Whitehorse Daily Star

December 11, 2017

• Black ice, snow close highway Yukon highways crews from both Haines Junction and Whitehorse are working to reopen part of the Alaska Highway which has been closed since early this morning.
• Festivities drew large throngs to Main Street Thousands of people attended the annual Winterval Santa Parade. The Casino Mining Corp. stepped in to help finance the event after funding was not provided and it looked like the parade may not happen. Local businesses also participated, makingthe parade the largest in recent history.
• Dawson break, enter and theft probed Dawson City RCMP are reaching out to the public for information on a break and enter and theft last week.
• Warm Weather Warbling Commissioner Doug Phillips held a Christmas open house Friday afternoon
• City could add $10,000 to budget The city could add another $10,000 to its current operating budget with the cash set to come from the Yukon government.
• Festive Performance F.H. Collins Secondary School students and staff are performing a Christmas play,
• Silver happy with cannabis deal Premier Sandy Silver told the Star early this afternoon that the federal government and territories and provinces have reached a compromise on the legalized cannabis excise tax revenue split.
• Latest outage sees estimated 7,825 customers lose power An unexpected malfunction at the Whitehorse Rapids Dam left thousands of Yukoners without power this morning beginning at 11:25.
• Optimism reigns at major tourism summit After what some are calling a “record year” for tourism in the Yukon,
• Judge hears trial’s closing arguments Darryl Sheepway’s first-degree murder trial came to a close Friday in Yukon Supreme Court.

December 8, 2017

• Yukoner awarded Governor General’s medal Ray Wells, a local mental health advocate, was awarded the Governor General’s Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers on Thursday afternoon in Whitehorse.
• December Exhibits A Slush And Water Show Patrick Royle shovels slush off the sidewalk in front of the Yukon Artists @ Work building on Fourth Avenue
• Groups want PM to strengthen francophone presence The Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY) has joined the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada (FCFA) to ask for an increase in investments for minority francophone communities in the next action plan for official languages.
• Concerts Set For Next Week Under the direction of Keith Todd (left),
• Pothole lakes stocking should carry on: board Stocking pothole lakes with rainbow trout, kokanee and Arctic char should be permitted to continue for another 20 years, the territory’s assessment board is recommending.
• Yukoners await housing plan, funding rollouts The federal Liberal government’s new National Housing Strategy (NHS)
• Practising For The Weekend Performers in the Northern Lights School of Dance
• Filmmaker wants to share a very personal story For eight years local filmmaker and travel consultant Heidy Enka
• Winter tourism summit is heavily attended More than 150 people involved in the tourism sector have gathered at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre today for the Yukon Winter Tourism Summit.
• Recital Series Continues The Two Plus One Trio – Roslyn Wilson, Pam Sinclaire and Donna Reimchen, left-right
• Illegal road leads to major YG policy change A major shift in unwritten government policy has occurred as a result of an unauthorized 17-kilometre road constructed in 2016 through wilderness near Carmacks.
• Reunification plan will see blending of Yukon families Sometime before the end of January, a foster family, children in foster care, and their birth parents or guardians will be moving into a three-bedroom home in Whitehorse.
• YESAB clears fuel station development proposal The proposal for a new cardlock fuel station across the Alaska Highway from the airport lands and Lodestar Lane has been recommended for approval.
• Eager To Entertain These are some of the younger dancers
• Author pens new book detailing history Local author Pat Ellis is hoping her latest work will encourage the powers that be to consider the possibilities of marking two pieces of Yukon history.
• Sex trade remains hidden, stigmatized Multiple sources have confirmed that sex trafficking is a reality in the Yukon.
• Bullying bylaw considered for city facilities A potential city bylaw aimed at addressing bullying in city facilities could soon be drafted.
• Whitehorse-Victoria flights to begin next May Air North will begin twice-weekly Boeing 737 flights between Whitehorse and Victoria beginning in May 18, 2018.
• Murder trial enters its final stages The defence began its closing arguments in Darryl Sheepway’s first-degree murder trial Thursday in Yukon Supreme Court.

December 7, 2017

• Remembering Valued Lives The Persephone Singers (left) perform at the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
• Weather melts temperature record Wednesday’s high temperature of 5.9 degrees C in Whitehorse was a record,
• Treats And Greetings Alyssa Meger, Desoree Jay and Peyton L’Henaff, left-right,
• Alterations proposed to city’s parkade bylaw Several changes are proposed for the parkade bylaw that would allow for the city’s first parking kiosk to be installed.
• Music Between Words Calla Kinglit performs Tuesday evening
• ‘We all need to get better at speaking up’ It’s been almost three decades since Marc Lepine entered an engineering classroom at École Polytechnique in Montreal and killed 14 students simply because they were women.
• Council to vote on whether to proceed with the budget City staff are recommending council move forward to the final two readings for the proposed 2018 capital budget, the value of which could be up to $20 million.
• Accused man had unhappy early life: forensic psychiatrist The final piece of evidence was presented in Darryl Sheepway’s murder trial Wednesday in Yukon Supreme Court.
• Building 17-km road caused substantial damage Nicolai Goeppel and H. Coyne & Sons were each fined $1,200 Wednesday