Whitehorse Daily Star

December 21, 2018

• City plans its New Year’s Eve celebrations Kids hoping to get out for New Year’s Eve celebrations may be working to convince their parents to take them to the Canada Games Centre and Shipyards Park.
• EMR, minister named in civil litigation Two Dawson City placer miners are pursuing civil litigation in Yukon Supreme Court against the territorial Department of Energy, Mines and Resources and its minister, Ranj Pillai, over the treatment of their claims.
• Major suit against RCMP has Yukon component A $600-million class action lawsuit has been launched in Federal Court against the Attorney General over the RCMP’s treatment of First Nations people in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
• Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation examining fuel haul Climate change has Old Crow conducting a study into its fuel delivery system, says the executive director of the Vuntut Development Corp.
• Remains Discovered A body has been found in Rotary Peace Park (above).
• Correction Thursday’s story about Tuesday’s fatal collision on the North Klondike Highway contained inaccuracies.
• Parking meters vandalized, taken It’s not clear how much money was taken by vandals who destroyed more than a half-dozen parking meters last weekend.
• Humane society expands on GoFundMe campaign Paddy Colfer, the Humane Society Yukon’s (HSY’s) president, says the organization wants to continue its work for local animals and the community.
• Railway’s work won’t restore service to city The White Pass & Yukon Route is planning to undertake some maintenance work on the rail right-of-way between Whitehorse and Carcross.
• ‘We started screaming like crazy’ Trevor Mead-Robins is convinced the bright green fireball he and a fellow paraglider saw last Friday afternoon hit the ground right behind Grey Mountain.
• Centre of Hope headed to YG hands next year The just over year-old Salvation Army Centre of Hope is expected to be owned and operated by the Yukon government less than two months from now, officials announced Thursday afternoon – but some details remain.

December 20, 2018

• Getting Into The Seasonal Spirit Members of the Music, Art and Drama class
• YG Performance Plan reviewsits achievements, looks ahead The Yukon government has released the first update to the Performance Plan it issued last March.
• Liquid Beauty .
• Proposed granting of sole source contract is delayed City council will hold off on the proposed sole-source award of a $360,000 contract to Microsoft Canada.
• Commuting Hour Collision A full force of emergency responders attended the scene of this collision on Copper Road at about 8:30 this morning.
• Report snapshots state of women in STEM Yukon women and girls are showing a high interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields of study and careers, and there is a high level of employment for women in these fields in the territory.
• History Becomes Art Doug Smarch Jr. is one of the artists in the Yukon Arts Centre show To Talk with Others.
• Skagway stunned by mayor’s death Residents of the tiny Alaska town of Skagway are grieving the sudden death of their mayor on the other side of the United States.
• Names of collision victims released The Yukon Coroner’s Service has identified the two victims of the fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred Tuesday evening on the North Klondike Highway near Whitehorse.
• Sally Ann donations down about $20,000 Officials with the local Salvation Army are hopeful the next few days will prove fruitful as it wraps up its annual Christmas Kettle Campaign.
• Deal would bring on-call teachers into YTA After nearly half a year without a collective agreement, teachers in the territory and the Yukon government have reached a tentative deal.

December 19, 2018

• Ottawa to invest in northern transportation system Investing in transportation infrastructure in the territorial North under the National Trade Corridors Fund
• Gladdening Families' Holidays Elf Central,
• Festival of Trees raised more than $560,000 The 2018 Northwestel Festival of Trees collected more than $560,000 for the Yukon Hospital Foundation in support of quality health care in the territory.
• Action At The Arts Centre Gurdeep Pandher and the Yukon Punjabi Bhangra Society
• Carcross detachment commander traded in his horse for caribou Cpl. Jason Muise, who was once a member of the famed RCMP Musical Ride,
• Appreciating A Sponsor The Paddlers Abreast Yukon River Quest team presented their sponsor, Griffiths Heating & Sheet Metal, with a print of the 2018 poster.
• Man acquitted of assault causing bodily harm A Yukon Supreme Court deputy justice has acquitted a 30-year-old Whitehorse man convicted of assault causing bodily harm.
• Two die in collision north of city A collision on the North Klondike Highway near the Lake Laberge Campground on Tuesday evening has left two men dead, the RCMP said early this afternoon.
• Many Rivers workers vow to stand firm After spending seven weeks on the picket line, staff at Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services maintain they will remain firm in their demands in light of a response from a negotiator representing their employer a couple of days ago.
• Record number of bear incidents recorded this year There’s been a record number of conflicts with bears so far this year, says conservation officer Aaron Koss-Young.