Whitehorse Daily Star

April 9, 2018

• Legal aid to get another $241,000 The Yukon Legal Services Society, also known as Yukon Legal Aid,
• Maiden Paint Workshop Donna Moore instructs the first-ever paint workshop
• City council poised to vote on proposal for bus wrap project The work of local First Nations artists could once again be showcased around the city via the transit system if council goes ahead with a bus wrap again this year.
• Waterlogged Extension The Hamilton Boulevard extension
• Rental Construction Program to continue with YHC’s grant The Yukon Housing Corp. (YHC) has allocated $1 million in grant funding to continue the Municipal Matching Rental Construction Program.
• Yukoners named year’s outstanding outfitter Yukon big game outfitters David and Teena Dickson are this year’s recipients of a prestigious award from the Wild Sheep Foundation.
• MLAs seek clarification on pending carbon tax Unanswered questions swirl around the carbon tax set for implementation in the Yukon next year, despite last week’s release of a federal government-led analysis designed to shed some light on the tax’s potential impacts in the Yukon.
• Yukoners protest loss of visiting doctors Yukoners in Beaver Creek, Destruction Bay and Burwash Landing can expect to see a new doctor travelling to their community health centres come June, as Haines Junction gains a resident physician.
• Late chief praised for legacy of leadership Joe Linklater – a former chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation – died over the weekend at his home in Old Crow.
• Land seekers almost doubled the number of lots It stands to be another busy construction season in Whistle Bend after 103 people entered last week’s lottery for 57 residential lots in the city’s newest neighbourhood.

April 6, 2018

• Author positive about second Berton House stint Lawrence Hill maintained a fairly hectic public schedule during his recent three months as the Berton House writer in residence.
• Break-in shutters business at remote Stewart Crossing Travellers needing gas, a washroom break and some snacks Thursday were disappointed at the Stewart Crossing Petro Express Station.
• Girl Guide door-to-door cookie blitz will begin next week Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers will start their annual cookie blitz next week with door-to-door sales in most Whitehorse neighbourhoods.
• Invasive Species Forum Held The Yukon Invasive Species Council
• Coroner’s office releases name of fire victim Yukon Coroner’s Services has released the name of a Whitehorse man who died in a fire Thursday at the Prospector Trailer Park.
• Firefighters Summoned To Porter Creek Firefighters were called to this Cedar Crescent home very early this morning.
• School bus routes information available Department of Education officials are advising students and parents to visit https://yukon.ca/en/education-and-schools/kindergarten-grade-12/find- school-bus-schedule for the most recent information on school bus routes.
• Festival Set For Tomorrow The Air North First Light Image Festival will take place Saturday at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.
• Home may give way to townhouse development A five-unit townhouse development could be added to the Porter Creek neighbourhood provided a zoning amendment proposed for 21 12th Ave. is approved by city council.
• Zoning housekeeping underway A number of changes to the zoning bylaw could be approved as early as next week.
• Council to vote on sewer pipe work along Lewes Boulevard A city contract worth close to $300,000 could see the installation of a pipe liner in the sewer line along Lewes Boulevard from Alsek Drive to Takhini Avenue.
• Summit patrols yielded no major incidents: RCMP RCMP officers from the Yukon and British Columbia stepped up enforcement in the White Pass and Haines Pass areas over the Easter weekend.
• Essential services set out in agreement A strike by most City of Whitehorse workers could leave some parents looking for child care after school and on any professional development days their child’s school may have.
• Caveats accompany carbon pricing analysis The federal and Yukon governments have released the results of an analysis designed to estimate the potential impacts of carbon pricing on the Yukon’s economy, industry, households and greenhouse gas emissions.

April 5, 2018

• Digital land title registry cost is $5.6 million over 20 years The Yukon government has awarded Saskatchewan-based Information Services Corp. a 20-year contract to digitize its land title registration processes.
• Coalition serves up food prices data The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition (YAPC) has released a final report highlighting the cost and availability of nutritious food in communities throughout the Yukon.
• Opposition unhappy about exclusion from briefing The Yukon government plans to brief the local media on the impacts of the pending carbon tax late this afternoon.
• Talking Religions Muhammad Javed, the president of the Whitehorse Muslim Association, speaks Wednesday evening
• KPMA funds school’s metal shop expansion Premier Sandy Silver was in Dawson City last month to join the Klondike Placer Miners’ Association (KPMA) as it donated $10,000 to Robert Service School to enhance the school’s metal shop program.
• Conference will have major economic impact: organizers The Canadian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s 66th  annual scientific meeting will be held May 30-June 2 in Whitehorse.
• Fire hasn’t killed salmon restoration work The Fox Creek salmon restoration project will go on.
• YG would act on detox bed shortage: Frost If the need is there, more detox beds will open in the territory, Health and Social Services Minister Pauline Frost said Tuesday.
• Liberals lauded for timing of tenders With the Yukon Liberals’ self-imposed deadline for tendering seasonally-dependent construction projects having come and gone for a second year, Peter Turner, the Yukon Chamber of Commerce president, is giving the government an “A for effort.”