Whitehorse Daily Star

August 30, 2018

• Evening event will focus on running for city office With the Oct. 18 municipal election date less than two months away,
• Momentous Musical Occasion The Moanin’ Mountain Boys
• YukonWIM Champion praises video series This year’s launch of a four-part video series emphasizing Yukon Women in Mining’s (YukonWIM’s) work to attract woman to careers within the territory’s mining industry has pleased the organization’s newest Champion.
• Turbine Work Proceeding The third liquefied natural gas turbine
• ADM named as chair of WCC working group The Yukon government has confirmed key members of the implementation working group that will provide input on how to fulfill the Whitehorse Correctional Centre inspection report recommendations.
• Power outage affected 3,000 customers A small bird is to blame for a widespread power outage that spanned south from Robert Service Way to Teslin on Wednesday afternoon.
• Goeppel outcome renews questions: NDP, YP The territorial government is accepting the conclusion of a legal saga involving an ex-Yukon Liberal Party candidate who ran in the 2016 election.
• Offender needs treatment, justice concludes Ed. note: this story contains graphic details of a violent crime.

August 29, 2018

• Ferry Shut Down The MV Abraham Francis is seen Aug. 4 on the Peel River.
• Board members back up to seven after YHC requests The territorial government’s appointment of two members to the Yukon Housing Corp.’s (YHC’s) board of directors earlier this month is leading the official Opposition party to ask questions about a minister’s “partisan motives.”
• Enhancing Salmons Stocks EDI staff Ben Schonewille (wearing cap), Scott Cavasin and Dawn Hansen (in water) and Tess Bailey (far right), from the Teslin Tlingit Council, are seen Aug. 13,
• Engagement sessions focus on wood smoke The kids are back in school, the mornings are cooler and residents are getting set to turn the heat on in their homes.
• Cause Of Collisions Explained Whitehorse RCMP released more information today about multi-vehicle collisions that took place at about 1:45 p.m. Monday on Robert Service Way.
• Carts being blocked by obstacles The city’s Water and Waste Department has noticed a higher than usual amount of curbside waste and organic waste carts being blocked by obstacles like parked vehicles.
• Curtain falls on performer’s local career For decades, Grant Simpson has entertained both locals and tourists with his vaudeville acts and music.
• Testimony preceded ex-candidate’s guilty plea Territorial court heard witness testimony in the Tamara Goeppel trial Tuesday before she pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Yukon Elections Act.
• ‘Ms. Goeppel was well motivated’: lawyer Tamara Goeppel, an ex-Yukon Liberal Party election candidate,

August 28, 2018

• Observatory Celebrated The Yukon Astronomical Society held a Star Party last Friday and Saturday, celebrating the new observatory.
• Communities unite for Orange Shirt Day On Sept. 30, Yukon communities will join thousands of people across Canada in bringing awareness to the experiences of the residential school system by wearing an orange shirt.
• Trouble On The Road Emergency responders work at the scene of a multiple-vehicle collision
• Trail scheduled to reopen The Wolf Creek Recreation Park Interpretive Trail was expected to reopen this afternoon after being closed Monday due to bear activity in the area.
• Judge quashes subpoena seeking journalist’s testimony A Yukon Supreme Court deputy judge has quashed a subpoena that called for the new editor of the Yukon News to testify during a trial.
• Youth recognized for outstanding achievements Five young Yukoners are being recognized for their community contributions through the Outstanding Youth Achievement Awards.
• Goeppel guilty of one offence; two counts withdrawn A one-time Yukon Liberal Party election candidate pled guilty to one offence under the Yukon Elections Act this morning.