Whitehorse Daily Star

November 8, 2016

• Silver proves golden in the Klondike, the territory A triumphant Sandy Silver easily reclaimed his seat in the Klondike
• Students endorsed Silver, but chose NDP as the opposition Premier-designate Sandy Silver and his Yukon Liberal Party even struck gold with the territory’s students on Monday.
• ‘We’ve shown we’re a serious political party’ The Green Party may only have received 0.8 per cent of the vote this election, but they still found reasons to celebrate Monday night.
• NDP dispatched to reconstruction mode “We will build and we will come back from this.”
• Yukon Party’s 14-year reign is finished Premier Darrell Pasloski announced his resignation as Yukon Party leader after he was forced out of his Mountainview riding Monday.
• Liberals rocket from sole seat to majority When Paul MacDonald drove from Nova Scotia to the Yukon 20 years ago,

November 7, 2016

• Flu season off to another early start Two dozen cases of influenza have been officially confirmed throughout the Yukon, Dr. Brendan Hanley, the chief medical health officer, said last Thursday.
• Students busy on voting day Elementary and high school students in the Yukon have taken on the roles of territorial election workers today and are casting ballots through the Student Vote program.
• Reaching A Milestone Audrey McLaughlin,
• Wheeler Street property owners to vote on charge Property owners living in a portion of the downtown core
• More Yukoners are job-hunting: stats It appears more Yukoners are looking for work these days.
• Talent With Energy Tim Schirmer, left, and Rob Hunter perform Sunday
• Autopsy planned after Pelly man dies The death of an 18-year-old Pelly Crossing man is being investigated as suspicious.
• Council opts to defer trail policy issue Policy changes governing maintenance of city trails have been put on hold.
• Fall recreation grants awarded by council More than $40,000 will be doled out to half a dozen community groups after council approved the city’s fall recreation grants at its Oct. 24 meeting.
• White-out a factor in one riding as voter turnout proves steady As voters head to the polls today to select their choice for MLAs throughout the territory, they’re not letting a little snow stand in the way.
• Funding to help improve Yukon women’s safety The Yukon Women’s Transition Home Society recently received $100,000 in funding
• Dispute over missing pooch lands in court What started as a dispute over a missing pet is turning into a major dogfight
• Nothing was amiss in Mountainview Chief electoral officer Lori McKee has dismissed three allegations of wrongdoing in the Mountainview riding.
• Health care disparity must be addressed: CMA The Canadian Medical Association

November 4, 2016

• New Democrat attempts to secure second term Ed. note: this is the final instalment of a series of riding profiles for Monday’s election, published in random order.
• Lobird trailer can be moved, council decides A trailer that’s been at home in the Casa Loma mobile home park
• Closing In On The Feast A Halloween event took place last Sunday
• Liberals outline mental health, justice priorities A Liberal government would refocus
• Wilderness Wonder A bull elk
• Yukon Party outlines tourism priorities A re-elected Yukon Party would
• First reading of zoning change passes A 2.5-hectare property on Cousins Airfield Road is closer to becoming two properties after council approved first reading of a rezoning.
• YP would offer buy-local renovation incentive A re-electedYukon Party government would introduce a new incentive for homeowners to buy and contract local home improvements.
• Festival To Kick Off This Evening The Blue Feather Music Festival
• NDP stages pep rally before crucial weekend The countdown is on.
• Money shortfall pares backcountry users’ service Backcountry users in the Yukon will see a change in their avalanche safety service for the coming season.
• Marsh Lake-Area Mishap An empty tanker truck rests on its side
• Carbon pricing luncheon, discussion yield food for thought The only thing that comes from some form of carbon pricing is hardship for families and businesses, says the Alberta representative of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
• Opposition leader looks to take the next step For the last five years,
• Leader confident Greens’ message is getting through Frank de Jong describes himself as a “life-time environmentalist.”
• Silver campaigning on ‘a change of attitude’ Liberal leader Sandy Silver says he’s not “overly political.
• Premier is confident about his grand vision Ed. note: this is the first of four consecutive pages profiling the territorial political parties’ leaders in the run-up to Monday’s election.
• Leaders gather final time to make their case It was standing-room only at the Yukon Inn Thursday evening for the final debate for Monday’s territorial election.