Whitehorse Daily Star

March 28, 2016

• Things Were Hopping On The Hill The Easter Bunny made an appearance Sunday
• City is poised to award mosquito control work If a certain city contract is any indication, summer is on the way.
• Easter Misfortune Emergency responders
• Vans Tangle Whitehorse RCMP and city firefighters work at the scene of this two-vehicle collision
• Trail was a challenge for the 40th DeWolfe The biggest question haunting the 40th running of the Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race this year was whether there would be trail enough to run it on.
• History repeats itself: Studer wins the DeWolfe Crispin Studer chalked up his fifth Percy DeWolfe victory on Good Friday afternoon with an elapsed run time of 21 hours and 39 minutes.
• Yukomicon event taking hiatus until 2017 An event that drew hundreds of sci-fi fans, gamers, graphic novel enthusiasts and many others to the Yukon Convention Centre over the course of a weekend will not happen in 2016.
• Child ‘fearful around older men’ after incident A 34-year-old man was sentenced to eight months in jail last Wednesday for sexually touching a young girl.

March 24, 2016

• Thaw di Gras brought a mixture of snow, sun DAWSON CITY – Who would have expected that Thaw di Gras Saturday would bring Dawson more snow than it has seen in the last six weeks?
• City may adopt range of zoning changes A wide variety of city zoning changes dealing with everything from front yard storage to allowing for more garden suites could move ahead by next week.
• Election will precede hydro site selection The Yukon government is not able to move forward with the identification of the next major hydro project for the territory, says the minister responsible for the Yukon Development Corp.
• Business community updated on city’s ambitions Business delegates attending the Business Connects conference at the Yukon Convention Centre this week were updated on a variety of city plans and initiatives.
• Electrical rebate extended The monthly electrical rebate for Yukoners will be extended once again, says the minister responsible for the Yukon Development Corporation and Yukon Energy.
• COMBAT .
• Protesters end blockade of mine access road A Watson Lake trucker says yesterday’s blockade of the access road into the Silvertip mine site did produce results.
• Downtown may host new micro-community A 2.48-hectare piece of government land at Fifth Avenue and Rogers Street downtown could become its own little community within the downtown area, boasting a range of housing options and small shops and services.
• Late city official remembered as a devoted dad Flags around city parks and facilities will continue to be flown at half-mast this week in honour of a man whose influence on the city lives on.
• Council plans public meeting next Thursday Mayor Dan Curtis and city council will host their third town hall meeting of 2016 on the evening of March 31.
• SPRING IS SPRINGING SPRING IS SPRINGING – Fifty swans were seen Monday by the Teslin River Bridge – a definite sign of spring
• MLAs to meet April 7; Silver raps ‘poor planning’ The Yukon Legislative Assembly will begin its spring sitting April 7, Premier Darrell Pasloski announced today.
• One kilo of coke; 3 1/2 years in prison A B.C. drug dealer caught in the Yukon RCMP’s 2013 Monolith project was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison on Wednesday.
• ‘A mother should never have to go through this’ “Mom, Krystal is dead.” Vera Campbell was on a vacation in Florida on this March 2, 1992 when she learned that her daughter, Krystal Senyk, had been shot dead in her Carcross cabin.

March 23, 2016

• Government assisting housing project The Yukon government has pledged $50,000 to the Vimy Heritage Housing Society.
• Minister OKs full review for Casino mine plan Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna has accepted the recommendation to send the Casino mine proposal to a full panel review.
• Returning To Medieval Times Aveloc Twiceborn (rear) fights Cody Richards during a medieval tournament and knighting ceremony held last Saturday at the Takhini Hot Pools.
• Premier issues statement on budget Premier Darrell Pasloski issued the following statement late this morning in response to the federal government’s 2016 budget:
• New Dawson lodge opens to sustained applause The new Alexander McDonald Lodge was packed last Friday as the community turned out to see the new continuing care facility.
• Recommended tax increase closer to fruition A property tax increase of 1.7 per cent is anticipated to go ahead as planned in the city.
• Mine access road blockade planned The owner of a Watson Lake trucking company says he’ll be among a convoy of trucks headed toward Rancheria this afternoon to blockade the access road into the Silvertip Mine under development.
• Waxing technical at the Haywood Ski Nationals In a garage beside the Mount McIntyre Recreational Centre, dozens of people, protective respirators on, are working hard to get one of the most technical aspects of cross-country skiing done right: waxing.
• Budget helps northerners, Liberal MP says The Liberal government unveiled its first federal budget Tuesday, announcing “big, bold transformative” investments in families, infrastructure and indigenous communities.