Whitehorse Daily Star

May 7, 2019

• Resident questions pumps’ cost A Cook Street resident wants to know why it’s so expensive to install re-circulation pumps.
• Atlin barge in for hull restoration Parks Canada will be restoring the hull of the Atlin barge on the grounds of the SS Klondike National Historic Site.
• YG, feds fund electric car charging stations Three fast-charging stations for electric vehicles will be coming to Whitehorse and Carcross this summer.

May 6, 2019

• White’s motion on glucose monitors approved The Yukon legislature unanimously passed NDP Leader Kate White’s motion to consider permanent funding for continuous glucose monitors for all Yukoners with type 1 diabetes.
• Author’s conference was almost alive with words The 39th edition of the annual Young Authors’ Conference assembled at F.H. Collins Secondary School last Thursday and Friday for reading and writing workshops with guest authors from across Canada.
• Students explore their heritage Photo Spread
• Failed Commons attack subject of play The Yukon Artists Collective Theatre’s new one-man play examines the making of a terrorist.
• RV Fire Photo Spread
• Lottery commission supports big Aboriginal hockey event The Yukon First Nations Hockey Association is receiving $63, 010 from the Yukon Lottery Commission to host the 2019 National Aboriginal Hockey Championship (NAHC).
• Wanted Man Captured Watson Lake RCMP arrested Travis John Aaron Capot-Blanc (above)
• Campaign begins to save trolley A local woman has started a GoFundMe campaign in an attempt to save the Whitehorse waterfront trolley.
• Students gather in protest of climate change inaction An international campaign that traces its roots back to a Swedish climate activist hit the streets of Whitehorse on Friday afternoon,
• MLA White is now the new face of the territory’s NDP Kate White, the newly-minted Yukon NDP leader, believes her party has nothing to lose ahead of the next election,

May 3, 2019

• Hands on Learning Students from Golden horn elementary School take part Tuesday in the Yukon robotics Challenge
• Commission unveils powerful A.I. reporting tool The Yukon Human Rights Commission announced the rollout of Spot on Tuesday.
• Live Words was a writers’ festival highlight The annual Live Words public reading is the largest gathering during the Yukon Writers Festival, which takes place during the last days of April and first days of May each year.
• Mammoth fiddle collaboration set for Sunday The largest fiddle collaboration in the North will happen Sunday at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Emerging painter takes NWTel prize A talented local painter has transformed an everyday scene into art to win this year’s Northwestel Inc.’s directory cover art competition.
• A Grand Spectacle The Yukon government presented Secondaire en spectacle
• Opening Today Judy Tomlin is one of the artists
• Agreement inked for new bridge at Nisutlin Bay, minister says A landmark Yukon bridge is moving closer to being replaced by late 2023, at a cost of $25 million-plus.
• Jobless rate was 4.1 per cent in March The Yukon’s unemployment rate in March was sitting at 4.1 per cent, up 1.4 per cent compared to March 2018, according to the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.
• Gord Duncan Innovation Fund boosts annual Robotics Challenge Total North Communications has announced a new partnership with TechYukon and the territorial government for the annual Yukon Robotics Challenge in Whitehorse.
• MLAs pay tribute to upcoming hockey spectacle On Tuesday in the Yukon Legislative Assembly, two MLAs paid tribute to the upcoming National Aboriginal Hockey Championship being held in Whitehorse beginning Monday.
• Yukon Party topped donations list for 2018 Out of the four registered political parties in the territory last year, the Yukon Party, brought in the highest total revenue while the Yukon NDP had the most contributors.
• New Creations Unveiled New artwork was launched Tuesday evening at Northlight Innovation.
• Woman’s assaulter granted absolute discharge A Yukon judge has given an absolute discharge to a Whitehorse man who will soon be deported back to India.
• Bear stirs up curiosity in Takhini A black bear was seen in the Takhini area Thursday afternoon
• Judge hears arguments about inmate’s treatment Darryl Steven Sheepway was in the Supreme Court of the Yukon this week to argue litigation over his placement in the Secure Living Unit (SLU) during most of his time at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre (WCC).
• Anxieties expressed over future land prices A local resident doesn’t like what he’s seeing with the Yukon government’s new approach to selling residential lots in the city.