Whitehorse Daily Star

February 11, 2019

• Corner Crash There was a three-vehicle collision
• Special Duo Hank and Pam Karr are this year’s Mr. and Mrs. Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous,
• RCMP describe recovery effort The RCMP are thanking the many individuals and agencies involved in the recovery of an Alberta man’s body from Drury Lake on Feb. 3.
• Mishap Casualty This vehicle was taped and waiting to be hauled away on the North Klondike Highway,
• Office reopens after flooding incident The territory’s Insured Health Services office at 204 Lambert St. reopened this morning after being closed early Friday afternoon.
• Quest mushers push on through Alaska Photo Spread
• Water main break affecting traffic, businesses City officials were advising motorists planning to travel down Mountainview Drive along Copper Road to take alternative routes after a water main break occurred there Sunday.
• Upset musher says Quest forced her out EAGLE – Rookie Olivia Webster scratched from the Yukon Quest last Thursday night in Dawson City.
• Brent Sass holds strong lead It looks like Brent Sass will be the 2019 Yukon Quest 1,000-Mile International Sled Dog Race champion.

February 8, 2019

• Clean tech is theme of Innovation Prize event The 2019 Yukon Innovation Prize (YIP) competition is offering Yukoners a chance at $70,000 for ideas that improve sustainability by using clean technologies.
• Petition to be launched at garage sale Zero Waste Yukon will host its sixth annual Indoor Community Garage Sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Yukon Convention Centre.
• Yukoner Honoured .
• Trail of the Yukon Quest has vets hopping While most of the Yukon Quest mushers were on the trail to Dawson City earlier this week, head veterinarian Nina Hansen took some time to talk about the dogs’ conditions.
• Bridge Under Troubled Water Likely due to an ice jam downstream,
• Judge issues order to Hot Springs Road-area residents A Yukon deputy justice has ordered the Hot Springs Road Development Area Residents Association to secure costs of $4,000.
• Judge awards costs to mining companies A deputy justice has awarded costs to two mining companies pursuing litigation against each other in Yukon Supreme Court.
• The past week on the Quest trail Photo Spread
• City to decide on Hidden Valley lot expansion The owners of a Hidden Valley subdivision home will know next week whether they can pursue a lot expansion that would allow them to put in a new septic field.
• Sweet Musical Fundraiser Set The All-City Jazz Band rehearses Jan. 31 at F.H. Collins Secondary School.
• Strike vote results to be known next week The results of a strike vote by 300 Yukon hospital workers in the territory won’t be known until next week.
• Thief was selective in stealing thousands of dollars in pelts The Yukon Trappers Association is the victim of a break and enter where several thousand dollars’ worth of pelts were stolen.
• Realigned Rendezvous to kick off this evening It’s that time of year.
• Park recommended for $400,000 worth of major improvements Some big changes could be coming to Rotary Peace Park this year.
• First Nation appoints deputy chief The Carcross/Tagish First Nation (CTFN) has a deputy chief after its elected chief was suspended amid workplace sexual harassment allegations last month.
• YG unveils shelter operation details In a move the territory said could have budget implications going forward,
• Four Quest mushers have glided out of Eagle The Dawson dog yard became a lot quieter Thursday as 21 mushers left over the course of the day headed toward the border and the Eagle,

February 7, 2019

• Winter Bike To Work Day goes Friday It’s no longer all that unusual to see Whitehorse residents commuting on two wheels – fat tires, to be precise – during the coldest part of the year.
• Quest mushers in and out of Dawson Photo Spread
• Top five mushers are Alaska-bound The top five Yukon Quest mushers – Brent Sass, Michelle Phillips, Hans Gatt, Allen Moore and Paige Drobny – have all reached Clinton Creek.
• Woman to face murder trial, judge rules A Pelly Crossing woman accused of second-degree murder will be going to trial. That became evident after a preliminary hearing concluded this week.
• ADM post to focus on First Nations initiatives A new assistant deputy minister (ADM) of First Nations Initiatives position is being created within the Department of Education.
• Musher tells how he was tailed by wolf Although he sits near the back of the pack, Chase Tingle, a rookie Yukon Quest musher, had a close call with a wolf a few miles out from Dawson City.
• Latest work on school set for summer The Yukon government is looking to cool the crawl space for the Ross River School,