Whitehorse Daily Star

June 21, 2016

• Firefighters continue work on several blazes Yukon Wildland Fire Management personnel are continuing work today on a number of blazes that were ignited by lightning over the hot weekend.
• Council focuses on ‘rogue’ trail builders Whether a trail builder is deemed to be “rogue” or “unauthorized,” an updated city policy on trail maintenance could outline a new way for the city to deal with those trail builders who don’t have the authority to carve out the paths they’re building.
• Fourth Avenue closure scheduled Fourth Avenue at Alexander Street will be closed Wednesday to enable city crews to work on the water distribution system.
• Government supports rejection of placer mine The Yukon government has accepted the recommendation from the assessment board to reject an application for a placer mine along Judas Creek.
• Funds needed to help preserve historic truck The Yukon Transportation Museum kicked off a fundraising campaign Monday afternoon for what it calls the territory’s most famous truck.
• Politicians’ stances varied on historic legislation The Yukon’s MP and senator took different positions on the federal government’s medical assistance in dying bill, which passed last Friday after intense debate.
• Review sought of sentence for teen’s death The Gwich’in Tribal Council is calling for Canada’s federal justice minister to review the case of the youth sentenced in the death of Brandy Vittrekwa.
• High court to hear Peel case in February 2017 Another Peel watershed rally drew a healthy crowd Monday on the eve of National Aboriginal Day.
• Government sued over hot springs development A group of residents on the Takhini Hot Springs Road have filed a statement of claim in the Yukon Supreme Court.

June 20, 2016

• Kusawa Lake campground reopens Environment Yukon has reopened the Kusawa Lake territorial campground after a necessary 24-hour rain-free period last week.
• Passing The Light Celebration Grade 6 students at Christ the King Elementary School
• City closer to campground agreement As the city moves closer to signing off on an agreement for the continued operation of Robert Service Campground,
• Nuit Blanche takes to the streets Photo Spread
• Council OKs committee’s anti-racism action plan A long to-do list for a city committee tasked with working to eliminate racism and discrimination in Whitehorse has been accepted by city council.
• Collision Investigated Two RCMP officers were assessed at Whitehorse General Hospital late this morning after an RCMP vehicle was involved in a collision in Porter Creek.
• Sheep hunt winner’s name drawn Robert Warner is the winner of this year’s draw for a Dall sheep hunt inside the Kluane Game Sanctuary.
• YP nomination to be contested YP nomination to be contested
• Six wildfires broke out over weekend, officials report Yukon Wildland Fire Management responded with two airtanker groups to a five-hectare lightning-caused fire in the Whitehorse fire district on Sunday afternoon.
• Nothing to change for trail users The status quo will reign for users of the Dawson Road trail, at least for now.
• National Aboriginal Day appropriate day to apologize for residential schools: Chief The chief of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation says National Aboriginal Day on Tuesday would be an appropriate time for the premier to make a formal apology on behalf of the Yukon government for the brutalities experienced by generations of Yukon residential school students, their families and communities.

June 17, 2016

• Exhibit explores ice age scientific discoveries The Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre has launched a new exhibit, Beringia’s Ice Age Laboratory, highlighting scientists’ work researching ice age Yukon.
• Tea celebrated territory’s, Queen’s birthdays Not long after the beginning of last weekend’s Commissioner’s Tea, Commissioner Doug Phillips looked to the sky.
• Canine Beautification Deborah Lindsay from Palmer, Alaska,
• Veteran legal aid lawyer goes into politics One of the Yukon’s top legal aid lawyers announced today he will seek the Liberal party nomination in Riverdale North for the coming election.
• Anticipating The Appearance Goober,
• Yukon visit helped inspire artist’s creativity A winter trip to the Yukon had a huge impact on Aleks Bartosik’s artistic practice.
• A Star Of The Show Shooting Star G’Golly,
• MP provides literal support to bolster federal fiscal support Yukon MP Larry Bagnell mimed the giving of federal support to the buildings of the Third Avenue complex (often called the Leaning or Kissing Buildings) last Saturday, when he made his federal funding announcement in Dawson.
• Potential candidate swiftly fills void in Copperbelt North Whitehorse resident Lindsay Schneider plans to seek the Yukon Party nomination in Copperbelt North for the coming territorial election.
• Council approves grants for property taxes Twenty-seven community groups will likely get a break on their property taxes, in some cases having their entire bill covered.
• Remembering Massacre Victims The City of Whitehorse is flying the Gay Pride flag at half-mast.
• Forum focuses on Housing Action Plan Elected officials, representatives with community organizations and government staffers gathered at the Coast High Country Inn Thursday to continue the efforts on the territory’s Housing Action Plan.
• Faro hosted its first rural experiential model in May Eighty Grades 7 and 8 students from 11 schools in 10 rural communities travelled to Faro last month to participate in a two-day Junior High Rural Experiential Model (REM).
• Correction A story in Thursday’s edition
• Conservation remains the focus during chinook run It will be another season of strict conservation during the run of Yukon River chinook salmon, which is already through the lower river in substantial numbers.
• Up to 175,000 chinook expected to return this year First Nations remain committed to protecting and rebuilding the Yukon River chinook salmon stocks, says the chair of the Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee.
• A Summer Sight Bart Bounds
• New Democrats are out to topple the premier Two potential Yukon NDP candidates have entered the pending election race in Mountainview, with the mutual goal of defeating Premier Darrell Pasloski on his home turf.
• Preserve busy caring for injured eaglet, woodpeckers The animal care committee of the Yukon Wildlife Preserve has put off a decision on whether to euthanize an eaglet that suffered a serious wing injury when its nest fell to the ground.
• ‘Troubled young man’ was in court for breach of probation Billy Dean Callahan-Smith was given two years’ probation in response to a breach of probation earlier this year.
• Victim’s family ‘devastated by her death’ A three-year youth sentence is the verdict for the 16-year-old Whitehorse youth convicted of manslaughter in the death of Brandy Vittrekwa.