Whitehorse Daily Star

September 26, 2012

• Workshop to help create compassionate workplaces Valerie Royle knows the value of tackling grief in the workplace head-on.
• Nurses refining skills for helping sex assault victims When a person has been sexually assaulted, one of the first medical professionals he or she is likely to come in contact with is a nurse.
• The Floating's Fantastic A mallard relaxes
• 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.
• Hillcrest Drive rezoning decision put off It will be another two weeks before Hillcrest residents will know whether a new townhouse development can be built in their neighbourhood.
• Refurbishment On The Menu Linda Bonnefoy, seen above, plans to renovate the local Salvation Army's dining room.
• City may end up buying Fish Lake Road property A local developer may not get to build his dream home on his own property.
• Court tosses suit over reindeer slaughter A lawsuit filed against the Yukon government for slaughtering 51 reindeer belonging to Lloyd and Stella Gregory in 2005 has been thrown out of court.
• RCMP make arrest after vicious assault in McIntyre Whitehorse RCMP have announced they've made an arrest following the severe assault of a 48-year-old man last week.
• Council's decision would have added a year to project Proponents of the former tank farm site between Hillcrest and Granger have pulled their application from the Yukon Environmental Socio-economic Assessment Board and are planning to proceed with remediation work.

September 25, 2012

• Chum salmon return is looking good The run of Yukon River chum salmon is returning to the territory in average to above-average strength, as expected.
• Food contract needs a second look: candidate The City of Whitehorse should consider working again with Challenge Community Vocational Alternatives, in keeping with the city's commitment to making informed decisions in an open and inclusive environment.
• Boil water advisory cancelled The boil water advisory for Watson Lake has been lifted.
• Look Here, Please Mark Kelly photographs Peter Joyes on Monday afternoon
• MP opposes any reopening of abortion issue Yukon MP Ryan Leef says he will vote against a controversial motion said to be a back door approach to reopening the abortion debate in Canada.
• Students' ‘bombing' of downtown was all in fun The students of this semester's Music, Arts and Drama (MAD) program Shakespeare-bombed Main Street last Friday and yesterday.
• Yukoners to receive Queen's medal in Winnipeg Whitehorse residents George Green and Aaron McGowan will travel to Winnipeg to attend a ceremony Friday where they will each be awarded the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal.
• City councillor seeks fifth term Coun. Dave Austin is ready to continue his work with the city.
• Premier enhances Yukon's ties to China The Yukon signed a sister province agreement with Shaanxi province in northwest China during the premier's recent trip to the country.
• Council agrees to defer tank farm decision The city has put off changing its Official Community Plan (OCP) to permit remediation work to happen on the former tank farm site in favour of waiting for it to go through an environmental assessment first.

September 24, 2012

• Deputy premier attended memorial Deputy Premier Elaine Taylor represented the Yukon at Friday's state memorial of former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed in Calgary.
• Yukon Aboriginal Women's Summit set The Yukon government will co-host the Yukon Aboriginal Women's Summit (YAWS 2) with the Yukon Advisory Council on Women's Issues on Oct. 13-14.
• U.S. ripe for investment: expert If you look at news stories on the American economy and stock market, it seems clear why investors would want to run the opposite way.
• PSAC helps keep kitchen cooking with donation The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC North),
• Lotsa Laughs Francophone comedian Étienne Dano performs Saturday at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Man medevaced to Vancouver A 48-year-old Whitehorse man had to be airlifted to a Vancouver hospital after he was knocked unconscious and seriously injured in an altercation Friday night.
• Group seeks city's help for supportive housing The city may not have a mandate to provide housing, but it could have a role to play in a supportive housing project for those with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
• Yukoner hopes his product shines on Dragon's Den Yukoners won't know until Wednesday whether Yukon Shine has some new investors, but if nothing else, it may benefit from the "Dragon's Den effect”.
• Probe of services collapse continues Northwestel Inc. is continuing its investigation into last Thursday's massive outage that knocked out communications across the Yukon, company spokeswoman Emily Younker said today.
• First Nation seeks transfer pact extension The Carcross/Tagish First Nation has requested its current Financial Transfer Agreement be extended until a new FTA can be agreed upon with the federal government.
• ‘It's looking good for growth,' board reports The Conference Board of Canada has released its Territorial Outlook for 2012, and the forecast looks good for the territory.