Whitehorse Daily Star

May 11, 2018

• Learning While Teaching Others Nadya Founel is seen with her project,
• Chadburn Lake dock improvements OKed A new dock at Chadburn Lake will welcome swimmers and paddlers alike later this year after city council approved a $23,000 budget amendment for the building of the dock Monday evening.
• Youngest competitor wins big national shooting championship A 12-year-old Junior Canadian Ranger is the surprise winner of the recent 2018 Junior Ranger National Marksmanship Championship.
• Members of Stix Together launch their third season The women’s voyageur racing team,
• Making Safety A Habit The fourth annual Partners in Safety barbecue was held Thursday at Shipyards Park.
• Petition fails against OHSA director Justice Myra Bielby has struck down Juanita Wood’s petition against the director of the Occupation Health and Safety Branch and awarded costs to the respondent.
• Territories ask Liberals to redo housing plans Territorial governments are pressing the Trudeau government to rejig how much each will receive through the national housing strategy.
• Ready To Showcase Their Talent These are among the younger dancers who will take the stage this evening and Saturday
• CYFN launches Jordan’s Principle in the Yukon First Nations in the Yukon can now receive assistance from the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) in accessing services for children and youth.
• Bring Back The Salmon EDI biologist Ben Schonewille (left) and Gillian Rourke,
• Court hears appeal of $335,844 award The Yukon government has pled its case to the Yukon Court of Appeal in the matter of Mega Reporting.
• Grader purchase pushed to fruition The city will spend $339,495 on a new grader after council approved awarding the contract for the supply of the grader to Finning Canada.
• North Fork power generation feasibility studied A Dawson City company is studying the feasibility of re-establishing a hydroelectric generating system that powered gold dredges in the Klondike for 55 years – beginning in 1911.
• Students Take Charge Trevor Ratcliff, Porter Creek Secondary School’s vice-principal,
• Quarry area is headed for expansion City council has approved third reading of two bylaws that will expand the McLean Lake quarry area and provide for a new lease with the Yukon government on the land.
• An Ode To Horses Kate Roske
• Students shown risks of impaired driving in powerful fashion Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Canada
• Liberals led way in political revenue The Yukon’s official Opposition party is crying foul in the wake of an annual report detailing political contributions to the four parties.
• Keeping Skills Sharp City of Whitehorse firefighters
• Manslaughter sentence date set A sentencing date of June 28 has been set for Alfred Chief Jr.,
• Council prepares for next winter’s road maintenance The city will spend close to $385,000 on roadway sand and salt as it gets ready for next winter.
• Summer wildfire outlook is on track With the May long weekend only a couple weeks away comes the territory’s peak period for wildland fires.
• Kennel owner makes her case to appeal court Shelley Cuthbert has taken a Yukon Supreme Court decision that she remove the Tagish Kennel dogs from her property to the Yukon Court of Appeal.
• College marks major moment in its evolution For years, Yukon College has partnered with Outside universities to offer degrees in teaching, social work, business and more.

May 10, 2018

• City’s spring Household Hazardous Waste Days are earlier this year Residents are being invited to join in on the city’s biannual Spring Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Days at the Whitehorse landfill.
• Society still wrestling with fiscal challenges The Dawson City Arts Society (DCAS) is looking to shore up its financial sustainability after another active year.
• Honouring A Grandmother More than 60 students
• Bridging the gap between art and business Artists from across the Yukon will gather in Whitehorse this weekend to raise funds for a peer in need.
• Chamber of Mines applauds renewed resource royalty deal The Yukon Chamber of Mines is applauding the renewed resource royalty deal announced at Monday’s Yukon Forum,
• Yukon College joins CubeSat space program Yukon College students will be among a number of post-secondary school students slated to become part of the Canadian Space Program over the next three years.
• YG shifts strategy on group homes allegations The territory stepped up its response Wednesday

May 9, 2018

• Rights commission gains new member Gavin Gardiner was recently appointed by the legislative assembly for a three-year term to the Rights Commission.
• Landmark demolished to make way for 14-plex The Cassiar Building, long a fixture on Queen Street, was demolished April 30 to make way for a new 14-unit apartment building by its owners, the Chief Isaac Group.
• Mysterious wreck found near road A red Ford Focus was seen abandoned and smashed-up last Friday evening off the North Klondike Highway.
• Much To Choose From The Whitehorse Flea Market was held last Saturday
• City hires new fire chief out of B.C. Michael Dine, the Pender Island Fire Rescue deputy chief, has been hired as Whitehorse’s next fire chief.
• Dawsonite wins ice pool during slow breakup The IODE’s ice pool tripod was a bit reluctant to get moving Tuesday.
• Dawson safe, Old Crow may flood: officials As the Yukon looks to leap forward into the spring season,
• Court hears rationale for Sheepway sentencing Darryl Steven Sheepway will not be eligible for parole for 13 years of his life sentence for second-degree murder for killing Christopher Brisson in 2015.