Whitehorse Daily Star

September 8, 2014

• Kaminak Gold Corp. proceeds with property feasibility study Kaminak Gold Corp. is moving forward with a feasibility study into its Coffee gold property in the young White Gold District between Dawson City and Carmacks.
• Canada World Youth delegates to visit soon The city will have 18 new residents in about a month as Canada World Youth (CWY) gets set for another session in the territory.
• Promoting Sexual Health Photo Spread
• Fish ladder had a good return This summer’s return of Yukon River chinook salmon to the Whitehorse Fish Ladder was the seventh-highest in the ladder’s 53-year history, according to records.
• Fractured Land filmmakers to tour territory next week The Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) and Council of Canadians have joined forces to bring two fracking researchers to three Yukon communities.
• Kusawa Lake campground partially closed The Department of Environment has closed loops two and three at the Kusawa Lake territorial campground to campers until further notice.
• RCMP seek public’s assistance in finding suspect A week after a room at the Ramada Inn was broken into, Whitehorse RCMP are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect.
• Correction A story in the Aug. 28 edition
• Six drivers arrested at local check stops Six people are facing impaired driving charges after a number of check stops set up Friday in Whitehorse.
• Supportive housing in demand for people with FASD Wenda Bradley’s job has its highs and lows.
• Dismal weather drowned two rainfall records The rain wasn’t going away over the weekend as a record amount of precipitation fell over the city.

September 5, 2014

• Ex-chief slams successor for financial fiasco A former chief of the Liard First Nation (LFN) has responded to apparent financial mismanagement by the band’s leadership with harsh criticism of the current administration.
• Busing partnership renewed during orientation week The city and Yukon College held a news conference Wednesday afternoon to publicize the fact that full-time credit students at Yukon College will have access to free buses again this academic year.
• Health inspection reports to go online next year The process for the public to get their hands on health inspection reports done by the government will completely change over the next year.
• Politicians undam rivers of job training funds Education Minister Elaine Taylor and MP Ryan Leef announced Thursday an agreement that will see $4 million in job training funds flow to the Yukon over four years.
• Exhibit To Open Today Blair Thorson will open All Over The Map at 5:00 this afternoon at the Edge Gallery in the Arts Underground.
• Settle in for some great fare: arts centre The Yukon Arts Centre Thursday unveiled its lineup for the 2014-15 season,
• Tender for suspension bridge work to be out next week, gov’t says A public tender will be issued next week to stabilize the Ross River suspension bridge, with work expected to begin as soon as possible.
• Northern premiers bolster harmonious relationship The three premiers from across the North have agreed to continue working together during the recent Northern Premiers Forum in Yellowknife.
• Man found guilty of using rifle carelessly An intoxicated man who wielded a gun and fired one or two shots outside a disbanded house party in Old Crow has been found guilty of carelessly using a firearm.
• Expansive ice age exhibit comes north With the help of the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, the Yukon Arts Centre has taken a step back in time, way back in time.
• Fashion designer takes work to New York show Haines Junction fashion designer Brenda Lee Asp is hoping a trip to New York this weekend will help her bring her clothing line to a new audience.
• Lane closure to last until Sunday Motorists are advised that the two Hamilton Boulevard southbound lanes will be reduced to single lane traffic until 11p.m. Sunday.
• Teenaged boys ejected after vehicle rolls repeatedly Three teenagers were taken to Whitehorse General Hospital Thursday afternoon
• Accident victim has chance encounter with rescuer Accident victim has chance encounter with rescuer
• ‘I am being inhumanely treated at WCC’: Nehass Looking gaunt and tired, Michael Nehass made a brief appearance in territorial court this morning.
• Work doesn’t require water board’s OK, says Capstone The Minto Mine could soon be recalling workers who were laid off last January.

September 4, 2014

• Blue bin curbside service to expand to other areas of city Recycling will become a little more convenient in many neighbourhoods throughout the city for those willing to pay.
• Preparing For The Exhibit Catherine Deer, left, and Garnet Meuthing hang Yukon Arts Centre original paintings by George Teichmann in the Community Gallery Wednesday.
• Artist announces new management team, website Well-known Yukon artist Halin de Repentigny
• Exhibit To Open Today Sandra Grace Storey will open Sandra Grace Storey: We Are Golden later today at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Liberal nomination bid draws out fourth hopeful A fourth candidate has thrown a hat in the ring to be the Yukon’s next Liberal MP.
• Emergency touchdown closes airport for two hours An emergency landing at 8:05 this morning by a FedEx cargo plane shut down the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport for two hours.
• Hearing grievances ‘changed me forever’: judge In sentencing a woman for impaired and dangerous driving,
• ‘We get that people are frustrated’: DM A new schedule for school buses around the city will be made available tomorrow and put in place Monday.