Whitehorse Daily Star

February 17, 2016

• Former Olympian wants to run for the Yukon Liberal Party The Yukon Liberal Party is bringing out the big guns to its roster of potential candidates for the territorial election.
• MLA wants to represent her riding a second time Yukon NDP MLA Jan Stick believes she has more work to do.
• Withdrawn musher lashes out at race marshal Fairbanks musher Tony Angelo ripped the Yukon Quest’s race marshal in a Facebook post yesterday.
• Helping Raise Money For Relief In Haiti Selina Heylingers-Hare, Sarah Ott and Madi Dixon (left to right) perform at last Saturday evening’s Share the Love fundraiser for Little Footprints Big Steps.
• Frostbite’s return deemed a grand success Warm weather did not stop Yukoners from getting Frostbite last weekend.
• Norwegian musher wins Quest rookie honours Six more Yukon Quest mushers have crossed the finish line, pushing the total number of finishers to 11.
• Government unveils new 911 call centre If all goes well, Yukoners will soon be able to dial 911 for emergencies in any community in the territory that has cell service.
• Proceeding with trial makes no sense: government Justice Ron Veale of the Yukon Supreme Court will decide Thursday whether to postpone a three-day trial between the Yukon government and the Taku River Tlingit First Nation of Atlin.
• Ottawa restores most of anticipated funding loss The federal government has loosened its belt on the amount of transfer payment dollars the Yukon will receive in the upcoming fiscal year.
• ‘He admits he is responsible’: prosecutor Yukon territorial court has heard about the night a young man assaulted 17-year-old Brandy Vittrekwa and abandoned her on a trail, causing her death.

February 16, 2016

• Blood pressure clinics are on until Feb. 25 The Yukon government is hosting a series of blood pressure clinics in Whitehorse until Feb. 25, marking the fourth year of the popular public health service.
• A Family Moment Morgan Wienberg (right) and her grandmother, Maria Wienberg, hold birthday cupcakes during Saturday evening’s Share the Love fundraiser for Little Footprints Big Steps and its humanitarian work in Haiti.
• Hopkins takes fifth as finish line migrates to hot pools For the second straight year, Yukon musher Ed Hopkins is the first Canadian to finish the Yukon Quest.
• Sass second to Quest finish line; Moore third Alaska musher Brent Sass crossed the Yukon Quest finish line and slumped from his sled runners to the ground.
• Pledges made after emotional roundtable Co-chairs of the regional roundtable on missing and murdered indigenous women are calling it both historic and deeply emotional.
• Home-ownership is in sight for Sport Yukon The next big event for the territory’s largest sports organization could well be a “mortgage-burning party,” as Mayor Dan Curtis has suggested.
• Neff: ‘I’ve never had a team like this before’ Hugh Neff’s huskies stutter-stepped towards the finish line, but righted themselves in plenty of time for the musher to capture his second Yukon Quest title, Monday afternoon.

February 15, 2016

• Two Brewers, one whiskey and one long lineup It was about 8:15 a.m. Saturday when the first customer pulled into the parking lot of Yukon Brewing.
• Warm weather slows leaders into Pelly Crossing After enduring temperatures as low as -45C last year, the Yukon Questʼs lead mushers are now feeling the heat.
• Planning meeting begins today More than 200 delegates were expected to attend the Northern Planning Conference that began today at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.
• Neff leads rivals into raceʼs final two checkpoints Hugh Neff made a late move Sunday, grabbing the lead heading into the Yukon Quest homestretch into Whitehorse.
• Liberals lose potential candidate Rod Taylor will not be seeking a seat in the Yukon’s legislature after all.
• Raceʼs youngest musher rescues stalled-out rival More mushers shared spellbinding stories from the trail between American Summit and the Klondike, Friday.
• Neff wins second Yukon Quest Hugh Neff won his second Yukon Quest in the past five years today.