Whitehorse Daily Star

March 9, 2016

• Fire will anchor national gathering’s focus To honour the traditions of cultures that move on the land, the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective will centre the 2016 national gathering around a northern fire.
• MP eschews firm position on carbon tax Yukon MP Larry Bagnell is declining to take a position on a carbon tax or some form of attaching additional pricing on the use of fossil fuels.
• You can learn from your mistake: judge to offender A Langley, B.C., man will spend another eight months in jail after pleading guilty to trafficking cocaine and failing to attend court.
• Passing Through Two U.S. Army Chinook helicopters arrived late Monday
• Humane Society Yukon receives $22,000 The territorial government will provide the Humane Society Yukon with $22,000 in one-time funding.
• Cost of two new buses would surpass $1 million City transit users could soon be in for a new ride.
• Collision victim’s name is released The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of the Whitehorse woman who died last Saturday night in a traffic accident near Fort St. John.
• Mineral exploration expected to plunge A federal government survey is predicting a substantial decrease this year in mineral exploration across Canada, but particularly in the North.
• Northwestel drops its lawsuit against local technology company Northwestel Inc. has dropped a defamation lawsuit against local company Orange Technology, according to publicly available court documents filed on March 1.
• Yukon musher Gatt pulls out of Iditarod Whitehorse musher Hans Gatt scratched this morning from the Iditarod sled dog race.
• Stay away, pushers told The takedown of a cocaine ring by the RCMP has led to five convictions and a warning from Yukon territorial court to B.C. drug dealers: don’t come here.

March 8, 2016

• Solidarity speaker set for Wednesday night Yukon Cares,
• The First Ulu Team Yukon’s Sarina Primozic won a silver ulu
• Airport plans subject of big interest Dawson resident Helen Bowie’s questions about plans for the local airport opened up the audience participation portion of last week’s public meeting with three cabinet ministers.
• Sparse turnout didn’t foil some lively exchanges The turnout for three cabinet ministers’ recent visit for pre-budget consultations must have been a bit of a disappointment. T
• Important Reasons To Celebrate Eglë Zaldokas-Barnes
• Teegatha‘Oh Zheh workers ratify their first contract Teegatha‘Oh Zheh employees have ratified their first collective agreement.
• Concerns about placer mining proposal is subject of meetings A proposal for a placer mining operation along Judas Creek has raised a number of concerns.
• Avalanche forecast service now available into April The public avalanche forecast is again available through the Yukon Avalanche Association web page (yukonavalanche.ca).
• Former NDP minister hits the campaign trail NDP MLA Lois Moorcroft hit the campaign trail Monday afternoon with her announcement she’s seeking re-election in the pending territorial election for her Copperbelt South riding.
• Collision claims Yukon woman’s life A 52-year-old Yukon woman was killed Saturday when the southbound van she was driving collided head-on with a transport truck north of Fort St. John, B.C.
• Ex-guard awaits his fate The expert called by the defence in the trial of former correctional officer Michael Gaber misunderstood parts of the evidence, the Crown argued Monday, asking the judge not to take her testimony into account.

March 7, 2016

• Moorcroft wants another term as MLA Lois Moorcroft, the Yukon NDP MLA for Copperbelt South and the dean of her caucus, plans to seek another term in this year’s election.
• Leading The Way Cross-country skiers Simon Cash, left, and Alexis Gee, right,
• Three Yukoners hit the trail as Iditarod begins Eighty-five mushers have set off to conquer the toughest terrain this nation has to offer,
• Artists attended event in Arizona The Yukon First Nations Culture and Tourism Association sent two artists – Lena White and Dennis Shorty – to the Heard Indian Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market in Phoenix, Ariz., from last Friday through Sunday.
• Yukon athletes begin their Greenland adventures More than 320 members of Team Yukon have travelled to Nuuk, Greenland to represent the territory at the 2016 Arctic Winter Games.
• Parties can participate in Bill S-6 review Parties are being invited to participate in the federal review of the four controversial amendments to Bill S-6.
• Errant bird cut power to thousands A raven shorted out half the city Saturday afternoon when it flew into the McIntyre substation off Mountainview Drive, says ATCO Electric Yukon. Spokeswoman Stephanie Cunha said approximately 5,200 Whitehorse residents and businesses lost power at 2:15.
• Gathering ‘really energized’ delegates: councillor More than 100 people converged on Yukon College on Friday and Saturday to look at how to keep waste out of the landfill and move toward a zero waste society.