Whitehorse Daily Star

October 23, 2012

• Ranger Retrieved Powerful equipment was needed
• Grants support arts, recreation, communication projects Twenty community projects are receiving support totalling almost $260,000 from the Community Development Fund (CDF) as a result of recent Tier 1 applications.
• On Stage Tonight Naomi Snieckus (left) leads an improv workshop Monday evening at The Old Fire Hall.
• Outgoing mayor accepts voters' verdict Outgoing Dawson City Mayor Peter Jenkins is thanking his supporters and wishing the next mayor and council well as he gets ready to leave office.
• Trip Respite These tundra swans dropped by on the Teslin River recently
• ‘It's a new day' in Dawson, says mayor-designate Two days past his election night victory, Wayne Potoroka sat down to reflect on the road ahead of him.
• Olympian, wife mourn loss of their infant son Zach Bell endured the hardest moment of his life last week, and it had nothing to do with cycling.
• ‘Frack Free Yukon' stickers to begin adorning area bumpers "Protect the Peel” bumper stickers have become commonplace around the territory.
• ‘He gets to rest peacefully now' Deanna-Lee Charlie says last week's decision on the judicial review into the inquest of her father's death in an RCMP jail cell has finally brought closure for her and her family.

October 22, 2012

• Career, volunteer fair well-attended After picking a new direction for the city last Thursday, Whitehorse residents selected a new direction for themselves.
• Premier, NDP leader see letters differently The leader of the Opposition has called the mandate letters sent by Premier Darrell Pasloski to each of his ministers "more show than anything else.”
• Councillor-designate reveals campaign spending The city doesn't have any spending nor reporting rules when it comes to election campaigns.
• Bridging The Gap A large group of people braved the elements at noon Friday
• Safe food handling should always be practised Dr. Brendan Hanley, the territory's chief medical officer of health,
• Film board session set for Sunday The National Film Board's annual cross-Canada celebration of animation is set to hit the Yukon Arts Centre Sunday, International Animation Day.
• Dawson City's George Black ferry shuts down With about six hours' notice to residents, the George Black ferry made its last run across the Yukon River at 7 p.m. Sunday.
• Residential schools curriculum being planned Work is underway in the Yukon to develop a residential schools curriculum on the heels of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, where pilot programs were recently launched.
• Donations needed for fire victims A house was lost to fire early this morning in Carmacks, and the village has put out an appeal for donations to help the victims.
• Drug surveillance results in four arrests RCMP officers from the general investigation section and the Whitehorse detachment have arrested four people after conducting a surveillance project.
• Recount gives fewer votes to many winners Four days after the municipal election, it's official....

October 19, 2012

• Australia beckons comics' manufactured mirth There is no doubt that the four comedians who make up the Yukon Gold Comics are funny people.
• City kicks off winter active living programs The city is offering a series of active-living opportunities to help citizens learn more about commuting in cold weather without a vehicle, Mayor Bev Buckway said recently.
• Potoroka trounces Jenkins in Dawson mayoral race Wayne Potoroka is Dawson's new mayor, having decisively defeated incumbent Peter Jenkins by 292 votes in Thursday's electoral contest.
• Advice provided to address issues surrounding poverty Poverty and Homelessness Action Week comes to an end today, after a packed schedule of events.
• Defeat disappoints veteran incumbent Dave Austin was the only incumbent not to be re-elected to Whitehorse city council Thursday, after having served for 12 years.
• Budget must precede enriched child-care funding The Minister of Health and Social Services says day cares can't expect to see an increase to child care funding until the next territorial budget in April 2013.
• Taking A Look-See Anna Pearson sets up the viewer for looking at aerial photographs at the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources library open house held Wednesday.
• Poster celebrates territory's girls For Women's History Month and the International Day of the Girl Child, Elaine Taylor, the minister responsible for the Women's Directorate, has released this year's Women's History Month poster.
• Awards ceremony honours Yukon paramedics Yukon Emergency Medical Services (EMS) community team members gathered in Whitehorse last weekend for training activities and an awards ceremony acknowledging excellence in emergency medical service delivery.
• Don't jump to conclusions about Peel: minister Stay tuned, advises Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Brad Cathers.
• Government fears Peel plan blowback: groups The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and the Yukon Conservation Society are pushing the Peel watershed lobby back onto centre stage.
• MLA questions wisdom of school planning Students are being shortchanged by the Yukon government's inability to keep promises related to the new construction of F.H. Collins Secondary School, Klondike MLA Sandy Silver said Wednesday.
• Summer flood victims receive financial relief Cheques have been cut for five Upper Liard residents who lost their homes to flood waters last June, says a senior official with the Yukon Housing Corp.
• Defeated mayoral hopefuls reflect on their efforts "Whitehorse has spoken.”
• Voters elevate newcomers to council seats Three of the six Whitehorse city council seats will be filled with new faces for the coming three-year term.
• Second-placer knew early that victory wasn't to be Rick Karp sat quietly in the middle of city council chambers Thursday night, occasionally exchanging casual conversation as his chance to be mayor melted away, slowly but steadily.
• Court tosses out inquest jury's verdict The verdict by a coroner's jury that found Raymond Silverfox died in an RCMP jail cell of natural causes has been thrown out by Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale.
• ‘I feel amazing,' says beaming mayor-designate The first order of business for the city's next mayor will be to help make a team of the group elected to council Thursday.