Whitehorse Daily Star

June 21, 2012

• CAFN opens cultural centre The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) proudly opened its brand new Da Kų Cultural Centre in Haines Junction today, National Aboriginal Day.
• Songs Under The Sun Jenavive, from Calgary, performs Wednesday evening at Arts in the Park.
• City embarks on education campaign for cyclists Bylaw officers will take to the streets and trails to bolster education and enforcement of the city's Bicycle Bylaw, Mayor Bev Buckway said today.
• Proud Grads The Individual Learning Centre dedicated its eighth graduation held June 13 to the late John Edzerza, the former minister of education.
• Lightning sparks four new fires Lightning ignited four new fires Wednesday in the Dawson City, Mayo and Old Crow fire districts, Yukon Wildland Fire Management officials said today.
• Presenting Wisdom Claire Floyd, with the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines, Alaska, is seen with Dylan, an eastern screech owl,
• Leef questions NDP on gun registry Yukon MP Ryan Leef, who sits on the parliamentary public safety committee, questioned its NDP members about their leader's claim that if the NDP formed a government, it would reinstate the long-gun registry.
• Waste management facility lease comes forward Council's decision next week on a proposed lease agreement will be the next step in KBL Environmental Ltd. setting up shop in the territory.
• Food facility director is banking on people's kindness Dave Stockdale is banking on the support of Whitehorse residents as he embarks on his goal for the summer.
• Officials anticipate some dissent from ATVers ATV riders in the city could be subject to new rules by the end of July.

June 20, 2012

• Severed highway prompted airlift for Dawson The road washouts that shut down the Alaska Highway between Watson Lake and Teslin, and again around Kluane Lake, were experienced rather differently by Dawson's two grocery outlets.
• Jury charge set for tomorrow The judge in the Christina Asp murder trial says he needs more time to work on his final instructions to the jury before its members can begin deliberating.
• Artistic Words Local poet Joe Zucchiatti entertains the crowd at Arts in the Park at noon Tuesday.
• Yukoner begins a fuel-efficient journey A local teenager is hoping her journey from Toronto to Calgary will serve as an education tool for both herself and others on how to drive more fuel-efficiently.
• Making A Splash Youth enjoy the Whitehorse Lions Splash Park Tuesday afternoon.
• Citizens' survey turns up praise, beefs Just what direction the city takes in the months or even a couple of years ahead could be partially determined by the results of the most recent citizens' survey.
• Local dog show a tradition for Alaskans Ruth MacDonald has made the two-day drive from Anchorage for the past 10 years to compete in the Yukon Kennel Club's dog show weekend.
• Man jailed for sexual offence against niece A man with a history of sexual offences against children, who manipulated and forced himself on his 16-year-old niece, has been sentenced to 32 months in jail.
• Accusations inaccurate, store owner insists The NDP has called on the territorial government to conduct an audit of the Yukon Nominee Program after media reports that some workers are being exploited.

June 19, 2012

• New website is designed to improve bear awareness The territorial Department of Environment has launched a new bear encounters map to raise public awareness.
• Centre to display artworks Art and craft work by Yukon artists will be highlighted at the Haines Junction Visitor Information Centre in the Da Kų Cultural Centre, where Doug Smarch Jr.'s monumental Ice and Flowers is being unveiled for the facility's opening on Thursday.
• Changes slash veterans' red tape Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney has announced a new initiative that cuts bureaucratic red tape for our veterans claiming health-related medical travel.
• Foxy Frollicking This pair of fox kits have found a home in a Takhini River Road culvert north of Whitehorse.
• Drug charges lodged against man A 31-year-old man is facing drug-related charges after police received numerous complaints about a man known to frequent the downtown core and suspected of drug trafficking.
• Way swiftly cleared to fix Nahanni Road An $845,000 contract awarded last Saturday morning to repair the Nahanni Range Road has a completion date of June 30.
• Tailings project should proceed, board says The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) is recommending approval of the proposal to reprocess tailings from the Whitehorse former Copper mine.
• Search underway for missing boater Search and rescue personnel were called out to the Nisutlin Bay area last Friday after a canoeist did not return from a trip over the past weekend.
• Work begins on housing for abuse victims The contract for a new second-stage supportive housing unit for women and children escaping violence has been awarded, with plans to complete construction by the fall of 2013.
• Hike ‘will break the club,' council warned Monday evening's council meeting seems to be a step in the right direction for the Whitehorse Curling Club in its bid for an affordable lease agreement with the city, says the club's president.