Whitehorse Daily Star

October 22, 2019

• Liberal incumbent secures narrow election victory Liberal incumbent Larry Bagnell will serve a sixth term as the Yukon’s member of Parliament after winning a tight race Monday.
• School evacuated after bomb threat F.H. Collins Secondary School was evacuated following a bomb threat made against the school at about at 1 p.m. Monday.
• Flu vaccine campaign begins The Yukon’s influenza vaccine campaign kicked off Monday with special clinics aimed at those most vulnerable to complications from influenza.

October 21, 2019

• Production takes the stage As part of its UN Year of Indigenous Language programming,
• Another Season In The Books The George Black ferry
• Record number of Yukoners are employed, statistics show The number of employed people in the Yukon last month hit an all-time record high, according to the monthly labour force survey by Statistics Canada.
• Trouble Near Teslin This GMC pickup truck rolled over last Wednesday
• Yukon College accepting applications for 2020 Applications are now open for future students wishing to begin programs and courses at Yukon College in September 2020.
• Spousal status granted to local woman’s estate A Yukon Supreme Court justice had granted spousal status to a Whitehorse woman’s estate, based on a woman having lived with her for several decades in a non-romantic relationship.
• Business enriches Safe at Home program by $16,175 Coast Mountain Sports has presented $16,175 to Safe at Home, the plan to end and prevent homelessness in the Yukon.
• Returning officer reports brisk voting Many voters are stopping to cast a ballot in today’s federal election,
• NDP leader decries theft, vandalism of vote signs An onslaught of theft and vandalism targeted the roadside signage of several federal election candidates over the weekend, one day before Yukoners cast their votes.
• Privatization unleashes angry backlash The privatization of the Queen’s Printer is being criticized for a lack of open communication from its 18 workers, the Yukon Employees’ Union and opposing MLAs.

October 18, 2019

• Long Ago Yukon begins speakers series Saturday Long Ago Yukon, an archaeology and paleontology community interest group,
• Minister quizzed on slashing policy An ongoing debate between Crag Lake residents and the Department of Highways and Public Works regarding roadside brushing was brought to the legislature Wednesday and Thursday.
• Silver won’t state whether YG sought Peel legal opinion Premier Sandy Silver won’t say if he’s sought a legal opinion about whether the government is susceptible to a lawsuit over mineral claims in the Peel River watershed.
• New fire chief to start job in 2020 The City of Whitehorse has hired Jason Everitt to become its next fire chief in 2020.
• Arts Performed In The Hall Onde de Choc,
• Clarification Wednesday’s edition reported
• Property owners to be quizzed on water issue Yukoners are being asked whether they support the proposal to increase the amount of water stored in the Southern Lakes for hydro generation.
• Forum covered wide array of subjects All of the territory’s five federal election candidates addressed a packed house at the Coast High Country Inn on Wednesday evening for the penultimate debate hosted by CBC North.
• Zelezny sees ‘an opportunity for starting fresh’ Freshman contestant Joseph Zelezny is running as the Yukon’s first People’s Party of Canada (PPC) candidate on a platform of freedom of speech, deregulation, tax cuts and eliminating foreign spending.
• Smith stresses tax cuts, alternative energy, gun laws Conservative hopeful Jonas Smith is running on a platform of tax cuts, alternative energy solutions and affordability.
• Greens’ prospects are the best ever, candidate says Lenore Morris is gunning for a seat in the House of Commons as the Yukon’s first Green Party member of Parliament.
• Lemphers: ‘I believe in a new deal for people’ Long-time public servant Justin Lemphers is running with the New Democratic Party (NDP) on a platform of climate action, affordability, reconciliation and tax fairness.
• Post-2015 achievements are plentiful: Bagnell Larry Bagnell, the Yukon’s Liberal member of Parliament,