Whitehorse Daily Star

August 25, 2016

• Community projects continue to benefit from CDF More than $558,000 was recently awarded to 11 community-based projects through the Community Development Fund.
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society of Yukon to benefit from Innovation Fund award The Yukon government has awarded $121,000 to the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society of Yukon (FASSY) under the Mental Wellness Innovation Fund.
• Yukon Geological Survey’s Maurice Colpron wins national award Maurice Colpron, head of Bedrock Geology with the Yukon Geological Survey (YGS), is the Yukon’s first recipient of the Provincial and Territorial Geologists Medal.
• Neighbours assist in extinguishing fire Residents of a Takhini home have their neighbours to thank for taking quick action when they noticed a small fire on the home’s porch.
• Yukon government invests in local fare and culinary expertise The territorial government and the Yukon’s tourism industry are celebrating the past weekend’s culinary festival, Tourism and Culture Minister Elaine Taylor said Monday.
• Relaying Stories Trish Newport, left, a nurse with Médecins Sans Frontières, and Leah Battersby, a logistician, led an information session at the Baked Cafe Wednesday evening.
• Pasloski seeks re-election Darrell Pasloski, MLA for Mountainview, leader of the Yukon Party and current Premier, will be seeking re-election in the riding of Mountainview.
• Drivers, students reminded to keep safe as new school year begins As students get set to head off to schools around the territory, RCMP officers are set to be out in full force, enforcing school zone restrictions.
• Faro earthquake mild but strong enough to rattle residents Faro residents were left, literally, shaken Tuesday after a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck about 16 kilometres northwest of town.

August 24, 2016

• Latest disruption affects 911 calls A Northwestel Inc. service disruption near Carcross today is affecting calls to 911 made from cell phones.
• School of Rock to open in Whitehorse After several successful “Rawk Band” summer camps, the Heart of Riverdale Community Centre and Whitehorse’s Speed Control are teaming up to start a year-round, twice-weekly music program for kids.
• Autopsy set for body found in Teslin River RCMP recovered a man’s body from the Teslin River last Sunday.
• No end in sight for free store’s closure Don’t expect the city’s free store to reopen any time soon.
• Fears of bad fire season never panned out It’s been an unusual season for forest fires.
• ‘It’s a devastating loss for the community’ “Our community, we’re hurting.”
• ‘I’m an addict. I couldn’t help myself’ A Whitehorse man has been sentenced to 30 months in jail for operating a meth lab in the basement of his mother’s Riverdale home.

August 23, 2016

• Flames Claim Home .
• Court awards $1.6 M in Aishihik turbine dispute It doesn’t matter that the work was done sloppily – it was done.
• Magnetic North Theatre Festival proved huge success Canada’s Magnetic North Theatre Festival, hosted in Whitehorse in June, proved to be a tremendous success.
• Wholesale sales rose, data report The preliminary unadjusted estimate for wholesale sales in the Yukon for June was $12.2 million
• Museum offers dinner among the stars The Yukon Transportation Museum’s final Dine YTM event will begin at 6:00 this evening.
• Leader made historic 1973 trip to Ottawa Ray Jackson, a much-respected elder, First Nations leader and forerunner of the Yukon land claims process, died Monday at the age of 77.
• Officials probe what caused patrons to flee eatery Hungry brunch-goers were treated to an unpleasant surprise Sunday morning when a mysterious, noxious substance wafted through Ricky’s All Day Grill.
• Judge erred, man’s appeal alleges A B.C. man is seeking an acquittal on a first-degree murder conviction.
• A Momentous Event Cadets are seen last Friday at the Whitehorse Cadet Training Centre Graduation Parade.
• Operation provides for structure collapse course Off of Range Road, outside the city’s Public Safety Building this morning, about 20 emergency responders from throughout the territory were decked out in their safety gear.