Whitehorse Daily Star

June 3, 2013

• Community Services minister attended annual FCM meeting Elaine Taylor, the Community Services minister and 2013 chair of the Provincial-Territorial Ministers of Local Government
• Savouring The Barbecue Season Volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serve hot dogs, hamburgers and salad early Friday afternoon at the Salvation Army shelter.
• Public can speak to zoning changes Residents can have their say on proposed changes to the Zoning Bylaw later this month.
• Appreciation Expressed Challenge staff gathered last Thursday afternoon with their partners on the planter box program.
• Yukon participated in national EMS week The Yukon's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) participated in Canada's Emergency Medical Services Week last week (May 26-June 1).
• Romance-Ready A male ruffed grouse
• First Nation declares settlement lands frack-free The Tr'ondek Hwech'in have become the first Yukon First Nation to declare their aboriginal settlement lands frack-free.
• Premier joined land claim celebration The Yukon government joined with First Nations last week to mark an important land claims anniversary.
• Late Migration? Swans
• Two mountaineers rescued in Kluane Park High water levels in Kluane National Park's Bullion Creek saw the rescue of two mountaineers who were hiking in the park over the past weekend.
• Youthful Agility The Leaping Feats Creative Dance Works year-end shows
• Fires, floods continue to plague territory Yukon Wildland Fire Management crews continued to battle both fire and flooding over the weekend, with eight new fires throughout the territory and continuing rising water levels in three areas.
• Coroner appeals decision overturning inquest findings The territory's chief coroner appealed a Yukon Supreme Court decision Friday that overturned the findings of the coroner's inquest into the death of Raymond Silverfox.
• Layoffs cover a wide spectrum of professions Alexco Resource Corp. has announced layoffs for its Keno Hill operation, citing the recent decline in silver prices as the driving factor.

May 31, 2013

• Slowly but steadily, Casino project moves onward Mining company Western Copper and Gold is entering the permitting stage for its Casino project north of Carmacks.
• City replaces decade-old business bylaw City council has enacted a new Business License Bylaw, replacing the previous bylaw enacted more than 10 years ago.
• Officers have security training Members of the RCMP "M” Division sharpened their security skills in Whitehorse this week.
• Dead Simple Keeps Things Alive Dead Simple performs Wednesday evening at Arts in the Park.
• Wartime entertainment was always morale-boosting Goodie (Erickson) Sparling is noted as one of the few real sourdoughs still making her home in Whitehorse.
• Literacy coalition to have a waterfront presence The Yukon Literacy Coalition will have a much greater presence downtown this summer.
• Budding scientists won prizes Two of the three Yukon students at the recent Canada-wide Science Fair at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, won prizes for their science projects.
• Tenders out for Alexander Street housing project The tender call to replace the former Alexander Street seniors' housing complex has been issued by the Department of Highways and Public Works.
• Getting In Shape Helena Hrubesova was demonstrating hula hoop techniques last Sunday for the City of Whitehorse Get ShipShape event.
• Ice pool winner has several moments to remember Breakup 2013 is one that Dawne Mitchell won't forget for a while.
• Territory hosting museums association conference The Yukon is hosting approximately 250 delegates attending the Canadian Museums Association national conference in Whitehorse. The event began Monday and will end tomorrow.
• Lost Films have found their way to museum Among the new programming at the Dawson City Museum this summer will be the opportunity to see three "reels” (well, DVDs, really) compiled from the 500 reels of nitrate film discovered in 1978.
• Skookum Asphalt to be part of traffic lights work Skookum Asphalt will be responsible for the first part of the work that will eventually see traffic signals at Hospital Road and Lewes Boulevard.
• Yukon Wildland Fire Management crews coping blazes, high water Yukon Wildland Fire Management crews were quick to respond to a small lightning-caused fire south of Dawson City Thursday evening.
• This Boat won't Float The MV Schwatka, for decades a seasonal fixture on the Yukon River,
• Booster Juice franchise is set for Games Centre The first Booster Juice franchise set to open in the city will indeed have the juice and smoothies the restaurant is well-known for.
• TSN host to film show in Yukon Henry Waszczuk, TSN's celebrity outdoor TV host, will arrive in Whitehorse tomorrow to produce one of his celebrity Fins & Skins Classic Adventures TV specials.
• An Uncommon Sight This male northern flicker has a red malar stripe and a red nape stripe, both characteristics of the red-shafted and yellow-shafted flicker.
• Continuing care rates set to rise Daily user fees at the Yukon's four continuing care facilities will rise for the first time in 20 years.
• Jury hears more secretly-recorded conversations Thursday was another day full of secretly-recorded conversations at the Yukon Supreme Court murder trial of Norman Larue.
• Water Woes Territorial highway workers use a crane and bucket in an attempt to clear a blocked culvert Thursday afternoon on the Alaska Highway north of Crestview.
• Union looking to represent some workers at local inn Owners of the Coast High Country Inn are not commenting on the potential unionization of staff from the hotel's restaurant, The Deck and Morel.
• Bank probing disappearance of man's money A Whitehorse man fell victim to online banking theft Wednesday, leaving him cash-strapped until his bank's fraud unit completes an investigation into the incident.
• Minister onside with wildlife regulation changes A number of proposed wildlife regulations have been accepted by Environment Minister Currie Dixon.
• Minister turns thumbs-down on hunting issue Environment Minister Currie Dixon has accepted a recommendation to reject a proposal for a no-bear hunting corridor on the Atlin Road.

May 30, 2013

• A Meaty Challenge Premier Darrell Pasloski
• Waste agreement signed after a decade of debate The City of Dawson and the Yukon government have buried a bone of contention that has been an irritant between them almost since 1997, when the town took over the Quigley landfill.
• Bee Aware A group of bee supporters gathered over Wednesday's lunch hour
• Fire officials deliver seasonal cautionings Hot, sunny days are finally here. So too is another fire season, with conditions ripe for small sparks to turn into major fires.
• Welcome Aboard Diane McLeod-McKay
• Beware of scam, man, police warn Whitehorse RCMP have received several reports regarding a recent letter scam.
• Firefighters foil suspicious blaze Yukon Wildland Fire Management crews responded to a suspicious fire in Watson Lake Wednesday afternoon.
• Dawson-area residents flee high waters Most of the residents of Rock Creek have left the Dawson City-area community because of flood waters from the Klondike River, says the manager of the Yukon's Emergency Measures Organization (EMO).
• Murder trial hears description of man's demise Two more covert recordings were presented to the jury at the Norman Larue murder trial Wednesday.