Whitehorse Daily Star

July 31, 2018

• Weighty Art Pierce The Teslin Tlingit Council celebrated National Tlingit Day last Saturday with the unveiling of the Landscape Speaks project and an art piece by Doug Smarch.
• Hobbyists Congregate Donovan Dewis is seen at Saturday’s eighth annual Summer Gun and Hobby Show.
• Relaxation of rules for new fire hall queried City staff are recommending that council move forward on the bylaw to rezone part of the former Motorways trucking site at Front and Black streets.
• Sun Worshippers Galore The beaches surrounding southern Yukon lakes were busy during the past weekend, with the hot weather continuing.
• Quartz Mining Act consultation deadline stands The territorial government is sticking to its timeline for the consultation period for proposed changes to the Quartz Mining Act.
• Take care of hot pets, city cautions The Bylaw Services Department is reminding local residents to take precautions during the current hot weather.
• Council to vote on Whistle Bend’s next phase Plans for Phase 6 of the Whistle Bend neighbourhood could be more clear after next week’s council meeting.
• Some caribou permits kiboshed by YG On the last day before hunting season begins tomorrow,

July 30, 2018

• Women rescued from Miles Canyon Yukon RCMP are reminding people to be extremely cautious on the water.
• Morning Mishap City firefighters, RCMP and a tow truck operator work at the scene of a two-vehicle collision
• Records management contract awarded File IT Solutions will continue work on records management for the city after council voted 4-3 July 9 to award it a $50,000 consulting contract for the work.
• No permit reissuances upsets hunters As hunters in the territory gear up for the last days before the beginning of the season after a couple of errors in the data used to issue permits were found,
• Totem pole raisings help celebrate learning centre Carcross/Tagish residents now have access to a new language hub and meeting spaces for youth and elders, as well as for their heritage and archives materials and document management systems.
• Cigarette butts sparked fire in Watson Lake An evacuation alert for kilometres 30 to 60 of the Robert Campbell Highway remains in place, according to the territory’s wildfire bulletin issued Sunday afternoon.

July 27, 2018

• Restoration of Service’s old work place continues When the CIBC held its 120th anniversary bash in Dawson last month (Star, July 6), i Restoration of Service’s old work place continues
• City pumps $1 M into housing venture In voting with the rest of council to provide a one-time,
• Inuvik man sentenced for Whitehorse incident An Inuvik, N.W.T. man has been sentenced to 51 days time served and saw his existing probation extended by six months.
• Young women act on a burning ambition Drenched in sweat and drops glistening on her forehead in the hot Yukon sun, Chelsea Larouche was all smiles last Friday.
• Exchanging Pleasantries Sam Roberts mixes with fans
• Careless shooter narrowly misses hiker A local hiker had a dangerously close call with an errant bullet on July 16, Whitehorse RCMP said Wednesday.
• Drones in the sky aren’t imminent: mayor No decision on the use of aerial drones to patrol city trails has been made, says Mayor Dan Curtis.
• New fire evacuation alert issued The Yukon Emergency Measures Organization (EMO) has issued a new evacuation alert for residents along kilometres 30 to 60 of the Robert Campbell Highway in southeast Yukon.
• Hot hydro plant may have triggered outage Heat in the Whitehorse hydro plant could have caused Tuesday’s major power failure, Yukon Energy said Thursday.
• Takhini Hot Springs condo project greenlighted Construction at the Takhini Hot Springs could begin as early as October after the Yukon government approved the rezoning of the site late last month.
• Diamond drilling should be approved: board A proposal to carry out a diamond drilling exploration program in the Red Ridge area of Mount Lorne is being recommended to go ahead with some terms and conditions, citing significant adverse effects that can be mitigated.