Whitehorse Daily Star

March 14, 2016

• Heritage fair may be funded As Yukon students set to work researching the country’s history and heritage for their projects that could be featured in the May 5 Yukon/Stikine Regional Heritage Fair, city council is deciding whether to put $2,000 into the annual fair.
• Strolling Along Hikers
• Cyclists may benefit from environmental grant Depending on a city council vote this evening,
• Kids' Creativity Youth of all ages took part in Sunday’s Kids Kreate event at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Presley hopes to be third-time-lucky in election Elvis Presley is hopeful this time around, the voters of Pelly-Nisutlin will elect him as their MLA when the territorial election is called later this year.
• Woman dies after crash A woman died Friday night after her vehicle crashed on the Dempster Highway, 10 kilometres north of the Tsiigetchic Ferry Crossing in the N.W.T.
• ‘No excuse’ for speeding on Two Mile Hill: RCMP Whitehorse RCMP issued more than 65 tickets, mostly for speeding, during a speed check set up at the top of Two Mile Hill last Thursday.
• Special guide licences bound for a lottery near you A lottery system will be in place for issuing special guide licences for the upcoming hunting season, says Yukon Party cabinet spokesman Dan Macdonald.
• Man is jailed for robbery and assault Don’t wait until you’re 60 to quit crimes.

March 11, 2016

• Average wage was nation’s fourth-highest The preliminary average weekly earnings figure for the Yukon ($1,053.19) in December 2015 was the fourth-highest in Canada, Statistics Canada reported last month.
• Local Freemasons plan an open house for Monday evening Ever wanted to learn more about what Free Masonary is?
• City may seek clarity on revenue generation The city could be soon be asking other communities around the territory to join it in seeking more clarity from the Yukon government on exactly how municipalities can raise revenues outside of charging property taxes and user fees.
• Nabbing Violators Whitehorse RCMP officers have set up in various parts of the city this week,
• New ambulance station officially unveiled In just two years, the Yukon went from having Emergency Medical Services (EMS) dispatchers take calls with pens and papers to using computers.
• Zoning change recommended to permit quarry A 39.5-hectare site off the Haeckel Hill Ski Road – and in between two established quarries – could be zoned for quarrying as early as next week.
• Late Winter Tranquility Wild horses graze
• Wild Sheep Foundation gaining a higher profile Heading into its second year, the Yukon chapter of the Wild Sheep Foundation is attracting more interest in the organization and its mandate, says chapter president Clint Walker.
• Sorrows can be set ablaze on March 19 Every March for the past 17 years, Unlikely Events Yukon (formerly Yukon Educational Theatre) has been warming the souls of Yukoners and scorching away their winter blues.
• Groups may lose some tipping fees privileges Charitable groups which have seen tipping fees waived at the landfill for nearly 20 years could soon be forced to pay up when they drop off non-reusable goods.
• Seniors’ residence opens millions under-budget It’s moving day for the first residents who will call home the new seniors’ apartments on Front Street.
• Northern Cross seeks judicial review of YESAB action Northern Cross Yukon has filed for a judicial review of last month’s decision to send its proposal for an exploration program in northern Yukon to a higher level of screening.
• ‘I promise ... that I won’t do it again’: pusher A man who supplied more than $400,000 worth of cocaine and marijuana to a police agent will spend the next five years in a federal penitentiary.

March 10, 2016

• Helping The Cause Angus Clarke, Cole and Jay Sinclair and Taylor Dieckmann, left-right, F H. Collins Secondary School students with the Social Justice Club, volunteer Tuesday for the Family Connects day.
• Playwrights featured in exploring justice reading series Gwaandak Theatre, in association with the Yukon Arts Centre and Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, will launch its Exploring Justice Play Reading Series this afternoon.
• Connecting With The Visitors Roslyn and Scott Wilson entertain Tuesday
• Fundraiser set for a refugee student The staff and students of the Syrian Student Refugee Program Committee at Yukon College will host a fundraising concert Friday at Gr8ful Suds.
• Cleaning Up The Yukon junior female and male and open male handgames teams all won gold ulus
• Renew mineral credit, premier urges Trudeau Premier Darrell Pasloski has asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to renew the Canadian Mineral Exploration Tax Credit in the March 22 federal budget.
• Trekkers remain enthusiastic about annual event This year’s Trek Over the Top seemed calm to 14-year veteran Paula Bair, from Wasilla, Alaska, standing on the flood dike at about 5 p.m. last Friday.
• General support evident for placer operation The co-chair of the Marsh Lake local advisory council says she’s comfortable with the proposal for a placing mining operation along Judas Creek.
• Review board is rebuked The Yukon Review Board had no basis to find that a schizophrenic man still posed a significant threat to the public, the Yukon Court of Appeal has ruled.