Whitehorse Daily Star

June 12, 2014

• Boxes Have Sprouted More than 60 planter boxes are arranged around the city,
• Former MP has challenge for nomination A second, young-blood candidate has entered the race for the Liberal party nomination to run in the 2015 federal election.
• Displaying His Skills Ben Gribben is the Artist in the Park this week.
• Authors on Eighth writing contest goes to the ghosts The Klondike Visitors Association (KVA), with financial support from the Writer's Trust, has launched its annual Authors on Eighth Writing Competition.
• Fire On The Cliffs A member of the Whitehorse Fire Department rushes to help extinguish a blaze at the end of Jarvis Street on the clay cliffs after firefighters received several calls about it at around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
• Yukoners celebrate 116 years by having a ball Commissioner Doug Phillips is nothing if not a man of the people.
• Big Band, Big Draw The Big Band plays at noon Wednesday at Arts in the Park.
• Charges laid against Pelly Crossing man A 44-year-old man has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman and a female minor following an incident last Saturday in Pelly Crossing.
• Weather eases fire activity on Dempster Rain and a drop in temperatures have helped reduce fire behaviour on the blaze burning at kilometre 280 of the Dempster Highway.
• YTG floats strategy to safeguard our water After two years in development, the Yukon government released its water strategy and action plan Wednesday.
• Resident launches legal challenge against LNG plan A legal challenge has been filed against a decision affecting Yukon Energy's proposal for a new generating facility powered by natural gas.
• Court overturns woman's murder conviction In its first ruling of the year, the Yukon Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court conviction of a woman for second-degree murder,

June 11, 2014

• Awards, sweets and music filled up the tea program The sun shone down brilliantly on the lawn at the Commissioner's Residence last Saturday to create a perfect afternoon for the 39th annual Commissioner's Tea.
• Employment rose by 400 in last year A total of 400 more people are working in the territory compared to a year ago.
• Quartet charged with drug offences A midnight drug bust in Whitehorse last weekend snared four suspects accused of involvement in a local cocaine trafficking ring.
• Everyone mum as police probe assault RCMP arrested three men along the Yukon River near Long Lake Road after reports of an assault Tuesday afternoon.
• Inmate to challenge ruling he's unfit for trial Michael Nehass has declared he will appeal a territorial court judge's ruling that he is unfit to stand trial.
• Department vows action on kids' case files The Department of Health and Social Services is aiming to have all of its family and children's services case files compliant with legislative requirements by June 30,
• Pilot vehicles in force on Dempster during wildfire Lightning was responsible for five new wildfires in the northern part of the territory Tuesday afternoon.
• Parking crackdown sees 34-ticket blitz A new piece of technology for the city's bylaw department proved its worth Monday when a whopping 34 tickets were issued to drivers who had vehicles illegally parked in two-hour zones around town.
• Proposed LNG plant passes another hurdle Yukon Energy has another green light for its $42-million proposal to build a new generating plant powered by natural gas trucked up from B.C.'s Lower Mainland.

June 10, 2014

• MAD Takes On Murder Mystery Members of the MAD (Music, Art and Drama) 11/12 class, seen rehearsing this morning,
• Young people's fight results in arrests Four young people were involved in an early-morning fight at a playground at Northland Trailer Park today.
• Ride Proves Lucrative There were 148 people registered for Saturday's annual Ride for Dad event in Whitehorse,
• City joins call for probe of murders, disappearances There was no need to convince city council members to vote Monday evening in favour of joining the call for a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada.
• A Proud Day Members of the Individual Learning Centre's 2014 graduating class are seen last Wednesday at the Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre.
• Team Yukon brings back three medals for their skills The Skills Canada Yukon team of 32 students, apprentices and mentors have returned home after competing successfully at the 20th Skills Canada National Competition in Toronto.
• Packed Quarters The nest gets crowded as a couple of young ravens are stretching their wings while the others must wait their turn.
• Yukon government branch gets funding for dementia care project The Yukon government's continuing care branch is one of 15 Canadian health-care organizations selected to participate in a project aimed at improving care for dementia patients.
• Alexco helped grads from the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun Alexco Resource Corp. presented all eight of this year's First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun high school graduates with $500 bursaries at the recent 39th annual First Nations graduation ceremony in Whitehorse.
• Officials monitoring season's first lightning-caused fire The first lightning-caused fire of the season was reported at approximately 4:15 p.m. Monday in the Mayo district.
• We've learned from the inquest: hospital corporation Jason Bilsky says the Yukon Hospital Corp. has learned from the coroner's inquest investigating Teresa Scheunert's death.
• Our right to object is clear-cut, gov't. argues The Yukon government maintains it had a simple and straightforward right to reject the Peel land use plan recommended by the planning commission.