Whitehorse Daily Star

March 22, 2017

• Goldcorp updates road construction, minesite plans If all goes smoothly with its Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board assessment and its water licence application, Goldcorp’s Coffee Project should begin to produce its first gold product in 2020.
• Still On Stage Fiona Solon is in Evil Dead:
• City could spend more than $200,000 to fix lift station The latest upgrade to the Marwell lift station could cost the city more than $200,000.
• Local trainer out to teach kids safety while mixing with dogs A local businesswoman is offering a new free dog safety program at local schools, daycares, and social groups.
• Proceeds from Good Friday service bound for food bank The Whitehorse Christian Ministerial Association will be facilitating its annual interdenominational service on Good Friday (April 14).
• Election delayed as chief returning officer quits The Liard First Nation election has been postponed again and the chief returning officer, Lois Moorcroft, has resigned.
• Police won’t probe arrest of man made at local restaurant Yukon RCMP have no plans to investigate last week’s arrest at a downtown restaurant that has caused concern among some residents over the use of force.
• Potential sole-sourced contract stirs concerns Council is once again considering a sole-sourced contract that would be worth more than $100,000.
• Hillcrest property owners may face city charge Hillcrest property owners could soon be asked whether they favour a local improvement charge (LIC) as the city moves toward rebuilding the streets and utilities in the neighbourhood.
• ‘I actually teared up a couple of times’ The case of the Peel watershed is in the hands of the Supreme Court of Canada, following this morning’s hearing in the nation’s capital.

March 21, 2017

• Goldcorp investment has a link to interests in Yukon Goldcorp has made an investment into a company with exploration interests in the Freegold Mountain area west of Carmacks.
• Sending Off The CEO .
• Long winter’s blues will soon go up in smoke As the weather finally warms up,
• Many travel to Ottawa for Supreme Court of Canada hearing Those who’ve led the legal battle over the Peel River watershed expressed optimism Sunday as they prepared to depart for the Supreme Court of Canada hearing in Ottawa.
• Yukon Liberals: the first one hundred days The Yukon Party took the Yukon Liberals’ 100th day in office on March 13 as an occasion to fire a few potshots at the new government,
• ‘Due process’ urged for OCP change for quarry Norcope Construction is urging Whitehorse city council to at least allow for public input into an amendment it’s seeking to the Official Community Plan (OCP).

March 20, 2017

• YP challenges premier on deficit The Yukon Party is continuing to vehemently dispute Premier Sandy Silver’s claim that it exited office last year with the territory in the red,
• Whiskered Visitors After a fruitless attempt at chasing a marten in the Teslin area,
• Uncertainty reigns in Nehass case The court location for the trial of Michael Nehass remains undecided due to an unclear technicality.
• Getting The Picture On Patriotism Grade 3 students at Elijah Smith Elementary School pose Friday
• Council approves travel expenses for two members Travel and per diem expenses were approved last Monday evening
• Food From The Firehouses Whitehorse firefighter Oliver Hallickman
• City’s rezoning of Lorne Road property has been approved by city council Annie Lake Trucking can now move toward subdivision of a 1.32 -hectare piece of vacant Commissioner’s land on Lorne Road.
• Federal Minister Visits Tournament The 40th Annual Yukon Native Hockey Tournamnet
• Food vendors can apply for city spaces Grilled cheese, pad thai, curry, and so much more – oh my!
• Warning issued about fraudulent air passes Air North is warning customers that segments of fraudulently purchased air passes are being sold online.
• Railway society, MacBride Museum to merge Two museums in the city are slated to become one.
• Sisters were insulted and harassed, board finds A Whitehorse woman has been ordered to pay two of her former employees a total of $5,000 for calling them derogatory names while they were seeking payment for a job.