Whitehorse Daily Star

July 8, 2009

• Cemetery road contract may cost $100,000-plus The city will spend more than $100,000 on expanding the Grey Mountain Cemetery this year.
• Ground finally broken for Dawson wastewater plant DAWSON CITY - The Dawson Wastewater Treatment Plant may not have been a "shovel-ready" project in the strictest sense of the word.
• Centre's opening realizes carver's 20-year dream CARCROSS - Education was the order of the day in Carcross on Monday morning, at the opening of the town's new Tlingit carving centre.
• Faro kicks up its heels as it turns 40 FARO - Faro, once the second-largest community in the Yukon, and once responsible for one-third of the value of the territory's economy, now bills itself as "Yukon's Best Kept Secret".
• Venerable DC-3 takes to the air again The historic DC-3 weathervane will be relocated from in front of the airport to the Yukon Transportation Museum as early as this week.
• City appeals Takhini North decision again The city is once again appealing a court ruling that permits Patricia Cunning's lawsuit against the city to be heard in small claims court.
• New fire begins in Carmacks district as danger rating rises One new forest fire was reported in the territory Tuesday.
• Watershed issue responses heavily pro-mining The Yukon Chamber of Mines says two thirds of the public comments on the draft land use plan for the Peel River watershed are from the pro-mining sector.
• A Homeward Bound story comes to Yukon Thanks to some friendly motorists, a tenacious dog lover and a tiny microchip, Lacie the chihuahua is going home.
• Chief has never encountered lightning-caused building fire Faced with a puzzling investigation, RCMP and the Whitehorse Fire Department have determined lightning caused a June 11 fire in an abandoned building downtown.

July 7, 2009

• Firehall contract set to be awarded A new home for the city's fire and bylaw departments may cost $381,903 less than what the city planned to spend.
• Exhibit of 26,000-year-old Yukon horse opens In September 1993, placer miners working a claim in the Klondike found a fossil that has been radiocarbon dated and identified as a 26,000-year-old Yukon horse that once roamed the plains of Eastern Beringia.
• Liquor licences lifted Those hoping to patronize Coasters or Flippers last weekend were greeted with signs indicating a suspension of the businesses' liquor licences.
• Tangled On The Hill A two-vehicle collision occurred on Two Mile Hill late this morning.
• Mine's design queried after water discharge Another emergency discharge of water by the Minto Mine calls into question the mine's design, says the mining critic for the Yukon Conservation Society.
• Toasty weather sees extra firefighters arrive A crew of 25 British Columbia firefighters scheduled to arrive in the territory this afternoon to augment Yukon resources as the territory prepares for more hot and dry weather.
• Man did 'real crazy stuff' before vanishing John Wipert has gone on a walkabout.
• 'Yukoners should be very concerned' Monday afternoon's announcement that Premier Dennis Fentie is taking the reins of the Yukon Energy Corp. (YEC) is a charade, say opposition parties.

July 6, 2009

• Boulevard extension being used too early Although construction on Hamilton Boulevard will not be completed for another month, cyclists, pedestrians and vehicles have been spotted using the new extension.
• Hot weather feeding forest fire activity Hot temperatures, minimal precipitation and increased lightning resulted in four new fires in the territory over the weekend as well as a rise in size of a number of fires that were already active.
• Judge reserves decision on contract dispute Yukon Supreme Court Judge Ron Veale has reserved his decision that could settle a contract dispute between two local companies and the city.
• Man acquitted of fondling young girl The trial of a man accused of fondling a young girl almost went off the rails last week when judge and prosecutor faced off over the emotions of a witness versus the rights of the accused.
• Fire kept from spreading to trailer court The Northland Trailer Court was the site of a flash fire late Sunday night.
• Watershed issue lures blizzard of comments More than 1,500 submissions have been filed on the hotly-contested draft land use plan for the Peel River watershed.
• Lightning damages aircraft; search scaled back A Canadian Forces Hercules involved in the search for two Americans whose plane disappeared June 20 was forced to return to Whitehorse after being hit by lightning late last Thursday afternoon.
• Escaper swung shovel at RCMP officer Swinging a shovel at a cop and escaping custody earned Roy Buyck 18 months of house arrest in a sentence handed down last Thursday in Mayo.