Whitehorse Daily Star

July 23, 2012

• Government, mining company to encourage school attendance Victoria Gold Corp. and the Yukon Department of Education have teamed up to develop a program to improve student attendance.
• Saluting The Championships The Snowbirds made an appearance during Sunday's Women's World Softball Championships final.
• Whitehorse in the running for Canada's Most Iconic Town A national omnibus survey, sponsored by Labatt Blue, recently named Whitehorse one of the Top 10 Most Iconic Towns in Canada.
• Delivering Heat Danielle Lawrie pitches Friday
• Broken fence rankles bereaved parents The parents of the little girl killed by a collapsible soccer goal July 4 at Watson Lake high school are calling attention to a broken fence at the school.
• Whooping It Up Japan's Misato Kawano celebrates
• Association eliminates debt, looks to fresh start The Yukon Trapper's Association is ready for a fresh start after finally escaping the burden of an $80,000 debt.
• Yer Out ! Team Canada's Melanie Matthews
• Local author wins international award John Firth is an original.
• Swimmers had to cut visit short Swimmers looking to beat the heat late Sunday morning at the Canada Games Centre's pool were forced to cool off elsewhere.
• Placer miner ordered to pay damages to Dawson The Yukon Supreme Court has ordered a Dawson City miner to pay the town between $28,222 and $46,890 in damages for a trespass claim filed in 2010.
• Festival kept Dawson RCMP hopping The Dawson City Music Festival proved to be busy for members of the Dawson RCMP, traffic services, relief team, police dog services and auxiliary constables.
• RCMP lay more drugs, weapons charges Additional drug and weapons charges have been laid against one of the Whitehorse men arrested following a months-long RCMP investigation.

July 20, 2012

• Labour federation names president The executive of the Yukon Federation of Labour has named Vikki Quocksister as the federation's new president.
• Five-year staking prohibition imposed in city The Yukon government has announced a five-year mineral staking prohibition that protects 74 per cent of the land within the City of Whitehorse.
• Creativity In The Park Heidi Hehn
• Complaints spur city to fill in rumble strips City officials are back to the drawing board in dealing with speeding traffic concerns at Pine Street and 12th Avenue.
• Document fails to impress NDP The NDP has called for "less talk and more action” from the Yukon government on its long-awaited Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction strategy.
• City may spend an extra $50,000 on centre City council may soon find itself spending another $50,000 it hadn't planned to on the Canada Games Centre.
• Trade is fast and furious at territory's tills The Yukon's 2011 retail sales rose by 10.6 per cent from 2010 for a total of $662.2 million.
• Court decision describes couple's volatile relationship A Dawson City man has been acquitted of charges of assault and the unlawful confinement of a woman he lived with.
• Dam isn't raising water levels: Yukon Energy Avid canoeists have undoubtedly noticed a higher-than-usual water level on the Yukon River.
• Robins tumble from nest; saved by Good Samaritans Staff from both the Yukon government and private businesses found themselves working together Thursday to help out a family of robins.
• Stevens Quarry production delayed until spring 2013 The development of the city's next major quarry area is now expected to take another few months.
• Bless This Cat Marika Kitchen
• Troublesome Copper Ridge bear trapped, moved Conservation officers have trapped and relocated the large black bear which was making its way to residents' porches and decks in Copper Ridge last week.
• Accused driver describes fatal rollover to court Accused driver describes fatal rollover to courtA Vancouver man accused of impaired driving causing death testified gravel road conditions and a momentary distraction are to blame for the crash that killed his co-worker.
• Local woman helped in river rescue More than one person was part of Wednesday afternoon's dramatic rescue of a mother, toddler and infant from the cold waters of the Yukon River in Whitehorse.
• Tragedy merits an inquest, coroner decides A coroner's inquest will be held into the deaths of the five Porter Creek residents who died from carbon monoxide poisoning last January, the chief coroner announced today.

July 19, 2012

• Action At Second The Netherlands' Britt Vonk tags out the United States' Michelle Moultrie
• Yukon will host 2013 meeting of local government ministers Provincial and territorial ministers responsible for local government have renewed their commitment to support strong and viable communities.
• You're Being Watched Luna keeps an eye on the crowd
• Judge strips notary public of his authority A Yukon notary public has been stripped of his authority after a Yukon Supreme Court judge found he had demonstrated a "profound misunderstanding” of his role, the law or legal documents.
• Singing Under The Sun Héléne Beaulieu performs Wednesday at Arts in the Park in LePage Park.
• Driver's blood alcohol content exceeded legal limit A Vancouver man accused of impaired driving causing death had a blood alcohol content over the legal limit when he crashed a van, killing a co-worker, an alcohol expert testified Wednesday.
• New city manager relishes coming challenges Stan Westby is ready for Whitehorse to lead the way on the sustainability front in all senses of the word.
• ATV bylaw chugs back in council's hands A few more changes could be in store for the city's new ATV Bylaw before it comes into effect.
• Quebecer saves panic-stricken mom, children The RCMP have submitted a man's name for a bravery award after he pulled a mother and her two young children from the Yukon River on Wednesday afternoon.