Whitehorse Daily Star

December 17, 2019

• Northern Indigenous leaders meet with banks over investment in Arctic energy Yukon First Nation leaders are meeting with bankers in Toronto today to try to persuade them not to invest in energy development on the range of a vital caribou herd.
• Ultrasound services coming to Yukon’s community hospitals General, non-urgent ultrasound services will become available at the Dawson City and Watson Lake community hospitals next month.
• Businessman endorses Cathers for leadership A leading member of the Yukon’s mining community says he’s supporting Brad Cathers in his campaign to lead the Yukon Party.
• Plane lands safely after engine failure One of Air North’s Hawker Siddeley aircraft was forced to turn around shortly after takeoff from Whitehorse early Monday afternoon when one of the two engines failed.
• Report released into double-fatality plane crash The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has released its Air Transportation Safety Investigation Report regarding a fatal plane crash last May in Whitehorse.

December 16, 2019

• Whitehorse Motors makes final donation for 50th anniversary 2019 marked a year of giving for Whitehorse Motors.
• Students protest against climate change High school students at Robert Service School took some time from their first period class recently to join the international Friday climate change protest movement inspired by Greta Thunberg.
• Presentations Planned A Very Crime and Punishment Christmas
• Driver sentenced to jail term, driving prohibition A Yukon judge has sentenced a Whitehorse man to spend 120 days in jail and a three-year driving prohibition for driving while over the legal blood alcohol limit.
• Tunes For The Season The Fiddleheads perform
• Café eviction case is due back in court Yukonstruct was in court Dec. 5 to argue its petition to evict The Poor Creature café from the NorthLight Innovation Centre on Second Avenue.
• Errant Parkers Enrich Community The City of Whitehorse Food For Fines program made $6,535 in donations and food
• Charge against man is stayed A single count of sexual assault against a Whitehorse man has been stayed by the Crown, calling off a scheduled jury trial.
• Thefts from vehicles investigated Whitehorse RCMP are reminding the public to be vigilant to prevent thefts from their vehicles.
• SART initiative remains a work in progress Two years after the Yukon government announced plans for the launch of a sexualized assault response team (SART) in the spring of 2018, the program has not reached official lift-off.
• Yukon Forum finale involved ‘a lot of planning for the future’ The fourth and final Yukon Forum of 2019 took place Friday at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.

December 13, 2019

• Bursary helps students entering health care fields Three Yukon government bursaries are helping to support 12 Yukon students in their health-related post-secondary education.
• Suburban Shut-Eye When the Whitehorse photographer went to his backyard for a shovel Wednesday afternoon,
• Cathers would explore hemodialysis options if he won leadership Health care would be a top priority for a Yukon Party government led by Brad Cathers, says the candidate for the party’s leadership .
• Soaring Aspirations? Canadian astronaut Jenni Sidey-Gibbons
• Yukon Water Strategy final report presented at Carcross event The Yukon government has released the Yukon Water Strategy and Action Plan five-year report.
• Local biomass heating system set to expand The Yukon and federal governments have teamed to expand the Whitehorse Correctional Centre’s existing biomass heating system.
• A wartime Christmas story of a time of love and of giving This story is specifically about my dad, when I was about three, but it could be any family’s story, anywhere in the world in 1942.
• A Fruitful Evening There was $8,052 raised at the 100 Women Who Care event held Wednesday at the Gold Rush Inn.
• ‘Honouring Connections’ will help young people The territorial government and Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) have announced a new initiative to reconnect kids in the child welfare system with their families.
• Collision Investigated Responders work at the scene of a two-vehicle collision
• Roadside hunting issue not in play at meeting Compared to years gone by, the closure of roadside hunting for grizzly bears received very little discussion Wednesday night at a public meeting held by the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board.
• Holiday Classic Returns The Northern Lights School of Dance
• Northwestel toy drive proves bountiful The annual Northwestel Holiday Toy Drive officially wrapped up for 2019 Wednesday, with more than 300 gifts collected.
• Here One Hour, Gone The Next Volunteer fire departments conducted a full-scale mutual aid live burn last Saturday at the Carcross cut-off.
• Bid to have conditions changed is declined A Yukon judge has declined most of an Old Crow man’s request to vary the conditions of his recognizance.
• New tools help sorting of waste The City of Whitehorse is launching a new education campaign to help business owners sort their waste before it’s brought to the landfill.
• Watson Lakers help shooting victim A donation of $810 has been made to the family of John Thomas (JT) Papequash thanks to a fundraising duo in Watson Lake.
• City of Whitehorse, fire truck driver are sued after collision A Whitehorse woman is suing the city and the driver of a fire truck involved in a collision with her car that left her badly hurt early this year.
• Man’s snowmobile broke through ice The body of Walter Egg, who had been reported missing, was recovered from Kluane Lake on Wednesday, the Yukon Coroner’s Service said Thursday.
• Lights of Life focuses on ‘the little things’ Approximately 100 Yukoners came together on Thursday afternoon for a ceremony in remembrance of lost loved ones hosted by Hospice Yukon.
• Crackdown on bear attractants planned Yukoners will see more dangerous wildlife protection orders issued, owing to the Department of Environment’s plan to crack down on bear attractants.