Whitehorse Daily Star

April 20, 2018

• The CANOL Project and the atomic bomb Pipe and equipment were brought up by a laborious route for the CANOL Project.
• Suspicious noise investigated in Riverdale Late Thursday morning, Whitehorse RCMP responded to multiple reports of a suspicious noise, possibly gunshots, in the Pelly Road and Tay Street area of Riverdale.
• Clients still slated for care facility in October While the new Whistle Bend continuing care facility is still very much a construction zone,
• A happy coincidence after 14,000 miles alone As Sir Noel Coward so appositely put it, only “mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun.”
• Rotary Music Festival celebrates 50 years The Rotary Club of Whitehorse has been presenting the Rotary Music Festival festival for 50 years.
• Study ongoing into grid-tie plan Yukon Energy is continuing to study the feasibility of tying the Yukon’s electrical grid into the B.C. grid, the legislature was told this week.
• A Tire To Inspire Nicole Bauberger sets up a piece of inspired tire remnant artwork by the Jenni House on Thursday afternoon.
• ‘Exceptional volunteer’ surprised by honour For 35 years, Linda Enders has delivered goodies and much-needed cheer to patients at Whitehorse General Hospital.
• Lingering unsolved homicides ‘disheartening’ More than a year later, the families of Wendy Carlick, Sarah MacIntosh, Greg Dawson and Allan Waugh want answers to the unsolved murders of their loved ones.
• Plucked From The Drink The RCMP, Whitehorse Fire Department and EMS recovered an empty Ford Aerostar van from the Yukon River behind Shipyards Park on Thursday.
• Minister is overworked, overwhelmed: YP The Yukon government was on the defensive Thursday, against what Premier Sandy Silver called “claptrappery” from the opposition.
• Investigation continues into cabins The Yukon government has not yet determined if two cabins built in the wilderness had the required authorization.
• Wrongful dismissal suit filed against Yukon government The former manager of regional services for the Department of Health and Social Services is accusing the Yukon government of wrongful dismissal.
• Pressure mounts for Ottawa to scrap C-71 More than 200 Yukon residents have signed an online petition calling on the federal government to scrap Bill C-71.
• Report redraws electoral boundaries The independent commission responsible for proposing the number, names and boundaries of electoral districts in the Yukon has suggested the overall number of ridings increase to 20.

April 19, 2018

• Let on-call teachers into YTA: petition Before the Yukon Teachers Association (YTA) could welcome teachers on call (substitute teachers) to the union, the territorial government would have to reopen the territorial legislation.
• Screened Creativity This was the scene Wednesday evening
• Carmacks to receive new grader station The Yukon government will replace the current, 50-year-old Carmacks grader station with a new, more efficient building this summer.
• Free dump days proposed for May, Boxing Day May 14 to 21 could be a busy week at the Whitehorse landfill.
• Zero waste forum called a fruitful endeavour The Territory-Wide Recycling and Zero Waste Working Forum proved to be a success, as interest in the event went over and above expectations.
• Performance Time Coco Krauzig performs Tuesday morning
• Groups may gain $150,000 in recreation grants The city could provided close to $150,000 to a wide range of community groups and facilities in the form of spring recreation grants.
• Plans made to finish high school The Yukon government of is working with the F.H. Collins Secondary School community and investing $3.12 million to complete the F.H. Collins Secondary School project.
• Premier’s carbon tax vow ‘fiction’: opposition Premier Sandy Silver’s alleged broken promise to voters about carbon tax rebates left the official opposition crying foul Wednesday.
• Groups denounce alterations in funding Three local Indigenous women’s organizations have spoken out to challenge a funding change they say the Yukon government presented to them as an improvement,
• Ombudsman seeks expansion in authority Diane McLeod-McKay wants to see the Yukon Ombudsman’s powers expanded to allow the independent officer of the legislative assembly to initiate his or her own investigations, rather than having to wait for a complaint.

April 18, 2018

• Smart Cities Challenge may be boon to housing dilemma A national challenge could help address housing issues in Whitehorse.
• We Stand With You Carcross-Tagish First Nation citizens donned hockey sweaters to show their solidarity with the Saskatchewan community of Humboldt last Friday.
• Four finalists selected for Yukon Innovation Prize Four ideas from Yukon innovators have been shortlisted for the 2018 Yukon Innovation Prize, it was announced Tuesday.
• Shows Continue Anne Hoerber (above)
• Carbon plan linked to higher taxes, service cuts The city is expecting the carbon tax will cost about $126,000 in the first year and rise to as much as $328,000 per year by 2022, when the tax is anticipated to be at $50 per carbon tonne.
• Major Festival Continues Canyon Simanis, with her dad Erik on guitar,
• Bus wrap project approved The work of First Nations artists will make its way through the city via the transit system,
• Peace bond denied after tensions with YG staff A Yukon judge has denied a peace bond request that stemmed from several altercations between a man and Yukon motor vehicles branch staff.
• Critic wants audit of family, children’s branch The Yukon Party official Opposition has reached out to the Auditor General of Canada requesting a performance audit of the Yukon government’s Family and Children’s Services branch.
• Near-collision called ‘incredibly alarming’ Road safety dominated much of city council’s meeting Monday evening.