Whitehorse Daily Star

August 12, 2011

• Never forget: in bear country, you should listen to your wife Last weekend's trip to Haines was enjoyable and a little hair-raising, to say the least. The salmon were running and the rivers were crowded with fishermen.
• Golden words of Jack London helped the Klondike survive (Uffish Thoughts) For all that Dawson City is celebrated in lore and in history for the Klondike Gold Rush
• Arts in the Park, a matchless venue improved by new intern The 15th season of Arts in the Park concluded during today's lunch hour with a season finale that celebrated the visual arts and musical culture of Whitehorse.
• Yukon Gold Rush tale takes liberties with historical truth The Floor of Heaven A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush
• Visiting poet tackles the ‘religious left' in his new novel Jacob McArthur Mooney is a long way from home.
• Art installation offers solutions for housing shortage Over the last decade there have been protests, petition, and formal surveys launched
• Political figures unite for park Some Copper Ridge residents witnessed an unusual sight last week: an MLA and a city councillor on their doorstep.
• Yukon government launching new tender system The Yukon government is modernizing its procurement and tendering processes by improving access to government contracting opportunities.
• Sleepy driver totals an RV Two people suffered minor injuries after a large RV veered off a wet Alaska Highway and into a ditch Thursday morning.
• Relief effort yields $11,452 and counting Rev. David Pritchard of Christ Church Cathedral says he has been called on from above to raise money for famine victims in East Africa.
• Renovated Thomson Centre is back in business The Thomson Centre reopened Thursday as an intermediate care facility, bolstering the number of the Yukon's continuing care beds by 19.
• Tarp shed debate wears on as fines loom The tarp shed behind John Gould's house will be coming down shortly, Susan Herrmann, his daughter, said the day after her most recent meeting with town council.
• Neighbour is opposed to subdivision bid Jim Holland's plans to subdivide his Porter Creek property have been met with opposition from at least one neighbour.
• Demolished inn leaves 60 years of memories The Roadhouse Inn, home to nearly six decades of travellers, workers and newcomers to Whitehorse, was torn to the ground early Wednesday afternoon.
• Katimavik volunteers settling into routines There are certain things in life you can't learn second-hand. Some things you just have to experience. It's with that sense of adventure that 11 strangers from around the country arrived in Whitehorse last month as part of the Katimavik volunteer program.
• Local captures judges' attention in Vancouver On May 22, Madison Dixon, a local 12-year-old, placed top 10 in the Vancouver audition of YTV's The Next Star.
• Police prepared for holiday weekend There are certain things in life you can't learn second-hand.
• Cyclist readying to peddle vital message to youth When Dino Rudniski first started thinking about taking a long-distance bike trip, it was just something to do for his own enjoyment.
• Liberal party rounding out election slate The Yukon Liberal Party nominated two more election candidates Thursday night, complementing two more nominations earlier this week.
• Regulatory hurdles may delay tailings project Whether the project to re-process tailings at the former Whitehorse Copper mine will be rolling next summer is in question, says the president of the company pursuing the project.

August 11, 2011

• ... but decision has disappointed energy corporation's president Yukon Energy's president says he was surprised and disappointed by the changes to the Atlin Taku land use plan which put an end to the plans for a submerged weir in the Atlin River.
• Atlin residents relish project's demise ... In a world where keenness for industrial development generally trumps the preservation of the natural environment, there are very few success stories, says the Protect Atlin Lake Society (PALS).
• Candidate, young people clean up park Mike Nixon , the Yukon Party candidate for Porter Creek South in the coming election, plans to dodge the raindrops to do some outdoors work Friday, weather permitting.
• Lost in the River: experiment-in-progress The Italian Futurist Luigi Russolo commented that continuous sound did not exist before the industrial revolution.
• Open your mind, MD urges neurologists MS patients in Whitehorse had the chance to learn about a controversial treatment recently.
• Canadian Tire adds to search, rescue safety The local Canadian Tire store has presented the city's search and rescue team with a new flotation suit.
• Other construction is zipping along The lift work is not the only construction taking place at Mount Sima this summer.
• Fire causes $40,000 damage to rural home A kitchen fire Wednesday afternoon caused $40,000 in damage to a house on the Alaska Highway near Fox Farm Road.
• Chairlift's completion date is Dec. 1 There's no snow on the hill, but Mount Sima is a hive of activity these days.
• Greens to push for wind, solar and micro-hydro projects Although the Yukon Green Party doesn't have its policies fleshed out yet, they are firm on where they stand in the political world.

August 10, 2011

• With frost coming, enjoy the fruits of your garden Whenever the first of August rolls around, I think of the start of hunting season and the beginning of the end of the gardening season.
• Greek salad matched with a Carlsberg lager beer Who needs to be baking or cooking on a stove during the sizzling hot summer days we experience every now and then?
• Speed Control performed during games' Yukon Day The Yukon band Speed Control headlined Tuesday's Yukon Day cultural celebrations at the Western Canada Summer Games in Kamloops, B.C.
• Debate over pioneer's storage shed heats up DAWSON CITY – What's historically correct in Dawson?
• Cadet centre under new command; graduation parade to go Friday Maj. Paul Batstone has taken command of Whitehorse Cadet Summer Training Center from Maj. Alex Ross.
• Pelly Crossing teachers' housing to be ready soon New accommodations for teachers in Pelly Crossing will be ready before the start of the school year, Steve Nordick, the minister responsible for Yukon Housing Corp., said last Friday.
• Workforce swelled in July: statistics The Yukon's workforce numbers set record highs in July, according to the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.
• Watson Lake doctor cleared of complaint The Yukon Medical Council has dismissed a complaint against a Watson Lake doctor.
• City approves new surface for games centre People who use the field house at the Canada Games Centre (CGC) will soon be running, jumping and playing on a new surface.
• Family relieved as missing man arrives in city by bus A Whitehorse man, whose family feared for his safety after he didn't show up to a meeting with his son, has been found safe.
• Property owners granted OK to split lots Subdivision can go ahead for two properties in the Whitehorse Copper neighbourhood, city council decided Monday night.
• Mitchell not commenting on unfavourable poll The Yukon Liberal Party is continuing to lose support, according to the latest DataPath Systems poll.