Whitehorse Daily Star

July 6, 2011

• Reading Set For Friday The reading of the play Dreary and Izzy
• Parking Lot Reading series aimed at rolling campers Six local authors have launched a Parking Lot Reading series meant to introduce rubber tire tourists to the variety of Yukon literature available in Whitehorse.
• Northerners combine distinct talents for festival show Three distinct First Nations voices are coming together to form a whole new sound this week.
• Hospital gets three-year accreditation Whitehorse General Hospital (WGH) has received its three-year Accreditation with Condition from Accreditation Canada.
• Funding shortfall plagues Volunteer Yukon Volunteer Yukon has had to let go of two full-time employees after the government funding that paid their salaries expired in June.
• Foreign Service renews a lapsed Dawson tradition After a three-year absence from the Klondike, the popular Military Attachés' Arctic Tour was back again in June,
• Lang jumps from Yukon Party ship Archie Lang, the MLA for Porter Creek Centre and Minister of Community Services and Highways and Public Works,
• Cleanup continues at Canada Games Centre The Canada Games Centre's regularly scheduled activities have been relocated to other facilities throughout the city,
• Festival Talent Ed McDougall
• Pool to reopen with a big splash Thursday Water in the Canada Games Centre's pool was still and glassy this morning. But it won't stay that way for long.
• Pilots chose wrong taxiway An aircraft took a wrong turn before taking off from the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport on Monday morning.
• Ready For Take-Off A member of the Junior Rangers
• Crime prevention projects funded The Crime Prevention and Victim Services Trust Fund is supporting seven projects with $129,700 in six Yukon communities, Justice Minister Marian Horne announced recently.
• Tree Trunk Talk An adult flicker
• Wilderness tour operator is fined A Destruction Bay wilderness tour operator has been ordered to pay $2,000 in fines for operating without a licence and serving her guests wild meat.
• Meeting was staged on traditional territory The Teslin Tlingit Council (TTC) conducted official business recently by holding a meeting of its executive council this week on their traditional territory at Morley Lake, B.C.
• Audit confirms government's ‘neglect and denial': Hanson A report published by the Yukon government's audit services branch says officials have not met expectations
• Court decision backs regulatory regime A case that could have increased the power First Nations have to influence – and possibly halt – mining and development projects in the Yukon
• Injured teen begins the road to recovery The young Whitehorse basketball player who fell from a fourth-floor balcony in Edmonton last week is awake and recovering, his coach said today.

July 5, 2011

• Canada Day was a big occasion in Dawson City At 8 a.m., Canada Day did not look promising.
• Ottawa told to produce more facts The federal government has been ordered to be more forthcoming with information on matters involving the lawsuit filed by the Ross River Dena Council.
• Faro residents take case to appeal court A Faro couple ordered off their property by the Yukon Supreme Court are taking their case to the B.C.-Yukon Court of Appeal, but say they are at wits' end in their fight to keep their home.
• In The Driver's Seat Mark Wickham and his son
• Another cable slashed; more services disrupted Damage to a fibre optic cable near Fox Lake has left a dozen communities north of Whitehorse without long distance telephone and data services since this morning.
• Creativity Under The Sun Heidi Hehn is the Artist in the Park this week.
• Company seeks payback of loan to Golden Hill Ventures The company that funded equipment for one of the Yukon's largest contractors wants its money back, as interest on the loan grows by thousands of dollars a day.
• Territories will further study university models Canada's three territorial education ministers have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today
• Late Yukoners remembered as assembly begins Late Yukoners remembered as assembly begins
• Police search for woman's assailant, issue warning Whitehorse RCMP are calling for the public's help, and caution, following an attack on a woman in Riverdale early Monday morning.
• ‘It's a big job,' city official says of repairs Work on restoring the Canada Games Centre has begun, and city council is looking to free up $5 million in cash for the repairs.

July 4, 2011

• Canada Day Photo Spread # 2 Photo Spread
• Canada Day Photo Spread # 1 Photo Spread
• MS-afflicted Yukoners hail announcement The news was abuzz last week about the controversial treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS).
• Campground has reopened after visit by grizzly bear The Congdon Creek territorial campground was closed over the long weekend after a grizzly bear was seen wandering around campsites.
• Kicking Off The Festival Political figures and representatives of the Council of Yukon First Nations cut the ribbon Friday to open the Adaka Cultural Festival.
• Governing party gains another potential candidate Lana Putnam wants to be the Yukon Party candidate for Whitehorse Centre in the upcoming territorial election.
• Opening The Festivival The Taku Kwann Dancers from Atlin, B.C.
• Pool to stay closed for two weeks There's still no swimming at the Canada Games Centre, following a June 24 fire at the recreation centre.
• Youth critically injured in fall A young Whitehorse basketball player is in critical condition today after falling from a balcony during a trip to Edmonton.
• Man's body recovered; family being notified Police are investigating the sudden death of a Whitehorse man who was reported missing last week.
• Teenager dies after ATV rolls on road shoulder A 13-year-old Teslin boy is dead after an all-terrain vehicle roll-over Saturday, police reported today.