Whitehorse Daily Star

August 21, 2019

• North wind buffeted a busy Discovery Day “I don’t remember it being this windy in Dawson,” said Yukon Senator Pat Duncan.
• ‘You make Canada stronger,’ new citizens told Fifty-three people of all ages ended their journey of emigration from 19 places when they became Canadian citizens Tuesday at the SS Klondike site in Whitehorse.
• Author pens bedtime story unique to North It’s tough to fall asleep under the midnight sun, especially if you’re a child.
• Population continues upward trend The Yukon’s estimated population on March 31 was 40,962; an increase of 843, or 2.1 per cent, compared to a year earlier (40,119).
• Ex-teacher enters not-guilty pleas A former Whitehorse teacher has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault and two counts of indecent assault against a female student.
• Children are entitled to go to school: advocate For many Yukon students, today is the first day of their 2019-2020 school year.
• Specialists surprised by absence of salmon The return of Yukon River chinook salmon crossing into the territory on the mainstem is lower than expected, says a manager for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).

August 20, 2019

• A Time To Celebrate ‘Skate Park Grandma’
• Yukon Wildlife Preserve receives $25,000 donation The annual Yukon Wildlife Preserve Run Wild run took place Monday.
• Winds Took A Toll High winds buffeted Whitehorse and other areas of the Yukon over the long weekend.
• Equipment Burns Up This piece of highway maintenance equipment caught fire last Saturday
• YEC water licence changes OKed A request by Yukon Energy for emergency amendments to its water licence for the Mayo hydro facility has been approved by the Yukon Water Board.
• Death declared a homicide The death of a woman in Ross River earlier this month was a homicide, the RCMP say.
• Respected elder is memorialized in Old Crow A much-loved Gwich’in elder, Edith Josie, was set to be honoured with the unveiling of a bust this afternoon in Old Crow.
• Judge quashes board decision on ex-pharmacist A former Whitehorse pharmacist has been granted his judicial review of a Yukon Community Services Pharmacy Board of Inquiry decision.

August 16, 2019

• An evening of tales from author Lawrence Millman Lawrence Millman remembers visiting Dawson City when there was still an active debate about the desirability of having cell phones come to town.
• Adding Colour To Event The Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology is holding the annual conference and trade show here this week.
• Golf tournament raised $48,000 for foundation Nearly $50,000 was raised at the Yukon Hospital Foundation’s 10th annual Skookum Asphalt Charity Pro-Am Golf Tournament held last month at the Mountain View Golf Club.
• Celebrating A Century ‘Skate Park Grandma’, Amanda Rendell, turned 100 years old last week.
• Mine’s first gold bar pouring is imminent Victoria Gold president John McConnell has been saying for several years the company would be opening the Yukon’s next gold mine.
• Weed Not Welcome Andrea Altherr, Michel Duteau and Carmen Wong, left-right, and Bert are seen Wednesday evening at the Range Point invasive species eradication project.
• Officials begin a painstaking investigation of plane tragedy Investigators from the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada say the Aug. 6 plane crash near Mayo Lake was impossible to survive.
• Another Loss To Fire Dwayne Kelly, a well-known Dawson City piano player, lost his eight-metre boat (above) to fire Wednesday due to a motor blowing up.
• Yukoners warming up to solar power movement Solvest may have gotten off to a rocky start when Whitehorse resident Ben Power tried to break into Ontario’s market for solar energy after attending Ryerson University.
• A Cautionary Landing A Sun Country Airlines Boeing 737-800 landed at Erik Nielsen International Airport on Tuesday evening.
• Subject of mistrial freed on bail The man subject to a mistrial Wednesday has been released on a new recognizance by the Supreme Court of the Yukon, and his new trial has been scheduled.
• Garbage-munching bruin moved Yukon conservation officers worked with a First Nations game guardian Thursday to immobilize a black bear after it was found eating garbage in a dumpster in the Teslin area.
• Report prepared for mine concept BMC Minerals has announced the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board has begun preparing a draft screening report for its mine proposal.
• Waste water monitoring work awarded City council unanimously awarded the waste management facility water monitoring program contract on Aug. 5.
• Curriculum changes loom on eve of school year Yukon students entering Grades 11 and 12 this year will be taught with more flexibility and more localized content under the territory’s new curriculum.
• Doggone it! Canines lose daytime digs In just a few weeks, Deb Gatien will no longer act as alpha to hundreds of community dogs – she’s closing the doors of the sole in-city doggy daycare, Camp K9, in September.
• ‘This is the lowest point I’ve ever seen the shelter’ Whitehorse poverty advocates are working in tandem with the Department of Health and Social Services to champion for more addiction services and safety measures at the increasingly volatile Whitehorse Emergency Shelter.