Whitehorse Daily Star

July 27, 2011

• Simple pork chops with beer; steak strips with wine First: pork chops barbecued Mediterranean style, with Killian's Red beer.
• Lady bugs are a big help with bugs in the greenhouse With warmer weather upon us, your greenhouse could be growing more than just your vegetable plants.
• The Tombstones: It's not just about the beavers, you know! The latest addition to the Tombstone Interpretive Centre opened July 18, with a low-key ceremony.
• Dawson to take over historic bank building The old CIBC building sits on Front Street in Dawson City.
• Pelly Crossing man gets added jail time A Pelly Crossing man responsible for a string of break-ins and thefts in the community has been sentenced to seven more months in jail, after already spending 11 days in custody.
• First Nation members press for new elections A group of citizens of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun are continuing to call for new elections even after their petition to oust the current chief and council was rejected last month.
• Territory helps victims of famine The Yukon government is contributing $25,000 to Canadian Red Cross relief efforts in the Horn of Africa.
• Heavier police presence helped maintain order during festival The Dawson City Music Festival was "a hit”, say the Whitehorse and Dawson City RCMP.
• Second woman seeks YP nomination Loralee Johnstone, a long-time resident of Mayo, is seeking the Yukon Party nomination in the upcoming territorial election for the Mayo-Tatchun riding.
• Vehicle Gutted Marsh Lake Fire Rescue was called to this truck fire last Saturday night
• Memorial moved to territorial building At the base of the Canada flagpole at the Elijah Smith Building, two small Norwegian flags stand as a memorial to the victims of a pair of terrorist attacks.
• Conservation groups embrace updated Peel plan Although the Yukon government is not yet ready to comment on the final recommended plan for the Peel watershed,
• YHC-contractor standoff lands in court The Yukon Housing Corp. seems to be at a standoff with the constructor of the single-parent housing complex in Riverdale over the last $85,000 owed on the project.
• Some residents in tune with south end plan Downtown residents are cautiously optimistic about the city's plan to develop the area's south end.
• Temperature in vehicle crested at 58 degrees A recent incident with an overheated dog has the city's bylaw services staff emphasizing the importance of leaving four-legged friends at home while running summer errands.

July 26, 2011

• Liberal leader offers best wishes to ailing Layton Liberal Leader Arthur Mitchell says he was "shocked and saddened” to hear that federal NDP Leader Jack Layton's battle with cancer is not over.
• Laxton nominated for Yukon Party David Laxton has been nominated to represent the Yukon Party in the riding of Porter Creek Centre in the coming election.
• YHC to bulldoze ahead with demolition Despite requests from several agencies to preserve it, the Yukon Housing Corp. (YHC) has announced it will be "removing” the John Korbo Apartment Building, located on Sixth Avenue in Dawson City.
• ‘Every Yukoner should feel welcome here' The Elijah Smith Building's management is re-evaluating its policies after an altercation Monday morning involving a memorial to the Norway massacre.
• ‘We never count him out,' ex-MP says of Layton Former federal NDP leader Audrey McLaughin was vacationing in Dawson City on Monday when she heard the news that current leader Jack Layton is temporarily stepping down to battle a new form of cancer.
• ‘You can't please everyone, you just can't' Conservation remains the keyword in planning for the future of the Peel watershed.
• Golf course development issue resurrected A bylaw nixed by city council earlier this month is coming back to life after Monday night's council meeting.

July 25, 2011

• Renovations Celebrated Mike and Julie Thorpe (beside Ronald), the owners of the McDonald's Restaurant on Fourth Avenue,
• Slide guitarist David Essig returns to Dawson festival David Essig strolled into my Faro classroom in what must have been the fall of 1981, sat down in a chair, laid his guitar across his lap and pulled out a 5/8 socket wrench.
• Second person emerges for YP Copperbelt North nomination The latest potential Yukon Party election candidate to throw her hat in the ring is passionate about helping those new to the territory.
• Peel plan to be unveiled this afternoon The Peel Watershed Planning Commission has delivered its Final Recommended Plan to the Yukon government and four First Nations governments, a press release from the planning commission announced this afternoon.
• Hanson dismayed by federal leader's illness Yukon NDP Leader Liz Hanson was upset to learn this morning that Jack Layton is temporarily stepping down as leader of the federal NDP
• Yukoners urged to help victims of famine The Yukon's Anglican diocese is responding to the United Nations' call for $1 billion in aid to the starving people of East Africa, and is asking all Yukoners to participate in a fund-raising effort.
• Skills Canada receives major funding injection Skills Canada Yukon will receive more than $300,000 in funding from the federal and territorial governments over the next year.
• Rollover near Haines Junction kills woman A Whitehorse woman was killed in a single-vehicle collision late last Thursday afternoon near Haines Junction.
• Man pursues firsthand accounts of homelessness In the shadow of construction and development, five people sit on tarps at the edge of the Yukon River in Whitehorse.
• City orders benefit concert shut down A concert staged as a fund-raiser for a children's playground was shut down by the city's bylaw department on Saturday night.
• Order to leave called ‘incomprehensible' The organizer of a memorial on the steps of the Elijah Smith Building was told to vacate the premises early this morning.