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December 14, 2017
- Habitat for Humanity Yukon begins its family selection for affordable home Habitat for Humanity Yukon is posing several questions to the general public. They include:
- Bullying in city facilities to be addressed City staff can now begin the work to draft a bylaw that could deal with addressing bullying in city facilities.
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Pumped Up About Christmas This morning,
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Up Close And Personal Frank Brulotte and his sons, Tyson and Kayden,
- School calendar survey results are a mixed bag The Yukon government’s recent school calendar survey received 1,690 responses,
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Longest Night Society to mark its namesake The Yukon Arts Centre has an event planned for the longest night of the year (Dec. 21).
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Tonight's The Night Members of the Music, Arts and Drama (MAD) class
- NDP leader begins leave of absence “Health-related family matters”
- Death in Pelly Crossing investigated The Yukon RCMP said today they are investigating a suspicious death in Pelly Crossing.
- Weather shuts down slick highways Freezing rain and black ice have prompted highway closures across the territory overnight and this morning.
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Ribbon snipped for emergency department The new emergency department at Whitehorse General Hospital will open to patients Jan. 9.
- Yukon government seeks dismissal of company’s claim The territorial government is appealing a Yukon Supreme Court decision in a dispute over its procurement process that would see it pay more than $300,000 to a local transcription company.
December 13, 2017
- Case sees Ottawa file cross appeal The federal government has filed a cross appeal in the matter of October’s decision regarding two lawsuits against Ottawa by the Ross River Dena Council.
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YG rebate won’t go into worker safety Despite a Yukon Chamber of Commerce recommendation,
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An Urging For Peace Fred Horrocks is seen promoting world peace
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Solar farm envisioned for Mount Sima area There is a proposal before the assessment board for the installation of a commercial solar farm in the Mount Sima industrial subdivision.
- Miner refutes claims made in lawsuit over use of excavator A Dawson City miner from Germany is denying allegations in a lawsuit over the use of an excavator.
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Canada won’t swallow five poison pills: MP Andrew Leslie, parliamentary secretary to the minister of Foreign Affairs,
- Consultant to design campground building A consultant will be tasked with coming up with a design for a new operations building at the Robert Service Campground.
- Correction An article on last Friday’s winter tourism summit published Monday,
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Grades 11 and 12 to see redesigned curriculum in 2019 The Yukon’s secondary schools will now have until September 2019 to prepare for the implementation of the redesigned curriculum for Grades 11 and 12.
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Public hearing on tiny houses set for Jan. 15 Residents will have a chance to share their thoughts on a proposal that would see a five-unit tiny home development built at Jarvis Street and Sixth Avenue.
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Salvation Army a long way from reaching $78,000 goal With just two weeks to go in its annual Christmas Kettle Campaign,
December 12, 2017
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Troubled project back on track in Ross River The construction of three duplexes is back on track in Ross River, and legal action against the company “that abandoned” the project is going forward.
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The Expressions Say It All The youngsters who took part in the Heart of Riverdale Community Centre’s Holiday Open House,
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Expansion to help Yukon Archives preserve the past The Yukon Archives celebrated 45 years of acquiring,
- Lobby for delay of business tax changes, premier urged The Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB) and the Yukon Party official Opposition have called on Premier Sandy Silver to lobby his federal counterpart to push pause on small business tax changes scheduled to come into effect Jan. 1.
- Lights of Life ceremony goes Thursday Hospice Yukon’s 27th annual Lights of Life ceremony will begin at 12:15 p.m. Thursday in the atrium of the Elijah Smith Building.
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Council adopts 2018 spending plan The city will spend up to $20 million next year after passing third reading – thus adopting – the 2018 capital budget at Monday’s city council meeting.
- Man claims he was assaulted in custody A Kaska citizen of the Daylu Dena First Nation is suing the RCMP and Attorney General of Canada,