Whitehorse Daily Star

July 9, 2015

• Northerners dissatisfied with Tories: NDP MP A New Democrat MP was in Whitehorse on Tuesday to speak at the Yukon NDP meeting,
• A Busy Performer Dana Sipos, centre, performs with Ryan McNally and Eleuthera Diconca-Lippert on June 30 at Arts in the Park.
• Highway re-opens to one-lane traffic The Alaska Highway was re-opened today south of Fort Nelson, B.C., but only to one-lane traffic because of the fire burning next to the highway.
• A Spectacle In The Park Gabby Farkas, front, and Claire Campbell, with the Carole Mullin Dancers,
• Tours are planned as controversial LNG facility starts to run Yukon Energy’s new $42.9-million LNG facility is now operational, the publicly owned utility announced Wednesday.
• Inaugural Polar Medals handed out at local museum It’s “quite fitting” that the inaugural presentation of the Governor-General’s Polar Medals be presented at the MacBride Museum of Yukon History.
• Security worries see sentencing moved to Whitehorse Mark McDiarmid’s sentencing hearing has been moved from Dawson City to Whitehorse because of security concerns.
• Streicker will run for Yukon Liberals The Yukon Liberal Party welcomed two new potential candidates for the pending territorial election at noon today,
• ‘He wasn’t driving responsibly,’ bylaw official says of dirt biker A 23-year-old Whitehorse man has been issued bylaw tickets amounting to more than $700 in fines after a cyclist was hit and injured by a dirt bike on a Riverdale trail last month.

July 8, 2015

• Family members and friends honour a life lost too soon Red, yellow and green balloons featuring white polka dots floated into the sky Monday afternoon over Miles Canyon, honouring a young man believed to have drowned in the water below.
• Motorists received a nasty surprise in Carcross Between 12 and 15 vehicles received bad fuel last Saturday when they filled up at Carcross Grocery, says store manager Shane Valente.
• McIntyre Creek BioBlitzed On Weekend Photo Spread
• Territory helps A Safe Place continue operations The Yukon government is providing the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre with $39,000 – in addition to $50,000 from the Prevention of Violence Against Aboriginal Women Fund.
• Chinook numbers are down It’s looking like the run of Yukon River chinook salmon will come in at the lower end of the pre-season forecast, says Alaskan salmon scientist Stephanie Schmidt.
• Cash stolen from downtown fish store Another business in downtown Whitehorse has been broken into, with the suspects stealing cash.
• Whitehorse man facing child porn charges A 25-year-old Whitehorse man has been charged with possessing and accessing child pornography.
• Weather is paring risk to fibre line A forest fire in the Watson Lake district could affect Yukoners’ and other northerners’ cell and broadband services, though weather is working in the fibre line’s favour.
• ‘An MP should be the voice for the Yukon’ Melissa Atkinson, a First Nations legal aid lawyer, won Yukon New Democrats’ vote Tuesday night to represent the party in the territory in October’s federal election.

July 7, 2015

• Yukon man injured in collision A Yukon motorcyclist was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital on Monday after he collided with a car in Carcross.
• Governor-General Opens Commissioner's Office Photo Spread
• ‘This building says, ‘Yukon’: Governor-General Yukon Commissioner Doug Phillips cut the ribbon and opened the doors of his new office space to the public Monday afternoon—the newly refurbished Taylor House on Main Street.
• Be wary of electricity bill scam: utility companies The Yukon’s electricity companies are advising customers to be aware of a phone scam targeting Whitehorse businesses.
• Learning From The Best Diyet van Lieshout works with music and youth at the Our Voices youth gathering held over the weekend at Jackson Lake.
• Arrests made after break-ins, thefts reported Three young people have been charged in connection with a break-in and theft at the Yukon Liquor Corp. warehouse early Monday morning.
• Clothing stolen from shop is worth $1,500 When Candace Gribben arrived at her family’s store Monday morning, ready to open it for the day, she could tell immediately something wasn’t right.
• Top city manager pay may go to $195,000 City manager Christine Smith could be receiving a raise in the coming weeks as city council considers changing the annual salary range for the position to between $175,000 and $195,000.
• Next council’s members may be paid more Next council’s members may be paid more