Whitehorse Daily Star

September 3, 2014

• Technical hydro studies work goes to B.C. firm The Yukon Development Corp. (YDC) has awarded a contract to B.C.-based Midgard Consulting Inc. for the initial technical work in support of its Next Generation Hydro work plan.
• Parks Canada tests the tourism waters in Dawson Parks Canada began the first week of its two-week season extension Monday, as promised last March.
• Fired Up For A Cause Jean-Francois Deslauriers
• Women’s forum set for next week The Yukon Advisory Council on Women’s Issues is teaming up with the Liard Aboriginal Women Society to co-present the council’s forum for women next week.
• Traffic Slowdown The Alaska Highway between the top of Two Mile Hill and the airport is undergoing resurfacing,
• Evacuations, further aid not needed in N.W.T. Just two Yukon government staff remain working outside the territory as its fire season winds down.
• They Poured At Ford Staff at Whitehorse Motors took the Ice Bucket Challenge last Friday
• Pivotal land claim case is adjourned The case of the Ross River Dena Council vs. the Yukon government has been adjourned until next Monday.
• Northwestel art competition deadline approaching Northwestel Inc. is reminding northern artists that the deadline to submit applications to its directory art competition is Sept. 19.
• First Nation’s default triggers new management The Liard First Nation has defaulted on its funding agreement with the federal government,
• Transit passes extended to all high school students A pilot project which provided students from certain areas attending certain high schools in the city with a city transit pass has been expanded for all high school students.
• Chairing the federation ‘a historic achievement’ The Yukon will play host to premiers from around the country during their annual gathering in 2016.

September 2, 2014

• City to receive fitness stations The city has partnered with the Recreation and Parks Association of the Yukon (RPAY) to install a series of outdoor accessible fitness stations in city parks and trails.
• Parks Canada sets out reminders Parks Canada is reminding backcountry visitors and hikers of important registration requirements.
• An Old-Fashioned Drenching Ten Yukon RCMP officers take the Ice Bucket Challenge at noon Friday at the SS Klondike.
• Winners flushed with success at the outhouse race The last day of August is a trifle early for the Great Klondike International Outhouse Race,
• Court begins hearing First Nation’s lawsuit A trial into a lawsuit filed against the federal government by the Ross River Dena Council began this morning in Yukon Supreme Court in Whitehorse.
• Eight vehicles broken into over weekend Whitehorse RCMP are reminding vehicle owners to lock up, not leave their keys or valuables in their cars and not to leave their vehicles running unattended.
• ‘We recognize the frustration of parents’: minister Concerns over new school bus routes and schedules are being addressed, Education Minister Elaine Taylor said today.
• MP shifts stance on murdered, missing women probe Yukon MP Ryan Leef continues to call for a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women,
• Territory to show up on Canadians’ TV screens The federal and territorial governments are teaming up to inject $3.6 million into Yukon tourism marketing over the next two years.

August 29, 2014

• Couple takes on a major commercial challenge Sitting in the office of the Beaver Creek RV Park,
• Judge seeks more clarity in lawsuit over Peel watershed Justice Ron Veale of the Yukon Supreme Court has asked for more clarity in the lawsuit over the land use plan for the Peel River watershed.
• Noon-hour assignment left Whitehorse RCMP all wet Local RCMP officers donned their red coats at noon today to take part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
• Salooners Savour Super-Soaking Jarvis Street Saloon door staff Bud Dolan, John Singh, Matt Ryall, Willie Wilson, Don Tutin and Tony Brown, left to right
• Parents network aims to provide support Caitlin Beaulieu envisions a support system that would offer parents clothing swaps, babysitting, social gatherings and opportunities for advice-giving and discussion.
• Jail tour held; human rights questions dodged Amid recent concerns about human rights violations at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre,
• Spate of accidents, charges lead into long weekend A 28-year-old man is facing impaired driving charges after an early-morning vehicle rollover on the Alaska Highway.
• Boater learns ‘very costly lesson’ A Whitehorse man has been ordered to pay more than $3,000 in restitution to the owner of a boat he slammed into in Schwatka Lake.
• Geologist traversed Yukon by bike, canoe before diagnosis In May of 1992, Charlie Roots and a small team of government experts summited Mount Logan to gauge to a decimal point the height of Canada’s tallest mountain.
• Kindergarteners bused to high school; told to walk School is in, but getting to and from their classes appears to be proving difficult for many students around the city.