Whitehorse Daily Star

April 29, 2019

• Council OKs development incentive City council approved two incentive agreements for multi-residential developments last Tuesday.
• Foundation Founders Celebrated Former Yukon senator Ione Christensen (far left) speaks at the Yukon Foundation Founders’ Night last Thursday evening at the MacBride Museum of Yukon History.
• Court awards $12,050 to Faro resident A territorial court judge has awarded $12,050 to a Faro man who was pursuing a small claim against a former tenant.
• Observing Sunday’s annual Day of Mourning Photo Spread
• Ice jam surprises river watchers in Dawson The Yukon River looks vastly different this morning than it did a week ago, when the tripod moved to end the ice pool contest.
• Performer to release album Singer-songwriter Kate Weekes, formerly of the Yukon,
• Bill C-92 echoes Yukon context: O’Regan Much could be learned on a larger scale from the Yukon when it comes to First Nations and their claims to Indigenous children and their well-being.
• School cost still rising The overall budgeted cost for the francophone high school in Riverdale has grown from $27.5 million to $35.3 million – just shy of an $8-million increase in under a year.

April 26, 2019

• Dealership donates $5,000 to hockey association The Yukon First Nations Hockey Association was March’s recipient of Whitehorse Motors’ series of $5,000 donations.
• Beloved Educator Retires There were lots of tears and hugs last Thursday
• Parliamentary secretary talks up federal budget Joël Lightbound, the parliamentary secretary to Finance Minister Bill Morneau, visited Whitehorse this week to highlight how last month’s federal budget is investing in the North and the middle class.
• River not clear, but tripod’s shift creates winner DAWSON CITY – The Yukon River ice at Dawson City broke up – sort of – at 7:16 p.m. Tuesday.
• A New Venue The Whitewater Wednesday Jam hosted by Peggy Hanifan
• Mayo airport is in for improvements The Yukon government will begin work on the Mayo airport once there is no frost at the site sometime this summer, while it’s already working to certify the site with Transport Canada.
• City awards contract for readying fire plan A contract to prepare a strategy to reduce the risk of wildfires in the city has been awarded to TransNorthern Management Consulting for $69,200.
• Learning The Ropes Olivia Thompson, left, and Chelsea Larouche, volunteer firefighters, are seen Thursday at the Games Centre during the 2019 Territorial Skills Competition.
• Artifact identification event set Long Ago Yukon and a team of professionals from the Yukon Heritage Resources have planned an artifact identification event for 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday.
• Rotary Peace Park to get equipment City council has awarded a $389,920 contract to replace playground equipment at Rotary Peace Park this summer.
• Judge awards man conditional discharges A Yukon judge has conditionally discharged a 34-year-old Whitehorse man for possession of cocaine and acquitted him of two impaired driving-related charges.
• Fallen workers to be honoured Sunday The annual Day of Mourning ceremony will be held at 12:30 p.m. Sunday in Shipyards Park.
• Educate workers on own policies: advocate to YG Among the Child and Youth Advocate Office’s (CYAO’s) suggestions to the Yukon government about children in group care is that workers provide reasons when leaving the department.
• Speedy Gonzales Nabbed The RCMP have had to inform a German tourist that the Autobahn does not go through Watson Lake.
• RCMP seek rollover witness Mayo RCMP are looking to find and speak with a female witness
• Man is sentenced for sexual interference A Yukon judge has sentenced a 21-year-old Whitehorse man to 12 months’ house arrest and 18 months’ probation after he pleaded guilty to sexual interference.
• Correction A story in Monday’s edition
• String Ensemble plans concert The Whitehorse String Ensemble will present a concert at 1 p.m. Sunday with a number of guest artists.
• Accused man is closer to retaining new counsel The man accused of murdering Adam Cormack is close to finding a new lawyer.
• Bus rides proponent enters into peace bond The man behind the Magic Cool Bus safe ride program has entered into a common-law peace bond, which could resolve the charges he is facing.
• Advocate ‘surprised’ by care policy gap The territory’s Child and Youth Advocate Office (CYAO) has found there is a gap between some existing policies and on-the-ground action involving youth in care.

April 25, 2019

• Petition to be included in survey: YG In the wake of a petition to ban conversion therapy in the Yukon being presented to the government this month, YG will now seek feedback on this and a host of other issues via a final survey in early May.
• Outage occurred as crew worked Monday morning’s lengthy power failure occurred while Yukon Energy crews were doing upgrades to the substation in Riverdale, the company says.
• Council OKs development incentives City council on Tuesday approved two incentive agreements for multi-residential developments.