Whitehorse Daily Star

May 9, 2017

• Copper History Participants in the copper belt mine field tour
• Bodies Recovered Whitehorse RCMP located the human remains
• Thousands flocked to annual trade show at CGC From draws to demos to raffles and volunteer opportunities,
• Residential School Examined Kiefer Richter
• Input sought on regulations for progressive raffles Until June 16,
• Celebrating Shakespeare Yukon Montessori School students and teachers presented scenes from Twelfth Night in collaboration with local amateur actors,
• Jobless rate fell last month: statistics The unemployment rate in the territory for April fell more than a full percentage point over a year earlier.
• Motorcycle association rolls closer toward lease The Yukon Cross Country Motorcycle Association
• More dissent heard about city’s Hillcrest plans City council members continued to hear opposition to a proposed local improvement charge (LIC) for property owners in Hillcrest at its meeting Monday night.
• ‘It’s great to see,’ grand chief says of holiday National Aboriginal Day is officially a statutory holiday in the Yukon.

May 8, 2017

• Council funds asphalt repairs Asphalt repair work
• Students end event by reading to one other It’s the last segment of a normal day at F.H. Collins Secondary School,
• Single-Vehicle Accident Probed Whitehorse RCMP investigate a single-vehicle collision
• Poverty, human rights to be discussed The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition will host a public forum on the relationship between human rights and poverty on Tuesday evening.
• Human remains found in lake, river Shortly before 11 a.m. Saturday,
• Canada Day headline act announced Two-time Juno Award-winning July Talk
• Road line painting proposed The city and territory could once again put their staff on the road together to get the job of painting another season’s worth of lines on streets and the Alaska Highway.
• Climber was exhausted, quiet after rescue The Argentinian climber stranded on Mount Logan for four days is now safely back in Vancouver.
• Events mark Sexualized Assault Prevention Month The Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre, LesEssentiElles, and a number of other Yukon organizations are hosting events as part of Sexualized Assault Prevention Month.
• ‘My fear is that people will maybe get too relaxed’ Dr. Brendan Hanley, the Yukon’s chief medical officer of health,

May 5, 2017

• Live Words helped enliven a literary evening Approximately 65 literature lovers
• Exploring A Serious Subject Harmony Bourassa
• New agriculture pact to be signed A new federal funding agreement
• Ross River School declared safe A structural engineer who assessed Ross River School on Wednesday
• It's Spring Concert Time The Whitehorse Community Choir rehearses
• Expand scope of PTSD law, premier urged The door is not closed
• Highlighting Irish Immigrants Kate Roske
• Hotel reopens after checking out for six months The doors to the Edgewater Hotel on Main Street have reopened
• Check your stock for recalled gin The Yukon Liquor Corp.
• Pay your income tax debt, judge tells woman A Whitehorse woman has been ordered to pay back almost $200,000 in personal income tax debt.
• Leadership hopeful made northern swing Federal NDP leadership candidate Peter Julian visited Whitehorse last weekend touting his vision for a greener, more equitable Canada.
• Official Break-Up Time Joyce Caley (left), the IODE’s ice pool co-ordinator, and her assistant, Diana MacCready,
• City challenged on LIC costs, fairness There’s no question that the Hillcrest neighbourhood needs infrastructure and upgrades to its roads and infrastructure, says one resident.
• City to unveil Canada Day plans The city planned to unveil details of its celebration
• Grits quizzed on energy program It will take a year to start rolling out the Liberal government’s commitment to its $30-million energy efficiency program, says the minister responsible.
• Another handler of donated items to shut down It marks the end of an era as the Raven Recycling Centre gets set to shut down the free store it opened a quarter-century ago.
• ‘Somebody’s got to fix it eventually’ City staff have been directed to look at the possibility of the city taking over the roads at Mountain View Place off Range Road.
• Street gains two new stop signs The days of traffic zooming down wide, smooth Ray Street are over.
• Man receives jail term for violent assaults A Whitehorse man has been sentenced on charges related to violent assaults.
• Bears are feeding in Riverdale trail vicinity Those who enjoy the trails and recreational areas of Riverdale have been advised to exercise caution.
• Fentanyl’s toll could become worse: coroner The Yukon’s top coroner is warning residents that the number of fentanyl-related deaths in the territory could rise.
• Weather break enables climber to be rescued An Argentinian mountain climber is back on safe ground after being stranded on Canada’s highest mountain this week.