Whitehorse Daily Star

August 4, 2010

• Missing teenager is now in Yellowknife Heather Daye, the 16-year-old New Brunswick teen reported missing last Friday and thought to be in the Yukon, has turned up in Yellowknife, police say.
• Commission to prepare police review submission The Yukon Human Rights Commission is preparing a written submission to the Review of the Yukon's Police Force.
• Carving Up A Storm Aaron Smarch, left, and Scott James work on a totem in the Carcross Carving Centre last Thursday.
• Webisodes will promote territory Filming has begun on a series of webisodes advertising the Yukon as a premier filming location and providing training for local film crews.
• Local man convicted of assault A Whitehorse man who was seen hitting his girlfriend was convicted of assault and subsequently released on Tuesday.
• River Respite Jessica Gilchrist, left, and Jasmine Jobson stay cool Tuesday afternoon in the Yukon River by the Rotary Peace Park boat launch.
• Insurer not entitled to recoup its costs: judge A Yukon Energy Corp. (YEC) insurer won't be able to recoup its costs from contractors whose allegedly faulty installation led to a significant fire at a power plant in 1997.
• Tourism company defaults on obligations A Yukon company working with its creditors to avoid bankruptcy has defaulted on its mortgage and other financial arrangements with its bank.
• Rodeo life: ‘You just gotta keep travelling' After several years without kicking horses and raging bulls, Whitehorse residents saw a return of the rodeo at the Takhini Arena recently.
• Anti-cancer advocates pedal through city It's a journey that's 6,400 kilometres (4,000 miles) in the making – taking in a varied terrain of mountains,
• Residents urged to ponder evacuation scenario A wildfire burning in northern British Columbia could threaten communities along the Yukon/B.C. border,

August 3, 2010

• City buses to get security cameras The city has spent $36,000 on combating graffiti that costs $10,000 each year to clean up.
• Hot, dry fire conditions continue The largest of five lightning-triggered wildfires over the weekend is a 350-hectare blaze burning in the Ross River fire district near Marmot Creek, some 205 kilometres north of Faro.
• Agriculture research helps put Yukon-grown food on plates Yukoners are invited to learn about the government's research farm and how it's assisting local food production.
• Forecast for chinook run is less optimistic The strength of the Yukon River chinook run has been downgraded again.
• Hanson hopes for byelection Premier Dennis Fentie can wait until Jan. 24, 2011 to call a byelection in Whitehorse Centre following last Wednesday's death of Todd Hardy, the former NDP MLA for the downtown capital city district.
• City will buy a new loader The city will spend more than $140,000 to buy a loader it has been using since early this year.
• Day home operator thanks city and her neighbours A day home operator in Takhini North is expressing her thanks to numerous individuals as she starts to convert her operation into a child care centre.
• Board starts identifying safety violators A Calgary firm specializing in horizontal tunnelling leads the territory in fines for safety infractions since the Yukon workers' compensation board started publishing companies,
• Body of officer found 50 km away from Mayo Police have recovered the body of a young officer who disappeared in the Stewart River near Mayo the evening of July 13.
• Residents mull meaning of ‘priority planning' The city's latest version of its Official Community Plan (OCP) has left the Yukon Conservation Society's (YCS's) wildlife co-ordinator wondering what the proposal for priority planning will mean for McIntyre Creek.
• OCP changes reflect citizens' opinions Except for a few "minor tweaks” that could be made, Mayor Bev Buckway believes the city finally has the document that will become the city's next Official Community Plan (OCP).

August 2, 2010

• Road closures are frustrating tour company This summer's closures of the Taylor Highway to both the Canadian border and to Eagle, Alaska have created serious difficulties for Holland-America.
• British Columbia man facing charges fails to get bail A B.C. man facing assault charges in the Yukon has been denied bail.
• Parkade tenders will be released soon, city says Developers can start readying their bids to buy the 2,320-square-metre city parking lot at Third Avenue and Steele Street.
• B.C. fire creeps to within 12 kilometres of territory A raging fire is keeping Highway 37 closed for the most part.
• YTG appeals francophone school board ruling The Yukon government is appealing a court order to increase funding to the territory's only francophone school and accuses Justice Vital Ouellette of bias in his decision.
• RCMP seeking teen's whereabouts Police in Whitehorse are asking for the public's help in finding a 16-year-old Heather Daye, who arrived in the territory at the end of June with her 26-year-old boyfriend, Chris MacNeil.
• Conservation group apprehensive over OCP Karen Baltgailis, the Yukon Conservation Society's executive director, is hoping all those with concerns over the proposed Official Community Plan (OCP) will make their interest in the city planning document known by showing up to council's meeting tonight.
• Late MLA praised for family values, compassion Todd Hardy's penchant for guidance and leadership was evident just five days before the former Yukon NDP leader died at 4:38 last Wednesday morning in his downtown home.