Whitehorse Daily Star

June 30, 2015

• Heartfelt Fun Youth involved in the Heart of Riverdale Community Centre indoor outdoor camp
• City council approves grants Third and final reading of a bylaw approving $186,228 in grants to 26 community organizations was passed by city council at its meeting Monday.
• Fire crews focusing on four blazes No new fires were reported in the past 24 hours, Yukon Wildland Fire Management officials reported today.
• Disease Information Distributed Barb Heroic was providing information on celiac disease last Saturday on the Whitehorse Wharf.
• Window smashed, donations jar stolen from restaurant Donations made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada were stolen early Monday from the A&W restaurant on Second Avenue.
• Showcasing First Nations Talent The Champagne and Aisihihik Dancers perform Sunday at the Adäka Cultural Festival,
• City should pay interest on deposits: councillor Coun. John Streicker says the city should pay interest on the new $1,500 deposits it will be requiring from those who own docks on Schwatka Lake.
• Song crafting workshop set for Fort Selkirk For a week in July, established and emerging songwriters will gather at the historic Fort Selkirk to focus on their craft.
• Man charged after collision A 30-year-old man is facing numerous charges after a collision last Friday evening sent a 25-year-old woman to Whitehorse General Hospital.
• Driver flees scene after truck takes out lamp posts Anyone with information about a truck that took out two lamp posts on the Hamilton Boulevard extension early Monday morning is being asked to contact Whitehorse RCMP.
• MP says he didn’t think he’d breached House mailing rules Ten Conservative MPs – including the Yukon’s – were found to have breached the House of Commons rules for mailing costs earlier this year.

June 29, 2015

• Gay Pride Shows Colours Photo Spread
• A Colourful Creation Ekko Trociuk attended the Adäka Cultural Festival in the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre on Sunday.
• Early-Morning Mishap A Dodge Ram truck and trailer took out two lamp posts at about 3 a.m. today on the Hamilton Boulevard extension.
• Minister reminds families to sign up for benefits Federal Employment and Social Development Minister Pierre Poilievre is searching for 200,000 families across the country.
• Northern regions vow to continue co-operation Ministers and representatives of Canada’s northern territories and regions affirmed their commitment last week to partnership and sharing their experiences.
• Charges follow shelter worker’s stabbing A 27-year-old Watson Lake woman is facing a charge of attempted murder following a stabbing at the Help and Hope for Families Women’s Shelter in the southeast Yukon community.
• Blaze is burning away from highway Firefighters are continuing to establish building protection around Iron Creek Lodge and the Contact Creek Lodge and a number of residences at Contact Creek located along the Alaska Highway.

June 26, 2015

• Black’s great nephew donates flask to Dawson museum Doug Black recalls meeting his famous Great Uncle George once in the 1950s, when Doug was just a boy in Montreal.
• Environmental Stewardship Award presented Environmental Stewardship Award presented
• City seeks families to host Japanese students The City of Whitehorse will welcome Japanese students for two weeks in late July as part of the Sister City Exchange Program with Ushiku, Japan.
• Permafrost analysis completed for North Alaska Highway Permafrost researchers at the Northern Climate ExChange,
• Learning The Rescue Ropes There are 230 Junior Canadian Rangers participating in a seven-day training session in Whitehorse.
• Consent Crew visiting summer festivals, events The Consent Crew is touring the Yukon to spread awareness about the reality of sexualized assault and to talk to Yukoners about how to obtain consent.
• Contributions Recognized Mary Sloan
• Conflicts report had little to say Conflicts commissioner David Jones had no complaints nor investigations from Yukon Legislative Assembly members between April 2014 and March 2015.
• Report explores viability of Yukon-southeast Alaska economic corridor An electrical connection between the Yukon and southeast Alaska,
• White Water Experience Junior Canadian Ranger Earl Shapangak from Coral Harbour, Nunavut,
• Prime Minister announces Canadian Polar Medal Yukon MP Ryan Leef is highlighting Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s announcement of the creation of the Canadian Polar Medal.
• Music With A Flair Pascal St-Laurent, foreground, and Marc Paradis perform Wednesday
• Lightning responsible for 13 more Yukon forest fires Another 13 wildfires were reported Thursday in the Yukon, all of them caused by lightning.
• Challenge gets ready to take on new duties The Challenge-Disability Resource Group recently held its annual general meeting,
• Historic Landmark Defaced Spraypainted graffiti
• Habitat for Humanity poised to help more Yukoners Help will be coming from around the world for a couple of Whitehorse homeowners-to-be.
• Learning Life-Saving Tosses Junior Canadian Ranger Carmen Nakoolak, from Coral Harbour, Nunavut,
• Rezoning bid for quarry irks councillor City councillor Betty Irwin is questioning the proposed rezoning for a quarry lease off the Alaska Highway north of Crestview.
• Fetting A Special Day Arts in the Park was rocking Wednesday evening
• Bereaved mother to arrive next week The mother of a young man missing in Miles Canyon intends to arrive in Whitehorse next week.
• Suspect arrested after downtown stabbing A man was stabbed in the arm Thursday night in Teegatha’Oh Zheh Park at the end of Main Street.
• Yukon Zinc seeks longer court protection Efforts to get the Wolverine Mine back on its feet remain positive, say documents filed this week with the B.C. Supreme Court.
• Accessible taxi service cost may be shared Local cab companies may be able to share the cost of providing accessible taxi service if the proposed vehicle for hire bylaw is passed as it was proposed to city council Monday night.
• Pilot was flying within the rules: fire officials A retired helicopter pilot of 23 years says there was no excuse for a low-level pass directly over the Dome subdivision in Dawson City by a firefighting bomber last Sunday.