Whitehorse Daily Star

August 18, 2010

• Author launches book in the Klondike Frances Backhouse lived in Berton House while she was researching and writing Children of the Klondike in 2008,
• Band's talent wasn't confined to festival The talents of Montreal band Elfin Saddle lie not only in creating haunting acoustic folk music, but in constructing multisensory "living” installations as well.
• Yukon minister attends ex-senator's funeral Economic Development Minister Jim Kenyon is representing the Yukon at today's funeral of former Alaska senator Ted Stevens in Anchorage.
• Ignatieff bemoans right-wing ideologues Canada is too complex to be run by right-wing ideologues, says federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff,
• Finding Out About Fish Amanda Boudreau, left, and Jeanette Carney talk to visitors at the Whitehorse Rapids Fishway about the salmon run this morning.
• Soggy weather sees fire ban lifted The open fire ban for the southern portion of the Yukon has been cancelled due to cooler temperatures and a forecast of precipitation.
• Telecommunications services fail – again A fibre optic cable in northern Alberta was damaged on Tuesday for the third time in eight days, disrupting telecommunications services to customers in the Yukon, N.W.T. and B.C.
• Tennis courts need an urgent facelift A partnership between the city and Tennis Yukon is in everybody's best interest, it was suggested Tuesday night by a senior city official.
• Sun shone on Discovery Days weekend Dawson could not have asked for a nicer run of weather than it received this year for the Discovery Days celebrations.
• Lot sale prices must be curtailed: councillors Using market value to sell residential lots in the city is the only method city councillor Doug Graham knows of that will work.

August 17, 2010

• Deal to help those with disabilities get jobs Persons with disabilities will be better able to access jobs as a result of new Labour Market Development Agreement funding for the Yukon Council on disABILITY worth $281,726.
• White Pass boss mulls extension to Carmacks The White Pass and Yukon Route may expand the railway, which would bring economic and evironmental advantages to the territory, says president Eugene Hretze.
• Secondary power sales suspended Low water at the Aishihik and Mayo hydro facilities is forcing Yukon Energy to indefinitely suspend its wholesale secondary sales to Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. (YECL).
• Some lead-footed drivers pulled over Yukon drivers aren't getting the message to obey speed limits, and it may be due the low cost of speeding tickets, says Sgt. Don Rogers, the RCMP's spokesperson.
• Yukon enjoying a blazing hot exploration year Mineral staking this year is approaching the record levels of the mid-1990s, when companies were steamrolling into the Finlayson Lake district southeast of Ross River.
• Salmon arrival is behind schedule Chinook salmon started arriving at the Whitehorse Fish Ladder in greater numbers over the weekend, though it continues to look like a poor year for the run overall.
• Whitehorse Centre won't be ignored, Fentie vows Premier Dennis Fentie remains tightlipped about when he will call a byelection to fill the Whitehorse Centre seat in the Yukon legislature and is not ruling out leaving it empty for this year's fall sitting.
• Cooler, damper weather will ease forest fire risk Though scorching temperatures highlighted the Discovery Day long weekend, just one new forest fire was recorded.
• Remains from fire to undergo autopsy Human remains were discovered in the aftermath of a trailer fire on the Copper Haul Road area on Sunday.

August 13, 2010

• Yukon Fish and Game Association launches Fish Cook Booklet If you are looking for some great Yukon fish recipes, look no more, as the Yukon Fish and Game Association has just released its first recipe book.
• Uncovering the real history of the Americas What is America?
• SUN-SPLASHED ENTERTAINMENT Come Eat A Cat, Ben Barrett-Forrest and Graeme and Kieran Poile, entertain at the Arts in the Park
• Canvas reflects artist's love of the northern landscape Whitehorse painter Emma Barr has a not-so-secret love affair.
• Ottawa's debt to sawmill investors crests $78 M The federal government's debt to investors in the Watson Lake sawmill has climbed to $78.5 million, says the Calgary lawyer representing the investors.
• Fish and Game association releases recipe booklet The Yukon Fish and Game Association has released its first in a series of fish and game recipe booklets. It's called the Fish Cook Booket.
• Bear Creek oral history gathering planned DAWSON CITY – Parks Canada is looking to meet people who remember living at Bear Creek, the satellite community which was once the operational headquarters and townsite of the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corp. (YCGC).
• FIRE BY WATER Whitehorse firefighters answered a call to the city's waterfront
• Stolen truck's keys had been left inside Whitehorse RCMP are reminding vehicle owners to secure their property after a truck was stolen from a residence at Army Beach on Thursday.
• Elderly woman went missing; found safe An 81-year-old woman reported missing Thursday has been found.
• Yukon Learn Society closes computer lab due to lack of money The Yukon Learn Society (YLS) will close its computer lab at the end of today and will not reopen it unless it finds additional funding.
• Show's third visit won't be the last EMERALD LAKE – The Yukon is still one of the most beautiful places to visit on horseback, according to an American television show that paid a return visit this week.
• The last voyage of the SS Keno On Aug. 25, 1960, hundreds of Whitehorse residents stood on the banks of the Yukon River at the shipyards and watched history in the making.
• Melting permafrost threatening roads The Yukon government will provide money to repair a degraded section of the north Alaska Highway between Destruction Bay and the Alaska border this fall.
• ‘Enforcement of this bylaw will be a priority' The days of able-bodied drivers using disabled motorists' parking spots with no financial consequences are numbered.
• Injunction suspends teacher's dismissal A Yukon teacher will continue to work for the territorial government, pending a decision to determine if he should be permanently reinstated.
• CAR STOLEN, ROLLED This 2002 white Honda Civic was abandoned
• Offender is freed on conditional sentence A man who was arrested following an investigation by the RCMP drug section was released on a conditional sentence in July.
• Hanson Street work will proceed Hanson Street property owners between Fifth and Sixth avenues may want to start budgeting for next year after city council approved the bylaw for a Local Improvement Charge (LIC) to go ahead.
• ‘This is very sad for the people living here' Riverdale residents may lose their peaceful haven if possible development at Boswell Crescent and Firth Road goes ahead.
• Alaskans donate some salmon to Yukoners laska's aboriginal fishery at the mouth of the Yukon River has sent chinook salmon to the Yukon to offset the poor strength of this year's run.
• Unseasonably hot weather sparks fire ban A ban on all open fires across the southern portion of the territory has been implemented by Yukon Wildland Fire Management officials.
• Current mayor unimpressed Dawson Mayor Peter Jenkins, who reportedly shook his head as he left the Dawson courtroom Thursday, says ex-mayor Glen Everitt could have fared worse in his sentencing.
• Ex-mayor endured ‘trial by innuendo' DAWSON CITY – Former Dawson mayor Glen Everitt will not go to jail, but must repay his community the $38,300 he misappropriated, a judge ruled Thursday.