Whitehorse Daily Star

March 22, 2016

• Pasloski condemns Brussels terrorism attacks Premier Darrell Pasloski expressed his condolences today to the victims and the families of the terrorism attacks in Brussels, Belgium, which killed more than 30 people and injured more than 200 others.
• Fun In The Sun And The Show Darby McIntyre, 10
• AYC releases solid waste vision Communities throughout the territory are hoping the Yukon government will work on dealing with solid waste.
• A Bird's-Eye View Ravens relax Sunday
• Movies will explore diverse gender identities With one Oscar winner and another nominee on the program, organizers hope the fifth annual OUT North Queer Film Festival be the biggest one yet.
• Volunteers going flat-out ensuring races go smoothly Keeping the national cross-country ski championships on track is an around-the-clock job, says the chief of competition.
• DUGS buzzing about upcoming gardening season There was a buzz at Monday’s city council meeting as members considered the possibility of boosting the city’s bee population.
• Council hears of proposed new disc golf course Disc golfers around the city could soon enjoy a new course spread over 6.3 hectares of land off the Alaska Highway north of Prospector Road.

March 21, 2016

• Three of four cars stolen over weekend recovered Three of four cars that were stolen over the weekend have been recovered, Whitehorse RCMP told the Star this afternoon.
• Fired Up For Spring Torches are lit Saturday evening
• City approves heritage fair funding It only makes sense that a heritage fair would benefit from a heritage fund.
• Splish-Splash A large puddle is seen Sunday
• Swans’ arrival not especially early: technician Swans are beginning to show up in open water through the southern Yukon.
• Man with dementia placed in supervised home A man found unfit to stand trial will be placed in a 24-hour supervised home, the Yukon Review Board has ruled.
• City’s first count of the homeless set for April Whitehorse’s first Point-in-Time (PiT) Homeless Count will take place over 24 hours next month.
• Late-winter snowfall called bonus for skiers “An unexpected bonus” – as it was described by Claude Chabot
• Projects include road, well work in capital Funding has been approved for five infrastructure projects in communities across the territory.

March 18, 2016

• Pilot project will provide valuable insight The education co-ordinator for the Raven Recycling Society has his wood cut out for him in the coming weeks, months....
• City driving toward a bus deal The city may well be on the road to getting a couple of new buses, but it will be closer to a year before the vehicles are actually on the road in Whitehorse.
• First Nations’ input sought for jail programming The Yukon Department of Justice announced it is seeking input from all 14 Yukon First Nations to improve programming at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre (WCC).
• Two Nights Only Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy of will open this evening at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• First Nation plans election March 31 The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation of Old Crow will have an election in less than two weeks.
• Raven assessing tipping fees’ ramifications The Raven Recycling Society’s executive director has little doubt a change in landfill tipping fees for charitable organizations will mean both operational and budgetary changes.
• City approves quarry project zoning Castle Rock Enterprises is getting closer to digging into 39.5 hectares off the Haeckel Hill Ski Road.
• Wood heat bears re-examining, delegates hear A long time ago, wood was very much at the centre of the territory’s economy and well-being.
• Experiencing The Lay Of The Land Participants in the Haywood Nationals races
• Former partner unjustly enriched, court rules The Yukon Supreme Court has granted a Yukon woman sole possession of a lot she co-owned with her ex-partner, as a remedy for the man unjustly enriching himself.
• Quest trail walker endured cold snap, nasty fall Nearly a month after the last musher in the 2016 Yukon Quest crossed the finish line at the Takhini Hot Pools,
• Critics underwhelmed by Liard Basin study The revelation that the Liard Basin, which cuts across the Yukon’s southeast corner, is Canada’s second-largest shale gas resource is not cause for celebration, critics say.
• Doors continue to spin for Pasloski’s DMs Premier Darrell Pasloski announced yet another shake-up of deputy ministers in two departments Monday.