Whitehorse Daily Star

April 7, 2017

• Radon testing protocol is vital: energy researcher A local geothermal energy researcher is calling on the Yukon government to implement a protocol for radon testing.
• Quilters present Canada 150 commemoration Fourteen artisans at the Kluane Quilter’s Guild have created a six-metre (21-foot) collaborative art piece about the Yukon River as their Canada l50 commemoration.
• Yukon Party wants 40-day legislative sitting The official Opposition will push for the upcoming spring sitting to last the legislated maximum of 40 days.
• Southwest of Salem will be screened on Sunday afternoon The Yukon Human Rights Commission
• Yukoners are at Vimy Ridge as local ceremony goes Sunday Several Yukoners are in Europe for the Vimy commemorations.
• Preparing For This Evening Maya Rosenberg (foreground),
• Companies’ business dispute lands in court A Whitehorse wholesale plumbing/waterworks company
• City approved for grant for lift track at pool About once a month,
• Jazz In The Fire Hall Annie Avery’s Hot Six Dixieland Project performs
• Mask stolen from wall Irreplaceable artwork has been stolen from the Yukon Government Main Administration Building.
• Woman loses suit against ex-partner, his counsel A Whitehorse woman has been limited from starting further legal proceedings after she lost her suit against her former partner and his lawyers.
• Hypothetically illegal UFA raised in courtroom Justice Leigh Gower, of the Yukon Supreme Court, asked Thursday what would happen if he rules the Umbrella Final Agreement (UFA) is not legal.
• Organ fire sparks pain, fond memories Serious fire damage to the pipe organ at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church has a number of city residents and former residents mourning its loss.
• Judgment for defamed man ‘excellent’: lawyer A Mendenhall man has been awarded more than $60,000 in his defamation suit

April 6, 2017

• Rooftop Vigil Ravens,
• Yukon, B.C. ink water management pact B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak and Yukon Environment Minister Pauline Frost
• Commemorating Disappearing Lodges Photographer Mark Kelly and writer Lily Gontard
• First Nation filmmakers attended Berlin film festival Yukon First Nation filmmakers Mary Code and Carol Geddes
• Hands-On Learning The Carcross-Tagish First Nation,
• Variety of community projects funded The Community Development Fund (CDF) has awarded more than $370,000 toward seven community projects.
• Keeping An Eye From Way Up High .
• Access road could cost city $331,688 A contract for surface works on the road into the proposed new city operations building could cost the city $331,688.82.
• ‘Excellent’ city compost now approved for use in Yukon’s organic gardens As the weather warms up and gardening season approaches, those with organic gardens can start using city compost.
• Ex-federal minister’s briefing note raised in court A 25-year-old briefing note for a former federal minister of Indian Affairs was among the matters raised Wednesday in the lawsuit against Ottawa by the Ross River Dena Council.
• Judge wishes offender the best A Vernon, B.C. man was sentenced Wednesday for crimes committed in Whitehorse.

April 5, 2017

• Council ponders another sole-source contract City council could again waive the city’s bidding process
• Offically Launched Whitehorse historian Michael Gates
• Longer days usher in great swan migration The migration of trumpeter and tundra swans can vary dramatically from year to year.
• One-Woman Play Takes The Stage I, Claudia
• City’s attributes surprise cross-country cyclist Whitehorse played host this week to a Montreal man cycling around Canada.
• Pivotal aboriginal land claim case to proceed several days The very foundation of aboriginal land claim settlements in the Yukon will be under attack in the Yukon Supreme Court over the next few days.
• Court sets date for first-degree murder trial A trial date has been set for a Whitehorse man charged with first-degree murder.
• Labour peace is restored in Watson Lake Municipal workers in Watson Lake have a new collective agreement in place.