Whitehorse Daily Star

April 21, 2016

• Historic bridge is back in business The Miles Canyon Suspension Bridge, which was closed in October 2015 out of safety concerns, has reopened for the summer.
• Residents will hear more about sustainability plan If the city had a word of the year, it just might be “sustainability”.
• Right On The Money Whisper goes for the cash at the annual 4-20 event
• Forestry road work continues Work on the Mackintosh East forest resources road will continue this summer, ensuring a continued supply of timber resources for Yukoners.
• Hay Fire Extinguished City firefighters found several bales of hay on fire behind Whitehorse Motors
• Subway shop lease at Canada Games Centre is up for renewal The future lunch hour fate of many Canada Games Centre (CGC) patrons could be clearer next week.
• Taking Care Of Business Whitehorse RCMP and city firefighters responded to a three-vehicle collision on Quartz Road
• Unknown cost a ‘new low in fiscal management’ The Yukon Party government does not know what it will cost to operate the expensive new continuing care facility planned for Whistle Bend in Whitehorse.
• Dawson City opts to reinstate its well-respected fire chief Dawson’s fire chief has his job back.
• Liberals gain another potential candidate Ranj Pillai, a former city councillor and past president of the Yukon Liberal Party, said this afternoon he will seek the party’s nomination for Porter Creek South in this year’s territorial election.
• Man dies in ski accident in Haines Pass A Whistler, B.C. man was killed Wednesday morning in a ski accident in the Haines Pass.

April 20, 2016

• Dutch Harbour recreational lots to be developed Eleven new recreational lots at Dutch Harbour will be available through a land lottery this summer.
• Dawson hospital’s commemorative wall celebrated It’s taken a bit of time,
• Police investigating fire in Watson Lake Watson Lake RCMP are investigating a suspicious fire that happened at around 8:00 last night.
• Transition home staff plan garage sale The Yukon Women’s Transition Home Society staff will host a multi-family garage sale and silent auction from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 1 at 143 Falaise Place.
• City council considers tractor contract Inland Kenworth Ltd. could be tasked with providing the city with a new highway tractor.
• Talent At The Keyboard Anneke Aasman performs Tuesday
• Former editor earns Liberal nomination Former journalist Richard Mostyn is the Liberal party candidate in Whitehorse West after beating Ramesh Ferris in a contested nomination meeting Tuesday evening.
• Schwatka Lake launch off-limits Citizens are advised that the public plane/boat launch on the western shore of Schwatka Lake is temporarily closed until it can be reconstructed.
• We’ve witnessed a legal game changer: grand chief Grand Chief Ruth Massie of the Council of Yukon First Nations says last week’s recognition of aboriginal rights for non-status Indians and Métis is a game changer.
• Métis decision ‘very, very exciting news’ Last week’s Supreme Court of Canada decision upholding aboriginal rights for non-status Indians and Métis will have a major impact in the Yukon.
• YP queries NDP’s political funding reform bid The Yukon Party is questioning the timing of an NDP bill that proposes to bar corporations, unions and non-Yukoners from making political donations.
• Fatal jump 'deliberate' A coroner’s report into the death of a young man who drowned in the Yukon River last summer reveals the 19-year old was intoxicated moments before he jumped from the Miles Canyon bridge.

April 19, 2016

• Carmacks bypass takes another step Plans for a bypass road around Carmacks are slated to undergo the Yukon’s environmental assessment process in the 2016/17.
• A Neighbourly Get-Together Ray Tucker and Elaine Schiman perform last Saturday
• Contracts are thousands off engineers’ estimates City council learned at its meeting Monday night that an estimate is just that – an estimate.
• Getting Ready To Compete Yukon firefighters with the FireFit combat team practise over Monday’s lunch hour at Shipyards Park.
• Chamber welcomes concerns about shrinking private sector The Yukon Chamber of Commerce says it “appreciates” Liberal Leader Sandy Silver highlighting the plight of declining private sector employment in the Yukon.
• Kona’s Coalition head named city’s top volunteer Ask Jordi Mikeli-Jones about the city naming her Volunteer of the Year and her focus quickly turns to the plans for Kona’s Coalition.
• Man fined for shooting wolves in residential area A man who killed two wolves in 2013 in a residential area in south Whitehorse was fined $6,500 Monday in Yukon territorial court.
• Money has been managed irresponsibly: NDP “We’re a party that believes very strongly that, like people, we should live within our means.”