Whitehorse Daily Star

November 3, 2016

• Sole independent candidate is out to inspire youth The independent candidate for the riding of Watson Lake believes he’s well-positioned to make a difference.
• Yukon Party promises vaccination strategy A re-elected Yukon Party government would develop a made-in-Yukon strategy to improve vaccination rates, the party vowed this week.
• Traffic constrained after empty tanker hits pole An empty tanker truck on the Alaska Highway struck a hydro pole roughly three kilometres south of the Lewes River bridge this morning.
• Liberals would also create statutory holiday The Yukon Liberals would establish National Aboriginal Day as a Yukon statutory holiday, says Carl Sidney, the Liberal candidate for Pelly-Nisutlin for next Monday’s election.
• Long-time Yukon artist’s show to open Friday Compelled to Paint:
• Rock tossed through window Someone threw a rock through the window of Dean’s Strings sometime after the store closed on Wednesday evening.
• Premier faces riding challenges from NDP, Grits Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles for the Nov. 7 election being published in random order.
• NDP would improve lives of those with disabilities A territorial NDP government would work to provide an assured income for those living with lifetime cognitive disabilities.
• Former chief praises proxy votes handling A Liberal party candidate’s use of proxy votes in Whitehorse Centre

November 2, 2016

• Woman hit by vehicle downtown A 62-year old woman was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital last Saturday afternoon after having been hit by a vehicle downtown.
• NDP wants Yukoners forming 75 per cent of mine workers A Yukon NDP government would set a government-wide goal of having Yukoners account for 75 per cent of the mining workforce, from discovery to reclamation.
• Election puts off council meeting City council members don’t have to worry about missing live territorial election coverage next Monday
• Grits would maintain moratorium on trough oil, gas development Jocelyn Curteanu, the Liberal party candidate in Copperbelt South,
• Liberals vow to provide vision for professional civil service Territorial public servants would be given the “vision and leadership” they need to do their jobs should the Yukon Liberal Party win next Monday’s election, the party says.
• Pool will close Friday afternoon The Ryan Downing Memorial Swim Meet will take place this week at the Canada Games Centre.
• Copper Ridge homes evacuated A few homes in Copper Ridge were evacuated Tuesday after Whitehorse RCMP responded to a report of a male who may have posed a danger to himself.
• Arrests follow man’s assault Two Whitehorse men have been arrested in connection with an assault,
• Chow joins Hanson to talk child care Yukon NDP Leader Liz Hanson was joined by former NDP MP Olivia Chow today in front of a child care centre in Hillcrest.
• Minister out to retain lengthy grasp on riding Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles for the Nov. 7 election being published in random order.
• Minister’s departure opens up three-way race Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles for the Nov. 7 election being published in random order.
• Public accounts show sharp drop in surplus The Yukon government’s surplus dropped 46 per cent in the 2015-16 fiscal year, the Department of Finance recently reported, but it’s still greater than expected.
• Voters urged to ask candidates about ORV rules Voters should know the position of each political party regarding access to the hinterland by off-road vehicles (ORVs), say representatives of the Trails Only Yukon Association.

November 1, 2016

• Raising An Important Symbol Commissioner Doug Phillips
• Mental Wellness Innovation Fund supports projects The Yukon government and its First Nations partners are awarding a further $390,000 in Mental Wellness Innovation Fund support to 10 community projects.
• Nightmare On Elm Street Trick-or-treaters
• Advance polls turnout proved heavy It appears many Yukoners already know who they want representing them in the legislature for the next term.
• Adorned For Fright The Pierre Berton bust
• Economy, environment, health top riding’s issues Ed. note: this is one of a series of riding profiles for the Nov. 7 election being published in random order.
• Hearings begin into proposed power rates increase The Yukon Utilities Board opened three days of public hearings this morning into an application by ATCO Electric Yukon for a 7.5 per cent rate increase this year and next.
• Silver needs to explain tactics: YP Yukon Liberal Leader Sandy Silver needs to explain “the unethical conduct” of one his candidates, the Yukon Party said Monday.
• Silver should remove Goeppel: NDP leader The RCMP are investigating whether offences were committed in the handling of proxy votes in the Whitehorse Centre riding.