Whitehorse Daily Star

September 29, 2014

• Trade mission ‘about building relationships’: Nixon Tourism and Culture Minister Mike Nixon is deeming a recent trade mission to Germany and the Netherlands a success.
• Walk Proves Financially Bountiful The fifth annual Walk for ALS started in Shipyards Park Sunday.
• City, First Nation councils reviewed several topics The City of Whitehorse and Kwanlin Dün First Nation held their first intergovernmental meeting Friday.
• Drill Ride Presented The 4H Spirit Riders presented a drill ride Sunday
• Carcass ‘could be a very dangerous situation’ A moose carcass was found discarded on a popular Hidden Lakes trail on Friday,
• Hoisting A Flag Of Friendship The flag of Whitehorsesʼ sister city, Lancieux,
• ‘Bears are not cuddly,’ CO cautions public Conservation officers are warning students and others at Yukon College and the Yukon Arts Centre not to approach or entice a small black bear that’s been spotted in the area recently.
• More Yukoners make their anti-fracking pitches Concerned residents continued to denounce the prospect of fracking in the territory Saturday,
• Intermittent sentence given for cocaine possession A Whitehorse family man and entrepreneur was given a 30-day intermittent sentence Friday for possessing cocaine.
• Air North flight attendants embark on job action Job action by Air North flight attendants was expected to begin today, says company president Joe Sparling.

September 26, 2014

• City faces a bummer of a bill for new grinder It’s a dirty job and, in this case, a grinder has to do it.
• Looking for a northern perspective on aviation Some writers come to Berton House to gain inspiration.
• Market savours bounty from fruitful season Whitehorse’s Fireweed Community Market has come a long way.
• Annual Whitehorse walk for ALS goes Sunday Imagine one day you wake up and you cannot move your hand.
• ‘Stay tuned’ for housing announcements: Cathers The minister responsible for the Yukon Housing Corp. is standing by the cabinet’s June decision to cancel the affordable housing initiative in the city.
• Bottoms Up Talks at The Old Fire Hall began Wednesday evening.
• Social worker ‘absolutely shocked’ to receive award For nearly 30 years, Barbara Nimco has been helping Yukoners as a social worker in employment assistance.
• Contract is awarded for suspension bridge work The Yukon government has awarded a $1.3 million contract to Klondike Welding Ltd. to complete the first phase of stabilization work on the Ross River suspension bridge.
• Cultural Days Underway Emily Woodruffe works on a canister this morning at Arts Underground beneath the Hougen Centre.
• Teen found after fleeing into wilderness A 16-year-old boy was found by Whitehorse RCMP Search and Rescue
• Restaurant on the menu for MacRae? A 20-seat restaurant could be one of the next business ventures for the MacRae industrial area.
• Old Alaska Highway may be renamed A section of the Old Alaska Highway could soon bear the name of a long-time Yukon family.
• City has appetite for Food For Fines program City has appetite for Food For Fines program
• Gut pile reported on local trail Conservation officers are investigating a report of a gut pile dumped on a trail near Hidden Lakes in Riverdale.
• Curteanu’s travel will be covered The city will cover the cost of Coun. Jocelyn Curteanu’s attendance earlier this month in Victoria for the change of command ceremony for HMCS Whitehorse after council voted Sept. 15 to provide the travel and per diem.
• Man found guilty of assaulting girlfriend A Whitehorse man has been found guilty of threatening and assaulting his girlfriend, leaving her with bruises and a black eye.
• Foster father jailed for sexual exploitation A man who impregnated his foster daughter decades ago
• Council buildings reopen after ‘security issue’ The Ta’an Kwäch’än Council government administration buildings
• Frostbite’s revival will hinge on volunteer response An annual multi-day music festival is not something that happens just in those days.
• Fracking compared to sex, nuclear calamity Whitehorse residents came together as one Thursday evening,

September 25, 2014

• Repairs will solve air woes, tenants assured Tenants of a public retirement residence met onsite with the Yukon Housing Corp. Wednesday
• College students return to classes Yukon College’s Ayamdigut campus is back open today after a water main break forced the school’s closure.
• Secondary students lauded for their accomplishments The Porter Creek Secondary School Open House and 2013-2014 Honour Roll Awards took place Tuesday evening at the school,
• Klondike Spirit tours end for the winter season The Klondike Spirit paddlewheeler made its last trip of the season Sept. 12,
• Correction A story in Tuesday’s edition about the grizzly bear
• Dinner consultation prompted assault, court told A judge is scheduled to decide today whether a Whitehorse man beat up his girlfriend in their apartment two years ago.
• ‘The method of fracking is a crime against life’ Residents of the Southern Lakes voiced almost unanimous opposition to fracking in the Yukon Wednesday evening,
• Stranded hunters had no communications equipment Two Whitehorse men who didn’t return from a hunting trip when expected have been found safe in the Mayo area.