Whitehorse Daily Star

August 28, 2014

• Teen cyclist struck in crosswalk A teenaged cyclist was hit by a pickup truck Tuesday while crossing the boulevard in front of F.H. Collins Secondary School.
• Scouting official in town to drum up interest It’s that time of year again.
• Chinook closure spurred First Nation to action Chief Kevin McGinty of the Selkirk First Nation says the decision to truck in sockeye salmon from B.C. last month was more about culture than food.
• An Artist Reflects Yukon artist Daphne Mennell gives an artistsʼ talk Wednesday evening at The Old Fire Hall.
• Drivers, taxi passengers unhurt after hill collision A Grizzley Bear Taxi carrying passengers was rear-ended by a truck on Two Mile Hill early this morning.
• Proposed placer mine fails to gain board’s support A proposed placer gold mine on Congdon Creek along the border of Kluane National Park has been given the thumbs down by YESAB.
• Bridge’s ‘friends’ share refurbishment plans A plan is in place to bring the footbridge in Ross River up to a standard that will allow for up to 10 people to cross at a time.
• Lots lottery planned A lottery will be held Sept. 17 for 19 remote access recreational lots in the Carcross area,

August 27, 2014

• A Jog In The Fog A jogger runs in Rotary Peace Park this morning
• Lots Of Fun Under The Sun Another carnival arrived in the city last weekend,
• The Confiscated Trophies Yukon conservation officers Ryan Hennings, left, and Larry Bill are seen with confiscated trophies from a 2011 hunt near Fox Mountain.
• Pasloski to co-chair premiers’ working group Premier Darrell Pasloski is set to draw on his past life as a pharmacist at the Annual Premiers’ Conference in Charlottetown this week, though not without some reservations from the Opposition.
• Critics line up to pan PM’s performance In the wake of the prime minister’s ninth whirlwind tour through the North,
• Tip widens search to Yukon for missing Edmonton woman Edmonton police have reached out to RCMP in the Yukon for help locating a woman who was last seen a year ago.
• ‘Maybe we don’t need to cut the trees down’ A resident of the New Constabulary neighbourhood in Marsh Lake

August 26, 2014

• Popular program sprouts again Harvest time is arriving, and schools that are participating in From the Ground Up will be taking orders for locally-grown vegetables to raise funds.
• Kobayashi + Zedda to design new northern mining centre Kobayashi + Zedda Architects Ltd. has been awarded the contract to design the new Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining (CNIM) building.
• Largesse From The Legion Krista Prochazka, the president of the Yukon Hospital Foundation,
• Locked brakes spur pole mishap Both occupants of a pickup truck were uninjured after the vehicle went off the road and hit a pole in Porter Creek on Monday afternoon.
• Kicking Up Talent Dance fans were treated to three days of presentations provided by the Breakdancing Yukon Society over the past weekend.
• Group seeks intervention in pivotal court case The Yukon Fish and Game Association will seek permission to be a party in the legal challenge of the government’s authority to issue hunting licences in the Ross River area.
• Firefighters honoured during symposium banquet The final formal exercise during the 22nd annual Association of Yukon Fire Chiefs’ gathering was the distribution of awards for Long and Exemplary Service.
• Major player to join city’s supermarket menu The Loblaw group of companies will be closing one Whitehorse store only to open another – in the same location.
• Hunt a ‘trainwreck waiting to happen’: Crown A B.C. outfitter and a Wyoming hunter have been hit with hefty fines for wasting meat and hunting too soon after exiting the plane that took them to their destination.