Whitehorse Daily Star

July 22, 2015

• Leef lauds enhanced benefit Yukon MP Ryan Leef is hailing the first instalment of the federal government’s boosted Universal Child Care Benefit.
• Yukon hip-hop duo on the road Members of Vision Quest are on their first tour outside of the North.
• Annual funding announced for arts organizations Twenty organizations will share $668,000 in support this year from the Yukon government’s Arts Operating Funds.
• Valued Restoration Aislinn Cornett is this week’s artist in the park
• Pedestrian hit, taken to hospital A 60-year-old woman was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital after being hit by a vehicle at Third Avenue and Main Street shortly after 10 a.m. today.
• Time To Dine This kingfisher
• Board sees Yukon economy contracting this year “It has been a difficult three years for the economy.”
• Woman escapes serious injury after vehicle rolls A woman was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries late Tuesday afternoon after her SUV slid into a ditch near the Alaska Highway.
• Cause of power failure being probed ATCO Electric Yukon was still trying at noon to determine the cause of this morning’s power outage that affected approximately 350 customers downtown.
• ‘It was just so senseless, so ridiculous’ The Copperbelt Railway and Mining Museum is out about $1,500 in goods and a small amount of cash following a break-in to the museum early Monday morning.
• Developers could get up to $500,000 as incentive The developers of a new four-storey office and residential building under construction on Alexander Street could receive up to $500,000 over the next 10 years through a development incentive program.
• Government orders theft victims to pay accused A former bartender at a Whitehorse pub accused of stealing liquor is owed unpaid wages, an investigation by the Yukon government’s employment standards branch has found.

July 21, 2015

• Mayor throws support behind business plan Mayor Dan Curtis has praised Yukon Wide Adventures’ plans to open a second location on Lambert Street.
• Competing For Real Estate This Eurasian collared dove (top)
• Continued diesel use is no surprise to minister The minister responsible for Yukon Energy says he always understood the new $43-million LNG facility would not be used for restoration of short-term power outages.
• Four-Legged Supervisor Chico was overseeing the work at the invasive species weed-pull held last Saturday along the Fish Lake Road.
• Stressed moose freed from downtown enclosure Two young bull moose were trapped Sunday inside a fenced Yukon government compound in the Marwell industrial area.
• Company prepares to take on busing contract After giving Takhini Transport the boot at the beginning of the month,
• Cyclist seriously injured in collision A cyclist was seriously injured in a collision with a van Monday afternoon
• Funding idea for cenotaph move stirs dissent The city could be soon seeking federal funds to move the cenotaph now on Second Avenue to the Pioneer Cemetery.

July 20, 2015

• Festive Fare Rory McLeod performs at The Old Fire Hall for the Arts Up Front summer festival.
• Feedback sought on changes to oil and gas legislation The territorial government is seeking feedback on a number of proposed amendments to the Yukon’s oil and gas legislation.
• Artist And Friends Meg Walker
• Clarification A story in last Thursday’s edition
• A Special Guest Blake was among the animals attending Sunday’s Blessing
• Theatre creation progress on display this evening The Yukon’s rivers and trails and the people who travel them,
• It's Here! The Teslin Tlingit Council is still upholding its commitment to help assist and enhance the recovery of local salmon stocks and to meet some of the subsistence harvest and culture needs of the community.
• Church officially recognized as historic building As of Friday afternoon, Whitehorse’s Old Log Church and Rectory has joined the ranks of nine other locations within the territory as formally designated historic sites.
• Thieves escape with about $500 from animal shelter Betty Irwin, the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter’s administrator, is describing a break-in and theft of approximately $500 between last Thursday night and Friday morning as “unsettling and scary.”
• Territory to host premiers in 2016 Premier Darrell Pasloski will be returning home to Whitehorse after a multi-day conference for all of Canada’s premiers in St. John’s.
• Motorcyclist killed in collision A Saskatchewan man was killed Saturday morning after his motorcycle went off the highway north of Beaver Creek and crashed in the ditch.
• PM’s consecutive northern trips are over: reports It appears as though Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not be embarking on his 10th visit to northern Canada this year.