Whitehorse Daily Star

August 9, 2011

• A pensive walk along Dawson City's waterfront (Uffish Thoughts) DAWSON CITY – Walking my dog along the waterfront on an unexpectedly fine day last week (the weather forecast was for showers, but I'm fine with their error), I could not help but think how much the area has improved since 1987, when the dike was a mere mound of dirt and rock.
• YTG, towns explore options for bolstering communities The Yukon has moved a step closer toward building long-term resilience in municipalities, the territorial government says.
• Mining rush is here to stay, CEO believes DAWSON CITY – It's been nine years since the Brewery Creek mine shut down, the victim of low gold prices.
• Recording B.C. Towns' Revitalization Out of the Woods opened at the Arts Underground
• Park set for ‘Cadillac version of outdoor biffies' The plastic portable washrooms that pop up in Rotary Peace Park every summer will be notably absent next year.
• Contracts awarded to build residences The Yukon Housing Corp. has awarded more than $2 million in contracts to construct eight new social housing units in Carmacks and Ross River.
• Veteran MLA will shoot for fifth term Eric Fairclough, the Liberal MLA for Mayo-Tatchun, is seeking a fifth term representing the riding.
• Work at potential mine ‘advancing as expected' Victoria Gold Corp.'s Dublin Gulch site, north of Mayo, is "advancing as expected,” even in light of the 492 point decline in the global markets Monday.
• The Maiden Arrival Elia Claude looks at the season's first salmon
• New head gear adorns bylaw officers Bylaw officers in the city are sporting some fancy head wear after a reminder from territorial occupational health and safety officials.
• Greens are a party of balance, candidate says Kristina Calhoun is entering politics because she knows the planet cannot keep growing forever.
• Former NDP minister acclaimed as Liberal Former NDP cabinet minister Dave Sloan secured the Liberal party nomination for the new riding of Mountainview at a nomination meeting last night at the Yukon Transportation Museum.
• Put subdivision issue on ice: residents Most residents in the Hamlet of Mount Lorne want to hold off on a decision regarding the ability to subdivide their large rural lots, according to a local survey's results.

August 8, 2011

• Yukon musician to release new disc Tuesday When a musician decides to call the Yukon home, he or she has made a conscious decision to put their roots down in a place that nurtures and welcomes them home from the road.
• Historic building's ownership lands in court The town of Dawson wants its historic bank back, and it's asking the Yukon Supreme Court for help.
• ‘Granger could have gone up in a ball of fire' A fire was set in a pavilion at Granger Park on Thompson Road on Saturday afternoon.
• Minister, mayor open new artery The city's newest road is now operational, and the Whistle Bend development is one step closer to having its first residents.
• Rescuer Recognized Trevor Smith (centre) was presented with an award for bravery from Commissioner Doug Phillips (left)
• Trap was set for gophers: spokeswoman A small leghold trap discovered last week next to a storage building at Copper Ridge Place was intentionally set three or four years ago to catch gophers, says a government spokeswoman.
• Unsuccessful NDP hopeful to seek another nomination Dave Blottner is at it again.
• Down She Comes The demolition of the Roadhouse Inn on Second Avenue
• Carelessness causing compost contamination Some strange items have been popping up in the green composting carts around the city.
• New obstetrics clinic called ‘good news for Yukon women' A new obstetrics clinic will open in Whitehorse at the end of September, the Yukon government announced late last week.
• First candidate emerges for the Green Party The Yukon Green Party has announced its first candidate to run in the upcoming territorial election.
• Second minister loses nomination Another cabinet minister is out of the game.

August 5, 2011

• Windmill energy advocates shouldn't blow their own horns Big game seminars scheduled
• Taking a sled ride through history in an Arctic snowstorm ( Bookends ) In the Canadian Flyer adventure series, Emily Bing and Matt Martinez have access to a number of apparently magical artifacts that enable them to travel into the past.
• Bouncy, rollercoaster boardwalks grace Dawson streets ( Uffish Thought ) For the past couple of weeks, they've been fixing up the boardwalks along Fifth Avenue.
• Yukon artists receive funding to pursue sound recordings The Yukon Film and Sound Commission is awarding $23,000 to seven Yukon sound recording professionals through the Yukon Sound Recording Program.
• Vehicle jacked up to free visitor Whitehorse firefighters were in Riverdale Thursday evening to rescue a Northwest Territories man from his rolled SUV.
• Frenzied construction pace endured in July Construction continued to boom in the city last month, according to the planning and development department's July report.
• Inn's uncertainty hasn't dulled market's success The second season of the Yukon Craft Society's retail store, The Artisan Market, is coming to a close, but spirits and sales among the 35-year-old organization are high.
• Potential NDP candidate wants creek safeguarded The NDP now has two candidates who want to represent the new riding of Takhini-Kopper King.
• Black bear is captured, moved Environment Yukon conservation officers have captured and relocating a brown-coloured black bear, a source of concern to residents and others in the Mount Sima Road area.
• Yukon Party flushes out its slate The Yukon Party is well on its way to nominating a candidate in every riding in preparation for the coming territorial election.
• Cabinet minister acclaimed in Whitehorse West Longtime cabinet minister Elaine Taylor says she is honoured to accept the Yukon Party nomination for the Whitehorse West riding for the next election.
• Community garden catalyst ‘touched' by honour The matriarch of the Downtown Urban Gardeners Society (DUGS) has had a garden named in her honour.
• Copper Ridge park will gain new greenery A Copper Ridge park could soon see a whole bunch of new greenery.
• Yukon firefighters dispatched to Ontario Twenty firefighters from across the territory were sent sent to Ontario Thursday evening.
• Forty-five years ago, they moved the SS Klondike Forty-five years ago, the SS Klondike II made her historic overland trip from the Shipyards, the place where she was built in 1937, to her new home, the site of the former squatter area known as Whiskey Flats.
• As expected, chinook run is disappointing The Yukon River chinook salmon run is well below average, as predicted, according to the most recent counts.
• Deliberately set trap under investigation A leghold trap set on the property of Copper Ridge Place has a neighbourhood mom concerned.
• Councillor topples minister A former cabinet minister has defeated a sitting minister in a nomination battle.
• ‘He didn't look good,' hero says of victim A Whitehorse man is being presented with the first Commissioner's Award for Bravery given since 2008 after risking his life to save a fellow claim staker two years ago.