Whitehorse Daily Star

July 30, 2019

• YG responds to group home recommendations The Yukon government has promised to implement 27 of the 30 recommendations made by the Yukon Child and Youth Advocate Office (YCAO) for improvements to group care systems.
• Murder suspects remain at large The chief of a remote northern Manitoba Indigenous community says a massive police manhunt there for two young British Columbia homicide suspects has ended without success – although residents have been asked to remain vigilant.
• Boating collision kills two in Tagish (Revised) The Yukon RCMP and Coroner’s Service are investigating a fatal boating mishap in the Tagish area.
• YG should run float plane base, city told The Yukon government needs to step up and take over the designation as the official operator of the Schwatka Lake float plane base, city council heard Monday night.

July 29, 2019

• Second Avenue traffic disruptions begin Work began over the weekend on the repaving of a large part of Second Avenue.
• Hundreds celebrate the Tlingit culture in Carcross The Carcross-Tagish First Nation (CTFN) celebrated Tlingit culture over the weekend
• Tip shifts focus of hunt for suspects A new tip has led police involved in the escalating manhunt for two B.C. murder suspects to another remote community in northern Manitoba.
• Fire hazard drops, but caution urged The fire hazard across most of the territory has dropped to low,
• Foundation receives parts of seized sheep The Yukon Wild Sheep Foundation was presented with the horns and cape of a stone sheep seized from a hunter convicted of violating his hunting tags.
• Judge ordered details deleted from claim A Yukon Supreme Court justice has ordered certain information to be struck from a statement of claim of a man suing the RCMP for alleged racial discrimination, unlawful arrests, detention and abuse.

July 26, 2019

• Have your say on proposed forest management plan A new forest resources management plan is being proposed for the Whitehorse and Southern Lakes area.
• A Vivid Sky .
• City awards arena contract City council has awarded a $123,000 contract to replace the original boards in the Takhini Arena to Global Sport Resources of Leduc, Alta.
• Bishop Reads Out Apology Yukon Anglican Bishop Larry Robertson (far left) makes a public apology last Saturday to the survivors of the Chooutla Residential School for the spiritual harm they suffered,
• Trolley tracks, ties removed for safety Work is continuing this week to deal with safety concerns related to the decaying railway ties along the waterfront trolley tracks.
• Optimism surrounds central Yukon fire picture Yukon Wildland Fire Management is optimistic that the state of the Shanghai Creek fire could improve after some more favourable conditions.
• Festival was marked by a wild mixture of material The 41st edition of the Dawson City Music Festival (DCMF) was blessed with good weather to start off the past weekend.
• YG studying LGBTQ2S+ inclusion ideas The Yukon government hopes to narrow down ways to improve LGBTQ2S+ inclusion through its policies, services and practices by year’s end.
• Dance, Music Festival Underway The Cypherfest Street Dance and Music Festival 2019 began Thursday evening at the MacBride Museum with Vinyl Therapy.
• Yukon-bound suspect not a neo-Nazi, dad says A murder suspect who allegedly sent photographs of a swastika armband and a Hitler Youth knife to an online friend was not a Nazi sympathizer. But he did think the memorabilia was “cool,” says his father.
• Reform commission to prioritize participation The newly appointed members of Yukon’s Independent Commission on Electoral Reform met Tuesday morning to draft a workflow plan, with the intention of prioritizing public engagement.
• Shaken Up A deer leaves the scene after having been struck
• Water main approval will keep construction going Brookside Development is pleased with city council’s vote Monday to award an $820,265 contract for a water main extension in Porter Creek, says a co- owner of the company.
• Tlingit Street will finally be upgraded Tlingit Street in the Marwell area is scheduled for reconstruction, with $5.5 million in funding announced Thursday.
• Hang up on cell tower plan, petition urges A Marsh Lake resident is deeply concerned about the potential construction of a cell tower near her property.
• Constant dust is impacting couple’s health A Takhini resident says airborne dust containing fibrous glass and quartz particles is wafting from nearby roadways and adversely affecting his and his wife’s respiratory health.
• City to get transit station, new buses Funding for a new indoor transit station with public washrooms and bike racks was announced Thursday, along with money for four new buses.