Whitehorse Daily Star

January 28, 2020

• Culturally-specific training launched for family support workers The first 18 students of a new 10-month training program designed to strengthen family support among Yukon First Nations are in Whitehorse this week.
• Clean-Up Time A City of Whitehorse plow clears the sidewalk along Second Avenue on Monday.
• Inquest hears from nurse, expert witness The sixth day of inquiry into the death of Cynthia Blackjack heard the testimony of Matt Lewis, a full-time nurse in Carmacks at the time, and Corey Banks, an expert witness.
• South Klondike Highway remains closed The South Klondike Highway, south of the Canadian border, is experiencing a prolonged closure due to an avalanche risk and a collision that caused a diesel fuel spill last Saturday.
• Demand was heavy for Whistle Bend lots Monday’s Yukon government land lottery for 55 single-family lots in phase four of the Whistle Bend subdivision drew 244 applications.
• Commissioner provides advice on risks of ransomware Diane McLeod-McKay, the territory’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, is marking Data Privacy Day (Tuesday) with the release of a new document.

January 27, 2020

• They Went Nuts The Heart of Riverdale presented Go Nuts 2020,
• Big Band Event Planned Keith Todd directs the All City Jazz Band at F.H. Collins Secondary School last Thursday.
• The Chinese community celebrates Year of the Mouse Photo Spread
• Teen sentenced for extortion, kidnapping A Yukon judge has sentenced a 19-year-old Whitehorse man to a 90-day jail sentence, to be served on weekends,
• French language tourism campaign launched The Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY) and the Yukon government have partnered to present a French language tourism marketing campaign for audiences in Quebec.
• Utmost was done to save woman: paramedics Two paramedics who medivaced Cynthia Blackjack from Carmacks to Whitehorse testified Friday that the critical care team did everything in their power to save her life.
• Shooting linked to drug trade, organized crime Whitehorse RCMP are looking for a man after discovering a vehicle that had been shot at on Friday.

January 24, 2020

• Truckin' Along The staff at Lumel Studios made a dog box truck for the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race Silent auction Wednesday.
• Fine film fare to be reeled out next month An extensive roster of Canadian films will be showing in Whitehorse early next month for the Available Light Film Festival.
• Pivotal Presenter Siku Allooloo was one of the presenters at the Pivotal Words event Tuesday evening
• Firm chosen for project in Old Crow Stantec Architecture has been given the owner’s advisor contract for planning and building a new Old Crow community Health and Wellness Centre and mixed-use housing complex.
• Literary Moments Elizabeth Weigand presents at the Pivotal Words event held Tuesday evening
• Coveted organ begins the road to refurbishment It used to be that the most sophisticated items in a town were the town clock and the church organ.
• Keeping Their Skills Fluid Whitehorse Fire Department firefighters train
• Trial enters lengthy adjournment A Yukon Supreme Court Justice has adjourned the jury trial of a Carmacks man accused of first-degree murder.
• Unintended Destination Emergency responders work at the scene of this single-vehicle collision at about 12:15 Thursday,
• Alert issued on specialty dog foods The territory’s considerable number of dog owners should consult with a veterinarian about feeding their pets specialty commercial foods, Environment Yukon said this morning.
• Railway marks first new locomotives since the ’60s The White Pass & Yukon Route railway will welcome a fleet of six modern locomotives to its complement this summer.
• Gesture of unity set for this evening A ceremony of unity with the Koori people of Australia will take place this evening at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.
• Advocate launches review of school attendance woes Annette King, the Yukon Child and Youth Advocate, is conducting an independent review of the barriers to school attendance in the territory.
• Woman was reluctant to see a nurse, inquest told Cynthia Blackjack expressed distrust of the Carmacks health centre in the week before her death, a family friend told a coroner’s inquest Thursday.