Whitehorse Daily Star

August 18, 2011

• Northwestel achieves safety certification in B.C. Northwestel Inc. has received its Certificate of Recognition (COR™) safety certification in British Columbia.
• Fish and wildlife highlights report out As part of ongoing efforts to inform Yukoners about developments in fish and wildlife research, the territorial government has published Fish and Wildlife Branch Highlights 2010
• Wastewater plant's completion will be delayed The Dawson Secondary Sewage Treatment Plant isn't going to make its Dec. 31 operational deadline.
• Winding Up The Season Fawn Fritzen and Grant Simpson perform at last Friday's finale
• Young volunteers due here in September Learning comes in many different forms. Starting early next month, 18 youth will be in Whitehorse to learn by doing.
• Top Honours Eleanor Rowe (right) was the top British cadet
• Past politicians' voices come back to life The Legislature Speaks project started with a simple problem: what to do with a bunch of old reel-to-reel tapes?
• Human bones found, then reinterred near Old Crow Human bones found over the long weekend in Old Crow have been reburied.
• Communication would help end confusion: mayor The Yukon Liberal Party may want the McIntyre Creek area protected, but Mayor Bev Buckway says the city already has development plans for the land.

August 17, 2011

• Artists invited to submit work for directory covers Northern artists have about a month remaining to search through their portfolios and choose an artwork to enter in Northwestel Inc.'s annual directory cover art competition.
• Production recounts stories of bus crash victims The Open Pit crew are calling their new play a "work in progress”.
• NDP acclaims candidate Frank Turner, a small business owner and well-known Yukon Quest musher, was officially acclaimed last Saturday as the Yukon NDP election candidate for Lake Laberge.
• Slinky Mine-area roads to be realigned Klondike MLA Steve Nordick, now the minister in charge of the Yukon Housing Corp., says he has some possible solutions to Dawson's housing crunch.
• ‘Heavy sheen' of fuel under investigation Environment Canada is investigating after what appeared to be diesel fuel leaking into the Yukon River last Friday afternoon.
• Salmon migration expected to peak this week There have been 761 chinook salmon counted at the Whitehorse Fish Ladder as of this morning.
• Sage Planning Agnes Mills gathers sage
• Katimavik volunteers thank local residents' hospitality Katimavik youth program members say they were amazed at the warmth shown by Whitehorse residents who opened their homes to them and are thanking their hosts.
• Council mulls snowmobile recommendations There aren't any flakes on the city streets, but the issue of snowmobiles in Whitehorse is up for debate.
• Liberals vow to preserve McIntyre Creek The Yukon Liberal Party doesn't want a road built through the McIntyre Creek area.
• New proposal could save homeowners $100,000, First Nation suggests The Kwanlin Dun First Nation is moving into the housing market as part of its strategy to generate revenue, says Alicia Vance, a councillor with the First Nation.

August 16, 2011

• Internet failed for some Yukon users Some Northwestel Inc. customers were without the ability to surf the world wide web last Friday morning.
• Artwork has even reined in a piece of Snag Whitehorse now has a new commemorative statue, an approximately 10-foot-high metal horse, constructed to symbolize our past and our future as a community.
• City approves Valleyview greenhouse The Valleyview Community Association officially has the go-ahead to create a greenhouse on Valleyview Drive.
• ENJOYING THE FINALE Fawn Fritzen and Grant Simpson perform
• Aboriginal youth urged to apply for internships Yukon MP Ryan Leef is encourages the territory's aboriginal youth to participate in the federal government's new International Aboriginal Youth Internship initiative.
• ‘You've outdone yourselves,' cadets told Hundreds of perfectly shined black boots crossed the hardwood floor of Porter Creek Secondary School
• Territory making a soggy decline into fall It's been a record-breaking summer for Whitehorse.
• Victim would like to ‘clobber' thief Merle Lien's return to the Yukon last week began on a sour note.