Wings
• Tax changes to assist families with children An amendment to the Income Tax Act that will establish a tax credit for parents or guardians of children involved in music, arts, cultural activities or tutoring has been introduced in the legislature.
• Weekend Collision Emergency response officials were summoned
• NDP leader censured for remarks in legislature The leader of the official Opposition was reprimanded twice last week for unparliamentary language in the legislative assembly.
• Remembrance The November 11 Remembrance Day ceremony took place at the Canada Games Centre.
• Power rate boost is essential, YEC insists Without an increase in electrical rates, Yukon Energy would be operating in the red next year, says the corporation's president.
• Big projects merit studies on health effects: MD The Yukon should develop a process for assessing the public health impacts of major projects, says the territory's chief medical officer of health.
• MP gets earful on revenue office's closure Yukon MP Ryan Leef's office will do everything in its power to help Yukoners adjust to the fall closure of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) office.

November 9, 2012

• YEC blows away accusation it suppressed report The Yukon Conservation Society is accusing Yukon Energy of suppressing a report which supports the financial viability of a wind-generating farm near Whitehorse.
• Assessing The Damage Using a work light,
• Landlord and Tenant Act called a vast improvement Following a public consultation held by the official Opposition, the NDP is calling the new Residential Landlord and Tenant Act "110 per cent better” than the current legislation dating back to the 1950s.
• Honouring Their Sacrifices Piper Andy McLeod leads the way in the Porter Creek Secondary School Remembrance Day ceremony held Thursday morning.
• Revenue agency's closure prompts public meeting Yukon MP Ryan Leef participated by telephone this morning in a meeting of Yukoners concerned about the late September closure of the Canada Revenue Agency office in Whitehorse.
• Interest in solar heating plan hasn't grown cold A district heating system for Whistle Bend is still on the table – even if it didn't happen for the neighbourhood's first phase.
• Festival Lands A Star Sierra Noble will be the headliner this evening at the Blue Feather Music Festival.
• Facility recycles customer service for the better Raven Recycling Society customers may find things a little simpler when they drop off their recyclables at the Marwell facility.
• Tourism department endorsed Peel commission's land plan Tourism department endorsed Peel commission's land plan
• Doctors granted licence extensions The Yukon government has extended the length of special licences for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) in an effort to reduce the impact of the territory's doctor shortage.
• Barring a settlement, NHLers are city-bound The NHL is coming.
• Aviation historian wings his way into print If there was ever someone genetically predisposed to flying, it would be Bob Cameron.
• Riverdale to be home to the city's first Blue Box service Riverdale will soon be home to the city's first Blue Box program.
• Driver freed after court throws out conviction A Whitehorse man convicted of impaired driving causing bodily harm has been granted a new trial.