Whitehorse Daily Star

October 26, 2018

• Watson Lake reorganization means layoffs Layoffs set to take effect next week for two town employees in Watson Lake have been planned for months.
• Prodigal performer played the Palace in 1972 Jackson Davies was a guest panelist at the Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon (TIAY) fall conference.
• Two Yukoners take home lottery wins Two Yukon residents have scratched their way to two major Scratch ’n Win prizes.
• Conference delegates updated on N.W.T. economy Business leaders and government officials from across the North heard about changes that are happening in the Northwest Territories Wednesday morning as the Opportunities North event continued in Whitehorse.
• City on track to pare greenhouse gas emissions The City of Whitehorse is continuing its quest to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• Biomass energy has advanced by 40 years Bewilderment may not be the wrong word to describe the feeling of those in the know who don’t understand why the Yukon isn’t jumping head-first into biomass energy – energy from wood chips and other similar wood products.
• Teslin continues to expand heating system is time last year the Teslin Tlingit Council was in the midst of buttoning up the first phase of replacing diesel fuel with wood chips to provide district heating to the community.
• Search for man continues Whitehorse RCMP are continuing their search to locate Graham Everitt, who was last seen in Whitehorse on Sept. 25.
• Haunted Invasion The Music, Art and Drama class at Wood Street Centre is presenting its annual haunted house, ‘Invasion,’ featuring spooks and a spaceship ride.
• Minister stands firm in defending invitation While it may not condone some of the actions of a company whose representative was a speaker at a recent Whitehorse conference this week,
• Get Ready To Get Scared The spirits are restless
• Cancer Care Fund to launch calendar The Yukoners Cancer Care Fund will launch its 2019 calendar next Tuesday evening.
• Surgical beds not closing, says Yukon Hospital Corporation The Yukon Hospital Corporation (YHC) says there will indeed not be any closures of surgical beds at Whitehorse General Hospital after the Yukon NDP raised the matter in the legislature earlier this month.
• Drugs stolen from ambulance can be lethal, RCMP warn Whitehorse RCMP are investigating a theft of items from an ambulance reported Tuesday.
• Former kennel owner ordered to leave land off Atlin Road The Yukon government wants Shelley Cuthbert and 50 dogs in her care removed from territorial land off the Atlin Road near Tarfu Lake.
• Tragedy and tributes: Sophia exhibit opens It was a tragedy that forever changed the Yukon.
• Cannabis store has taken in $200,000-plus Exactly a week after the opening of the Yukon government-run retail and online cannabis store, the government was subject to criticism for offering online sales with what the Yukon Party calls too-high shipping prices.

October 25, 2018

• Pillai sells territory’s attributes at conference With a focus on how Yukoners are guiding innovation, future growth and government-to-government relationships, deputy premier Ranj Pillai addressed delegates Wednesday at the Opportunities North conference at the Yukon Convention Centre.
• Many Items Donated Volunteers Andrea McColeman, Susie Anne Bartsch and Amber Hyshka, left-right,
• Barge to stay put for the winter A river barge that was damaged when it ran aground in low water last month has been secured for the winter in a side channel of the Yukon River.
• Care facility welcomes residents on time Widely lauded as the territory’s largest infrastructure project,
• Climate report delivered to MP’s office A group of Yukoners delivered the recently released IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Report to Yukon MP Larry Bagnell’s constituency offices late Wednesday morning.
• Minister under fire for choice of speaker A Liberal minister was on the defensive Wednesday after being asked about his role in inviting to the Yukon a representative of a firm that has apparently done work used in part by the Saudi Arabian government.
• Judge’s order for inquest is upheld The Yukon Court of Appeal has upheld a Supreme Court order to hold an inquest regarding the death of Cynthia Roxanne Blackjack.

October 24, 2018

• Using tourism to develop communities Kelley Louise, visiting the Yukon for the first time from New York City,
• New Book Hits The Streets Heidi Marion and Al Pope
• Cabbie fails to attend court – but is fined anyway A local taxi driver did not attend his trial and was fined $575 for not wearing a seatbelt and driving while using a cellphone.
• Minister defends not consulting advocate The territorial government responded to opposition criticism Tuesday about what the Yukon Party has called a lack of consultation for proposed changes to the Coroners Act,
• Unplanned Spill This truck rolled over
• Territory to scrutinize school bus safety School bus safety will be a focus for the territory’s Department of Education.
• Man faces charges after drugs seized The RCMP have arrested a suspect who they believe was in possession of a heroin/fentanyl mixture.
• Campaign targets single-use items With more than 200 people attending events during Waste Reduction Week,
• Specifics sparse on feds’ carbon mechanism The Yukon government says it’s pleased that Ottawa has granted an extension to the territory for its federally-imposed carbon pricing mechanism to July 2019.
• Paintball shot hurts girl walking home from school Three 17-year-old males have been arrested in relation to two hit-and-run incidents involving a paintball gun.