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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
The City of Whitehorse is appealing a recent Yukon Supreme Court ruling that tried to force a citywide referendum on whether a park should be built in the McLean Lake area.City manager Dennis Shewfelt told CBC News that the decision by Justice Ron Veale, issued on Oct. 30, gives petitioners too much power to demand referendums on municipal issues."City council has said they have no problem with...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
... batch plant at McLean Lake.In a decision handed down Thursday, Yukon Supreme Court Justice Ron Veale rejected the city's bid to declare the petition invalid, clearing the way for a referendum to take place.Now, Buckway said she wants Whitehorse voters to be informed on the impending referendum and the question it will pose."There's a financial cost to doing this. There will be legal surveys...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
The written decision by Justice Ron Veale, dated Thursday, ruled that city officials were out of line when they tried to stop citizens from signing a petition by Marianne Darragh, who has been calling on the city to create a park around the lake.
