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News

Pole fire cuts power to business

May 1, 2008

A faulty insulator on a high-voltage power line shut down the Trails North Car and Truck Stop for six hours beginning early Wednesday afternoon.

Skagway looking to boost port activity

May 1, 2008

Skagway Mayor Tom Cochran wants to expand port services in his coastal borough and visited Whitehorse on Wednesday to sell the idea.

Food bank proponents need funding, location

May 1, 2008

The Food Bank of Whitehorse board of directors met Wednesday evening to discuss plans to open a facility by the fall.

Test new school’s air, MLA urgeSubscribers only

May 1, 2008

Mayo-Tatchun MLA Eric Fairclough wants the air quality tested at the new Tantalus School in Carmacks to ensure black mold at the former school has not infiltrated the new building.

Teachers have been trained in Wilson Reading ProgramSubscribers only

May 1, 2008

Connie Bartlett, a Wilson Reading System trainer from New Mexico, is continuing the training of 13 Yukon teachers in the reading program and will return at the end of May for the final session.

Buckway headed to VictoriaSubscribers only

May 1, 2008

City taxpayers will be footing the bill for Mayor Bev Buckway to represent Whitehorse at the Canadian Capital Cities Organization Conference in Victoria next month.

Post office rule is ludicrous, AYC toldSubscribers only

May 1, 2008

HAINES JUNCTION - Yukon MP Larry Bagnell is urging community leaders to continue to protest the recently-implemented Canada Post practice of requiring photo identification for customers dealing with over-the-counter services.

Rezoning bylaw consideredSubscribers only

May 1, 2008

A bylaw to rezone a piece of land in the Taylor Subdivision from Environmental Protection to Industrial Service passed first reading at Monday's city council meeting.

Live Words entertain large local audienceSubscribers only

May 1, 2008

The Yukon Interpretive Beringia Centre was the venue for a different sort of display Wednesday evening as the Yukon Writers' Festival held its Live Words public reading.