Whitehorse Daily Star

May 10, 2019

• New works added to Permanent Art Collection Eleven new artworks have been chosen for the Yukon Permanent Art Collection.
• This month salutes those who challenge sexualized violence Sexualized Assault Prevention Month will soon kick off with a month of content and conversations to celebrate community programs and give people the tools to effect change.
• Successful Training Session The Canadian Rangers Carcross Patrol
• Lawsuits conclude, but the fallout lingers The 2005 and 2006 lawsuits by the Ross River Dena Council (RRDC) against the federal government have come to an end – but the matter is far from over.
• Stressing Partnership In safty The fifth annual Partners in Safety barbecue was held Wednesday at Shipyards Park.
• Tangerine Technology opts to go green Tangerine Technology’s vehicle fleet has gone green.
• Slow It Down! Did you know the back road (Selkirk Street) leading to Selkirk Elementary School in Riverdale is part of the school zone?
• Midnight Sun to check into business once again The Midnight Sun Hotel will rise again.
• Receding water Revealing Relics The Yukon River is at a very low level in Whitehorse.
• Reflections From A Humanitarian Morgan Wienberg speaks to the crowd Thursday evening
• Lots have lured 99 applications The Yukon government has received 99 lottery applications for two country residential lots in Cowley Creek.
• Important Occasion Looms Judy Couture, left, the sister of Wendy Callahan, hands over a $150 gift certificate donated by Sports Experts
• Women lose bid to have judge declare mistrial The Supreme Court of Yukon has dismissed an application from two Dawson City women to have a mistrial declared ahead of their appeal.
• No Need For A Wall There is normally a barrier wall inserted into this breach in the dike which lead to Dawson City’s docks,
• Man sentenced for assault, dangerous driving A Whitehorse man was sentenced to a 12 1⁄2-month conditional sentence after pleading guilty halfway through his jury trial this week.
• Club Marks Half-Century Rod snow,
• Estimated 6,374 Yukoners depend on YG for livelihood The Yukon Liberal government has expanded the public service by about 10 per cent since taking office 2 1⁄2 years ago.
• Human remains found in river Human remains were found in the Yukon River behind Earls restaurant in the Spook Creek area this morning, the RCMP said early this afternoon.
• Yukon’s policing priorities set for 2019-20 Justice Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee has identified five policing priorities for 2019-20 for the Yukon RCMP.
• KDFN citizen with voucher turned away from cabs Being denied multiple rides from taxis from the city’s airport to the hospital has left the Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) frustrated – and calling for more sensitivity from cab drivers.

May 9, 2019

• Ready To Perform The Northern Lights School of Dance presents ‘Cinderella, 2019’ at the Yukon Arts Centre Thursday and Friday.
• City to replace truck destroyed in collision Council has approved an additional $53,110 for the city’s annual budget for the replacement of a 3/4-ton, four-wheel-drive pickup truck for the bylaw department.
• Changes for health coming ahead of review: YG Improvements coming down the pike and pointed to by an internal team of existing Department of Health and Social Services (HSS) workers were made public Thursday – despite YG saying it would likely do so by the end of April.
• Investigation into CGC thefts leads to arrest A person has been arrested following an investigation into recent thefts at the Canada Games Centre.

May 8, 2019

• Women in alleged defamation case seek mistrial declaration Two Dawson City women deemed to have defamed a Whitehorse couple are asking the Supreme Court of the Yukon to declare a mistrial and complete the court record ahead of their appeal.
• Organizing The Show Monique Romeiko, left, and Helen O’Connor set up the KAMA show in preparation for last Friday’s opening at the Northern Front Studio.
• Nurse practitioner to work in Mayo Starting June 1, a nurse practitioner will be working full-time at Mayo’s community health centre.
• Dangerous fire situation under control in Tagish A five-hectare fire that began Tuesday in the Tagish area has been deemed under control by Yukon Wildland Fire Management.
• New Fundraising Initiative Karen Forward,
• YP seeks donations for tax campaign The Yukon Party launched a new initiative today in defiance of the Liberal government’s support for the carbon tax,
• Councillor seeks safeguard about trolley tracks’ future If the waterfront railway tracks need to be moved to make way for development,
• AYC conference and AGM planned One hundred and twenty delegates are registered for the Association of Yukon Communities’ (AYC’s) annual conference taking place Thursday through Sunday in Haines Junction.
• New firehall takes another step City council has unanimously approved the budget amendment required to award the contract for building the new firehall to Ketza Construction.
• Individuals, companies face charges Two individuals and two organizations have been jointly charged with contravening several territorial regulations.
• Bear interactions see two differing outcomes Warming temperatures and an early spring could mean more run-ins with bears,
• Aid advocate returns home from Haiti A Whitehorse native who opted to help children in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake at a time when her peers were getting set to graduate from high school has lessons to share with Yukoners. Among them is be patient to see true, worthwhile results.
• Court green-lights plan to remediate minesite The Yukon Supreme Court has approved an agreement that will kick start the cleanup and remediation at the Mount Nansen gold mine.