Whitehorse Daily Star

October 2, 2014

• United Way to serve breakfast Friday The Yukon government will once again be hosting the annual United Way breakfast from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Yukon Convention Centre.
• Taking The Stage This Evening Matthew Lien, Mike Sanyshyn and John Rekevics (left to right), part of the Wildlands ensemble, are seen Wednesday in a CBC North studio in Whitehorse.
• REM inspires students in Dawson for a second year The second edition of the Rural Experiential Model (REM) had students from all the rural high schools in the territory gathered in Dawson City last week for five days of quite different educational activities.
• Exhibit Debuts Friday Jackie Ziehe will open Moments on the Cassiar Stewart Friday at the North End Gallery.
• City approves buying new sewage grinder The city will spend more than $40,000 it hadn’t planned to on a new sewage grinder for the Marwell Lift Station.
• Government to pursue more recreational lots The Yukon Party government is pronouncing itself pleased with the response and the number of applications received for the cottage lot land lottery held Sept. 17.
• LNG will be transferred to second tanker The transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from an overturned tanker in Dawson City will take place tonight.
• NDP condemns premier’s LNG remarks in U.S. The Yukon is ready for an LNG industry here, Premier Darrell Pasloski said in a recent interview at a mining conference in Denver, Colo.

October 1, 2014

• Minister receives MADD Canada award Justice Minister Mike Nixon was presented with the Citizen of Distinction Award at Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Canada’s National Leadership Conference last Friday in Toronto.
• Church’s plan moves closer to fruition Fir Street is closer to having two new homes after city council passed third reading Monday evening,
• City sustainability plan to get ambitious update The City of Whitehorse invites First Nations, local citizens, community and government organizations to help update its Sustainability Plan.
• First Nation, college plan teaching,working farm Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in citizens met with other interested Dawsonites and representatives from Yukon College at Strachan’s Farm last month to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
• City budget tool will be unveiled this evening Mayor Dan Curtis is hoping a new interactive budgeting tool will let residents know exactly what impact their proposals could have on the city tax base as it begins public consultation on the 2015 budget.
• Recycling society needs more funds: NDP to Cathers The Yukon NDP has responded with harsh words for the government in the wake of an apparent lack of funding for the Raven Recyling Society.
• Bank on average temperatures: meteorologist If you’re looking for warmer weather and can’t afford a sunny resort get-away in the far south, you might want to head to Watson Lake.
• It's Release Day Kate Weekes will release her new CD,
• Barging woes diverting more trucks to Whitehorse Low water in the Mackenzie River has caused barging issues, resulting in an increase in transport trucks heading through Whitehorse and up the Dempster Highway.
• Mishap would be ‘worst-case scenario’ exercise A tanker truck carrying methane gas overturned in Dawson City last night,
• College-area bear trapped, relocated The black bear roaming the Yukon College campus is on his way to a new home.
• Runner from Inuvik promotes Peel purity, one step at a time Caribou Legs has arrived in Whitehorse, as purpose-driven as ever.
• Flight attendants, Air North agree to truce while they return to negotiating table Flight attendants, Air North agree to truce while they return to negotiating table

September 30, 2014

• Internet, phone outage across territory Yukon residents experienced slow Internet service for several hours Monday
• Slip-Sliding Away The snowstorm took a toll on local roads
• Council decisions pave way for road’s new name Residents of the Old Alaska Highway in the Stevens area
• Snow Fall' Damage Trees on this Wood Street property
• Snowpocalypse in September wreaks havoc A thick blanket of wet snow caused chaos across the city today, creating traffic slowdowns and power outages.
• Occupants escape injury after aircraft flips over There were no injuries last Wednesday when a de Havilland Beaver owned by Tintina Air Inc. flipped over in a ravine at the end of a remote airstrip.
• ‘We are sad to be making this announcement today’ Starting next month, residents and businesses will have to find a new place to dump the bulk of their recycling.
• Air North turns away flight attendants this morning Tensions between Air North and its unionized flight attendants are already escalating.
• Air North turns away flight attendants this morning Tensions between Air North and its unionized flight attendants are already escalating.