Whitehorse Daily Star

June 18, 2012

• Decision on harassment case due in mid-July The Yukon Board of Adjudication has until July 16 to make a decision on the sexual harassment case brought forward against Mark Hureau and Intersport.
• Extreme weather events may happen more often The highways have reopened, flood waters are subsiding and nobody wants to relive any of it any time soon.
• Stocking The Lake Adam Skrutkowski and area residents released 1,050 rainbow fry Friday at Salmo Lake.
• Yukon teacher gets Diamond Jubilee Medal The president of the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) presented a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to a teacher recently in Whitehorse.
• Government has some serious work to do: NDP The Yukon NDP has welcomed the Status Report of the Auditor General of Canada which assessed Yukon government progress in numerous areas.
• Cyclist Down A cyclist was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital after colliding with a vehicle pulling out of Tags Food and Gas on Fourth Avenue at around 7 a.m. today.
• Public invited to take part in anti-violence campaign Individuals are invited to participate in the Am I the Solution? campaign by volunteering to have hand-drawn portraits of themselves posted on a Facebook page and in other campaign advertisements.
• Tenant ousted under SCAN law Investigators with the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit of the Department of Justice have served a tenant in the downtown core with a five-day eviction notice.
• Sexual offences send man to cells A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to 29 months behind bars after pleading guilty to a series of charges including sexual offences with two 13-year-old girls.
• Water is receding from sodden Upper Liard Flooding has subsided at Upper Liard as the river level continues to fall steadily.

June 15, 2012

• Mine faces two-week closure of crucial artery Three major washouts and one smaller one on the remote Nahanni Range Road leading to the Cantung mine will keep the road closed for about two weeks, says a senior government official.
• Family had two minutes to flee rising water Martha McBratney figures her Upper Liard home of 22 years has been destroyed.
• Housing efforts falling short: coalition Not enough is being done to improve the housing situation in Whitehorse, says the co-chair of the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition.
• Canada Games Centre memberships fall, but revenues rise It may look like memberships are down, but the manager of the Canada Games Centre insists those figures are deceptive.
• Helping The Healing Process Two trees were planted at the Na'KwŠ Ta'Ku Potlatch House on McIntyre Drive early Monday afternoon.
• City sees boost in Twitter followers The City of Whitehorse now has more than 164 followers on Twitter, public relations manager Matthew Grant said Thursday afternoon.
• Watershed award to sawmill builders overturned A $67-million award to a group of local and Outside investors who built a sawmill in Watson Lake but couldn't get enough wood from the federal government has been overturned.
• It's time to upgrade clock, city believes Crews are working to upgrade what Mayor Bev Buckway is calling a "Whitehorse icon.”
• Electric car conversions swiftly prove their worth Getting an electric car is not necessarily a matter of heading to the dealership and trading in the old gas-powered machine in favour of a new electric model.
• Meetings begin on Municipal Act review Municipalities' ability to generate their own income could be a common theme as the territory begins the consultation portion of its most recent review of the Municipal Act.
• Accessibility work continues: mayor Work is underway to make the city more accessible, Mayor Bev Buckway said today.
• Test-drivers of Fords will help anti-cancer programs Whitehorse Motors will host a unique Drive One event on Saturday to raise money for the Yukon Motorcycle Ride for Dad.
• Meeting A Global Figure Whitehorse resident Ramesh Ferris (right) meets today with Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa,
• Auditor General releases progress report In a first progress report for the Yukon, the Auditor General has determined the territorial government has "progressed well” on many recommendations made in previous reports.
• MP tells Commons about washouts Yukon MP Ryan Leef raised the territory's recent highway washouts today in the House of Commons.
• Police looking for German citizen Whitehorse RCMP are looking for the public's assistance in locating a 24-year old German national reported missing by his family in Germany.
• Lawyers present closing arguments in murder trial Both sides agree, Christina Asp has lied.
• Serial drunk driver jailed after fatality A Whitehorse man convicted seven times for drunk driving-related offences has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in federal prison after rolling a car and killing his friend.
• Board to weigh evidence from harassment hearing An adjudication board has heard all the evidence to be presented in the sexual harassment case against Mark Hureau, the local Intersport majority owner and a local basketball coach.
• Change is needed, first mayoral candidate says The head of the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce has become the first person to announce plans to seek the mayor's seat in the Oct. 18 election.
• ‘Condo-ization' trend will impact 50 families The trend of condo conversion in Whitehorse has claimed another 50 rental units.

June 14, 2012

• City looks at solid waste bylaw The city's solid waste bylaw could soon become the new waste management bylaw – complete with stiffer fines for those breaking the bylaw.
• Funding is renewed for Yukon Educational Assistant program Students can continue to train for careers as educational assistants with the Yukon College's Educational Assistant certificate program (EACP).
• Dawson-area fire continues to grow The wildfire burning in the Dawson City district near Cassiar Creek has grown to an estimated 850 hectares but has not moved closer to the two identified values in the area currently protected by sprinkler kits.
• An evening of music, history and good times What could possibly be a better time and place than the Commissioner's Ball to launch a book about the Yukon's commissioners?
• Washouts exposed crucial communications cables Northwestel Inc. technicians have been on stand-by since the massive road washout on the Alaska Highway near Rancheria, about 320 kilometres south of Whitehorse.
• Protesters occupy absent MP's offices As MPs in Ottawa were preparing for a long night of voting on opposition amendments to the federal budget, protests were staged both inside and outside Ryan Leef's office in Whitehorse late Wednesday afternoon.
• Government wasn't responsible for rock shower, judge rules A ruling which found the Yukon government partially responsible for the blast which showered the Lobird Trailer Park with rocks four years ago has been set aside in Yukon Supreme Court.