Whitehorse Daily Star

June 27, 2013

• Missing canoiest was last seen June 10 Dawson City RCMP are continuing their search – by air and water – for a missing canoeist who was last seen June 10.
• Mining firm to lay off workers, as a result of low metal prices Yukon Zinc announced today it will be laying off workers and cutting production at its Wolverine Mine.
• Nine new fires bring territory's total to 58 Nine more lightning-caused fires were discovered Wednesday throughout the territory.
• Dancing in The Finest in Fashions Andromeda Hunter dances
• Massie easily re-elected as grand chief Ruth Massie has returned for another three-year term as grand chief of the Council for Yukon First Nations (CYFN).
• Murder trial to hear final arguments Friday If Norman LaRue was afraid of undercover officers, Crown prosecutors say, that's all the more reason for him to be telling the truth, not lying about his role in a murder.
• ‘We're pretty saddened,' WildPlay founder says ‘We're pretty saddened,' WildPlay founder says
• ‘We've taken it as far as we can' Mount Sima will close Monday as the hill's operators – the Great Northern Ski Society – begin the dissolution process.

June 26, 2013

• Canada World Youth to host Mozambique visitors Nine local host families are needed for visiting youth from Oct. 2 to Dec. 17.
• Consul General Visits Premier Darrell Pasloski hosted Komgrit Varakamin (far right), the Consul General of Thailand,
• Fire managers continue to watch Alaska blaze The Alaska Division of Forestry, in consultation with Yukon officials and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service, continues to closely monitor the Chisana River fire, which has grown to 34,578 acres.
• Ex-daycare owner may challenge decision The owner of the former Childhood Discoveries Day Preschool says she's looking to challenge a decision of the Yukon Human Rights Board of Adjudication.
• Digging Jigging Jody Felix takes part in Tuesday evening's jigging contest
• Lost biker is choppered off of Grey Mountain A 34-year-old Whitehorse man who lost his way while mountain biking behind Grey Mountain Monday night was picked up by helicopter Tuesday morning.
• Showcasing Aboriginal Culture Emma, front, and Caroline Johnson take part in Tuesday evening's jigging contest
• Questions persist in wake of pool tragedy It seems questions will continue to go unanswered in the Feb. 7 drowning of a Japanese tourist at Takhini Hot Springs.
• Professional at Work Brian Walker works Tuesday on a piece of copper
• Filmmaker's latest project will take him to Sicily A journey of "extreme remembrance” is taking a Yukon filmmaker 8,800 kilometres to his next project – in Sicily.
• Board gives blessing to another power rate boost Yet another increase in electrical rates was approved Tuesday by the Yukon Utilities Board, though on a temporary basis – at least for now.
• Communication remains problematic, parents say A group of Vanier Catholic Secondary School parents have raised concerns that administration and the Department of Education are still not communicating well in the aftermath of the controversy surrounding the school.
• Hot springs to act on coroner's recommendations Takhini Hot Springs officials say they will review and work with the Yukon coroner's report released Tuesday on the drowning of a woman at the pool last Feb. 7.

June 25, 2013

• Parking Lot Readings showcase authors, poets and illustrators Didn't get enough of the Poetry Festival in June?
• Preserve gets fiscal shot in the arm A new five-year funding agreement with the Yukon Wildlife Preserve Operating Society will assist the society with its research and animal rehabilitation efforts.
• Learning The Ropes Community Services Minister Elaine Taylor is put through her paces last Friday
• Lightning ignites seven new fires Lightning Monday evening resulted in seven new wildfires in the territory.
• The Sounds of Sunstroke Sarah MacDougall performs Saturday
• General assembly will climax with Thursday's election The Council of Yukon First Nations' (CYFN's) 33rd annual general assembly began this morning and is set to conclude Thursday with the election of a grand chief.
• City spurns Sima plan, but will pay off chairlift City spurns Sima plan, but will pay off chairlift
• Get ready to dig deeper for another power rates boost Monthly electrical bills will be going up again July 1, but by how much is still unknown.
• I lied in recorded conversations: accused Norman LaRue insists he was asleep when Gordon Seybold's house burned to the ground and swears he had nothing to do with his death.