Whitehorse Daily Star

June 12, 2015

• Yukon Zinc seeks more time to sort out future Yukon Zinc Corp. wants two more weeks under court protection from creditors to explore several offers to buy or invest in its troubled Wolverine Mine.
• The sound of drums of Uzume Taiko set for tonight The Japanese Canadian Association of Yukon and the Yukon Arts Centre will present the professional Taiko (Japanese drum) group Uzume Taiko at 8:00 this evening.
• Cultural and heritage groups receive grants Yukon museums,
• Knitters plan to stitch up some fun tomorrow Local knitters, crocheters – really, anyone working with yarn – will be out in full force around the city Saturday as World Wide Knit In Public Day is celebrated.
• We're Done! Robert Service School students
• Filmmaker seeks recipients of robocalls “If you want the truth, you sometimes have to swallow a very bitter pill.”
• New home ownership assistance program announced The Yukon Housing Corp. (YHC)
• Stalwart Yukoners Get Together Doreen Grady, Bonnie Fordyce, Jim Robb and Pat Ellis, left-right,
• Businesses get more access to money The Yukon Venture Loan Guarantee Program is being updated to reflect current interest rates and help more businesses obtain commercial loans.
• McIntyre Creek being abused as a dumping ground It would cost an estimated $3,000 to airlift old appliances and waste that are piling up near the shores of McIntyre Creek.
• Tuning Up For The Junction The Canyon Mountain bluegrass band
• Society plans new Asian history exhibits The Hidden Histories Society Yukon will launch two new Asian history exhibits at its AGM at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Whitehorse Public Library.
• Whitehorse jail inmates build for a cause Inmates at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre have pitched in to build a Habitat for Humanity duplex in Whistle Bend.
• Show Opens Tysen Isted, left, and Mark Steudle are showing The Glass Frontier in the Edge Gallery in the Arts Underground.
• Watson Lake to see better water quality Representatives from all levels of government were in Watson Lake in late May to celebrate the completion of several water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades.
• Use proper bear viewing etiquette, public urged Environment Yukon is reminding everyone travelling the South Klondike Highway near the Annie Lake Road to be aware that bears are frequently on the roadside, and people are stopping to view them.
• Electric fencing workshops set If you keep poultry or bees, have a beautiful garden full of berries, or keep a freezer outside your home, you need to keep predators away safely. Electric fencing workshops set
• Man tries to rob gas bar Once again, a man with a blow torch entered Goody’s Gas, demanding cash.
• Man lacked wheelchair-accessible taxi to go home A quadriplegic man died from a urinary tract infection last December after he was unable to find a wheelchair-accessible taxi to take him home to Copper Ridge Place.
• Collision sees woman medevaced, driver charged The woman injured in Wednesday evening’s collision on the Alaska Highway was medevaced to Vancouver in critical condition.
• Pilot praised for plucking climbers from Logan A high-altitude rescue on Mount Logan requiring three flights by Trans North Air’s high-altitude helicopter ended successfully Thursday night.

June 11, 2015

• Bear trap is removed from city core as bruin moves on Conservation officers have removed the bear trap that was set downtown earlier this week.
• Serving The Seniors Jan Stick (far left), the NDP MLA for Riverdale South,
• Society ‘disappointed’ with fate of FASD bill Recommendations released recently by a parliamentary committee looking at Yukon MP Ryan Leef’s private member’s bill
• Sights And Sounds In The Park Nicole Edwards and Rob Pelletier
• Chamber of Mines makes board appointment Brian MacDonald has been appointed to the Yukon Chamber of Mines’ board of directors.
• Violent collision sends woman to hospital One woman was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital on Wednesday evening after a two-vehicle collision on the Alaska Highway near Trails North.
• Correction The caption below a photograph in Wednesday’s edition
• Women fleeing violence have new online resource The Yukon Women’s Transition Home Society, Kaushee’s Place and Betty’s Haven are celebrating the launch of the new Sheltersafe.ca online resource for women seeking safety from violence.
• Two fires extinguished in Whitehorse area yesterday A small bush fire that started alongside the Alaska Highway Wednesday afternoon could have easily spread without quick action from a male driver and fire crews, according to a Whitehorse Fire Department platoon chief.
• Judge reserves his decision on drug evidence admissibility Lawyers presented their closing arguments Wednesday in the hearing of a former guard accused of attempting to smuggle drugs into the Whitehorse jail.
• ‘It has been a vigorous debate’: president Yukon College has outgrown its location and outgrown its original mandate, according to Education Minister Doug Graham.

June 10, 2015

• A Job Well Done Flight Sgt. Joseph James Mewett (left)
• Contracts awarded for power line project Three contracts have been awarded for the preliminary design and environmental assessment work for replacing the transmission line between Mayo and Keno City.
• Metal Recycling With A Flair Swede Martinson, right, and Alex Seeley handle a recycled metal motor bike sculpture last week.
• Justice officials quizzed on jail’s shortcomings The situation at the Whitehorse Correctional (WCC) is improving, as a verb, Tom Ullyet, the deputy minister of the Department of Justice, said Tuesday.
• Rewarded For Their Efforts École Émilie-Tremblay students collected the most Northwestel Inc. phone directories in the Yukon for recycling.
• Auditor General’s team satisfied with senator’s office expenses Yukon Senator Dan Lang’s office expenses have passed the scrutiny of the Auditor General of Canada’s review.
• Proud Graduates Members of the Individual Learning Centre’s graduating class of 2015 are seen above.
• Council considers PULD appeal for ex-tank farm It could be up to another two months before developers of the former tank farm site know whether the Public Use Land Dedication (PULD) charge that’s a condition for subdivision will be deferred, waived or remain in place.
• May identification blitz was a success: liquor corporation Yukon liquor inspectors conducted an identification blitz in Yukon bars and hotels last month looking for underage patrons.
• Man is charged with sexually assaulting girls A former Watson Lake resident is facing 24 charges of sexually assaulting five young girls in the community.
• Scientists making no bones about fossil find Miners working the Klondike have uncovered an evolutionary treasure that one paleontologist says is as precious as gold.
• Court-ordered protection for mine follows 80 layoffs North American Tungsten and its Cantung Mine received court protection from creditors Tuesday while it attempts to restructure its financing.