Whitehorse Daily Star

June 4, 2014

• Development group's new website promotes services for mining The Klondike Development Organization (KDO) has launched a new website, Dawson Mining, to showcase the wide array of products and services for the mining and exploration industries in Dawson City and the Klondike.
• Policing is being bigger than law enforcement: top cop Chief Supt. Peter Clark, commanding officer of the RCMP's M Division,
• Salmon stakeholders concerned about mining's effects Possible impacts on Yukon River chinook by the territory's mining industry were raised as a concern Tuesday during a teleconference among Yukon River communities.
• Recording The Moment Wildlife photographer Peter Mather, left, takes photos of the 7,000 chinook salmon fry that were released into Wolf Creek last Sunday.
• Don't sell downtown lots, resident tells council An Ogilvie Street resident is calling on the city to reverse its zoning of two downtown lots and not move forward on their sale.
• Refurbished building reopens as a mall Locals have known it as the "old Canadian Tire store” for years, but that's all changing with the official opening of NVD Place.
• Pharmacist was never consulted about medications Neither doctor who treated Teresa Scheunert in the weeks before her 2012 death observed any signs that she suffered from an overdose of narcotics, according to testimony heard Tuesday during a coroner's inquest.
• Apparatus OK, Yukon Energy says in wake of quake Yukon Energy has confirmed there is no damage to its facilities as a result of this morning's 5.7 magnitude earthquake 210 kilometres south of Whitehorse.

June 3, 2014

• Rustling Up Some Grub City councillor Mike Gladish (right) and Lindsay Agar flip pancakes Sunday at Shipyards Park
• Man arrested after break-in at local restaurant A 21-year-old Whitehorse man is facing charges of breaking into and entering a business, possession of a weapon and three counts of failing to comply with a probation order.
• Yukon corporate tax rate will shrink July 1 An amendment to the Income Tax Act to assist small business was passed in the legislature last month and received assent from Commissioner Doug Phillips.
• Chinese Culture Celebrated Photo Spread
• Centre expands mine remediation research The Yukon Research Centre (YRC) has been awarded $150,000 from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to support mine remediation research.
• Keeping Shipshape The Tai Chi community held a demonstration at Shipyards Park last Sunday as part of the City of Whitehorse's ShipShape event along the waterfront.
• Deceased didn't show narcotics distress, nurse informs inquest A nurse who cared for Teresa Scheunert while she was at the Watson Lake hospital said she did not observe any signs of narcotics distress.
• Hearing put off as new judge sought for case The bail hearing for a man found mentally unfit to stand trial was rescheduled Monday to allow time for him to speak to a lawyer and for the court to find a new judge.
• City may join call for inquiry into missing women The city could soon become the next voice calling for a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women in the country.
• ‘I hope we find a real answer to what happened' Teresa Scheunert called both her daughters the night before she died at the Watson Lake hospital in June 2012, a coroner's inquest heard Monday in Whitehorse.

June 2, 2014

• A Cause To Walk For About 50 people turned out to Saturdaysʼ MS walk. Participants walked from Copper Ridge Place to the Canada Games Centre.
• Clothing, items needed for fire-stricken family A blaze which destroyed a home in the McIntyre subdivision early Sunday morning has been deemed suspicious, and is under investigation.
• Relay For Life - 2014 Photo Spread
• Vanier Catholic students celebrate graduation Vanier Catholic Secondary School's grad class of 2014 added some "whimsy” to the traditional cap and gown ceremony Saturday when many chose to sport bright rainbow socks.
• ‘What you're doing is wrong,' accused tells judge A Yukon territorial court judge has found Michael Nehass unfit to stand trial following a forensic psychiatrist's court-ordered report.
• Knowledge about death is out there, RCMP say Whitehorse RCMP are investigating the death of a 69-year-old man found dead in his home Friday.