Whitehorse Daily Star

June 26, 2012

• Yukon College grads are heading to South Korea This summer, Karen Zgeb and Amber-Rain Hyshka are going from a place where the sun never sets, to a land that never sleeps.
• Ribbon cut for social housing duplexes Three social housing duplexes were unveiled Monday in Whitehorse, the last of the housing projects undertaken with funding from the Canadian Economic Action Plan.
• Curlers have been offered a good deal: Stockdale It will be at least one more month of month-to-month leasing the Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre for the Whitehorse Curling Club and the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club.
• Drumming Under The Sun Last Saturday afternoon's portion of the Adaka Cultural Festival
• Fire chief warns of fire risk Whitehorse fire chief Clive Sparks is reminding residents of the city's open fire ban that's in effect until the end of September.
• Lightning started 10 Yukon wildfires Monday All 10 new fires recorded in the Yukon on Monday were started by lightning and are burning in the wilderness zone, George Maratos of Yukon Wildland Fire Management said this morning.
• ‘Food desert' justifies keeping fowl, city told The recent washout on the Alaska Highway near Watson Lake could be good news for the local chicken population.
• Mine overcomes road woes to resume production The Cantung Mine was back in production Monday following what the company president is calling impressive action take to reopen the Nahanni Range Road.
• Student slipped while running to school office A former Whitehorse student is suing the Yukon government and the Department of Education claiming negligence after a fall at school caused her head and neck injuries.

June 25, 2012

• Lightning ignited most of 49 fires More closures of the Dempster Highway were expected in the heat of the day today as fire conditions up north remain extreme.
• Police investigating vehicle which backed into women Whitehorse RCMP are reminding boaters the same rules apply for drinking and driving when they are on land and on water after officers were called Sunday night to Schwatka Lake.
• Upper Liard residents receiving officials' help Officials with various agencies of the Yukon government are moving forward on a number of fronts to assist those affected by this month's flooding in the Upper Liard area.
• Congrés France- Canada Photo Page
• Water study preceding subdivision's potential growth Proponents working to open up another 16 lots in the Raven's Ridge subdivision have already started working to get a hydrogeological study done in the hopes of rezoning the area.
• Territorial premiers to meet in Iqaluit Territorial premiers will discuss matters of mutual interest and concern affecting their jurisdictions at the 10th annual Northern Premiers' Forum to be held in Iqaluit on Tuesday and Wednesday.
• Two jurors couldn't take part in deliberations Three months of sitting on a jury together appears to have a way of bonding people.
• Killer's sentencing date will be set next month Christina Asp, the woman at the centre of an extensive undercover police investigation, was found guilty of second-degree murder late Friday afternoon.

June 22, 2012

• Collegiate Governor General's Academic Medal awarded Jesse Vigliotti has become the first-ever Yukon College graduate to receive a Collegiate Governor General's Academic Medal.
• Work on F.H. Collins' replacement to continue Whitehorse residents can expect to see more work on the grounds of the Yukon's largest high school this summer, Education Minister Scott Kent said Thursday.
• Lightning sparked six new fires Thursday afternoon Lightning triggered six new wildfires in the territory Thursday afternoon.
• Players' walks may be confined to diamonds The 2012 ISF Women's World Fastpitch Championship could be getting a free ride thanks to the city.
• Procession marks official opening of cultural centre The Kwanlin Dun First Nation has returned to its traditional ground by the Yukon River with the official opening yesterday of its new cultural centre.
• Young Mouths To Feed This robin's nest was photographed earlier this month
• Marchers added noise, colour to Rio+20 debate Members of Whitehorse's newly formed samba collective and others marched late Thursday afternoon, encouraging Canada to make positive contributions at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil, which ends today.
• Youth named French for the Future Ambassador Daniel Latour, a Grade 10 student at École Émilie-Tremblay, has been chosen to become a French for the Future Ambassador of 2012.
• Back To The River Photo Spread
• Wolf Creek resident is no booster of nearby rooster The reality of a rooster's crow in the morning isn't what the idyllic image the old Corn Flakes commercial made it out to be, it would seem.
• Yukoners to dig deeper to pay electrical bills The electrical bill for the average residential customer in the Yukon will be going up slightly more than $9 a month beginning July 1, following a ruling by the Yukon Utilities Board.
• Male fox suffers a sad demise A local fox has found herself in the position of a single mother of three after conservation officers euthanized her partner earlier this week.
• Some flood-stricken homes beyond salvation While initial assessments have been completed, the extent of damage to homes and infrastructure in Lower Post, B.C. from recent flooding won't be known for at least a week.
• Accused's conviction was kept from jurors When Christina Asp arrived in the Yukon, weeks before the murder she is accused of committing, she was violating her parole.
• High-profile case is in jury's hands After a three-month trial which included around 60 witness and more than 100 exhibits, the fate of accused murderer Christina Asp is now in the hands of the jury.
• ‘What is the cost to us? Don't we count?' Opposition is swelling against the advanced proposal to develop the Stevens Quarry near the Mayo Road Cutoff, just as it did 18 years ago when the proposal was shut down.