Whitehorse Daily Star

July 5, 2016

• Short-term future of mail delivery is unclear Canada Post early this morning served the 72-hour notice it requires before it can lock out unionized postal workers.
• Dousing It A helicopter helps extinguish a lightning-caused wildfire
• Housing plan may receive major fiscal incentive With plans to add 42 affordable housing units to the city,
• Dancing Under The Sun The Tuktoyaktuk Siglit Drummers and Dancers perform Monday afternoon
• Bears prompt campground, trail closures The Drury Creek Campground off the Robert Campbell Highway
• Ex-Eatery Bites The Dust The former Ricky’s All Day Grill restaurant off Chilkoot Way is demolished
• Emergency services bylaw change adopted Firefighters will no longer be breaking a bylaw when they come to the rescue in certain situations.
• City plans food and urban farming strategy It’s a scene that is, quite literally, growing, and the city is working to ensure its policies encourage that growth.
• Probe ends into youth facility incident The Yukon Workers’ Compensation, Health and Safety Board has completed an investigation into an incident at a local Residential Youth Treatment Services (RYTS) facility.
• Charges dropped after court finds driver’s rights were breached Two charges of impaired driving have been dismissed against a Whitehorse man after what Judge Michael Cozens called “a long case.”
• Curbside recycling program is in limbo The city may not pick up on a curbside recycling program after all.

July 4, 2016

• Premier congratulates Van Bibber Premier Darrell Pasloski has congratulated Geraldine Van Bibber on her appointment as a member of the Order of Canada, as reported in last Thursday’s Star.
• Legendary Fiddler Visits Festival Colin Adjun
• Country’s mail continues to flow Neither Canada Post nor the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) have yet given the required 72-hour notice of job action.
• Scene Of Fatality Emergency personnel work
• Bears took part in break-in: Parks Canada Parks Canada has reopened all campgrounds on the Chilkoot Trail, though restrictions for hikers still apply on the Canadian side.
• Canada Day 2016 celebrated Photo Spread
• Bylaw to raise commercial compost rates takes a step Commercial compost collection bills are inching closer to an increase after last Monday’s city council meeting.
• Chief of Kluane First Nation seeking Liberal nomination After being courted by all three major parties,
• City plans to gate area to deal with dumping A massive cleanup of an illegal dumping site off of Range Road has the city getting set to install gates in an effort to prevent a recurrence.
• ‘She’s a very lucky lady,’ RCMP sergeant concludes Jeanicia Moskaluk says her faith helped her through the 24 hours she spent lost in the bush in Watson Lake late last week.

June 30, 2016

• ‘I just want to do more crazy stuff’ Satoru Yamada wants to be the youngest person to travel solo to the North Pole.
• It’s invasive species season! Sound the alarm! Doing a story on safety seemed a priority until seasonal pressures took over
• Local man dies in accident A 47-year old Whitehorse man is dead after a single-vehicle accident 30 kilometres south of Teslin on Wednesday evening.
• Yukon entities prepare for potential mail strike Canada Post has declined an offer from the postal union to continue contract negotiations for two more weeks,
• Second potential NDP candidate eyes Lake Laberge Union employee Bud McCue wants to represent Lake Laberge for the New Democrats in the legislature, creating a contested nomination in the riding.
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• Inattentiveness may have contributed to mishap Driver inattentiveness is believed to have been a factor
• Sale of firm’s paving division surfaces at council The city may have saved money on its rural roads surfacing program this time around
• Riverdale South MLA is acclaimed Jan Stick, the NDP MLA for Riverdale South, was acclaimed Tuesday evening to run for another term in the upcoming election.
• Country residential development near airstrip is closer to take-off Council has taken the first step toward opening up a piece of land for country residential development in the Forestview area.
• Lightning ignites fire just south of Mayo Yukon Wildland Fire Management was quick to respond to a small lightning-caused fire
• Yukoner named to Order of Canada Geraldine Van Bibber, the chancellor of Yukon College and a former commissioner of the Yukon, has been named a Member of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours.
• Greenhouse brainchild strikes financial fertility Maxime Dugre-Sasseville believes he’s found the way to substantially lengthen the greenhouse growing season in the North.
• Fuel prices help airline’s fiscal health take off As Air North boasts an approximate $5-million profit after taxes from the past year,
• Alleged indecent act sparks complaint RCMP are looking for a man who reportedly committed an indecent act last Sunday night in the Golden Horn subdivision.