Whitehorse Daily Star

May 23, 2012

• Police, justice program planned Beginning in June, Yukon College will be hosting its first policing and justice orientation program.
• A Sign Of Summer Veteran Yukon performers Annie Avery and Grant Simpson were the opening show at noon Tuesday
• City to host annual pancake breakfast Thursday morning Not to be outdone by the RCMP's public barbecue held last Thursday, the City of Whitehorse is preparing to host its annual pancake breakfast tomorrow morning.
• Autograph Time Whitehorse author Michael Gates signs copies of his latest book,
• Whitehorse to host fly-fishing festival The International Fly Fishing Film Festival (IF4) is on its way to Whitehorse for the second consecutive year, says the On Top Fly Shop.
• In High-Profile Company Whitehorse polio survivor Ramesh Ferris (right) handcycles Monday with Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan and Rick Hansen in Vancouver.
• Poverty report will be released here Nick Falvo, a doctoral candidate at Carleton University's School of Public Policy and Administration,
• Ready To Dine This rare yellow-headed blackbird was seen recently in the back yard of a Teslin
• Purple bike program takes up roost at Raven The Raven Recycling Society has moved into recycled rides.
• Staker says he's protesting bureaucratic meddling The four claims staked along the Whitehorse waterfront have not been rejected by the government despite what the government states, says the man who staked them.
• Cabbie's assailant handed three months behind bars A Whitehorse man who beat a local cab driver into unconsciousness has been sentenced to three months in jail.
• Damaged Aircraft Airlifted Out Tintina Air's Beaver rests in Dawson City on Monday evening after having been airlifted from Lammers Strip on the Sixty Mile River,
• Research station is awarded bridge funding The Kluane Lake Research Station is back in business for this year, the station manager says.
• Chamber quizzing business owners about crime As the tourism season approaches, the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce has released a survey to determine the effects crime and vandalism have had on local business.
• Zoning Bylaw proposals called a compromise In bringing forward the new proposed Zoning Bylaw, City of Whitehorse staff have presented a "gem of a compromise,” according to one city councillor.
• Chickens swoop into proposed bylaw changes Major changes to the city's Animal Control Bylaw could mean fewer dogs and cats in country residential areas, but more chickens throughout the city.

May 22, 2012

• Public input sought on health privacy legislation The Yukon government is seeking public input on proposed legislation to protect personal health information.
• Helping Combat Poverty Carrie Burbidge, from the Canadian Bar Association,
• Medals awarded for considerable community contributions Diamond Jubilee celebrations were held Monday in Whitehorse to honour Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign.
• Some of centre's problems are fixed The hot water and heat are now functioning at the Thomson Centre beside the Whitehorse General Hospital.
• School Improvements Students of the Individual Learning Centre, Stephen Morgan (left) and Sheldon Abel, construct a seating area and planter pots to improve the appearance of their Black Street school.
• Yukoner is considerably richer A Whitehorse resident has hit paydirt, and he or she may not even know it.
• Ban free-entry staking, NDP urges The Yukon NDP has renewed its call for a territory-wide ban on free-entry mineral staking in municipalities and other residential areas.
• Recorder rejects claims staked along riverfront Four mining claims staked last Friday along the city's riverfront and across several city blocks downtown have been rejected by the mining recorder.
• Porter Creek resident ordered to halt all illegal activities A Porter Creek homeowner has been ordered to stop any illegal activities on his property while waiting for the courts to decide whether he should be evicted over suspicions of bootlegging.
• ‘Integrated redevelopment and restoration strategy' seen for former tank farm Development of the former tank farm site between Valleyview and Hillcrest is back on the burner – the front burner.

May 18, 2012

• City allocates cash for 2013 It will be several months before a new city council even looks at adopting the 2013 capital budget, but $625,000 of it has already been put aside for a new fire truck.
• City's first private public partnership underway Tuesday night's snowfall may make gardening the furthest thing from anyone's mind in Whitehorse, but Boreal Compost president Garret Gillespie is ready to start pushing the sale of city compost.
• ATVers did less damage, but opposition lingered It was another big year for rider turnout and local opposition at last weekend's annual St. Elias Lion's Club ATV rally held near Haines Junction.
• Highway collision hospitalizes pair Two people were hospitalized Thursday evening after a collision involving two vehicles occurred on the South Klondike Highway south of Whitehorse.
• WestJet becomes the new kid on the tarmac WestJet has landed in Whitehorse.
• Free school: ‘It's about sharing knowledge' Whitehorse will soon have its first free school.
• Family carnival travels through Whitehorse Frenchie Lussier doesn't ride the Zipper anymore.
• ‘I had to tell myself, ‘You want to do this' March is still a winter month in the Yukon.
• Man determined to put his heart into odyssey Mike Jones hoped to roll into Whitehorse today when he started out from Dawson at around 5 a.m. last Sunday.
• City adds big plank to tiny home's success The Blood Ties Four Directions Centre has the backing of city council for its "tiny house” project.
• Wraping Come Off Phone Book Art Whitehorse artist Amber Church's Forge Your Own Path is the artwork on the 2012-13 Northwestel Inc. phone directory.
• ‘Eyesore' may wind up beneath Yukon River Plans to drill under the Yukon River to relocate electrical transmission lines are moving forward as part of the Whitehorse waterfront enhancement effort.
• Firefighters summoned to douse trailer blaze The Whitehorse Fire Department was called to the Wolf Creek subdivision Thursday night to put out a fire in a flat bed trailer.
• Plane crash-lands south of Dawson A Tintina Air plane crash-landed Thursday on a private strip about 90 kilometres south of Dawson City.
• Ambling Into Spring These black bears were sighted last weekend on the Tagish Road near Jakes Corner.
• Riverdale may gain a polling station Riverdale residents will likely stay close to home when they vote in October's municipal election thanks to a city councillor who lives in the neighbourhood.
• Activities spur demand for homeowner's eviction Suspicions of bootlegging have prompted the Yukon government to seek a court order evicting a Porter Creek homeowner from his house for 90 days.
• Parties argue about scope of coroner's inquest The federal government says it has no problem with an inquest being held into the drowning of a Mayo RCMP officer but argues questions shouldn't focus too much on RCMP management and polices.
• City's housing market is rebalancing The Whitehorse housing market is softening, says the president of the Yukon Real Estate Association.