Whitehorse Daily Star

November 8, 2018

• Funding to help foil violence against women Five community-based projects to help prevent violence against Indigenous women and girls are receiving a total of $148,000 in funding from the Prevention of Violence against Aboriginal Women Fund.
• Rental housing project going up in Dawson An eight-unit affordable rental housing project is being built in Dawson City with financial help from the Yukon and federal governments.
• Music To Accompany The Words The first Brave New Words of the season took place Tuesday evening at the North of Ordinary Experience Centre.
• Council contemplates contract award City council is contemplating a contract worth $123,158 along with an $8,000-increase to the budget that would come from the city’s portion of the federal gas tax.
• On The Government's Doorstop Many Rivers Counselling and Support Services strikers moved their picket line to the Yukon Government Main Administration building at noon Wednesday.
• Environment, Justice departments get new DMs New deputy ministers have been appointed in the Departments of Justice and Environment.
• Tender issued for group home renovations As promised, the Yukon government has released a tender for renovations to be done on the territory’s newest group home in Porter Creek.
• Chamber onside with USMCA The Yukon Chamber of Commerce is hailing the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
• School given more money for sub teachers: YG Just days after the territory’s Education minister assured that there would be no scaling-back of budgets that would impact program delivery at schools,
• Details of carbon pricing rebates still pending The territorial government is still awaiting details from Ottawa about how to get rebates from the carbon pricing mechanism into Yukoners’ mailboxes.

November 7, 2018

• Median rent stayed same as previous year Those living and renting in the Whitehorse area paid roughly the same amount in 2017 as the previous year, show data released by the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.
• Poet laureate releases a new book The Yukon’s poet laureate – pj johnson – has put together her previously unpublished works in a collection released recently as **it’s howlin’ time!**
• Long Ago Yukon plans a speaker event Saturday Dr. Joseph A. Wilson of Fairfield University will be the second Long Ago Yukon SKYPE lecturer for the 2018-2019 series.
• Couple named territory’s Farmers of the Year Scott and Jackie Dickson have been nominated as the Yukon’s Farmers of the Year for 2018 by their fellow farmers.
• Health and Social Services review panel unveiled The members of an independent, expert panel to provide strategic advice and expertise as part of the Health and Social Services Comprehensive Review were unveiled Tuesday.
• Season Of Words Kicks Off The first Brave New Words of the season took place Tuesday evening at the North of Ordinary Experience Centre.
• Territory loses pioneer hotelier, history buff Gudron – or Goodie, as many knew her – Sparling is being remembered for her many contributions to the territory’s historical community.
• Chimney fire safety reminder issued The Whitehorse Fire Department reminds citizens to inspect and clean their wood stove chimney to prevent a chimney fire.
• New council considers fall recreation grants Ten organizations around the city could receive a combined $36,000 if city council approves the fall recreation grants as proposed.
• Silver rejects party’s ATIPP request allegations The Yukon Party tabled a document Tuesday that it believes details possibilities of political interference in the carrying-out of Access to Information and Protection of Privacy (ATIPP) requests made.
• Pony car expected to sell for a fortune It’s back on the block.

November 6, 2018

• Memo’s content left YG ‘perplexed’ The Yukon government said Monday it’s hoping to identify where it says some misinformation came from about possible cuts at a local school,
• A Legend In The North Buffy Sainte Marie performs
• Campaign against plastic bags could soon begin Plastic garbage bags will be the newest target of Zero Waste Yukon.
• Advocate Meets Medical Professionals Local polio survivor Ramesh Ferris met with Dr. Gigi Osler, the president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA),
• Business faces trial in February 2019 A Whitehorse vehicle for hire business was in territorial court this morning to answer accusations of related city bylaw offences.
• Pre-Rush Hour Tangle Emergency responders were summoned
• Respite care home opens in Whitehorse A trial two-bedroom respite care home has opened in Hillcrest.
• Fire evacuees to begin going home this month Families who fled historically-devastating wildfires in the Telegraph Creek, B.C.
• Government to look for portables again The government will be issuing a tender for portables later this month to ease some of the overcrowding in Whitehorse schools.
• Group rolling toward a safe ride program Whitehorse residents could enter 2019 with a new option for getting home on Friday and Saturday nights should they be too intoxicated to drive.