Whitehorse Daily Star

August 17, 2016

• Artist was a popular draw Crowds gathered last weekend in Vancouver to watch Yukon artist Halin de Repentigny paint plein air at the Ukama Gallery on Granville Island.
• Skagway assemblyman jailed for not filing business taxes Skagway Assemblyman Dan Henry
• Refurbishment Underway The cache
• CDF helping to make communities better The Yukon government has awarded more than $156,000 toward community-based projects through the Community Development Fund (CDF)
• Appreciation Event Goes This Evening Summer student Leigh Relkoff
• Go Klondike Legacy Day staged at Bear Creek From 1905 until 1966, Bear Creek was the industrial centre of the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corp. and home to the community of workers and their families.
• Watson Lakers told to boil water Watson Lake is under a boil-water advisory after public works staff discovered excess chlorination in the distribution system.
• More information sought on evening home invasion Whitehorse RCMP are looking for more information about a home invasion that took place at around 9 p.m. Tuesday on Black Street.
• Dempster Highway reopens, but ‘is still tough going,’ government official warns The Dempster Highway reopened Tuesday afternoon.
• Viking-inspired vessel is Dawson-bound For anyone who’s ever dreamed of joining the crew of a Viking-style long boat plying the Yukon River, of all places, it may be their lucky day.
• Woman was flown to Whitehorse after falling from horse A Haines Junction woman died after falling from her horse over the Discovery Day long weekend, the Yukon Coroner’s Service confirmed to the Star today.

August 16, 2016

• Smoke from B.C. fire may enter Yukon The BC Wildfire Service in Dease Lake
• Kaushee’s Place gets capital maintenance funding The Kaushee’s Place transition home is receiving $160,000 toward capital improvements.
• Yukoners Attend United Nations Event Yukoners are seen attending the UN Youth Assembly 2016 at the United Nations in New York.
• Community centre to host concert screening The Marsh Lake Community Centre
• YP finds a potential candidate in Klondike Longtime Dawson City resident Brad Whitelaw announced on Discovery Day he’s seeking the Yukon Party nomination for Klondike in the upcoming election.
• Heart of Riverdale continues to evolve Things are changing quickly in the Heart of Riverdale.
• New service centre is dedicated to youth The sign for the new Integrated Supports for Yukon Youth Centre,
• Dempster Highway’s reopening is within sight Crews worked over the Discovery Day weekend to repair sections of the Dempster Highway that were washed out by heavy rains last Thursday.
• Another day, another severed cable Cellphone service provided by Northwestel Inc. was interrupted this morning after a fibre optic line was cut in Edmonton at 9 a.m., the company explained in a brief advisory this morning.

August 12, 2016

• Yukon Walking Tour app launched The Yukon government has launched its new Yukon Walking Tour mobile application.
• Sole-sourced contract award justified: minister The Department of Economic Development says it didn’t put a $1.3-million telecommunications contract out for competition because, in part, Total North Communications Ltd. approached the government with the idea for the project.
• Takhini-Kopper King candidate acclaimed for the Yukon Party Vanessa Innes has been acclaimed as the Yukon Party candidate for Takhini-Kopper King in the upcoming territorial election.
• Operation NANOOK preparations underway Operation NANOOK, a military exercise, will take place in and around Whitehorse and Haines Junction Aug. 18-Sept. 2.
• Heralding A Special Happening Members of the Teslin Tlingit Council
• Yukon Party has candidate for Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes Rob Schneider has been acclaimed as the Yukon Party candidate for Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes in the pending territorial election.
• Local Scout savouring Madagascar adventure When Shawn Kitchen joined Scouts Canada in 2003, he had camping trips on the brain.
• Man sucker-punched, threatened friend A Haines Junction man pleaded guilty to assault on Wednesday.
• No new wildfires reported No new fires were reported Thursday in the territory, Yukon Wildland Fire Management officials reported this morning.
• Archives Growing Construction of the new vault
• Accused appears in court Travis Dennis made a brief appearance in a Whitehorse court on Wednesday afternoon, when a lawyer designation was filed.
• Royal couple expected here in late September As official sources maintain a cloak of silence,
• Correction The Rideau Hall Foundation
• Instilling self-confidence, leadership are priorities for cadet training centre Canada’s national cadet program does not serve as a recruitment arm for the country’s armed forces.
• Economy, election affecting housing prices Determining the best time to invest in real estate is no easy task, and the most recent real estate figures for the territory make at least that much clear.
• ‘Everybody has been generally pretty positive’ Part of the Dempster Highway will be closed for several days as road crews work to repair damage from washouts at various locations north of km 136.