Whitehorse Daily Star

March 29, 2018

• Enthusiasm permeated youth art program Last Thursday evening marked the closing dinner and walking exhibit for this year’s edition of the Youth Art Experience (YAE) Program, hosted annually in Dawson by the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC).
• Denim Day campaign continues The second annual Yukon Denim Day campaign began March 17 and will run until April 10 at participating locations across the territory.
• New essential services agreement to be looked at An essential services agreement between the City of Whitehorse and the union representing most of its workers will be put to the Canada Industrial Relations Board next week.
• Hopes high for first mental wellness hub Hopes high for first mental wellness The territory’s first Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services hub could help catch Yukoners who are “falling through the cracks,” says the executive director of Help and Hope for Families.
• Puppet show has toured Whitehorse daycare centres The Trouble puppet show is visiting several Whitehorse daycares over the March break.
• Biasetti thrilled with second Percy de Wolfe win Jason Biasetti was feeling fantastic at the end of the Percy de Wolfe race banquet after he stood at the front of the room with the winner’s trophy for the second year in a row.
• Learning About Lunches Xavier and Ellie Macht enjoy the free lunch
• YCS is awarded city grant The Yukon Conservation (YCS) could be moving into food production soon with plans for a food garden at its Hawkins Street property.
• Suites would ease housing crunch, council told Allowing for two North Star Drive properties to have live-in suites would open up two much-needed rental units in the city.
• Damage closes Haines Junction liquor store The Haines Junction Liquor Store and Territorial Agent Office have sustained water damage, and the store will remain closed through the Easter long weekend.
• Collision kills Watson Lake man A 46-year-old Watson Lake man died Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle Alaska Highway collision a kilometre south of the Swift River Highway Camp.
• Phone woes reported between Yukon, Alaska There are problems going on with telephone service to and from Alaska, apparently.
• Funding granted to heritage fair A $3,000 contribution from the city’s heritage fund will go to the Yukon Historical and Museums Association’s (YHMA’s) annual Yukon/Stikine Heritage Fair.
• Quarry expansion progressing The city has taken a step closer to expanding its quarry in the McLean Lake area and signing off on a new lease for the site with the Yukon government.
• President to end lengthy link with chamber In 2004, Rick Karp took on what he thought would be a nine-month to one-year role as the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce president.
• Cost to reclaim road cannot be known until spring The Yukon government wants to reclaim an illegal, 17-kilometre road built near Carmacks in 2016 by a placer miner without authorization.

March 28, 2018

• Hair Basics program in Ross River turns many heads Rebekha Johnny loves her new, short hair and orange, red, purple and blue highlights.
• Electrical bills rebate program extended a year The Yukon government is extending the rebate program on residential electrical bills for another year, it announced Tuesday.
• Explaining The Plans The Yukon government held an open house Tuesday
• Correction An article in Tuesday’s edition about plans by Alaska Seaplanes to begin offering scheduled flights between Juneau and Whitehorse incorrectly stated Air North used to run scheduled flights to Skagway. It should have said Air North used to run scheduled flights to Juneau.
• Powerful Perceptions Elder Cecil Jackson, from Ross River,
• YG helps Challenge buy downtown lot The Yukon government has transferred $750,231 to the Challenge Disability Resource Group to buy vacant land located at 704 Main St., near the escarpment.
• Renewable energy projects await IPP policy A handful of renewable energy projects will have to wait for next year’s construction season as the Yukon government has not yet wrapped up its Independent Power Production (IPP) policy.
• Bogus bills circulating in Whitehorse Counterfeit U.S. $100 bills are being passed in Whitehorse, the RCMP said Tuesday.
• Farmer Robert’s entering its final harvest Fewer than three years after Robert Ryan opened the doors of the Farmer Robert’s store to customers,
• Officials accused of hiding group homes issues “Systemic abuse relies on silence,” an individual wrote Monday to Patti McLeod, the Yukon Party’s Health and Social Services critic.

March 27, 2018

• Downtown Mishap Two vehicles suffered damage
• Correction A story in Monday’s edition
• Vehicles Tangle Firefighters work at the scene of a two-car collision
• Infill lots sales move closer to fruition Four new residential properties are closer to being put out for sale after city council passed the first two readings of a bylaw enabling the sales after utilities are installed later this year.
• Blues away The annual spring Burning Away the Winter Blues,
• Airline announces Whitehorse-Juneau service Juneau’s Alaska Seaplanes is planning to offer regularly scheduled flights to Whitehorse from mid-May into September, says the company’s general manager.
• Wann Road group home to definitely proceed Though it still has planned public consultation to complete,
• Waste management system changes approved Waste fees in the city will be rising after council approved the final readings of changes to bylaws around waste management on Monday evening.