Whitehorse Daily Star

March 28, 2019

• YG sets up tourism group to look at governance models The Yukon government’s seven-member group that is to deliver a final report to its Tourism and Culture minister in September was announced Wednesday.
• Bear in fatal mauling had been badly malnourished The grizzly bear that killed a mother and daughter at a remote trapline in late November was so undernourished it likely wouldn’t have been able to den for the winter.
• Review to help inform next year’s budget: YG The Yukon government is hoping to have suggestions from its health care review,

March 27, 2019

• Crown loses appeal of offender’s sentence The Court of the Appeal of Yukon has dismissed a 
Crown appeal of the sentence of a man convicted of sexually assaulting a girl under age 16.
• Learning The Ropes Whitehorse firefighter
• YG will put out contracts into May: Mostyn The Yukon government says it will be putting out contracts into May of this year’s construction season so as not to swamp bidders, after the Yukon Party pointed out the governing Liberals had promised to do so by March.
• Council finalizes zoning changes Changes to the city’s zoning bylaw are now in place after council passed the final two readings of the amendments on Monday evening.
• Property owners to be asked about proposed charge The city will ask the owners of more than 40 properties on Cook Street whether they support a local improvement charge (LIC) for planned upgrades in the area that would happen next year.
• A Fine Finale The season’s final Jazz on the Wing concert took place last Sunday.
• YG finances new outreach van for Blood Ties The Yukon government is providing Blood Ties Four Directions with $50,000 to buy and equip a new outreach van.
• Yukon Energy challenges board decision on DMS Yukon Energy is appealing the December decision by the Yukon Utilities Board with regard to its program to reduce demand on the grid through various incentives.
• Boyd’s motion on local purchasing voted down City council is holding off on making any changes to how it awards contracts until after the review of the city’s procurement policy is done.
• Woman injured after being dragged by truck A 37-year-old woman was seriously injured after being dragged a short distance by a pickup truck last Saturday morning in the downtown area.
• Impaired driver receives jail time, long driving prohibition A Yukon judge has sentenced a man to eight months’ custody and a 30-month driving prohibition for impaired-related offences.
• Proposed trout limit upsets business owner A commercial fly-in fishing business says a proposal by Environment Yukon to limit the number of lake trout his clients can catch and release on Mandanna Lake would hurt him.

March 26, 2019

• Long gap in ASL interpreter services confirmed Yukoners were left without a sign language interpreter until last week.
• Vandalized parking meters found It’s not every day an afternoon walk in the woods turns up a bunch of parking meters still plugged with coins, but that’s exactly what happened to Coun. Jan Stick last weekend.
• Cannabis sales rules, restrictions discussed As private retailers get ready to open up shop for cannabis sales,