Whitehorse Daily Star

August 26, 2019

• YG expands territory-wide counselling services A new delivery model will provide Yukoners in all communities with a wider range of “high-quality, accessible, and consistent counselling services,” the Yukon government said Friday afternoon.
• Learning gardener directed thumbs-up season for food bank The Whitehorse Food Bank’s vegetable garden boasted one of its most bountiful harvests ever, thanks to a season of devoted care from an inexperienced gardener.
• Murder trial underway in Whitehorse The trial of a British Columbia man accused of murdering Adam Cormack began last Thursday in Yukon Supreme Court in Whitehorse.
• Groups hail ‘historic’ Peel land use plan Last Thursday’s signing of the Peel land use plan was historic,
• France looks to strengthen ties with Yukon The cultural advisor at Ottawa’s French Embassy visited the Yukon last week with the Consulate General of France to look into expanding French ties to Whitehorse’s arts community.
• ‘We’re being pressured and bullied’: air company The long-time owners of Alpine Aviation say they were pressured into signing a business permit that will cause them to lose 25 per cent of their business’ capabilities.

August 23, 2019

• KIAC Building receives Hän name The KIAC Building,
• Youth receive grants to create original music Four Yukon youth have received $675 each from the Inspire Song – North for 90 Award to help them write original music.
• Beloved Elder Honoured Whitehorse businessman Rolf Hougen and Old Crow resident Janelle Abel-Chitzi unveil the sculpture of the late Edith Josie on Tuesday in Old Crow.
• Smoke once again impacting southern Yukon Those in parts of southern Yukon, including Whitehorse, had another whiff of wildfire smoke Thursday.
• Angry hotel owners vow to oppose new tax in Watson Lake Watson Lake hotel owners are banding together against an accommodation levy they say will unjustifiably raise their room rates.
• City crosses into the world of hot plastic stripes A product with a much longer life expectancy than regular paint is being used to lay down crosswalk markings – zebra bars – on the freshly paved Second Avenue and connecting sidestreets.
• City adds money to contract City council has approved adding further funds to the city’s water licence renewal and engineering services contract.
• Eagles cared for, released after nest tumble Two juvenile bald eagles took a few tentative steps out of their crates Tuesday morning before spreading their wings and flying over the McIntyre Marsh for the first time in their lives.
• Elder sentenced for sexual assault at shelter An Old Crow man has been sentenced to a seven-month conditional term followed by a 12-month probation for a 2018 sexual assault that took place at the Whitehorse Emergency Centre.
• Hit-and-run sparks anger, veterinary care donations A handful of Yukoners are leaping to the aid of a Porter Creek resident whose dog was the victim of a hit-and-run incident on Wednesday morning.
• ‘Today is one of beyond words’: chief A bond between governments was evident, assured, at Thursday’s signing of the Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan in Mayo.

August 22, 2019

• Communities receive water system upgrades Funding for three water and wastewater projects across the Yukon was announced Aug. 2.
• College exchanged interns with Quebec centre For the first time, as part of its partnership with the Nergica research centre, the Yukon Research Centre at Yukon College participated in an intern exchange recently.
• Controversial film stirs vigorous debate Both sides of the abortion debate occupied Wood Street on Wednesday, thanks to the screening of the hotly contested pro-life film Unplanned at the Yukon Cinema Centre.