Whitehorse Daily Star

April 10, 2019

• Yukon Innovation Prize finalists selected Four ideas from Yukon innovators have been shortlisted for the 2019 Yukon Innovation Prize. This year’s theme is clean technology.
• Yukon Bird Club to mark milestone Yukoners are invited to join the Yukon Bird Club for its 25th birthday at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
• Youthful Warblers John Heaton conducts
• Youth Parliament back after eight-year hiatus This week, the Yukon Legislative Assembly plans to reintroduce the Yukon Youth Parliament program after an eight-year hiatus.
• A Cu Village protected from development The Yukon government and the Taku River Tlingit First Nation have agreed that the A Cu Village site and surrounding area should be withdrawn from land dispositions and mineral staking.
• Yukon Conservative Party members hear from Smith Members of the Yukon Conservative Association heard from their federal election candidate at their 2019 annual general meeting held last Saturday in Whitehorse.
• City awards several contracts A new three-year contract for mosquito control was among the contracts awarded Monday night by city council.
• Rangers Celebrate Another Year The 28th anniversary of the Carcross Rangers took place last Thursday
• School reopens after blaze F.H. Collins Secondary School reopened its doors to students
• Invesigated As Arson This Ford Mustang
• Choirs preparing for annual concerts As the weather warms up, there’s a song in the air.
• Chinook catch was second-highest in last seven years Last summer’s total harvest of Yukon River chinook was lower than the 2017 catch but the second-highest in the last seven years going back to 2012.
• Applicants sought for electoral reform body Premier Sandy Silver is asking for patience as YG appoints members to its planned electoral reform commission,
• Ban conversion therapy, students urge A petition calling for a ban of conversion therapy was presented to the Yukon legislature Tuesday afternoon.

April 9, 2019

• Way paved for cannabis retail outlet Jordi Mikeli-Jones and Jeremy Jones expect to have Whitehorse’s first private retail outlet for cannabis open downtown on Wood Street a week from Wednesday – April 17.
• CCSS submits proposal to government The Community Counselling and Support Services Society (CCSS) has delivered a proposal to the Yukon government that would restore counselling services throughout the territory.
• YG may unveil new liquor rules this fall As the government hopes to introduce a new Yukon Liquor Act later this fall,

April 8, 2019

• Jury’s decision, awards appealed The two Dawson City women found to have defamed a Whitehorse couple over social media have appealed the jury’s decision and awards.
• Trail maintenance boot camp set The Contagious Mountain Bike Club will hold a trail maintenance boot camp toward the end of May, club representatives told city council last Monday night.
• Judge reserves her decision on man’s sentence A 22-year-old Whitehorse man could be facing up to a year in jail with regard to a sexual encounter with a girl under 16.
• Japanese culture celebrated Photo Spread
• Man guilty of sexual interference A Whitehorse man has pleaded guilty to sexual interference after touching a girl under 16 in a sexual manner.
• Man is sentenced for failing to attend court A Whitehorse man has been sentenced to one day time served for failing to attend court after being arrested.
• Dawson City is ready for its spring ritual The ice pool tripod is on the Yukon River, installed by members of the Yukon Order of Pioneers, and is anchored by a cable to the boxed clock on the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre.
• School remains closed after fire F.H. Collins Secondary School is closed today after students and staff were removed Friday afternoon because of a small fire in the computer lab.
• Feedback sought on both paper, plastic bag fee: YG The Yukon government’s public engagement on a fee for single-use shopping bags could see both plastic and paper bags subject to it.