Whitehorse Daily Star

April 12, 2018

• Yukon Beer Festival Society assists Boys & Girls Clubs The Yukon Beer Festival Society has donated $6,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Yukon.
• Comprehensive Municipal Grant updated after review The Comprehensive Municipal Grant (CMG) has been updated following a review by a joint territoral government and Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) working group.
• A Chilly Leap John Carson jumps Sunday into Fish Lake
• City rebudgets money from the previous year The City of Whitehorse has rebudgeted $63.5 million from 2017 to this year instead.
• An Evening Of Caring There were three presenters at the 100 Women Who Care event held Wednesday evening at the Gold Rush Inn.
• NNBY hails funding for equipment upgrades Northern Native Broadcasting Yukon (NNBY) has received another $103,548 in federal funding.
• Rotary Music Festival begins From Wednesday through April 21, nearly 1,400 performers will be participating in this year’s Rotary Music Festival at the Yukon Arts Centre and Riverdale Baptist Church.
• New loan program is tailored for rural Yukon The Yukon government will provide more than $2 million over three years for short-term construction financing through the Developer Build Program.
• Flexihall to reopen tomorrow After a week of repair work, the full area of the Canada Games Centre’s flexihall is expected to reopen Friday.
• Program’s complaints mechanism to be probed Yukon Ombudsman Diane McLeod-McKay is launching an investigation into the Department of Health and Social Services’ process for receiving and managing complaints about the Yukon government home care program.
• Dawson airport in for major improvement The first major step in improvements to the Dawson City Airport is underway, with plans to begin construction this summer of a new airport maintenance building.

April 11, 2018

• TV star, company appeal their fines The case of the Gold Rush reality TV star Anton “Tony” Beets and Tamarack Inc. developed a new wrinkle as the Supreme Court of the Yukon heard their appeal Tuesday.
• Artifacts identification event planned Yukoners are invited to join Long Ago Yukon and a team of professionals from Yukon Heritage Resources from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday for an artifacts identification event at the Whitehorse Public Library.
• North 60 Petro proposes highway complex North 60 Petro is proposing to build a new gas station, convenience store and card lock on its Alaska Highway frontage lot across from the Whitehorse airport.
• Jobless rate still hugs rock-bottom The territory’s unemployment rate fell nearly two percentage points in March compared to a year earlier.
• Mishap On The Track Jessica Frotten,
• Crews investigate power failures The cause of power outages Tuesday and this morning originated at the Aishihik hydro plant, says Yukon Energy spokeswoman Janet Patterson.
• Leaking fuel truck closes highway An early-morning incident regarding a fuel truck has caused the closure of the Alaksa Highway north of the Liard Hot Springs.
• Late chief called ‘a source of positivity’ The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation has paid tribute to Joe Linklater, the former chief who died last weekend in Old Crow at the age of 54.
• Charges against taxi firms withdrawn The Whitehorse bylaw department has withdrawn charges against two taxi companies related to the use of security cameras.
• Little Footprints founder visits her hometown For Morgan Wienberg, a visit back to her hometown is a chance to personally thank the many Yukoners who have supported her Little Footprints Big Steps (LFBS) child protection organization in Haiti.
• Liberals accused of trying to gag association Porter Creek Community Association (PCCA) meetings are usually pretty small, according to its vice-president, but March 5 was an exception.

April 10, 2018

• Wilderness guide and interpretive program set The Yukon First Nations Culture and Tourism Association and the Wilderness Tourism Association of Yukon will offer a pilot program focused on wilderness guide and cultural interpretation training for First Nation youth aged 18-30.
• AFN, Bagnell praise late chief Yukoners are continuing to pay tribute to Joe Linklater, a former chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation.
• A Waterway Is Born A virtual lake is seen Monday evening on Quartz Road
• Owners can add rental suites to their homes Two North Star Drive property owners can go ahead with plans to add rental suites in their homes.
• Leisurely Swim Time An otter is seen by Johnson’s Crossing
• Zero Waste Working Forum to begin tomorrow Zero Waste Yukon has arranged for an array of guest speakers for the upcoming Territory-Wide Recycling and Zero Waste Working Forum.
• Yukoner celebrates $25,025 win Mary Ann Young has been playing KENO for the last five years,
• Human rights-related hearing is called off The human rights complaint hearing of Asif Aslam v. the Yukon Government case was cancelled Monday.
• New commander boasts northern experience The RCMP have selected Cpl. Tim Harper as the new commander for the Carmacks detachment.
• Ottawa has answers to carbon tax impacts: Silver When it comes to outstanding questions about the impacts of a carbon price in the Yukon,
• Country lots will be sold at market value Two new country residential lots in Mary Lake will indeed be priced at market value, at $230,000 each.