Whitehorse Daily Star

September 26, 2018

• YG works toward finalizing tourism plan The territorial government is looking for the public’s thoughts on a draft tourism strategy that could provide the direction for Yukon tourism over the next decade.
• Out To Safeguard Kidneys About 40 people participated in last Sunday’s annual Kidney Walk at Rotary Peace Park.
• E-waste changes approved City council approved the final reading of changes to the waste management bylaw Monday to officially ban e-waste from the landfill as of Oct. 1.
• Zoning in place for proposed solar farm Zoning is now in place to allow for a proposed solar farm in the Mount Sima industrial area.
• Watershed plan consultations begin The parties responsible for completing the Regional Land Use Plan for the Peel Watershed have launched the final consultation with affected communities and stakeholders on the Final Recommended Plan.
• Premiering Thursday Adam Macdougall, left, and Brandon Wicke
• City council agrees to bid for rezoning for lot’s expansion Kingcat Contracting can now pursue its plans for a lot expansion at its Bennett Road property.
• Five byelections planned to fill school council vacancies Elections Yukon is organizing five byelections to be held on Oct. 22 to fill vacancies on school councils, including one in Whitehorse.
• Old hardware store’s demise was sudden, but necessary: co-owner The streetscape on Second Avenue has been altered somewhat by the demolition of the oldest portion of the Dawson Hardware Store.
• Corporal testified about drug trafficking practices An RCMP expert witness shed light on the drug trade while testifying during a drug trafficking and weapons possession trial that took place last week in Whitehorse.
• Renos, new building coming for RCMP sites Ross River, Faro and Carcross got a nod from the territorial government and Yukon RCMP Tuesday with an announcement that Carcross will get a new detachment building.
• Conservatives acclaim a candidate for 2019 vote If Yukon MP Larry Bagnell is looking to return to Team Trudeau and run in next year’s federal election, he now knows one of the candidates he’d be officially be up against: Conservative Jonas Smith.
• MP criticized for skipping firearms law vote MP criticized for skipping firearms law vote

September 25, 2018

• Student headed to Ottawa for science fair A Yukon student saw his science project take him all the way to Ottawa
• United Way pulls its weight The 2018 United Way Yukon’s second annual plane pull took place on Saturday.
• Road closure planned for Terry Fox Run Traffic will be affected early Wednesday afternoon so École Whitehorse Elementary School can stage its annual Terry Fox Run.
• Duo promises to reveal major donors Two city council candidates have vowed to disclose the names of all large donors to their campaigns and to not use voter data obtained from any political party to target supporters.
• Candidate has ideas on avenues, mayoral election The race for city council in the Oct. 18 municipal election has gained an 18th candidate.
• Chief ‘extremely upset’ by councillors’ remarks Kwanlin Dün First Nation Chief Doris Bill says she’s “extremely relieved” that zoning has been approved to raise the height limit for a proposed hotel on the waterfront.

September 24, 2018

• Youthful Talent on Display Mackenzie Jenner is one of the artists in the Maya Rosenberg’s Students’ First Art Show
• Hundreds poured into city’s new thrift store Whitehorse residents were out in full force Saturday
• Hillcrest fire destroys pair of sheds Whitehorse firefighters spent much of Saturday on the scene of a blaze in Hillcrest
• Man accused of mailing bomb dies The 73-year-old Whitehorse man accused of mailing a bomb to his brother has died in custody – not long after facing new and more severe charges.
• Judge finds one of two accused men guilty A Yukon deputy judge has convicted one man of possession of drugs for trafficking and possession of a prohibited weapon while acquitting a co-accused of the same offences.
• ‘The department made a mistake’: Mostyn The territorial government is cancelling the awarding of a contract related to the new French-language high school to a Northwest Territories firm.
• Honoring An Icon Terry Fox Run