Whitehorse Daily Star

September 9, 2019

• Available For Viewing Lillian Loponen opened Kalevala at the Yukon Arts Centre last Thursday evening.
• United Way events kick off The United Way plane pull took place Saturday by the Air North hangar.
• Dempster reopened after rollovers The Dempster Highway was reopened this morning after several days of closure thanks to two overturned tankers on the side of the road.
• Accused admitted to murder, court is told A Whitehorse woman has alleged that the man accused of murdering Adam Cormack admitted to the crime and threatened to kill her.
• Power outage was costly: company The latest power outage in Whitehorse has caused thousands of dollars’ damage to sensitive electronic equipment,
• Officer dies in motorcycle mishap while returning from Skagway trip A longtime RCMP officer died Friday evening when his motorcycle left the South Klondike Highway.

September 6, 2019

• YG ‘absolutely failed’ to provide genuine oversight Re: get Many Rivers going again
• Dawson film find reels off another anniversary Last week’s free showing of Bill Morrison’s film, Dawson City – Frozen Time, at the Palace Grand Theatre was an anniversary of sorts.
• End Of The Road .
• Millions set for power line, battery storage system Federal and territorial funding in the amount of $59 million was announced Thursday to pay for two major energy projects in the Yukon.
• Conservative hopeful launches campaign office Jonas Smith, the Yukon’s Conservative candidate in the pending federal election, officially opened his campaign headquarters in downtown Whitehorse late Thursday afternoon.
• Hikes in fees, new campground envisioned in draft parks plan The Yukon government is seeking public consultation on a drafted parks/campgrounds strategy which would raise fees, modernize services and expand the parks system over the next decade.
• Premiering Today Dee Bailey
• Dempster still closed At least forty people are stranded at James Creek on the Dempster Highway today without toilets or water while an overturned tanker is evacuated from the highway.
• Convicted of aggravated assault, man loses appeal The Court of Appeal of Yukon has dismissed the appeal of a man objecting to his conviction of aggravated assault.
• Opening Today Blake Lepine will open Factory Life in the Arts Underground Focus Gallery at 5 p.m. today.
• LDAY tutors to receive long service awards The LDAY Centre for Learning will honour eight tutors with long service awards varying from five to 25 years next Wednesday evening.
• City’s proposed land sale raises many questions A proposal by city administration to sell a strip of land along Falcon Drive to accommodate a new driveway received the third degree from city councillors Tuesday evening.
• Training culminates in gruelling walk for a cause Five women from Watson Lake have ended a gruelling training regimen that has prepared them to walk 100 kilometres over three days this weekend.
• Apartment building may replace aging house A proposal to replace an older Centennial Street home with a nine-unit apartment building requires city council to approve a zoning change.
• Murder trial hears testimony about fingerprints An expert witness says a can of Pepsi found at the scene of Adam Cormack’s murder near Whitehorse has a fingerprint matching the man accused of the crime.
• ‘Squash whisperer’ celebrates his unprecedented harvest Ray Sears may have unlocked the trifecta of successful squash farming: recycled seeds, translucent tarps and the power of song.
• MP announces almost $100 million for projects Yukon MP Larry Bagnell announced $98 million in federal funding Wednesday to support 16 projects across the Yukon.

September 5, 2019

• College welcomes rising enrolment More than 775 new and returning credit students are enrolled in classes this fall at Yukon College — a 17 per cent increase over this time last year.
• Truck mishap closes portion of Dempster A section of the Dempster Highway is closed today due to a commercial truck veering into the ditch at kilometre 455.
• Copper Ridge apartment complex planned Local developer Patrick McLarnon has applied to the city to receive its development incentive worth up to $500,000 over 10 years to build a 12-unit apartment complex in Copper Ridge.
• Washington state woman died in collision The woman who died after a single-vehicle collision Tuesday east of Haines Junction has been identified as 21-year-old Daria Gladkov, 21, of Vancouver, Wash.