Whitehorse Daily Star

January 30, 2018

• Festival Continues Local performer Eric Epstein
• Every Student, Every Day Fund taking 2018-19 applications The application deadline for the Every Student,
• Readying For Rendezvous Snowmaking equipment from Mount Sima
• YG earns poor grade on red tape reduction The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) has awarded the Yukon government a “D” on its annual Red Tape Report Card.
• Judge weighs officer’s fate in sexual assault case A former Whitehorse RCMP officer is facing either a conditional discharge or a suspended sentence for a sexual assault conviction related to his on-duty conduct.
• Francophone school construction to start in 2019 Construction of the Yukon’s first francophone high school is scheduled to start in May 2019 at the former F.H. Collins Secondary School site.
• Councillors oppose proposed budget The city’s proposed $77-million operating budget for 2018 passed first reading Monday evening, but not all council members are on board with the plans.

January 29, 2018

• City set to unveil its new operating budget at tonight’s meeting The City of Whitehorse will detail its plans for 2018 property taxes and utility rates this evening when its proposed operating budget is unveiled.
• Yukoners’ opinions sought on tourism strategy When it comes to the future of tourism in the Yukon, “every idea matters,” according to Tourism and Culture Minister Jeanie Dendys.
• Man fined for letting meat spoil A 35-year-old Inuvialuit man was fined $2,000 last week for allowing a substantial amount of caribou meat to spoil along the Dempster Highway.
• Contributions Recognized Gerald Piper (left) receives a Life Membership Award
• Social entrepreneurship is the Yukon Innovation Prize theme Cold Climate Innovation (CCI) at Yukon College and the territorial Department of Economic Development have launched the fourth annual Yukon Innovation Prize (YIP).
• Yukon Veteran Honoured Red Grossinger (left) received the Palm Leaf to the Legion Meritorious Service Medal on Friday
• YEU helps anti-homelessness plan The Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU) is helping fight homelessness.
• Crown appeals verdict on officer’s use of force The Yukon branch of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada is disputing a judge’s ruling that a police officer had used “excessive force” during an incident outside the Real Canadian Superstore in Whitehorse on New Year’s Eve 2016.
• Dog bite was ‘isolated incident,’ RCMP say Ross River RCMP are assuring the public there is not a dangerous dog problem in the community.
• Child and Family Services Act is scheduled for review With the national proportion of Indigenous children in care having reached crisis-level, the Yukon government is “ready for action,” according to Health and Social Services Minister Pauline Frost.
• Economy will ‘hop right through the Yukon’ The Yukon’s mining and mineral exploration industry is going to get busy – very busy, says Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Ranj Pillai.

January 26, 2018

• 911 brings on names and numbers in Dawson The advent of 911 service in the Dawson area meant that the town’s street names and addresses needed to be standardized.
• Contents of safe have been found: Dawson RCMP The contents of a safe reported stolen in Dawson City last month have been recovered, Yukon RCMP said today.
• Man is wanted on four warrants Whitehorse RCMP said today they are seeking the public’s help in locating Wayne Johnny, 61, also known as Wayne Silverfox.
• Celebrating the Bards in food and verse The two Roberts, Burns and Service,
• Order Assists Karen's Room Members of the Order of the Eastern Star are seen Jan. 12 in Karen’s Room at the Whitehorse General Hospital with Dr. Sally MacDonald (back row, fifth from left).
• Successor unknown as Phillips prepares to leave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is responsible for selecting the Yukon’s next commissioner,
• Pivot Festival Talent Sarah MacDougall (above)
• Yukon retail sales rose sharply The preliminary estimate (seasonally unadjusted) for Yukon retail sales
• Program added to garage sale at Games Centre Zero Waste Yukon is planning to launch Perfectly Good,
• Firefighters summoned to apartment complex The Whitehorse Fire Department and RCMP responded to an emergency call
• Digging Out The driver of this vehicle lost control on an icy patch
• City may release list of tax liens The city could soon publish its annual list of property owners who still owe 2017 property taxes.
• Need for mayor’s Ottawa trip is queried at council meeting Mayor Dan Curtis has defended his plans to represent the city at the Arctic Inspiration Prize awards ceremony in Ottawa next week.
• Officer’s force was unjustified: judge A Whitehorse man has been acquitted of a charge of resisting a police officer after a Yukon Territorial Court judge determined his arrest was unlawful and that the officer had used “excessive force”.
• WestJet taxis toward Whitehorse-Calgary service Just over three months out from the start of its 2018 season in the territory,
• No authorization for cabins found so far The construction of two cabins in the wilderness south of Ross River is under investigation by the Yukon government, officials have confirmed to the Star.