Whitehorse Daily Star

June 8, 2012

• The important facts at-a-glance Of the 14 First Nations in the Yukon, the Ross River Dena Council, the Liard First Nation of Watson Lake and the White River First Nation of Beaver Creek are the only ones with unsettled aboriginal claims.
• Judges hear pivotal First Nations notification case Whether mining and exploration companies need to talk to the Ross River Dena Council before staking a mineral claim in its traditional territory is a question now with the Yukon Court of Appeal.
• Grads reminded of major challenges awaiting them As you walk toward the gym in F.H. Collins Secondary School, the walls are lined with photos of graduates past.
• Remembering a momentous anniversary for Whitehorse Seventy years ago, about this time, a major chapter in the history of Whitehorse was set to open with the building of the Alaska Highway and the Canol Project.
• Survey launched to help shape modernized Landlord and Tenant Act The territorial government has launched a public survey requesting input from Yukoners on changes to the Landlord and Tenant Act.
• Jobless rate climbed again Unemployment has risen once again in the Yukon, by 0.9 percentage points between April and May 2012.
• Simulator helps bus drivers brace for the worst Commissioner Doug Phillips was seen inside the trailer of Sandra Bullock Wednesday afternoon.
• Checks of 800 drivers yield range of offences Between May 31 and last Sunday, Yukon RCMP laid 25 charges after conducting a traffic safety blitz on the Alaska Highway from Whitehorse to Watson Lake and a two-day checkstop in Watson Lake.
• Mini-baby boom creates dearth of daycare Yukon parents are having a harder-than-usual time getting their babies into daycare as the territory's birth rate rises.
• Communications taken out of context, man insists A local man accused of sexually harassing one of his former employees says he was never told his texts, e-mails or any other communication to her was unwelcome. He also said they have been taken out of context.
• Lodge plays host to stranded travellers Mudslides in various locations along the Alaska Highway have travellers stranded at Rancheria, Haines Junction and Destruction Bay.
• Nature's wrath has completely isolated lodge Two mudslides and a washout overnight have closed the Alaska Highway at three locations, but highway officials crews were not able to say this morning how long repairs will take.
• River will continue to rise, hydrologist predicts The Upper Liard River is above flood stage and will likely rise another half-metre before peaking, says Environment Yukon's flood expert.

June 7, 2012

• Supplementing Retirement Income Jocelyn Ouimet, a former heavy mechanic turned rock polisher, is seen recently in Whitehorse.
• Archivists meeting in Whitehorse Archivists from around the world have descended on Whitehorse as the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) brings its annual conference to the North.
• Bridge Under The Moon This full moon provided a brilliant scene at Johnson's Crossing
• Air North marks decade of service to southern cities At 10 a.m. a decade ago today, an Air North Boeing 737 took off for the first time from the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport, en route to the Calgary International and Edmonton International airports.
• Helping The War Amps Bill Sinclair (above) opened Bill Sinclair Remembrance last Friday at Arts Underground beneath the Hougen Centre.
• Archaeology publication gets national recognition The Government of Yukon has been recognized for its publication The Frozen Past: The Yukon Ice Patches as an outstanding contribution in communications.
• Helping The Cause Elaine Taylor, a veteran cabinet minister and the MLA for Whitehorse West,
• Projects to help pare violence against aboriginal women Eight organizations have received more than $198,000 in funding under the Prevention of Violence Against Aboriginal Women Fund, Elaine Taylor, the minister responsible for the Women's Directorate, said Monday.
• Firefighters pounce on bush blazes in Dawson, Mayo areas The first two lightning-caused fires of the season were reported Tuesday evening in the Dawson City and Mayo fire districts.
• Effects of alleged sexual harassment endure, father says A local man says the impact of the sexual harassment his daughter is alleging to have suffered by her employer two years ago continues today.
• Jobless rate is forecast to rise this year The Yukon's economic forecast predicts a boost in the average unemployment rate for 2012, after seeing a drop between 2010 and 2011.
• Trucker is placed under arrest after Beaver Creek border search An American truck driver has been arrested and charged with the possession, importation and creation of child pornography at the Beaver Creek border crossing.

June 6, 2012

• Yukon youth Get REEL with tobacco Robert Service School in Dawson City will receive a $500 prize as the winners of the Get REEL ad competition.
• Bikers to ride for a cause Motorcyclists will rev their engines Saturday to raise funds for the fight against prostate cancer – the most commonly diagnosed men's cancer in Canada.
• Silent June 12 march to protest federal program cuts Yukoners will gather at the Elijah Smith Building at noon June 12 for a silent march to MP Ryan Leef's office.
• We Made It! Members of the 2000 millennium class of Robert Service School toss their caps
• Dawson unhappy with cuts at Parks Canada From the outset, Dawson's town council was not happy with the announcement of cuts being made to the Parks Canada operation in Dawson City.
• Music, Art and Drama (MAD) Music, Art and Drama (Mad) class opened Tuesday for their final show.
• Pertussis still present; immunization is urged Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon's chief medical officer of health, is reminding Yukoners that pertussis (whooping cough) is still present in Yukon.
• Images Of The Territory Horst Berlow (above) opened Yukon Images last Friday at Arts Underground beneath the Hougen Centre.
• Mayoral contender is ‘passionate' about town Dawson City municipal councillor Wayne Potoroka says he is starting his mayoral campaign early so he can speak to as many residents as possible.
• Pet Safety Preached Brad Pattison (right), a self-described ‘TV dog trainer guy', took people attending last weekend's training sessions on an outing to Main Street to ‘play in the traffic.'
• Air North talking to two carriers Air North is courting both national airlines for partnerships, according to Joe Sparling, the local company's president.
• City plans open house Thursday What do chickens, plumbing and city zones have in common?
• Target of SCAN law asks tenants to leave The tenants of a Whitehorse man set to be evicted from his home under suspicion of bootlegging have been asked to leave their residence so he has a place to live.
• Music award nomination surprises Yukon performer Sarah MacDougall had just turned 30, had ended a long-term relationship and all her worldly possessions were in a storage locker in Vancouver that she wasn't sure she could afford.
• Keep park immune from exploration, board urges Mineral exploration of a claim within Tombstone Territorial Park should not be allowed to proceed, a board has recommended to the Yukon government.
• Plan could encourage railway's return to city Using Carcross as a transfer point to switch ore loads from truck to train makes a lot of sense, says the man proposing to reprocess tailings at the old Whitehorse Copper Mine.