Whitehorse Daily Star

January 29, 2019

• An Inquisitive Look A dog scrutinizes the camera
• Youth society receives grant from Bell Let’s Talk fund The BYTE-Empowering Youth Society has received a $5,000 grant from the Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund to support the training of community members and staff to be suicide-alert helpers.
• Video Series Finale The final hip-hop video series took place last Saturday at the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre.
• Six appointed to college board of governors A former commissioner and a current city councillor have joined Yukon College’s board of governors.
• Musical Mates Selena Savage, left, and Titus Castillon perform
• Premier, minister at mining event Premier Sandy Silver and Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Ranj Pillai are in Vancouver this week to promote the territory’s mineral resources at the annual Mineral Exploration Roundup.
• Hearing planned for zoning bylaw changes Residents will have a chance to let the city know their thoughts on proposed changes to the city’s zoning bylaw during a public hearing at council’s Feb. 25 meeting.
• Compost facility work granted to Tetra Tech As the city continues expanding its compost collection program,
• Number of shelter staff hirings is unclear As Yukoners watched the sign at the Salvation Army Centre of Hope come down last week,

January 28, 2019

• Extension on changes to waste management bylaw takes a step Private waste haulers that collect garbage from multi-residential sites are closer to getting an extra three months to work toward ensuring the garbage they’re bringing to the landfill is meant for that facility.
• Council progressing on bylaw to write off more than $22,000 The city moved closer to writing off more than $22,000 earlier this month in passing the first two readings of a bylaw to do just that.
• Man and Mate Rob Cooke gets a kiss
• Offender to decide whether to seek bail Mark Lewis Lange will have to decide if he is seeking bail, after the Yukon Court of Appeal overturned his dangerous offender designation.
• High Achiever Recognized Tyrone Kyikavichik, from Old Crow,
• City employee program decision slated The city’s employee assistance program – which provides counselling services to city staff – could cost the city $156,000 over three years.
• Snow, wind caused power failures Heavy snow and strong winds triggered power outages to more than 3,000 customers on Saturday, says ATCO Electric Yukon.
• Queen’s Cause drew hundreds of people The first Queen’s Cause event drew hundreds of people to the former Salvation Army Centre of Hope on Saturday, with the reigning royalty proclaiming it a success.
• Accused has hearing date set A preliminary hearing has been set for the Watson Lake man accused of murdering Wendy Carlick and Sarah MacIntosh in Whitehorse.
• CTFN chief suspended A First Nation chief in the territory has been suspended by the group’s general council, after being accused of sexual harassment in the workplace.
• Infrastructure money could help Internet speeds With work on the territory’s fibre optic redundancy line on track to begin later this year,
• Policy guides independent power producers After years of discussion, the policy to guide the purchase of electricity from independent power producers was released Friday afternoon.

January 25, 2019

• Potential zoning changes ‘quite consequential’ Changes to regulations around sandwich board signs, landscaping and more could be in place by late March if city council moves forward with proposed amendments to its zoning bylaws.
• Board recommends OKing mine plan The territory’s assessment board is recommending the approval of a renewed plan by the Yukon government to continue care and maintenance of the Mount Nansen Mine site.
• Klondike Crooning Aila Massie takes part in the Klondike Karaoke Thursday evening at The Old Fire Hall.
• Man to receive new dangerous offender hearing The Yukon Court of Appeal has ordered a new dangerous offender hearing for Mark Lewis Lange.
• Man sentenced for assault causing bodily harm A Whitehorse man has been sentenced to time served for an assault causing bodily harm and failing to keep the peace.
• Ice bridge work halted after Snowcat sinks The Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board has shut down the territorial government’s ice bridge building project near the ferry landing.
• Hospital’s plan to convert space for more beds has been delayed Last October, there was talk of converting a holding space set up at Whitehorse General Hospital to rooms that could allow for more inpatient beds by late 2018.
• City council ponders renewing Whistle Bend subdivision OK As efforts continue to get more Whistle Bend lots to market, city council is considering renewing the subdivision approval for Phase 4 of the neighbourhood.
• Judge acquits accused of assault charges A man convicted of a knife attack in the McIntyre subdivision has been acquitted of assault charges resulting from a separate incident in downtown Whitehorse.
• Many Rivers breaks silence on dispute Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services’ board and management say they’re “extremely pleased” about reaching a contract agreement with their employees.
• Ex-kennel owner ordered off territorial land A Yukon deputy justice has ordered the former owner of the Tagish dog kennel to vacate territorial land she is using in the Tarfu Creek area by March 1.
• Injured queen intent on hosting event Saturday Despite being injured in a four-vehicle collision Tuesday, the reigning Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous queen still has her sights set on hosting tomorrow’s Queen’s Cause.