Whitehorse Daily Star

January 22, 2018

• Trouble On The North Klondike Emergency responders attended the scene of this two-vehicle collision on the North Klondike Highway at Couch Road at about 2:50 p.m. Sunday.
• Pothole lake stocking OKed A proposal to continue stocking pothole lakes in the Yukon for another 20 years has been accepted.
• Ice Bridge-Building In Dawson City A high-pressure hose shoots water, pumped up from beneath the Yukon River ice,
• Premier, Pillai promoting Yukon at mining events Premier Sandy Silver and Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Ranj Pillai are in Vancouver this week.
• Dog rescue owner seeks stay of court order The owner of a Tagish dog rescue is hoping to stay a Yukon Supreme Court decision that would require her to get rid of 53 dogs until her appeal can be heard in May.
• Women march to make a statement The Look Back, March Forward event took place Saturday in Whitehorse,
• United Way grapples with fundraising shortfall United Way Yukon is pointing to a number of factors to explain a 2017 fundraising total considerably lower than what the organization normally receives.
• Union-city stalemate headed to conciliation Steve Geick, the president of the Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU), says he expects conciliation will move the union representing city staffers and closer to new collective agreements with the city.

January 19, 2018

• Artist’s childhood inspired his show Artist and carver Dennis Shorty has happy childhood memories of growing up in Kaska territory with his family, listening to stories from his grandfather and spending time out on the land.
• Locally-built ice roads help West Dawsonites Work continues on the project to make a ”Band-Aid ice bridge”,
• Council studies bylaw for automated vote counting It’s anticipated the city will once again use an automatic system to tally votes in the Oct. 18 municipal election.
• Support builds for tiny houses project The Blood Ties Four Directions Centre’s proposal to build five tiny homes on its lot at Jarvis Street and Sixth Avenue was praised Monday night as a step in bringing more affordable housing options to those who need it.
• Displaying Diversity The Pride flag has been flying in front of Yukon RCMP headquarters in Whitehorse this week.
• MADD on the road to fewer impaired drivers Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Whitehorse is working to change impaired driving rates in the Yukon.
• Yukoners to be part of global rallies Yukoners marching in support of equality and human rights in Whitehorse tomorrow will be joining sister rallies across the globe.
• Keeping The Arteries In Shape Highways crews have been out in full force around the territory,
• Parents’ unique plight required a response: YG With the abrupt shuttering of Cheeky Monkeys Daycare in Whitehorse,
• Challenge relieved by time extension for sale of land Jillian Hardie, the Challenge Disability Resource Group’s executive director, says there was a sense of relief among officials after a vote by city council Monday evening.
• Dedicated transit lane deemed a success as experiment ends Transit riders heading out of Riverdale will once again be back in the regular traffic mix next week.
• Local filmmakers set to retrace Joe Boyle’s historic journey It’s been a full century since Klondike Joe Boyle,
• Mine production would mean about 165 jobs Alexco Resource Corp. is moving toward bringing its Keno Hill Silver District back into production this year, says a senior company official.

January 18, 2018

• Into The Drink A member of the Whitehorse Fire Department participates Monday in an ice rescue refresher session in the Yukon River.
• New rec centre a possibility for Dawson Back in November 2017, Dawson’s council spent several meetings poring over a series of options related to the future of the Art and Margaret Fry Recreation Centre (AMFRC).
• Finale Goes Tonight The Extremely Moving Youth Society will present the Go Nuts
• RCMP seek help Carcross RCMP are seeking the public’s help in investigating an attempted break and enter in Tagish on New Year’s Eve.
• Stop-work order issued for Mah’s Point 2 site A stop-work order was set to be issued today for the vacant lot at Second Avenue and Strickland Street that will see the building of Mah’s Point 2, an eight-storey condo structure.
• Interim regional chief appointed to AFN Kluane Adamek has been named Yukon’s interim regional chief to the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).
• Language centre transfer a ‘bold move’ The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) has taken a historic step toward revitalizing First Nations languages in the territory.