Whitehorse Daily Star

November 22, 2016

• Retail sales up from 2015 The preliminary unadjusted estimate for retail sales in the Yukon for September was $65.7 million, Statistics Canada reports.
• Anti-violence campaign to begin Friday A coffee house, panel discussions,
• Artwork For Sale Kyle Reil
• City getting into the festive spirit It’s a magical time of the year again,
• Monday Mist Mist rises
• Yukon called gold standard for aboriginal relations Sharing the benefits of the economy with First Nations is the key to reconciliation, says professor Ken Coates, who was raised in the Yukon.
• First Nation opts for a new chief Russell Blackjack was elected chief of the Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation on Monday, winning 69 per cent of the vote in the general election.
• Nehass may be sent to Ontario for assessment “An ongoing assault” is how Michael Nehass’s lawyer characterizes his experience at Whitehorse Correctional Centre (WCC).
• Wheeler Street refurbishment makes sense: resident City council members heard a long list of benefits to improving the Wheeler Street area during a public hearing Monday evening.
• Loan could exceed city’s debt handling policy The proposed new city operations building would not cause financial distress to the city, members of city council were reassured at their meeting Monday evening.

November 21, 2016

• Yukon Party names chief of staff Ted Laking has been named chief of staff of the official Opposition and Yukon Party caucus.
• Absorbing Tlingit Stories Grades 2 and 3 students
• Crew working on Whistle Bend’s pond Norcope Construction is continuing its work in Whistle Bend
• Clearing contract for proposed operations building is awarded Two months ago,
• Popular And Packed Many hundreds of people
• Waste haulers may face changes at landfill Waste haulers around the city could soon be faced with additional costs for unsorted loads they bring to the landfill.
• City receives $140,000 for New Year’s Eve party Canada will turn 150 in 2017,
• Recount confirms Liberal’s victory Jeanie Dendys of the Yukon Liberal Party was confirmed as the MLA-designated for Mountainview after a recount of votes on Friday.
• Daughter left frustrated by fatal collision After the Yukon Coroner’s Service released a report
• Placer mining a bright spot in mining picture For the Yukon’s hardrock mining industry,

November 18, 2016

• Bagnell hosted group of Arctic parliamentarians Yukon MP Larry Bagnell hosted members of Parliament from around the circumpolar world this week in Ottawa.
• Foiling human smuggling remains a work in progress Geoff Abbott can’t say much about any of the three separate times he travelled to Southeast Asia.
• Yukoner is new president of international alliance The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) transitioned to its new leadership for the 2016-2017 term on Sept. 21 at the CVSA Annual Conference and Exhibition in Little Rock, Ark., and a Yukon resident was involved.
• Northwestel, firefighters team up for toy drive Northwestel Inc.’s Retail Centre in Whitehorse is now collecting toys to support this year’s Share the Spirit Christmas program.
• Practise safe winter commuting, city urges With the peak morning and evening commuting periods now in darkness,
• Dawson man is granted bail Mark McDiarmid was surprised to be released on bail Wednesday afternoon.
• Collision slightly injures four people There was a two-vehicle collision on the Alaska Highway at Robert Service Way on Tuesday evening.
• Territory needs a self-assessment: Northern Cross Northern Cross president Richard Wyman won’t speculate about what the future might hold for the company’s oil and gas exploration project on Eagle Plain.
• Orders explode for earrings that adorned Kate When the Duchess of Cambridge gets dressed in the morning, she does so knowing the whole world will see her outfit.
• Judgment signed on fatal collision The Yukon Coroners Service has signed a judgment concerning a Whitehorse woman who was killed by a pickup truck last February.
• Human rights film to be shown The Yukon Human Rights Commission and Yukon Libraries will present the first of four human rights-themed films Monday evening.
• Francophone Artists To Perform Tonight More than 20 francophone artists
• Whistle Bend subdivision expansion takes next step Whistle Bend subdivision expansion takes next step
• Save-ANWR effort heats up as Trump era looms The Alaska Wilderness League is trying to shore up a legislative defence to ensure continued protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), says its executive director.
• Liberals have a long road of promises to navigate Amid the flurry of promises made by all the parties during the campaign,
• ‘The game here is reasonableness’: lawyer Four years of barking are about all a group of Tagish residents can handle.