Whitehorse Daily Star

April 12, 2017

• Dawson-area timber harvesting potential reviewed Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Chief Roberta Joseph and Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Ranj Pillai
• Ta’an Kwäch’än First Nation, city hold forum The City of Whitehorse and the Ta’an Kwäch’än First Nation held what they’re calling an important intergovernmental forum last Friday at city hall.
• Teachers elect a new leader The Yukon Teachers’ Association (YTA) has reached into its past for its latest president.
• Unidentified white pills prompt RCMP to issue public warning The RCMP are warning the public that narcotics could be circulating in Yukon communities
• Resurrected committee will support inquiry’s work The Yukon advisory committee on missing and murdered indigenous women and girls has been re-established.
• Council makes interim city manager official Linda Rapp has officially become the interim city manager
• RCMP dispatchers are praised for calmness, professionalism Telecommunications operators
• Federal efforts to reach claim deal called sincere Federal lawyer Suzanne Duncan continued her submissions this morning in the government’s defence against the lawsuit filed by the Ross River Dena Council.
• YP MLAs endorse O’Toole for leadership Three Yukon Party MLAs have thrown their weight behind Erin O’Toole
• Ex-Dawson mayor still hasn’t paid off his restitution The former mayor of Dawson City is being taken to civil court for outstanding payments on a restitution order.
• NWTel makes five-year pledge to hospital foundation Northwestel Inc. will continue its support of Yukon hospitals over the next five years.

April 11, 2017

• Honouring A Fallen Soldier Rod and Helen Dewell from Dawson City
• Meeting set for co-housing plan The newly formed Mt. Lorne Co-housing Society
• Ill-Advised Boating Shown above are the two kayakers who disturbed the swans
• Yukon Liberals’ support has risen, survey concludes The latest DataPath Systems Ltd. poll shows more Yukoners are undecided about who they would vote for if a territorial election was held today.
• Sharing Their Learning Faith McLean, Shara Kearney, Natalja Westwood, Doron Pollachek and Beverly Morris, left-right,
• Raitt vows long-term territorial financing Lisa Raitt said Monday she feels a kinship with Yukoners.
• Take care in backcountry: avalanche groups Although the calendar may say spring, avalanches should remain on the radar for backcountry recreationists in Yukon and northern B.C.’s mountains.
• Council wants more information on phone options Phone service is no longer just about telephones and a phone line.
• Ottawa ponders major change in resolving claim Canada is now prepared to discuss the possibility of a land claim agreement with the Kaska outside the parameters of the Umbrella Final Agreement (UFA), says a federal lawyer.

April 10, 2017

• Landmark UN declaration has role in suit, court told The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People must be given some weight in the lawsuit against Ottawa by the Ross River Dena Council, says Ross River’s lawyer.
• Vimy Ridge 100-year anniversary commemoration .
• New road name proposed Residents of McLean Lake Road could soon be living on McLean Creek Lane if council moves ahead with a bylaw to rename the road.
• Man’s death investigated Whitehorse RCMP are investigating man’s sudden death in a Riverdale home.
• Fee changes set for a vote It could cost Whitehorse residents a little less to demolish smaller structures if city council goes ahead with minor changes to its fees and charges bylaw.
• Kayakers trigger ‘lengthy displacement’ of swans Officials with Environment Yukon are reminding Yukoners to stay away from water where migratory birds like swans may be feeding.
• Government obtained exemptions in trade deal The Yukon government negotiated more than two dozen exemptions through Canada’s new internal trade deal.
• Mammoth suit filed against Yukon government Northern Cross Ltd. has filed a $2.2-billion lawsuit against the Yukon government over a fracking moratorium.