Whitehorse Daily Star

January 16, 2019

• Government doubles number of passport locations Three hundred offices in communities across Canada will now offer passport services, the federal government announced last month.
• Explore 3D construction, northerners urged 3D printers are currently in use for the construction of houses, luxury summer cottages, and even multi-floor structures like the five-storey apartment building in China.
• Sentenced appealed in assault case The man who was convicted of attacking another man with a knife in the McIntyre subdivision intends to appeal his custodial sentence.Wesley Quash filed his appeal notice on Jan. 4.
• Going Nuts The Heart of Riverdale
• Entities at odds over patient information disclosure Diane McLeod-McKay, the territory’s Information and Privacy Commissioner,
• Carmack’s honour rights a wrong: chamber Kate Carmack’s induction into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame last Thursday is about acknowledging and correcting a past wrong.
• New accessible duplex opens in Porter Creek Two new homes at 23 Ninth Ave. in Porter Creek are ready for Yukon Housing Corp. (YHC) tenants to move into.
• Correction A story in Tuesday’s edition
• Dawson needs a new wastewater solution While Dawson’s wastewater treatment plant is finally capable of doing the job for which it was built, it will not meet the town’s future needs in a financially sustainable manner.
• Teslin Tlingit Council wins a pivotal lawsuit The Teslin Tlingit Council (TTC) has won its lawsuit against the Government of Canada regarding appropriate levels of funding to support its self-governing authority.
• YTA president, ministers praise new contract The territory’s teachers will receive annual salary increases totalling 6.7 per cent over three years, it was announced today.

January 15, 2019

• Going Nowhere Leave items out in the cold and the hoar frost takes over.
• ‘There’s lots of lessons learned from this’ The city will spend nearly double what it originally planned on upgrades to the McIntyre Creek pump house.
• Concerns expressed over proposed child care centre A local daycare owner is defending her plans to open a new centre at the Days Inn hotel, pointing out there will be outdoor space where children can play.
• Retailer eyes 420 opening date Though the territory is not sure of when exactly it could see private retailers hit the Yukon and bow out of the retail cannabis game, at least one is itching to get started in hopes to open shop by April 20.
• Cannabis sellers will have two model options Just under three months after recreational cannabis became legal in the country,

January 14, 2019

• City looks at changes made to 2018 budgets and grants The city doled out more than $1.6 million in grants to various community organizations in 2018, it was highlighted in a report to council last Monday night.
• Fun At The Fire Hall Claire Ness was the MC for last Thursday evening’s third annual Klondike Karaoke event held at The Old Fire Hall.
• City may delay changes to waste handling bylaw Private waste haulers that collect garbage from multi-residential sites may have an extra few months to work toward ensuring the garbage they’re bringing to the landfill is meant for the landfill.
• Workshop Heading To Video Marshall Buyck, aka John Stosh, is filmed Saturday by Mike Code, left,
• Judge weighs case after hearing final submissions The trial of a Dawson City stepfather accused of sexually assaulting his stepdaughter wrapped up Friday in Whitehorse, with the Crown and the defence making their final arguments.
• Union gets no answer to offer Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services has failed to respond to the latest offer from the Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU), which is representing its striking workers.
• Shuffle ushers in new Indigenous Services minister With just under 10 months left until Canadians hit the polls,
• Deal’s impact on Coffee Gold Project is unclear Goldcorp is being taken over by Newmont Mining Corp. in a deal that will result in the world’s largest gold company.
• Officers praised for saving snowmobilers RCMP officers rescued two snowmobilers from Bennett Lake last Thursday afternoon.