Whitehorse Daily Star

June 9, 2014

• Value of Yukon building permits rose in April The preliminary value of Yukon building permits (seasonally adjusted) rose by $465,000, or 16 per cent, in April compared to April 2013, Statistics Canada reported last Thursday.
• Offshore Recreating This RV was seen taking advantage of a sandbar Friday
• Yukon recognizes Canadians' efforts in marking D-Day On Friday, the Yukon government honoured the thousands of soldiers who took part in the Battle of Normandy 70 years ago.
• Work Continues Rapid progress is being made on the Robert Campbell Bridge project as iron workers put their backs into the long-awaited doubling of the width of the usable sidewalk.
• PTSD-Awareness Tour members will speak here this evening The 2014 Heroes Are Human Cross-Canada PTSD-Awareness Tour is in Whitehorse, with an event set for this evening.
• Off Limits To Traffic The major Ogilvie Street reconstruction
• Use of narcotics was problematic, inquest told The coroner's inquest investigating the death of Teresa Scheunert heard the last of witness testimony Friday.
• Cadets to stage effective speaking contest From local competitions, to regional and then to provincials, the top 12 air cadets from across Canada will soon compete in the National Effective Speaking Competition in Whitehorse.
• Firefighters called to clean up minor oil spill City of Whitehorse firefighters were called Friday morning to a small oil spill near the bottom of Two Mile Hill.
• ‘Let's stop the killing': labour federation head Gathered at the future spot for the permanent workers' memorial late Friday morning, union members and supporters remembered those who have died on the job.
• Assessment of the Yukon's largest potential mine put off The assessment of the proposed Casino mine project has been put on hold for six months.
• Jury urges changes to prevent similar deaths A six-person jury has determined that Teresa Scheunert died accidentally of mixed-drug toxicity.

June 6, 2014

• Company, airline delivering visitors a new way Holland America travellers began arriving in Dawson by air late last month.
• Project has trained service providers Youth and child service providers have gathered in Whitehorse to participate in Project Lynx training, co-ordinated by the Victim Services Branch of the Department of Justice.
• Farm nourishes Klondike's homegrown food supply When Otto Muehlbach and Conny Handwerk decided to put their personal garden onto more of a business footing, they looked for a name that would represent the ideas of farming and fertility.
• City considers use of public spaces With a goal of better managing the use of public space, city staff are working to draft a policy that could govern the use.
• AFY provides funds for community projects The Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY) has presented a cheque for $25,000 to the Fondation boréale, and another for $30,000 to Garderie du petit cheval blanc daycare.
• Show's second season will premiere Monday Community Cable 9 will launch the second season premiere of Garage Sale Scavenger Hunt on Monday.
• Overnight gathering leaves Ear Lake beach an eyesore Neither the city nor the RCMP received a complaint of a party at Ear Lake Thursday night or the mess left behind this morning.
• Wood waste rules lumbering toward becoming law Contractors could soon be forced to sort wood waste out of their construction waste or face a fine if council passes changes to the city's waste management bylaw.
• Community centre highlights its programming for council Growth of the Heart of Riverdale Community Centre is seeing the addition of new programs.
• Mid-Week modeling Laurie Reti with the Porter Creek Secondary School FADS (Fashion Arts Design School),
• Yukoners ushered into Transportation Hall of Fame The 2014 Pioneer of the Year, Person of the Year, and Order of Polaris awards were presented Tuesday evening to inductees and their families at the annual Transportation Hall of Fame ceremony.
• Yukoners Respond To Tragedy The flags at the Whitehorse RCMP detatchment are at half-mast
• ‘Don't wait for someone else to show you the way' The year was 1996, and it marked a significant point in Canada's history.
• Longtime YESAB player opts to move on The chair of the executive committee for the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board is leaving the post today.
• MLA silent on treatment, but plans busy summer Yukon Party MLA Darius Elias kicked off the morning of Thursday, May 15 with a beer.
• Toxicologist rules out fatal overdose of fentanyl The forensic toxicologist who performed the post-mortem analysis on Teresa Scheunert testified Thursday she likely died from the combined effects of at least two narcotics.

June 5, 2014

• Safe Landing Pursued Whitehorse Elementary School teacher Valerie Long tests students' Mars lander Tuesday morning.
• Chamber of commerce endorses housing program The Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce supports the Yukon Housing Corp.'s (YHC's) affordable housing initiative.
• Demonstrating Firefighting Prepartions Elementary school students toured the Whitehorse air tanker base Wednesday.
• RCMP seize more drugs in Watson Lake Four people are facing drug and related charges after the RCMP seized drugs in two separate incidents in Watson Lake over the past six days.
• Teslin Home Gutted A fire which destroyed this home in Teslin on Tuesday night is under investigation.
• Shale gas industry can evolve safely, MLAs told Shale gas industry can evolve safely, MLAs told
• Upper Liard flood risk remains at moderate level The flood risk for Upper Liard remains at moderate, and nothing in the forecast is raising any alarms, says the manager of the Emergency Measures Organization.
• Inquest hears details of late patient's care There was significant discussion around charting practices Wednesday as nurses and other staff from the Watson Lake hospital testified before the coroner's inquest investigating into the death of Teresa Scheunert.
• ‘We should take our time to get it right': judge The hearing into the sentencing of Christopher Cornell for attempting to murder an RCMP officer and a conservation officer was adjourned this morning for five months.