Whitehorse Daily Star

November 6, 2017

• Encouraging Local Commerce Rick Karp, the president of the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce
• College official named to climate change panel Dr. Bronwyn Hancock, associate vice-president of research development at Yukon College,
• Winter Driving Is Back This vehicle was off Robert Service Way on Saturday.
• Seasonal influenza vaccine clinics are now open Flu vaccination clinics are now being offered to the public.
• Power failed as crew worked Friday afternoon’s power outage occurred when an ATCO Electric Yukon crew was restoring electricity to a piece of equipment it had just finished testing.
• Grocery store is robbed Whitehorse RCMP are asking for the public’s help following a robbery Sunday at the new Save-On-Foods grocery store.
• Jobless figure lower than rate seen in October 2016 The unemployment rate in October fell nearly two per cent compared to a year earlier.
• Sixteen students funded for health-related studies Three bursary programs from the Yukon government are helping support 16 Yukon students in health-related post-secondary studies.
• YG not taking safety concerns seriously: YP Yukon Party (YP) MLAs are raising concerns about road safety in their Lake Laberge, Porter Creek North and Copperbelt South ridings.
• YMA endorses Vimy Housing Society project The Yukon is facing similar health care challenges to the rest of Canada,
• Ex-fire chief declines to talk about his departure from job The city is without a fire chief.

November 3, 2017

• Expo Proves Successful The 2017 Education, Career and Volunteer Expo took place Wednesday
• Commission releases more details on hearing The Yukon Human Rights Commission
• Review of proposed placer mining operation has ended The assessment of a proposal for what’s being described as a state-of-the-art placer mining operation has been discontinued.
• Public meeting ruled out for gas station project The territory’s assessment board has denied a request to hold a public meeting into the proposal for a cardlock gas station along the Alaska Highway across from the airport lands.
• MLAs pay tribute to MADD’s work Representatives of all three political parties expressed their appreciation in the legislature Wednesday for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).
• Barred waste bins creating problems, YP MLA says Barred waste bins creating problems, YP MLA says
• Liberals show sales tax still on the table: YP An Opposition motion urging the government not to implement a territorial sales tax was essentially rejected by the Yukon’s governing party in the legislature last week.
• Opening This Afternoon Lyn Fabio (above)
• Council members roles set out for the year Members of city council have decided on their meeting schedule
• Meet is affecting use of pool This weekend’s Ryan Downing Memorial Swim Meet at the Canada Games Centre will affect public use of the facility.
• Treacherous Conditions These two crashes happened Monday
• Survey of visitors to Yukon begins year long research project The Yukon government launched its 2017-18 Yukon Visitor Exit Survey on Wednesday.
• Planned culvert work won’t close artery The city’s plans to replace a section of culvert crossing McIntyre Creek will not impact drivers on Mountainview Drive, built over the culvert.
• Union head braces for next set of challenges Having just been elected president of the Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU) for a third, three-year term,
• YG’s proposal evaluation was unfair, court told The Yukon government faced claims in court Thursday that the evaluation of a contract proposal through its procurement process was unfair.
• Downtown cemetery work is underway; cenotaph to stay put Work on the planned upgrades to Pioneer Cemetery is continuing.
• Single-detached homes sold for average of $434,400 last spring A total of 184 properties were sold in Whitehorse in the second quarter of the year.
• Minister acknowledges abuses within civil service The Yukon government isn’t doing enough to confront workplace harassment and support its victims,

November 2, 2017

• Team studying sustainable energy How can a solar energy system remain stable in a place where the sun shines all day during the summer – but barely rises above the horizon in winter?
• Guidance At The Career Expo The 2017 Education, Career and Volunteer Expo
• Yukonstruct and school program team up for first pilot project Yukonstruct and the francophone high school program Académie Parhélie have joined forces to offer applied design skills and technologies in French.
• Chambers welcome revised tax reforms The Whitehorse Chamber and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
• Did You See This Truck At about 9:25 a.m. Wednesday,
• CPAWS launches caribou petition The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society’s Yukon chapter (CPAWS Yukon)
• Shelter’s access policies surface in legislature If someone shows up at the Whitehorse Salvation Army Centre of Hope under the influence of drugs or alcohol – intoxicated, but non-violent – he or she won’t be denied a meal or a bed for the night.
• Yukon’s WCB substantially overfunded: CFIB The territory has one of the most over-funded workers’ compensation boards in the country, second only to that of Prince Edward Island.
• TV show cast member charged Another gold miner featured on a reality TV series is facing charges in the Yukon.