Whitehorse Daily Star

June 27, 2017

• Goldcorp continues to consult on its proposal Several media reports have indicated that Goldcorp was being prevented from holding any more of its regular presentation meetings with Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in (TH) citizens due to some issues related to the timelines the company is proposing for the Coffee Gold project.
• Police rescued injured man from canyon Whitehorse RCMP rescued an injured man near Miles Canyon last week.
• Court Watch releases some training videos Court Watch Yukon,
• Lightning sparks four fires near Old Crow Four new lightning-caused fires in the Old Crow district were reported Monday, Yukon Wildland Fire Management said today.
• Dirt bike accident claims young man A young Whitehorse man has died after a dirt bike accident.
• Food-conditioned bears had to be shot A sow grizzly and her two cubs were shot Monday night by a Watson Lake conservation officer near Contact Creek after they had repeatedly harrassed motorists.
• City adopts Chadburn Lake Management Plan The city’s Chadburn Lake Park Management Plan is in place after a unanimous vote by city council Monday evening to adopt the document.
• Company denied a review of YESAB decision The Federal Court has dismissed Northern Cross’s application for a judicial review of the Yukon Environment and Socio-economic Assessment Board’s (YESAB) 2016 decision to have its executive committee review a multi-well exploration proposal.
• Abandoned site will require care forever Implementing the final closure plan for the second-worst contaminated site in Canada should begin in five years, says the federal official in charge.

June 26, 2017

• New field school pilot starts in Pelly Crossing A new program at Yukon College’s Hets’edän Kú’ (Learning House) campus in Pelly Crossing
• Council sets schedule into 2018 Council sets schedule into 2018
• Ravenous Robin A baby robin
• Chinook salmon returns look exciting, says biologist The return of the Yukon River chinook is looking stronger than expected,
• SCAN shut down nine properties in six months The Yukon’s Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit shut down nine properties,
• Fifty wildfires burning across Yukon Fifty wildfires burning across YukonThe Yukon saw its wildfire total reach 50 for the season as two new wildfires were confirmed Sunday.
• Problems with building inspections exposed After spending $200,000 to have a garden suite built on his property,
• ‘We’re here to hopefully make things better’ Kwanlin Dün citizens don’t necessarily call the RCMP in times of need

June 23, 2017

• The Yukon Imagination Library celebrates 10 years The Yukon Imagination Library celebrates 10 years
• Balancing Art Borealis Soul is presenting Dark, Cold, and Quiet at the Yukon Arts Centre
• YG gives funds to the Golden Age Society The Government of Yukon’s Community Development Fund awarded
• Skincare product earns Dawsonites Yukon Innovation Prize Dawson City’s Elise McCormick and Joanne Sherrard are this year’s winners of the Yukon Innovation Prize.
• Pop-up U.S. consulate is on today American citizens in the Yukon looking to update their travel documents are attending a pop-up U.S. consulate today at the Multicultural Centre on Fourth Avenue.
• Drawings chart ideas for francophone high school Early concept drawings for the Yukon’s new French-language high school
• Resources from B.C. deployed to Klondike B.C. firefighting personnel are being deployed to the Yukon today
• Corrections Last Friday’s story
• Dawson hotel’s toe is returned – with an apology The Dawson City sourtoe has been returned to its rightful owner – with an anonymous note of apology from the thief.
• More alcohol abusers are entering hospital The Yukon has almost three times the national rate of hospitalizations caused entirely by alcohol.
• It’s time for a new chapter, senator declares Yukon Senator Dan Lang said allegations made against him of workplace harassment had nothing to do with his decision to retire.
• Rollover, road closures affected many people Whitehorse RCMP are continuing to investigate the cause of Thursday’s rollover of a tanker truck carrying aviation fuel.
• Fire department acted appropriately, city argues The City of Whitehorse has responded to a lawsuit over a fire that gutted a mobile home late last summer.
• Power rates headed for an upswing Yukon Energy has applied to the Yukon Utilities Board