Whitehorse Daily Star

June 14, 2013

• Companies helped grad cause Northwestel Inc. and Latitude Wireless partnered with the Yukon First Nations Graduation Society for last Friday's graduation ceremony.
• Cybertip advertising campaign was a success The partnership between the Yukon government and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection to raise awareness of tools for the prevention of and response to online exploitation of children has been deemed a success.
• RPAY acts on National Activity Report Card grade The Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card has assigned youngsters a D- letter grade.
• Da Kų Cultural Centre's opening celebrated A celebration of the grand opening of the Da Kų Cultural Centre took place June 1 in Haines Junction.
• Commissioner presents commemorative pins Commissioner Doug Phillips presented commemorative pins to former Yukon commissioners last Saturday during Yukon birthday celebrations in Dawson City.
• Study to enhance baseline data on forests,vegetation A two-year $751,000 contract for the South-Central Yukon Vegetation Inventory project has been awarded to Timberline Forest Inventory Consultants.
• Excellence Recognized Sgt. Sarah Bridal receives the Royal Canadian Legion Cadet Medal of Excellence
• Contract policies review won't be sped up The city will not be fast-tracking its review of contract policies after council defeated 5-2 a motion from Coun. Kirk Cameron to do so at its meeting Monday night.
• Games-bound flag travelled through city Several dignitaries gathered Monday to celebrate the arrival of the 2013 Canada Games flag and the Yukon's vibrant sporting community.
• Council ices procedures changes City council is holding off on making changes to how it conducts its meetings.
• Friends of McIntyre Creek to celebrate city's decision The Friends of McIntyre Creek (FOMC) are inviting the public to join them for a celebration on Tuesday of next week.
• Ending The Season Movie MADness was presented by the MAD (Music, Art and Drama) students Wednesday afternoon at the Wood Street Centre.
• Flood risk has receded with the water, officials say The flood risk is low for the territory, the Yukon government reported Thursday.
• Women's organizations to share $900,000 Eight women's organizations will receive a collective $900,000 over three years.
• Developer, city may team for project A local developer will take the lead on a project to upgrade the Sixth Avenue-Main Street area, in both managing the work and paying half the $135,000 costs.
• Forest fire expected to grow The lightning-caused fire burning near Ethel Lake, approximately 30 kilometres south of Mayo, was quiet overnight thanks to minimal winds and light precipitation.
• Group to withdraw from offering walking tours For nearly four decades, the Yukon Historical and Museums Associations has brought the city's history to life each summer with its guided walking tours.
• Expert speaks out on hydraulic fracturing It's not likely Yukoners are going to be in a position to have an informed discussion about hydraulic fracturing any time soon, says a geologist and fracking cynic.
• Eager To Help The Holy Family Elementary School read-a-thon donated $1,000 to the Sally and Sisters lunch program Thursday morning.
• Yukon College explores food security: Carcross Curriculum Keeps Growing Yukon's collective memory hasn't yet forgotten the impact of last summer's highway washouts on local food supplies. The barren produce sections in Whitehorse presented a particularly stark image.

• Principal of beleaguered school to move on Troubled Vanier Catholic Secondary School will have a new principal next year, according to multiple sources the Star spoke with this morning.
• ‘We wanted the message out' on bygamy laws A group of protesters concerned about bigamy laws turned up at the Yukon government's main administration building, then moved on to the law courts early Thursday afternoon.
• ‘They were as Yukoner as you can be' A family with deep roots in, and a deep love for, the Yukon is grieving the loss of two of its members, after a father and son were killed in a plane crash Thursday morning.

June 13, 2013

• Riding For Autism The five-kilometre family cycle/run/walk for autism starts out last Saturday.
• Swimming Anyone? This was the scene on Blanchard Road in Riverdale at about 3:30 Wednesday afternoon during the ferocious downpour, hailstorm and flash flooding that took place.
• Mayo-area forest fire has grown The lightning-caused fire 30 kilometres south of Mayo near Ethel Lake is now estimated to have grown to 600 hectares.
• Slippery Business Motorists encountered deep puddles
• Northern MPs want nutrition program investigated Two northern NDP MPs planned to call today on the auditor general of Canada to investigate the Nutrition North program in the House of Commons' question period.
• History, anniversaries shaped ball's theme For the public at large, the locals and tourists who haven't bought tickets to the Commissioner's Ball,
• Don't feed the foxes, local residents warned An increase in calls about foxes making their homes in neighbourhoods around Whitehorse has led local conservation officers to warn about the dangers of feeding wild animals.
• ‘I think the ship has sailed': mayor on Sima City staff have been directed by council members to investigate the costs of both shutting down the Mount Sima recreational facility and keeping it running.

June 12, 2013

• Ceremonial Review Conducted The 2685 ‘The Yukon Regiment' Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps
• Students invited to apply for northern scholarships Northwestel Inc. is giving post-secondary students across the North the chance to win one of its Northern Futures Scholarships.
• They Made It! The 2013 graduating class of the Individual Learning Centre
• Auriol Trail has reopened Parks Canada has reopened the Auriol Trail in Kluane National Park and Reserve.
• Kluane Mountain Bluegrass Festival 2013 Photo Page
• An Evening with Friends Walter Van Fleet enjoys a recent lovely evening by the Yukon River
• YEC seeks LNG storage location Yukon Energy is exploring options for the location of a facility to store liquefied natural gas (LNG).
• Minister Was Right At Holmes Education Minister Scott Kent (left) is seen here with Mike Holmes,
• First Nation objects to generators' conversion The Ross River Dena Council says allowing the conversion of diesel generators to also burn natural gas in Watson Lake would be an infringement of its aboriginal rights and title.
• Yukoners advised to loosen belts The Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon (TIA Yukon) has announced the first ever multi-day, territory-wide culinary festival to be held in the Canadian territories.
• Cameron sees provincehood in his lifetime Close to 50 of Whitehorse's policy wonks and politicos gathered Tuesday evening at the Yukon Arts Centre to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Yukon Act and muse about the territory's future.
• Council formally adopts its strategic plan More than seven months after being elected, city council members have adopted what's essentially been deemed a roadmap for its term that will run until October 2015.