Whitehorse Daily Star

September 3, 2013

• Border's hours can't likely change: Leef Due to the short timeframe, it is unlikely the Little Gold border's closing date can be extended this year.
• College welcomes its students to a new school year Returning students are taking a lead role in Orientation Week this year at Yukon College's Ayamdigut campus.
• A Bouncing Good Time Youth enjoy a bouncy toy Monday
• College formalizes accord with B.C. school Yukon College has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a British Columbia post-secondary institution.
• Scouts held back-to-school blitz For the better part of 20 years, Scouts was a big part of Geoff Simpson's life as he moved up the ranks, taking on more and more leadership roles as he grew older.
• Popular Destination There was a large line-up for the food at the annual Labour Day barbecue
• Water conservation methods saving money for family David Black and his wife aren't sure exactly how much electricity they're saving by maximizing water conservation measures in their new house.
• Musician to migrate back to her eastern roots After two decades in the territory, Kim Barlow is leaving the Yukon for her native Nova Scotia.
• Sima survey results not being publicly revealed Alpine skiers and snowboarders may have to keep wondering if Mt. Sima will open this winter.
• Fees announcement ‘shocked' arts centre official The Yukon Arts Centre won't be directly impacted by a change in federal regulations raising the amount bars, restaurants and coffee shops are required to pay for international performers they host.

August 30, 2013

• Healthy choice fund-raising pilot program is growing A program that gives school children healthy products to sell during fund-raising drives will be expanded in the Yukon.
• Business of the Year owners are honoured Muktuk Adventures was named Business of the Year on Tuesday evening at the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting.
• Water company pours itself a cup of history It's out with the bottles and in with the biodegradable bags for Yukon Spring.
• Three jurisdictions' residents outearn Yukoners Yukon residents are the fourth best-paid Canadians, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday.
• Yukon firefighters deployed to Idaho and Oregon Nineteen Yukon Wildland Fire Management firefighters have been deployed to Idaho and Oregon to assist with the forest fire situation in the two states.
• Twice-weekly publication sells out to B.C. chain The Yukon News has been sold to the Black Press community newspaper chain of Surrey, B.C.
• Premier inks tourism marketing deals in Europe Premier Darrell Pasloski signed several co-operative marketing agreements with tourism operators in Germany Thursday and plans to ink more with the United Kingdom in the coming days.
• Driver may have been rendered unconscious A Whitehorse driver called the RCMP from his pickup truck Thursday afternoon after it veered off the Alaska Highway and over an embankment near Wolf Creek.
• Local filmmaker retraced father's steps in historic Operation Husky A journey that took local filmmaker Max Fraser close to 9,000 kilometres from his Yukon home brought him closer to his father's past in Italy.
• Barbecue will celebrate Labour Day in style Unions across the territory invite all Yukoners to celebrate Labour Day with a free lunch at the annual Feed the People Barbecue between
• Busing changes will improve people's lives: manager Adding evening bus service through the week could have positive implications for more than just passengers, transit manager Cheri Malo has learned.
• Suspicious activities see tenants shown the door Tenants have been evicted from a downtown property under the territory's Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) Act.

August 29, 2013

• Flood risk remains low in Yukon communities The flood risk is low for all Yukon communities, the territorial government reported this week.
• Sun is helping power NWTel microwave site Northwestel Inc. has completed the photovoltaic array that will power the Engineer Creek microwave site in the Yukon for the next year.
• Ready For The Show Yukon artist Lawrie Crawford works Tuesday on setting up her latest show, Connecting Space, which opens today at Gallery 22 and runs until Sept. 28.
• ‘Crash' scene designed to discourage drunk driving It was a tragic scene on Hospital Road this morning as one youth lay on the ground, another moaning in pain inside a wrecked vehicle which firefighters had to pry open.
• Yukon Energy eyes May 2014 for LNG project start Yukon Energy wants to begin construction of its new liquefied natural gas (LNG) generating plant and storage facility near the Whitehorse Rapids Dam next May.
• Mounties' role in reality show fades to black The Yukon RCMP have officially pulled the plug on a reality TV show set to focus on Yukon Mounties.
• Reconnaissance passes vital, crash report notes Officials are blaming a failure to check wind conditions for a 2012 helicopter crash near Carcross which killed the pilot.