Whitehorse Daily Star

February 2, 2018

• DCMF tunes up for its 40th anniversary After a number of low-income years where the Dawson City Music Festival (DCMF) lost money,
• Competition Goes Saturday Matthew Lien, Katherine McCallum, Jessica Hall and Brendan Preston, left-right,
• New committee to guide Peel planning process The Yukon government and First Nations have agreed to do what they can to wrap up the Peel land use plan in the next year,
• Connecting With The Community Cristina Crill, Dan Halen and Hannah Cross, left-right,
• Lights set to dim for film extravaganza For the past 16 years, the Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) has brought unique films from all over the world to Whitehorse.
• Exhibit To Open This Evening Linda Leon will open Life in Water at the Yukon Artists @ Work gallery this evening.
• Clock ticking on a fixture of local cuisine A Whitehorse staple for fresh, handmade Italian food is planning to close its doors this spring.
• Helping A Community Cause Carrie MacIntosh was one of the volunteers
• First Nations closer to exemption First Nations planning to subdivide settlement land within the city are a step closer to being exempt from the 10 per cent public land use dedication.
• Yukoners appreciative of major prizes The proponents of two Yukon projects among the winners of the Arctic Inspiration Prize are celebrating their success.
• Driver charged with numerous offences Whitehorse RCMP are seeking witnesses to an alleged dangerous driving incident Thursday morning on the Alaska Highway.
• Budget’s tax measures explained Whitehorse property owners are pondering the city’s proposed operating budget and the impact that will have on their property tax bill.
• City tax lien list will be released The city will publish its annual list of property owners who still owe 2017 property taxes after council voted in favour of the measure Monday night.
• City to use automated vote counting for next election The city has confirmed it will again use an automatic vote tallying system in the Oct. 18 municipal election – and likely in future elections as well.
• Women’s group pleased with city’s bylaw review Officials with the Yukon Women’s Coalition say they’re pleased the city will consult with stakeholders, industry and other governments as a review of the vehicle for hire bylaw gets underway.
• Rookie to lead Quest pack; Hopkins is 19th The starting order for the 35th running of the Yukon Quest 1,000 Mile International Sled Dog Race is set.
• YHC eyes contracting out testing The Yukon Hospital Corp. (YHC) is considering a contract with St. Paul’s Hospital that could see the majority of the territory’s microbiology testing outsourced from Whitehorse General Hospital (WGH) to the Vancouver facility.

February 1, 2018

• There's Light Amid The Darkness Jenny Hamilton, a Whitehorse writer and comedian,
• Council awards sewer-fix contract Norcope Enterprises has been awarded the contract for a major sewer repair project set for this summer along part of Wilson Drive at Thompson Road in Granger.
• Going Places A caribou
• Yukon venture receives Arctic Inspiration Prize Canadian couple says their decision to donate $60 million – the bulk of their wealth – to a fund aimed at promoting Arctic innovation was inspired by a deep love for the Far North and the people who live there.
• Tire Topper An ermine is seen last weekend near Teslin.
• Proposed grid link to B.C. is called a nation-building plan The government owes it to Yukoners to at least have the conversation about tying into B.C.’s electrical grid, says Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Ranj Pillai.
• Premier, ministers, chiefs plan activities in Ottawa For the second straight year, Premier Sandy Silver and several ministers have joined with a delegation of First Nations chiefs for Yukon Days meetings in Ottawa.
• Music festival catalyst given Governor General’s honour Wednesday’s presentation of the Governor General’s Meritorious Service Decoration took place in the Kwanlin Koyotes ski chalet.
• Filmmaker’s suit reels out variety of claims A Yukon filmmaker is suing his former co-producer over a number of projects they worked on together.

January 31, 2018

• Author’s latest work will have northern theme Lawrence Hill read to a packed audience of at least 50 last Thursday at the Dawson Community Library.
• Intrusion From The Sky This raven was quite interested in these wood fuel pellets in the Qwanlin Mall parking lot last Sunday.
• Elders share memories of landmark trip to Ottawa It’s been almost 45 years since a group of Yukon First Nation leaders went to Ottawa to present Together Today for our Children Tomorrow to then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau.
• Super-Sight The moon rises Tuesday evening over Whitehorse.
• Police taking applications for a pre-cadet training program The Yukon RCMP are accepting applications for the 2018 Aboriginal Pre-Cadet Training Program.
• Way cleared for tiny houses project Five affordable housing units for vulnerable people living in Whitehorse will not solve the housing problem.
• Retired paramedic receives prestigious award For more than three decades,
• Father relieved that verdict has been rendered Darryl Sheepway has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the August 2015 shooting death of Christopher Brisson.