Whitehorse Daily Star

July 18, 2012

• Justice minister tours RCMP training centre Justice Minister Mike Nixon and Chief Supt. Peter Clark, the Yukon RCMP commanding officer, toured the RCMP training academy in Regina last week.
• Good Timing For Signing Team Canada's Jennifer Gilbert autographs a program
• First Nation says Ottawa plans to withhold funding The federal government intends to withhold funding to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation (C/TFN) unless it signs what the First Nation calls "an unfair, unequal and non-negotiable funding agreement.”
• World Softball Championships Opening Photo Page
• Temporary Teammate? Commissioner Doug Phillips (second from right) poses for a photo with Team Canada members Tuesday during the Women's World Softball Championships
• Group to study biomass plant for Haines Junction Five local governments, agencies and corporations are working together to look into the possibility of a biomass project for Haines Junction.
• On The Job After a 12-hour session, a new CEO was selected late Tuesday evening for a four-year term with the Teslin Tlingit Council.
• Watson Lake honours youngster The Town of Watson Lake has passed a motion to rename its facilities at Lucky Lake, Jaedyn's Park.
• Pins For The Players Commissioner Doug Phillips hands out Commissioner's pins to Team Canada members Tuesday
• Teslin resident recalls search for missing man A Teslin man is praising the RCMP for the work they did in the search for a missing canoeist whose body he later discovered.
• Historic business building changes hands A restorative facelift is planned for Horwood's Mall as the historic building's new owners hope to repair years of renovations that have taken away from its "historic charm.”
• Ailing tenant faces eviction deadline An injured tenant of the Sternwheeler Village in Riverdale has been given an extension until Friday to pay the remaining $550 of this month's rent or she will be evicted before the end of the month.
• Van passenger initially said he had been driving The trial of a Vancouver man charged with impaired driving causing death continued this morning with testimony from another passenger in the van.

July 17, 2012

• Saskatchewan, territory plan to forge closer ties Premier Darrell Pasloski and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall met Monday in Saskatoon
• TV show audition pays off for young star After auditioning for her second year in a row, 13-year-old Madi Dixon, a local musician, has made it to the top 12 on YTV's The Next Star.
• Local charity raising money for Swaziland home The Swaziland Educational Trust Society is hoping to go beyond schooling with its next major fund-raiser.
• City awards contract for Marwell work The city will spend close to $645,000 on the third and final portion of road work in the Marwell area.
• Man on trial following 2010 fatality A Vancouver man is on trial in Whitehorse this week charged with impaired driving after a 2010 crash which killed a co-worker.
• Playing It Safe Doug Burnett, Jim Kathrein and Aaron Smarch (left to right)
• Traffic rerouted after spill onto roads Traffic coming down Quartz Road toward Second Avenue early Monday evening was forced to take Two Mile Hill instead after a tractor trailer unit leaked hydraulic fluid.
• Watson Lakers lose access to medical clinic The Parhelion Medical Clinic in Watson Lake will be closed effective today because of a lack of physicians.
• Lengthy remediation project urged for tank farm Lengthy remediation project urged for tank farm
• Council members to vote on pay increases The city's top job may soon get a little more lucrative.

July 16, 2012

• Three lose their jobs from plant's closure Igloo Building Supplies Group Ltd. has closed its Whitehorse truss plant after less than a year in operation.
• City awards test well contract Though the city may have already moved entirely to ground water for the Whitehorse water supply, it's continuing to drill new wells and look at potential locations, with the most recent contract awarded last Monday night.
• Pre-Flight Fun Vanessa Girard-Raymond has some fun early Saturday morning with Paul Harach
• Lift planned for literacy centre Visitors and staff at the Family Literacy Centre will be given a lift thanks to the city and Yukon Literacy Coalition.
• Council defers changes to building, plumbing rules The city's move to make new buildings more energy-efficient is being delayed another two weeks.
• Coroner still trying to locate soccer goal maker The Yukon coroner's office has confirmed the goal that killed a five-year-old girl in Watson Lake on July 4 was made by Raymond Company.
• Mishap Triggers Traffic Delays A truck and trailer overturned just after 4 p.m. Saturday, about four kilometres past Jake's Corner on the Alaska Highway,
• RCMP scale back search for missing man After an extensive search, the territory's RCMP are scaling back the search for a missing Quebec man.
• Exhibit Debuts Marie-Héléne Comeau opened Mapping Inuvik
• Premier, ministers are at Saskatoon summit Premier Darrell Pasloski, Economic Development Minister Currie Dixon and Education Minister Scott Kent are in Saskatoon to discuss issues of mutual interest with counterparts at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) annual summit.
• Correction A headline in Friday's edition
• Cabaret's closure is ‘just the beginning,' business owner says Cabaret's closure is ‘just the beginning,' business owner says
• Mopping Up A firefighter cleans up a fluid spill at the scene of a three-vehicle collision
• Coroner's office identifies body found in Nisutlin River The Yukon coroner's office has identified a body discovered last Thursday in the Nisutlin River as that of Joseph Adelard Tremblay (aka Adelard Joseph Tremblay).
• Long-time Yukoner is running for council Conrad Tiedeman, a long-time Yukoner and Whitehorse resident, is a candidate for city council in the Oct. 18 municipal election.
• Pharmacy was target of phone hacking scheme The Medicine Chest Pharmacy was the victim of a long distance phone hacking scheme this month.
• Environmental groups praise dropping of road Two local environmental groups are praising the city's decision not to go ahead with a road through McIntyre Creek as it gets ready to move ahead with the next part of Whistle Bend.