Whitehorse Daily Star

July 19, 2013

• The Queen of Rockabilly filled the Palace Grand The lineup went down the block for the Wanda Jackson show at the Palace Grand Theatre on Thursday night.
• Conservation society critical of Yukon's assessment board Opponents of liquified natural gas are expressing disappointment over the decision by the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board to green light a bi-fuel project in Watson Lake.
• Champagne and Aishihik Community Corp. purchases Madley's Store The Champagne and Aishihik Community Corporation will be opening the doors to a new grocer and retailers with the purchase of the property that housed Madley's General Store in Haines Junction.
• Taku River Tlingits interested in selling power to the Yukon Yukon Energy has entered into an arrangement to explore the possibility of buying electricity from Atlin, says the corporation's president.
• Improvements sought for Pioneer Cemetery One of the city's oldest cemeteries is essentially being used as a park,
• First Avenue may be renamed Front Street Some might say it's just a street name.
• Alexo CEO laments having to shut down Bellekeno mine and mill "If you want it in a word, it's heartbreaking.”
• AFN encouraged to talk about solutions It's time to stop discussing Harper's anti-environmental agenda, says a young First Nations councillor from Ontario.
• Search of Teslin Lake scaled back A scaled-back search for a 39-year-old Calgary man continues on Teslin Lake today.
• Yukon to participate in national emergency training operation Imagine, if you will, a wildfire spreading close to the city, forcing the evacuation of area homes and other emergency situations and hundreds of soldiers called to the territory to help deal with the emergency.
• Pilot questions police SAR policies after friend dies A longtime pilot with decades of search and rescue experience is questioning the RCMP's emergency policies after his friend died alone in the woods earlier this month.
• National chief repeats call for unity among First Nations Shawn Atleo closed the Assembly of First Nations annual assembly the same way he opened it, with a call for unity.
• City council commercial sparking international headlines It's taken Northwestel Community TV less than a minute to garner a following for Whitehorse city council that spans the continent.

July 18, 2013

• Dixon at summit to address pacific regional challenges Economic Development Minister Currie Dixon is in Anchorage, Alaska this week to attend the 2013 Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) Annual Summit.
• Federal approach to aboriginal relations needs mending: Trudeau Justin Trudeau says he isn't attending the Assembly of First Nations annual meeting to spout his own vision for Canada's future.
• First Nations are moving beyond Indian Act, AFN delegates hear First Nations are moving beyond Indian Act, AFN delegates hear
• More Photos From Last Night Fire Photo Spread
• Several fire departments assisted with ravaging inferno A massive fire in the early hours this morning gutted a local repair shop.
• Search of Teslin Lake continues for Calgary man The search of Teslin Lake for a 39-year-old Calgary man is continuing today.
• Coroner critical of circumstances surrounding woman's death The territory's chief coroner says "the system let down” a Watson Lake registered nurse who died in her own hospital from mixed drug toxicity.
• Approximately 100 or so turn out for discussion on Mount Sima's future A standing-room-only crowd filled the main floor of the Mount Sima chalet Wednesday night, looking for a way to reopen for the 2013/2014 winter season.

July 17, 2013

• Former federal minister encourages First Nations to embrace development Jim Prentice wants to see First Nations "get to yes.”
• AFN assembly honours late Yukon chief The late Yukon chief Harry Allen was honoured yesterday by the Assembly of First Nations at its 34th annual general assembly in Whitehorse.
• Yukoners with respiratory problems should stay inside: Hanley The territory's medical health officer is reminding Yukoners who have respiratory or heart conditions to stay inside with the windows closed and limit exertion when it is smoky outside.
• Vandals hit community greenhouse in Carcross with fire extinguisher Vandals struck at the community garden in Carcross covering a greenhouse full of vegetables with contents of a fire extinguisher, but leaving the community vowing to continue on despite the setback.
• Search underway for Calgary man A search for a 39-year-old Calgary man is underway after the boat he was in capsized last night on Teslin Lake.
• Mine, mill shutting down amid declining price of silver Alexco Resource Corporation has announced it will be shutting down its Bellekeno silver mine and mill, hopefully only temporarily.