Whitehorse Daily Star

March 30, 2017

• Last year’s chinook catch highest in five years Last summer’s total harvest of Yukon River chinook salmon in the territory is estimated at 2,946 fish, according to the annual report released last week.
• Rescuing Randy Whitehorse EMS and city fire crews held a joint training exercise Monday afternoon.
• Silver brings home both good and bad news Dawson hasn’t seen much of its MLA since last November’s election,
• Fundraiser Planned Bill Polonsky (above) and local community radio station CJUC will have a fundraiser Saturday at the CJUC headquarters in Shipyards Park.
• Contractor confident shifting ground under care centre will settle Shifting ground at the new continuing care facility
• Church loses its pipe organ to blaze Trinity Evangelical Luthern Church is without its pipe organ
• New judge will sit in supreme court: MP The Yukon will get a brand new supreme court judge to help address a logjam in the territory’s justice system.
• Housing would foil drilling plans, lawyer says The Yukon Supreme Court is hearing a lawsuit between a local mining company,

March 29, 2017

• Yukon to be at Frankfurt Book Fair 2020 In 2020, Canada will be the guest of honour at the Frankfurter Buchmesse (FBM),
• Yukoners hop aboard national art exhibit Yukon artists are coming together to take part in a national art exhibit for Canada 150.
• Innovation Prize finalists picked Four ideas from five Yukon innovators have been shortlisted for the 2017 Yukon Innovation Prize.
• Winner moved to Dawson to live out mushing dream “I wouldn’t really say that I had a bad moment out there.”
• New reservoir entrance is step closer to reality The city is closer to erecting a new entrance to the building at the reservoir in Valleyview.
• Engineering assessment of facility begins An independent engineering assessment of the new Whistle Bend continuing care facility has begun, says cabinet spokeswoman Sunny Patch.
• A Triumphant Homecoming Special Olympians Mike Sumner, Tijana McCarthy and Ernest Chua, l
• Power rebate program to continue, Pillai confirms The Interim Electrical Rebate will continue for another year,
• City will sole-source $108,000 contract City council has voted to sole-source a contract worth $108,000 for data storage to CDW Canada.
• Maternity and baby fair set for Saturday The Community Midwifery Association of Yukon will host its second annual fundraising maternity and baby fair on Saturday at The Old Fire Hall.
• Hillcrest residents will vote on local improvement charge Hillcrest property owners will be asked whether they favour a local improvement charge (LIC) after council passed first reading of the bylaw Monday night allowing for the LIC vote.
• Crown will not accept a manslaughter plea A Whitehorse man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder.
• RCMP launch ‘bait car’ program in Whitehorse “Bait cars are everywhere. Steal one. Go to jail.”
• Mine would eventually employ 400 people A private company affiliated with deep pockets in London, England has submitted a project proposal for a new mine east of Ross River.

March 28, 2017

• The 19th annual Burning Away the Winter Blues celebration .
• Little decided during Nehass’ latest appearance There are still a lot of moving parts and uncertainty in the case of Michael Nehass.
• Coming Down After 54 Years Excavators from two sides bite into the old F.H. Collins Secondary School gym this morning.
• Magnetic North Theatre Festival cancelled The Magnetic North Theatre Festival,
• Decision on quarry put off for several weeks It will be another six weeks before city council considers a proposed amendment to the city’s Official Community Plan (OCP) that would move forward plans for a quarry.
• Inquiry’s hearings will begin in Whitehorse The national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls
• Watson Lake workers strike after lockout The more-than 20 unionized employees in Watson Lake are on strike.