Whitehorse Daily Star

March 21, 2018

• Students bring $10,000 to Habitat for Humanity Students bring $10,000 to Habitat for Humanity
• Traditional territory is notification area The entire traditional territory of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in has been designated as a Class 1 Notification Area.
• Arts centre, official part ways Eric Epstein’s career as the Yukon Arts Centre’s longtime artistic director is about to end.
• Representing Yukon The Arctic Winter Games began last Sunday
• Daylight Saving Time joins gov’t. agenda A few days after Yukoners turned their clocks forward March 11 in accordance with Daylight Saving Time,
• Trouble In The Snow Emergency responders attend to a single-vehicle collision on Robert Service Way at about 11 a.m. today.
• Some buses won’t be running As city transit workers continue their work-to-rule action,
• Clarification A recent story stated the city would accept a donation of $5,000 from the Yukon Arts Centre to add Southern Tutchone to the city’s welcome signs at Two Mile Hill and Robert Service Way.
• Heritage fair funds sought from city It’s an event that draws more than 100 students, their families and teachers from across the territory together to celebrate the region’s history and culture.
• Kennedy addressed youth and sexualized violence Justice Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee says she appreciates Sheldon Kennedy’s recent address to Yukon professionals.
• The white stuff will keep coming Whitehorse normally receives 14.8 centimetres of snow in March.
• Frost undeterred by vacant Sally Ann units Despite the suggestion that seven of the 20 transitional housing units at the new Salvation Army Centre of Hope have been sitting vacant, Health and Social Services Minister Pauline Frost said she’s satisfied with the organization’s service delivery.
• YP troubled by latest care facility plans The Whistle Bend continuing care facility will open in October with 150 continuing care beds, the Department of Health and Social Services confirmed Tuesday.

March 20, 2018

• Advocate will review group homes The Yukon government is co-operating with the Yukon Child and Youth Advocate to conduct a systemic review of the Transitional Support Services (TSS) program.
• On Solid Footing About 16 people took part
• Sewage lagoon fix is urgent, council told The rebuilding of a manhole which collapsed in 2016 will likely be done this year,
• Welcome to Spring Skiers are likely ecstatic
• Bison hunt season winding down The reported bison harvest as of last Thursday was sitting at 143, with just under two weeks to go in the season.
• Mayor tight-lipped on transit tensions Mayor Dan Curtis is making little comment on the work-to-rule action by city transit workers.
• Senior injured on stairs after elevator fails A broken elevator at Closeleigh Manor has resulted in an 83-year-old woman breaking her ankle while climbing the stairs to her third-storey apartment.
• Contractor critical of procurement exceptions choices Highways and Public Works Minister Richard Mostyn has again addressed the subject of the 10,
• Cost of proposed infill lots: $230,000 A $230,000 undeveloped lot does not affordable housing make.

March 19, 2018

• RCMP issue warning about high-risk offender’s release The RCMP are advising everyone in the Whitehorse area of the presence of a high-risk offender.
• Senior volunteerism, community projects funded Twenty community organizations and First Nations across the Yukon are receiving a combined total of $416,632 in federal funding to launch projects that encourage senior volunteerism and community involvement.
• Let The Games Begin The Arctic Winter Games began Sunday
• Pain and suffering of ’60s Scoop recalled Billy Van Fleet was scooped in 1956 from his mother’s trapline cabin in McCabe Creek, Yukon.
• Southern Tutchone will adorn city signs Those coming into the downtown area – either via Robert Service Way or Two Mile Hill – will soon be welcomed in Southern Tutchone, thanks to funding from the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Streamlining of Faro reclamation process sought Methods of streamlining the Faro mine reclamation process are being sought, says Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Ranj Pillai.
• Some buses won’t run today, city says City buses were on the road today after transit users were advised Friday to find alternative transportation options in light of a potential strike.