Whitehorse Daily Star

August 8, 2018

• Iconic church gem of Inuvik Our Lady of Victory Church, often called the Igloo Church, is located on Mackenzie Road in downtown Inuvik.
• Next phase of Whistle Bend approved As the plan for Phase 6 of the Whistle Bend neighbourhood continues its way through the city’s process, council approved the two final readings of the zoning of the area and its subdivision on Monday evening.
• Refurbished And On The Rails The rebuilt Whitehorse Waterfront Trolley,
• Conditions Ease A Yukon Wildland Fire Management crew member battles a wildfire near Iron Creek in southeast Yukon earlier this week.
• Views sought on lobbyist registry The Yukon government is seeking public input on the development of new lobbying legislation that would establish a mandatory, publicly-accessible lobbyist registry.
• Curling club gets $8,000 nod from city The Whitehorse Curling Club is set to receive just over $8,000 this week.
• Boyd hesitant about relaxing city building rules As the city looks to move forward with its plans to build a new downtown fire hall, council has agreed to give second and third readings to a bylaw to rezone part of the land near Front and Black streets.
• Fundraiser is out to set a world record The World Peace Man is looking to set the Guinness World Record for raising the most money through a charity run.
• Senior had been high on list for permit A Haines Junction senior resident is upset after learning she may have received a hunting permit for the Finlayson caribou herd this season – if the Department of Environment had not decided to cancel the permits for which it had drawn names.

August 7, 2018

• Candidates’ information packages now available City officials are gearing up for the Oct. 18 municipal election,
• ‘First Lady’ of the Yukon’s bust to be unveiled A bronze bust of Yukon pioneer Martha Louise Black will be unveiled late Thursday afternoon at the corner of Main Street and Fourth Avenue.
• Many hundreds flocked to Moosehide Gathering As the afternoon of July 29 sped rapidly toward the end of the 2018 Moosehide Gathering,
• Filmmaker finishes culinary journey of discovery A year ago, Suzanne Crocker, an award-winning filmmaker and retired family doctor, challenged herself to spend one year feeding her family nothing but food that was local to Dawson City, where 97 per cent of food is trucked in.
• Yukoner livid over fine for unattended cooler A Yukon man was fined after finding his cooler – which contained his vital medication – relocated to a bear-proof bin after he left it unattended at his campsite.
• Rezoning raises concerns about blocked views The city has approved the first reading of the rezoning for two properties along the waterfront, that could see the buildings’ height rise to 20 metres.

August 6, 2018

• Arts In The Park Wraps Up Gorellaume was the final visual artist at Arts in the Park last week,
• Council will vote this evening on contracts on several fronts A snowblower purchase, a pump upgrade, repairs to a waste water main and de-sludging efforts at the city lagoons: all work the city is moving ahead with as council gets set to vote on the contract awards for each.
• Picture Time The Texas 4000 riders posed for a photo last Wednesday at the Robert Service Campground in Whitehorse.
• A Creative Weekend The weather co-operated
• New trial date set following mistrial A new trial has been set for the fall for a man charged with sexual assault on a minor, after the a mistrial was declared last week.
• Limited moose hunting continues The Teslin Tlingit Council (TTC) has approved a resolution to continue the voluntary restrictions on moose hunting for TTC citizen.
• Fatal 2014 collision spurs another lawsuit A Vancouver-based trucking company has filed a lawsuit against three people involved in a fatal 2014 collision in Whitehorse.
• Council approves development incentive for Porter Creek plan Council has approved a development incentive for a project that will bring four townhouses to the city’s rental market.
• City considers curling club electrical work The Whitehorse Curling Club could soon be working on electrical upgrades to its ice plant – provided council votes in favour of putting a little more than $8,000 toward the project.
• Resident hunters upset outfitters can still hunt Commercial outfitters looking to head to the territory for next year’s hunting season will have to change their plans – as the government will drop their quotas down to zero, an Environment Yukon spokesperson said last week.