Whitehorse Daily Star

May 12, 2017

• Free access to medical abortion medication urged Les EssentiElles and the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre
• Local Artist Opens Show Helen O’Connor opened Paper, Light, Cyanotype last Friday
• Carpenters’ union saluted pioneers The United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 2499, or the Yukon Carpenters Union, has honoured Yukon pioneer construction workers.
• Spring recreation grants approved by city council The city will dole out nearly $180,000 in recreation grants to 32 local clubs this spring.
• Yukoner receives award from PM Erin Pauls from the Dusk’a Head Start Family Learning Centre in Whitehorse
• ‘We choose life,’ rally goers tell community Pro-life protestors marched in downtown Whitehorse yesterday pledging to stand up for human life from the time of conception until natural death.
• City, government get in line for painting project The city and territory will once again put their staff on the road together
• Stressing Safety Amoung Young People The third annual Partners in Safety barbecue took place Wednesday.
• Yukon-brewed suds will help celebrate Canada A uniquely Canadian 12 mix-pack of craft beers is set to hit shelves later this month in celebration of Canada 150.
• Supporting The Run Anna Ly,
• City to buy new dump truck A new dump truck will cost the city close to $250,000.
• Just Starting Life Baby foxes
• Life-saving kits poised to enter schools Naloxone, a drug that temporarily reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, will soon be available in all Yukon schools.
• Venture eyes a year-round produce supply A new partnership between the Carcross-Tagish First Nation (CTFN) and North Star Agriculture wants to be supplying the Yukon with fresh produce – all year long.
• Premier feels Yukon Party’s heat on carbon tax Premier Sandy Silver was peppered with questions Thursday
• Gau: ‘They’re stuck with the results of the vote’ Hillcrest property owners have rejected the city’s proposed local improvement charge, leaving council with no choice but to defeat the LIC.

May 11, 2017

• Wi-Fi access improves at library The Whitehorse Public Library now has improved Wi-Fi service that includes simpler access, no time limits and faster speeds.
• Events to honour richness of francophone culture The Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY),
• Mid-Week Performance Ben Tiberius on bass and Steve Kortyka on saxophone
• Government funds variety of community projects The territorial Community Development Fund (CDF)
• An Energetic Evening Young people showed the latest fashions and dance steps
• Paddlers’ marathon fortified Cancer Care Fund Stix Together,
• Digital media projects eligible for funding Yukon digital media projects
• Food, agriculture survey underway The City of Whitehorse has launched a second Public Survey for the Local Food and Urban Agriculture Strategy.
• Claim fee relief comes with latest extended staking ban: minister Along with extending the ban on staking mineral claims in Kaska traditional territory,
• Municipal leaders to gather for Association of Yukon Communities meeting Municipal leaders from across the territory are gathering in Faro to talk about the big issues facing communities this weekend.
• Previous forecast of contraction has improved The Yukon’s economy is expected to plateau in 2017 and 2018, according to forecasts included in the territory’s 2017-18 budget.

May 10, 2017

• Miners want answers about World Heritage status If one were to judge by the level of decorum
• Exploring History Cadence Hartland
• White Pass caboose slips rails during icy accident A White Pass and Yukon Route caboose recently came off the tracks in an incident near Slippery Rock.
• Unkown Stories Revealed Map of the Land,
• Yukon veteran ‘loved by so many people’ A Whitehorse First Nations veteran was honoured with a Quilt of Valour on Tuesday morning.
• Latest Fashions Shown The annual F.H. Collins Secondary School fashion show
• Frost quizzed on spring, roadside bear hunting Environment Minister Pauline Frost says she’s not heard of any suggestions that the Yukon should do away with the spring bear hunt.
• Yukon Gardens zoning amendment approved for 2,000-square-metre greenhouse More local produce is closer to making its way to dinner tables throughout the territory.
• Smoker sparked blaze, fire department says The Whitehorse Fire Department says last Thursday morning’s fire in an apartment downtown was caused by someone smoking.
• Identities of two bodies are confirmed The Yukon Coroners Service
• ‘The premier needs to learn to live within his means’: YP With large territorial deficits looming,