Whitehorse Daily Star

June 5, 2017

• More details emerge about financial advisory panel The panel tasked with putting the Yukon on a course toward financial stability will report back with “practical and feasible” options by Oct. 31.
• Shows Premiere Alainnah Whachell
• Fourth Avenue in for asphalt overlay The city could spend close to $920,000 on asphalt work to a long stretch of Fourth Avenue this year.
• Speakers touch on pain, opioids, addiction UBC professor Dr. Launette Rieb spoke about the science and stigma of addictions at a conference in Whitehorse last Thursday.
• Tax grants could total up close to $165,000 in 2017 City council is being asked to approve a total of 30 grants this year to help community organizations with their property tax and, in some cases, utility bills.
• Unplanned Event Anna Serbinenko, in this Bellanca 8KCAB,
• Former Speaker’s trial is put off until August The trial of David Laxton,
• Woman dies in Faro-area accident A 40-year-old woman, originally from the Northwest Territories, has been killed after a vehicle crash in Faro.
• First Nation, Goldcorp at odds over consultation The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in says it has not been consulted properly on Goldcorp’s proposal to build the Coffee Gold Project south of Dawson.
• Accused officer was suspended in February A Whitehorse RCMP officer has been charged with sexual assault.

June 2, 2017

• Council ponders Handy Bus purchase Dynamic Vehicles Ltd. could be tasked with providing the city with its next Handy Bus.
• Winterlong moves closer to conditional use OK Winterlong customers may be closer to enjoying a cold brew and a few appies just outside the brewery doors after next week’s council meeting.
• Learning From A Master Master carver Wayne Price,
• Southeast Yukon blaze now three times as big The Toobally Lake fire in the Tintina region has tripled in size,
• YESAB is on top of its files, chair says The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB)
• Board seeks views on PTSD-related legislation The Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board
• Leaders reassure miners about World Heritage Status The Tr’ondëk-Klondike Advisory Committee and the City of Dawson hosted another public meeting on the subject of the World Heritage Site Nomination on May 20.
• Deer Peer A deer is seen
• Pool’s new filters may cost $157,000 With the annual closure of the Whitehorse Lion’s Aquatic Centre set for Aug. 19-Sept. 9,
• City to seek moratorium extension The city will ask the Yukon government to extend the moratorium on staking claims within Whitehorse.
• Nakai welcomes new artistic director The Nakai Theatre Ensemble has unveiled Jacob Zimmer,
• Drawing A Crowd Some 5,000 Kokanee and rainbow fry were released into Hidden Lake last Saturday.
• Dall sheep get busy at wildlife preserve The Yukon Wildlife Preserve appears to have turned into a busy nursery – despite the best efforts of staff.
• Grizzly, three cubs in Junction area A sow grizzly and her three cubs have been frequenting the area around Haines Junction, Environment Yukon said Tuesday.
• Tour aviators are due in Whitehorse on Sunday Sunday is the day for Whitehorse residents to see members of the Canadian Arctic Aviation Tour.
• Violence against women hits home for ex-footballer JR LaRose, a former B.C. Lions 2011 Grey Cup champion,
• Quakes force 48-year-old stone wall to tumble It didn’t exactly come tumbling down,
• Ex-partner forgives man for violent assaults A Whitehorse man has been sentenced for assaults against his former partner.
• ‘We’ve heard stories of pain, courage and strength’ Families of missing and murdered indigenous women told a national inquiry on its final day of hearings Thursday that they have little faith in the process, and that their trust must be earned.
• ‘The abuse we suffered, just is unbearable,’ victim says Dorothy Hayes chose to stand.
• ‘You could have seen a little boy scrubbing his skin’ On Terry Ladue’s 52nd birthday,

June 1, 2017

• More Yukon residents are spurning tobacco Recent statistics on the Yukon government’s tobacco cessation programs show encouraging results, officials reported Wednesday.
• Canine Crooner Two-legged fans weren’t the only ones on hand
• City’s dump truck may roll into Dawson A Whitehorse dump truck may be making a career move to Dawson City.
• Program successfully challenged opioid addiction A northern Ontario nurse shared the success story of an innovative program in addressing opioid addiction, with Yukon health care providers Wednesday.
• Grief-stricken son of victim interrupts inquiry The distraught son of Wendy Carlick,
• ‘I had to be the grown-up one for my two sisters’ The maimed body of Tina Washpan was found under a pile of leaves and branches on a rural property near Dawson Creek, B.C. in 1990.