Whitehorse Daily Star

February 18, 2020

• FLAG DAY The Commissioner’s Office celebrated Flag Day (last Saturday)
• Proposed procurement policy is returned to city officials After an hour and a half of discussion at Monday night’s city council meeting, it was back to the drawing board for the proposed renewal of the city’s procurement policy.
• Conservative critic pays fact-finding visit Conservative MP Bob Zimmer, the shadow minister for Northern Affairs and Northern Economic Development Agency, conducted a listening tour in last week in Whitehorse.
• Suspicious package found to be harmless Whitehorse RCMP investigated a report of suspicious package in downtown Whitehorse early Monday morning, but it was proved to be harmless.

February 17, 2020

• Zoning bylaw changes approved Zoning bylaw amendments to a section of undeveloped commercial property in the Whistle Bend subdivision are in part designed to be people-friendly.
• Banquet and cheers awaited Red Lantern recipient The Yukon Quest Finish and Awards Banquet was in full swing when this year’s Red Lantern recipient arrived in Whitehorse.
• HIGHLIGHTING AN URGENT ISSUE .
• Quest family members celebrate their own It was a festive end to the 37th Yukon Quest 1,000 Mile International Dog Sled Race.
• Musher battled overflow woes to finish Quest Local veteran Rob Cooke was the penultimate finisher of the 37th Yukon Quest.
• Yukoners to receive top honours in heritage The Yukon Historical & Museums Association’s (YHMA’s) annual Heritage Award will be presented to John Firth this evening.
• Shortage of on-call teachers lamented The Yukon Teacher’s Association says a teacher-on-call (TOC) shortage is disrupting every classroom in the Yukon, according to data from a recent survey.

February 14, 2020

• Yukoners heading to youth leadership conference Pinoys on Parliament (POP), the first and largest Filipino-Canadian youth leadership conference, will open for its second year Feb. 21-23 in Ottawa, and involve several Yukon youth.
• Yukoners happily took a frigid plunge For the fourth year in a row, fun-loving Yukoners, youth included, volunteered to plunge through the ice at Fish Lake
• Housing incentives policy amended City council has amended the Housing Development Incentives Policy to focus more on affordable housing opportunities and increasing housing density.
• “They made great Christmas gifts this year.” Things were sweet and buzzing at local primary school
• Swedish musher fulfilled his Quest ambition Swedish veteran Torsten Kohnert accomplished his pre-race goal, securing fifth place in the 37th Yukon Quest by arriving in Whitehorse at 9:01 p.m. Wednesday.
• Rookie’s race was amazing and educational The Yukon Quest’s top rookie honours were decided at 7:59 p.m. Thursday when Swedish newcomer Nora Själin reached the finish at Shipyards Park with 10 dogs on line.
• Lights to dim at popular area eatery After 17 years of business at Wolf’s Den Restaurant, Yvonne and Harry Ochsner are ready for a new adventure.
• Latest major power failure is still under investigation Yukon Energy is still investigating the cause of a second widespread power outage in less than a week, says the corporation’s communication advisor.
• Man is detained for his presence at high school Whitehorse RCMP detained a man Tuesday morning after Vanier Catholic Secondary School officials became uncomfortable about his presence near the school.
• Few Questers are still left on trail Eight of the 11 remaining mushers in the 37th Yukon Quest have arrived in Whitehorse.
• Watermain project will be moved to YG purview City council approved the arrangement Monday night.
• City’s trails blueprint to be refreshed City council approved on Monday a $69,741 contract to update the city’s Trail Plan.
• Supportive housing development gets council’s OK City council gave final zoning approval Monday for a new 84-unit supportive housing development after a bit of a roller coaster ride for the project proposal.
• Book on colourful characters to be released tomorrow Nearly 40 years after Jim Robb’s first cast of colourful characters was anthologized, he is compiling the fourth instalment of the series.
• Liberals called ‘cold, un-empathetic’ on dialysis Faced with the prospect of eventually leaving the Yukon to receive hemodialysis treatment, Marianne Blythe is advocating to bring the treatment to the territory.
• Bridging support A rally supporting the Wet’suwet’en people’s fight against a proposed pipeline