Whitehorse Daily Star

June 8, 2016

• Giant bike auction slated for Saturday Did you lose your bicycle?
• Tunes In The Park Calla Kinglit performs Tuesday afternoon at Arts in the Park.
• Students recycled 13,000-plus directories Students across the North collected 13,062 phone directories for recycling as part of the 2016 Northwestel Directory Recycling Program.
• A Glance Under The Hood The annual Klondike Cruisers Show and Shine
• Cathers will seek Yukon Party nomination in Lake Laberge Brad Cathers, the Yukon Party MLA for Lake Laberge, said Tuesday he will seek re-election in this year’s election.
• Festival Action Calvin Laveck, left, and Kevin McLaughlin perform
• Premier calls for more stability in transfer payments The premier went before the Senate’s Standing Committee on National Finance on Tuesday
• Pioneers In Transport Honoured The Yukon Transportation Hall of Fame Awards were handed out Tuesday evening.
• Fourth Avenue lane to close North and southbound traffic on Fourth Avenue will be slowed and reduced to a single lane at Wood Street on Thursday.
• Ground and air searches bolstered Additional resources have been sent up from B.C. in the ongoing search for a missing mushroom picker near Watson Lake.
• Court poised to release decision on hearing Peel case The Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled Thursday morning to release its decision regarding whether it will hear an appeal in the case of the Peel watershed.
• Graham plans to leave politics Doug Graham, the Porter Creek North MLA and Education minister, will not seek the riding’s nomination for the upcoming territorial election.
• Visitor tells about dramatic rescues of canoeists and dog Jeppe Lyngaa Aaquist hadn’t been training specifically to save someone from Kathleen Lake,
• Youth ‘remorseful, regretful and ashamed’: lawyer The 16-year-old youth who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of 17-year-old Brandy Vittrekwa in December 2014 will be sentenced next week.

June 7, 2016

• Specialist to discuss mental health stigma Thursday Michael Pietrus is hopeful his work this week in Whitehorse will bring an end to the stigma around mental illness.
• Territory signs agreement to rein in invasive species through western Canada The governments of the Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have agreed to collaborate to stop the spread of invasive species within western Canada.
• Honouring The Top Guy LAC Kynna Elliot receives the Best 1st Year Cadet from RCMP Commander Archie Thompson on Sunday at the 551 Whitehorse Lions Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron 64th Annual Ceremonial Review.
• YuKonstruct Makerspace receives federal money The YuKonstruct Makerspace is receiving a $117,000 shot in the arm.
• North American indigenous genocide re-enacted Photo Spread
• Recycling fees pose challenges for businesses Yukoners are getting set to pay new fees on a variety of beverage containers and electronics.
• Mushroom picker missing Watson Lake RCMP are continuing their search today for a missing mushroom picker.
• Assisted dying: ‘state of uncertainty’ reigns Assisted dying: ‘state of uncertainty’ reigns
• Youth being sentenced for manslaughter The 16-year-old Whitehorse youth who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the December 2014 death of 17-year-old Brandy Vittrekwa is in court today for his sentencing hearing.
• Several agencies probing man’s death A B.C. man is dead after a Toyota 4x4 rolled over on a mining road near Haines Junction late last Wednesday night.

June 6, 2016

• NDP gains candidate in Porter Creek Pat Berrel, a former Whitehorse Elementary School principal and disability rights advocate, will be Yukon NDP candidate in the pending territorial election.
• A Proud Angler Christopher Purdy
• New accessible stepper available at Games Centre The Canada Games Centre (CGC) recently installed a second piece of accessible equipment.
• Missing bones were found at campground The missing remains of a horse skeleton discovered at the Carcross Desert on the evening of May 27 were delivered to the Star’s offices this morning.
• Chrome Time The annual Klondike Cruisers show and shine
• Improperly doused campfire ignites trouble One new wildfire was reported over the weekend, in the Ross River district.
• Students return from international competition To say Destination Imagination has made an impact on school students in the Yukon would be an understatement.
• Apprenticeship and tradespersons evaluation report now available Education Minister Doug Graham tabled the evaluation of the Yukon’s Apprenticeship and Tradespersons Qualification Program report in the legislative assembly late last month.
• Laxton ‘disallowed’ from running for Yukon Party David Laxton will not run again for the Yukon Party in Porter Creek Centre because the party won’t allow it.
• Man says he’d have died without rescuer’s actions Frank Glass says he wouldn’t be here if not for the man who jumped into Kathleen Lake to help him after Glass’s canoe capsized Saturday evening.