Whitehorse Daily Star

August 28, 2017

• Classes Resume Many schools in the city opened their doors
• Music school to start at Heart of Riverdale Aspiring musicians around town will have the chance to immerse themselves in learning musical skills as Grant Simpson and Olivier de Colombel get set to lead the Heart School of Music at the Heart of Riverdale.
• Not Necessarily Toast Garnet Campbell (left),
• Family Fun Time The Knights of Columbus and the Canadian Filipino Sports Association of Yukon
• YucomiCon geeks and comic fun .
• Destruction Bay gathering place gets new roof The Destruction Bay Community Centre has a new roof thanks to nearly $26,000 from the Yukon government.
• Street gradually undergoing tree metamorphosis A bit of a makeover is underway for Main Street thanks to a $20,000 grant from Tree Canada.
• Eagle Gold Project career drives set Career drives will be held in Whitehorse and Mayo this week to provide information on job opportunities for the Eagle Gold Project now under construction.
• TV star could have prevented incident, judge says The saga of the case of Gold Rush reality star Anton “Tony” Beets is over.

August 25, 2017

• Remembering the original Faro townsite The Star has received photos of the Cyprus Anvil Mining Corp. minesite and townsite from Hartmut Dege, who worked there in 1968-69 as a surveyor.
• Painting Makes Perfect Yukon artist Helen O’Connor
• Documentary was filmed in Yukon A new original documentary called Postcards from the Yukon will air at 7 p.m. local time Sunday on AMI-tv.
• College Orientation Week looms As part of this year’s Orientation Week activities,
• Cycle Recycling Philippe LeBlond works on recycling a bike Thursday afternoon
• Community Registration Fair goes Saturday The city is preparing to host tomorrow’s 12th Annual Community Registration Fair.
• Laughs All Night Becky Reynolds performs
• Event dishes up a taste of the North The territory’s diverse culinary sector is again being displayed during this week’s Yukon Culinary Festival.
• Deer In The Mist Deer linger
• Chinook salmon run has entered its final stages This summer’s run of Yukon River chinook salmon crossing the Yukon-Alaska border below Dawson City on the mainstem is all but over.
• A piece of aviation history flies back into the North When miners wanted to hitch a ride aboard the Bellanca,
• ‘Awesome Geek Feminist of the Year’ visits city Meet one of the feminists paving the way for women in Canadian geek culture.
• Efforts on downtown and Marwell plans continuing Work is continuing on the city’s plans for the downtown and Marwell neighbourhoods.
• Single-detached house sold for an average of $423,300 in early 2017 People are buying more homes.

August 24, 2017

• Yukon teachers attending annual Summer Academy Yukon teachers, principals, educational assistants and remedial tutors went back to school Wednesday, kicking off the year with two days of learning.
• Year’s geekiest weekend is about to dawn Gamers and cosplayers will begin flocking to the Yukon Convention Centre tomorrow for the geekiest weekend of the year in Whitehorse.
• Dawn Of A Misty Day It was a misty experience this morning
• Relay rekindles the joys of reading aloud There’s nothing quite like a public reading.
• Grocery market gains major new entrant Another major grocery shopping option will open its doors to Whitehorse tomorrow.
• Garden, landscaping competition continues As part of the City of Whitehorse’s participation in Communities in Bloom, the parks and community development department is engaging citizens in some friendly competition.
• Officials debating how to handle tax’s impacts Exemptions to the collection of the carbon tax in the North are not being contemplated, says a senior federal official.