Whitehorse Daily Star

August 1, 2014

• City council awards work for Hillcrest water main Castle Rock Enterprises has been awarded the nearly $300,000 contract to replace the water main in Hillcrest.
• Here Yesterday, Gone Today Longtime Whitehorse businessman Con Lattin takes photos Wednesday during the demolition
• Turnaround attempt mired bus in difficulty An Alaskan tour bus slowed traffic north of Carcross for more than an hour and a half Monday
• Couple creates lasting legacy for would-be COs Murray and Lisa Martin have decided to leave their estate to assist students pursuing a career as a conservation officer.
• Panned Delicacies Celebrity chef Ted Reader prepares a meal Thursday afternoon at the Fireweed Community Market.
• On the road from Anchorage to Calgary Wolfgang Schrettenlacher rolled into Dawson on his bicycle over the Top of the World Highway just before Canada Day,
• Firefighters Summoned To Site Of Venting The Whitehorse Fire Department was called out at mid-morning today
• Downtown south called good for affordable housing The lack of affordable housing in Whitehorse emphasizes the need to get on with the development in the downtown south area, says Coun. Betty Irwin.
• Right On Target Percy Andrews
• ‘Effective plan’ urged for ambulances using restricted-lanes bridge ‘Effective plan’ urged for ambulances using restricted-lanes bridge
• Helping Those East And South Some of 25 Yukon Wildland Fire Management personnel prepare Thursday in Whitehorse to fly to Fort Smith,
• Decision on church property changes deferred City council is putting off a decision that could lead to two more residential lots in Porter Creek and see a new Calvary Baptist Church built.
• ‘Component failure’ triggered derailment Last week’s derailment of a White Pass and Yukon Route passenger train was caused by a component failure, the company’s president has stated.
• Layoffs may loom at Minto Mine operations There will be a massive layoff at the Minto Mine if an agreement cannot be reached about a future stripping program, says Capstone Mining spokeswoman Cindy Burnett.
• China called an emerging market Visitors from China to the Yukon could very well represent the largest segment of growth in the territory’s tourism sector for several years to come, says a senior tourism official.
• Ottawa unfurls anti-homelessness plan Champagne-Aishihik Chief James Allen welcomed the influx of funding his community, among others,
• Man charged with impaired, dangerous driving A 22-year-old man is facing impaired and dangerous driving charges after an accident early this morning on Hamilton Boulevard.
• Fined guide ‘truly embarrassed and ashamed’ An experienced hunting guide from Alberta who spent last summer working for a Yukon outfitter has been fined $10,000 for offences under the territory’s Wildlife Act.

July 31, 2014

• Aboriginal chinook fishery is off for this year The aboriginal fishery for Yukon River chinook salmon will remain closed for the remainder of the season, says the area director for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
• More millions doled out for affordable housing Candice Bergen, the federal Minister of State for Social Development, announced $16 million in affordable housing funding for the Yukon today, the second of two agreements signed by Ottawa and the territory this week.
• Bridge to be pared to one-lane traffic Traffic in and out of Riverdale will be down to one lane tonight and early Friday morning as work to widen the sidewalk continues.
• Bus passengers save accident victim trapped in her vehicle A 46-year-old Mayo woman who drove off the North Klondike Highway and overturned her car in a ditch Monday was assisted by a group of Good Samaritans.
• Gov’t evicts group with one month’s notice A notice to vacate the historic Taylor House has the Yukon Heritage Resources Board looking for a new home for the first time in about 14 years.
• YTG spokeswomen didn’t mention beavers’ deaths An animal advocacy organization’s offer to construct an exclusion fence around a culvert to remedy the beaver problem at a Whitehorse golf course has come too late.
• Premier has no comment on his MLA’s fate A Yukon Party MLA was given the minimum penalty Wednesday afternoon for failing to provide a breath sample earlier this year.

July 30, 2014

• Old Log Church closer to being a historic site City council has taken the first step in designating two of the capital’s oldest buildings a Municipal Historic Site.
• Under A Protective Wing Against the backdrop of the DC-3 weathervane,
• Norcope is awarded well main contract Norcope Enterprises will be responsible for tying in the city’s newest water well to the municipal water system.
• Lowering The Bar Property owner Con Lattin is seen today after the Roadhouse Bar and Grill on Second Avenue was demolished in a little more than half an hour.
• Yukon First Nations’ emerging leaders plan major gathering Yukon First Nations youth and emerging leaders, ages 14-30, will gather at Brooks Brook, Teslin, Aug. 7-10 for a Yukon First Nation-designed three-day conference – Our Voices.
• Whitehorse Food Bank is seeking sustenance The approximately 560 clients who use the services of the Whitehorse Food Bank each month were finding their hampers a little lighter when they picked up their goods in June and July.
• Man loses challenge of LNG project decision A Whitehorse man has lost his challenge of a recommendation by the Yukon Utilities Board approving Yukon Energy’s new backup generating plant powered by natural gas.
• Chief ‘cautiously optimistic’ about evolving 911 service The president of the Association of Yukon Fire Chiefs has welcomed the government’s latest step toward territory-wide, interim 911 service, but said his praise was conditional.
• Program’s demise called ‘a horrible injustice’ Two developers involved in the affordable housing project which would have seen 75 units built in Whitehorse are criticizing the Yukon government’s decision to cancel the plan.