Whitehorse Daily Star

January 13, 2017

• Long Ago Yukon speaker set Dr. Ukjese Van Kampen will be the next Long Ago Yukon Skype lecturer.
• Art Jam Set For Tomorrow Brian Fidler, with Ramshackle Theatre,
• Anti-fracker can’t sue Alberta regulator: court The Supreme Court of Canada says
• Building permits value plummeted The preliminary seasonally adjusted value of building permits
• ‘It’s a different view over here,’ premier observes Thursday’s opening of the 34th legislature was not the only one-day session on record. They are rare though.
• One hundred single-detached homes sold in third quarter Nearly $90 million was spent on Yukon real estate between July and September 2016.
• Royal visit enriched many Yukon businesses Last September’s one-day visit to the territory by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge brought with it excitement, performances, and a major street festival.

January 12, 2017

• Rising High The elevator shaft
• Honouring An Important Life Figure Claire Strauss
• Home health monitoring goes live in Yukon After a four-month delay, the Yukon government’s home health monitoring trial will go live next Monday.
• A Budding Picture Star A fox poses
• Northwestel makes Canada’s Top Employers for Young People Northwestel Inc. has been named among the 2017 winners of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.
• Act doesn’t need overhaul: privacy commissioner The territory’s privacy commissioner believes the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPP) needs better implementation and a greater understanding by the public.
• City is owed $155,506 in taxes, interest Owners of 64 properties
• Woman was hurt by lumber falling from roof ( Analysis ) A woman who was a federal employee when she was injured by a piece of lumber that fell from the roof of the Elijah Smith Building in downtown Whitehorse can sue for damages.

January 11, 2017

• Mayor’s lesson in turban tying, Bhangra dancing goes viral A video of Mayor Dan Curtis
• Floating Vessel The SS Klondike
• Another $3 million to be spent on restoring Ross River bridge The second phase of repairs to the Ross River suspension bridge will begin soon.
• Dealership fined $11,500 for environmental offences Whitehorse Motors has been ordered to pay $11,500
• Mandate letters released on eve of one-day sitting Premier Sandy Silver has released the mandate letters
• Ex-councillor remembered for dedication, huge heart Former city councillor Florence Roberts
• City staff favour micro-housing development City staff are recommending that council move ahead