Whitehorse Daily Star

July 22, 2019

• Water monitoring work attracts three bids City council has been presented with three bids on its water use licence water monitoring program.
• Tree endangering power line: resident A Marsh Lake resident is concerned with the response time of ATCO Electric Yukon with regard to a spruce tree at risk of falling on a nearby power line.
• College welcomes vice-president University Services Dr. Maggie Matear has joined Yukon College as vice-president University Services.
• First cadets of 2019 graduate The first cadets of 2019 course graduated Friday in Whitehorse.
• Evacuation alert includes Keno City, Elsa An evacuation alert sparked by a nearby Shanghai Creek wildfire remains in effect for Keno City and the former mining town of Elsa.
• Government workers agree to new contract Members of the Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU) have accepted a new three-year collective agreement, union president Steve Geick confirmed this morning.
• RCMP are urging caution while travelling in northern B.C. area RCMP in northern British Columbia are searching for two Whitehorse-bound young men whose vehicle was discovered on fire Friday in the same area where police say a body was found.

July 19, 2019

• Watson Laker wins $21,000 Watson Lake resident Peter Stone was surprised when he scratched his $2 Blackjack ticket and discovered he had won $21,000.
• Landfill needs more work City administration is looking for council to approve an additional $90,000,
• Takhini Arena needs some new dasher boards The city has received one bid of $123,000 on a tender for the replacement of dasher boards at the Takhini Arena.
• Lobbying The CBC About 30 people attended a rally at the CBC North offices on Third Avenue at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
• Premier satisfied with meeting headway Premier Sandy Silver says his meetings last week with the other 12 premiers was productive and should benefit the Yukon.
• Friendly Invasion Heads looked upward as four U.S. Army Chinook helicopters flew into the city
• New fires start in Mayo area After a quiet several days in terms of new fire starts, Yukon Wildland Fire Management is reporting four new fires in the Mayo region.
• Wetter week sees reduced fire activity In spite of daily thunderstorms in the Klondike region, there has been lots of rain and drizzle.
• Yukon to host ministers in 2020 The annual conference of Canada’s Energy and Mines Ministers will take place next summer in Whitehorse.
• Court upholds dismissal of judicial review bid The Court of Appeal of Yukon has upheld a Yukon Supreme Court decision to dismiss a judicial review of the departure of a former territorial government employee.
• Not An Advisable Activity A group of people take plunges into the Yukon River in Miles Canyon Wednesday afternoon.
• Cycling nomads take a pause in Yukon For nine years, Xavier and Celine Pasche, from Switzerland, have been living a nomadic life by bicycle.
• Bridge construction upsets Carcross couple A Carcross resident is upset over the new Nares River bridge encroaching on his wife’s ancestral property.
• Cyclist Struck On Avenue A cyclist was struck by a vehicle at about 2:05 Wednesday afternoon on Fourth Avenue in front of the Yukon Inn Plaza.
• Bids submitted for water main work City council was presentead Monday evening with the bids received for the Porter Creek West water main project.
• Pleas entered in waste case Two men and two organizations have entered pleas to various charges involving the release of waste which drew bears into the MacRae subdivision.
• YG stresses need for respectful hunting The Yukon government is reminding hunters that conservation and co-operation should be a priority when out on the land as they prepare for another hunting season.
• Two killed in double homicide in B.C. The RCMP in northeastern British Columbia confirm they are investigating a double homicide involving two young travellers: one from Australia, the other from the United States.
• Council briefed on library status City council was updated Monday evening on the status of the Yukon Imagination Library and its mandate to give books to children.
• Average Copper Ridge home sold for $537,800 House prices in Whitehorse reached a record-high this year for sales in the first three months of a year, according to the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.

July 18, 2019

• A Joyous Event There were lots of hugs in Carcross after Wednesday morning’s swearing-in of Lynda Dixon (right) as the new chief of the Carcross-Tagish First Nation.
• Approve latest Whistle Bend zoning, council advised City administration has asked council to move forward and approve the zoning of the Whistle Bend area that falls into phase seven.
• Receiver sought to take over mine (Revised) The Yukon government is seeking a court-appointed receiver to take over control of the troubled Wolverine Mine owned by the Yukon Zinc Corp.
• Park fire ban lifted Due to improved conditions, the fire ban for Kluane National Park and Reserve has been lifted.
• Mine is is economically viable, study says BMC Minerals has just released the feasibility study into its Kudz Ze Kayah Project confirming the proposed mine southeast of Ross River is economically viable.