Whitehorse Daily Star

December 22, 2017

• Yukoners ready to wrap up the festive shopping season With just two days left in the Christmas shopping season,
• Changes urged for gender surgery policy The Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU) and a local transgender support group are both lobbying the Yukon government to change its new Gender Affirming Surgery (GAS) policy.
• Yukoners assess B.C.’s grizzly bear hunting ban It’s difficult to say what,
• Sally Ann steaming toward kettle goal A call for volunteers has helped the local Salvation Army move much closer to its fundraising goal in its annual kettle campaign.
• City plans New Year’s Eve fun The City of Whitehorse is inviting Yukoners to gather Dec. 31 for the New Year’s Eve Countdown.
• Correction A story on a DataPath Systems poll in Wednesday’s edition reported:
• Average weekly earnings reported The preliminary average weekly earnings figure for the Yukon was $1,098.92 in September, Statistics Canada reported recently.
• Imprisoned woman was conned, supporter says A Yukon legal advocate is shedding light on the case of a Carcross-Tagish First Nation woman imprisoned in Turkey.
• YG to apply icy ‘Band-Aid’ to river in Dawson “fickle” Mother Nature has forced the Yukon government to take unprecedented action in Dawson City, Highways and Public Works Minister Richard Mostyn said Thursday.
• It’s the last call for bottle labels – for now Concerns from national alcohol brand owners have prompted the Yukon Liquor Corp. to stop affixing warning labels to all bottles and cans being sold in the Whitehorse liquor store, the Star has learned – at least for the time being.

December 21, 2017

• Helping Feed Local Families Clayton Bergen, right, with Integra Tire,
• Entertainment On The Shortest Night Local composer Daniel Janke directs
• Liard First Nation citizen to have work placed on coin Miranda Lane and her original design,
• Taking The Honours Teslin Recreation hosted another sleigh ride and Christmas Light Contest this month.
• Advocate wins Couture Stewardship Award Angela Sabo has been awarded the 2017 Gerry Couture Stewardship Award for her work to protect the Yukon’s land and water from contamination.
• 2018-19 calendars set for Whitehorse schools The school calendar dates have been set for Whitehorse schools for the next school year.
• Uncertainty still permeates pending carbon tax New information consequential for the territory’s march toward a carbon tax and a subsequent revenue rebate was made available to the public Wednesday.
• CTFN ‘super-excited’ by ice patches recognition A Yukon landmark that has highlighted the connection of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation (CTFN) with the land and caribou of their traditional territory has made it to the list of Canada’s list of tentative UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

December 20, 2017

• Gate now spans illegal road The Yukon government has installed a gate to prohibit access to the illegal 17-kilometre road built near McGregor Creek between Carmacks and Pelly Crossing.
• Belting Out The Tunes The Free the Beat Foundation presented the inaugural Hip-Hop Holiday Show Tuesday evening at the Social House.
• Mining office’s unwritten policy is terminated An unwritten policy at the Whitehorse mining recorder’s office that allowed for low-level exploration work before formal authorization was received has been terminated.
• The Gates of Bethlehem open at Holy Family The Gates of Bethlehem were opened at Holy Family Elementary School over the weekend.
• Department of Environment should not have sat on records Diane McLeod-McKay, the Yukon Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC),
• Licensed To Be admired Kate-Lynn Flanagan, with the Yukon motor vehicles branch,
• Elevator woes frustrate manor’s residents It will likely be Thursday afternoon before Closeleigh Manor residents will be able to use the building’s elevator again.
• Fire department offers safety reminders The Whitehorse Fire Department is reminding citizens that winter holidays are a time for greater risk of fire.
• First Nation’s legal action ‘a last resort’ The Teslin Tlingit Council (TTC) has filed a petition with the Yukon Supreme Court against the Government of Canada.
• Liberals’ honeymoon wanes, but support is stable Nearly half the respondents of a recent poll would vote Liberal in a territorial election held today, and many believe the Yukon government is far too large.