Whitehorse Daily Star

July 24, 2014

• Firm recommended for water well contract City administration is recommending Norcope Enterprises be awarded the contract to tie in a new high-production water well in Riverdale.
• Fund nourishes host of projects, events The Yukon government has awarded more than $206,000 to 15 community organizations for the improvement of facilities and equipment, the hosting of conferences and forums, or for infrastructure development.
• Braeburn Lake blaze fully contained A 3.5-hectare fire burning on Braeburn Lake is now fully contained
• Clarification A story in Wednesday’s edition
• Government commits $1.1 M for slot machines at Gerties The Yukon government is providing a one-time,
• Vintage Machines These North American P-51D Mustang aircraft were seen this morning at the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport.
• Hospital campus in for major expansions Twenty years after the construction of a brand new hospital facility, the territorial government has greenlit plans for a $72-million expansion of the Yukon’s health care hub.
• Scouts allege Alaska border agent pulled a gun An Iowa Boy Scout leader is alleging a U.S. border agent pulled out his gun and pointed it at a 15-year-old while the troop was passing through the Yukon into Alaska.
• Most of the injured suffered ‘scratches and bruises’ The vintage rail company that hauls hundreds of thousands of tourists every year along the route of the historic Klondike Gold Rush has suspended operations while it investigates the derailment that injured nine people.
• Car slides into lake after train derails on summit A northbound White Pass & Yukon Route train derailed at the White Pass summit just before the U.S.-Canada border Wednesday afternoon,

July 23, 2014

• Corporation acts after late night shelving collapse The Yukon Liquor Corp. has taken several steps to prevent a recurrence of the July 3 collapse of a shelving unit at its Whitehorse store.
• Famed Sign Post Forest becomes a historic site The Watson Lake Sign Post Forest was recognized as a historic site at a ceremony last month.
• American tourist OK after medevac from trail An American tourist medevaced off the Chilkoot Trail last weekend has been treated at Whitehorse General Hospital and released.
• American tourist OK after medevac from trail An American tourist medevaced off the Chilkoot Trail last weekend has been treated at Whitehorse General Hospital and released.
• YTG approves hospital expansion spending The Yukon government has approved spending nearly $72 million to expand the Whitehorse General Hospital.
• First Nations adopt historic Language Act The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations have formally adopted the first Language Act among the Yukon’s 11 self-governing First Nations.
• Murder retrial likely to be held in 2015 The retrial for a woman accused of second-degree murder has been very tentatively scheduled for the spring or summer of 2015.
• Bear cubs will winter in B.C., then return Whitehorse’s two orphaned bear cubs will soon be heading to a new home, with the goal of eventually releasing them back into the wild.
• Territory gained just 81 people in year The Yukon’s estimated population in December 2013 was 36,483, an increase of 81 people, or 0.2 per cent, compared to December 2012 (36,402).
• Economic report reveals unfulfilled expectations The territorial government’s mid-year economic report reveals a major gap between last fall’s forecasts of strident growth and the present economic climate, particularly for mining.
• Chinook attain minimum target for spawning goals The number of Yukon River chinook crossing into the Yukon has punched above 42,500, or the minimum target for meeting spawning objectives.
• Hunter should have attended sentencing: JP A Burwash Landing man who incorrectly filled out documentation to transport a pair of Dall sheep horns across the border was fined $3,500 Tuesday.

July 22, 2014

• Intentional burnings to begin soon City and territorial firefighters are working together to reduce future wild fire risks for local neighbourhoods.
• Doing The Inspection Premier Darrell Pasloski was the reviewing officer last Friday
• Dawson music fest hosts performers of all stripes Fans, bands and politicians came together over the weekend to help wed a young couple in holy matrimony — and celebrate the spirit of the Klondike — at the Dawson City Music Festival.
• Festival triumphed in spite of thunder and rain Shortly after midnight Sunday, the 36th annual Dawson City Music Festival ended with many repeated choruses of Neil Young’s “Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World” (into which someone slipped a verse from Michael Jackson’s “Billy Jean” for some reason).
• Bureau stresses role in drawing visitors north Work by the Yukon Convention Bureau returns $260 to the Whitehorse economy for every dollar it receives in core funding from city hall, council heard Monday at its weekly meeting.
• Beloved buildings may become historic site A proposal to bump up the heritage status of the Old Log Church and Rectory to an official historic site appears to have the full support of city council.
• Community rallies to find missing swimmer It’s been nearly three days since Richard Hager jumped from the Pelly River bridge into the cold waters below.