Whitehorse Daily Star

February 9, 2016

• NDP MLA confirms her candidacy In a fairly steady stream of potential candidates stepping forward for the territory’s Liberal Party,
• Welcoming the Year of the Monkey Photo Spread
• Spending warrant obtained The Yukon government has issued a special warrant to ensure funding for new agreements with First Nations and to support essential social programming during the 2015/16 fiscal year.
• Yukon Days conclude in Ottawa The territorial government’s eighth annual Yukon Days in Ottawa ended last week.
• Parking tickets in evacuated area to be waived, city says Parking tickets in evacuated area to be waived, city says
• Sass leads Quest by two hours into Eagle The front pack of Yukon Quest mushers pulled into town early this morning led by defending champ Brent Sass, who arrived at 4:28 a.m. under a faint green aurora.
• Ultimate goal is a resort community near springs Development plans for the Takhini Hot Springs area are finally gathering steam.

February 8, 2016

• Teams go up and over Eagle Summit on day two Teams competing in the 2016 Yukon Quest trickled, then streamed, into this tiny Interior town midday Sunday after the race’s first 142 miles.
• Large crowd watched Quest teams hit the trail Twenty-three mushers and more than 300 sled dogs are off and running in the 2016 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
• Police tightlipped on package’s contents Whitehorse RCMP aren’t saying much about a suspicious package that saw the bomb squad called in at a local bank on Friday.
• Land approved for city’s blended building project The Yukon government has provided land to the City of Whitehorse for its mammoth building consolidation project.
• Spousal Encouragement Yukon Quest musher Ed Hopkins,
• Unemployment rate climbs The number of people without jobs in the territory continued to climb last month.
• Coroner reports on motorcyclist’s death Excessive speed, alcohol and cocaine were factors in the death of a Whitehorse motorcyclist last August, says a coroners’ report released Friday.
• Roaring onto Yukon River, Sass retakes lead Defending Yukon Quest champ Brent Sass of Eureka, Alaska, blew through this checkpoint about a quarter of the way through the race early today, retaking the lead in a game of leapfrog so far for the frontrunners.
• Claims to be sold to highest bidder: judge Twenty-five Dawson City placer claims will be sold to the highest bidder, since the company directors who co-own them couldn’t come to an agreement, Justice Ron Veale ruled Friday afternoon.
• Motorists kept from their vehicles get tickets anyway Parking tickets issued after the reopening of some downtown streets following an evacuation of the area Friday may be waived.

February 5, 2016

• Senator retains chairmanship of committee Yukon Senator Dan Lang will continue work at the helm of a committee focused on security and defence.
• Exhibition Opens Nate Wood, Barb Hinton and Jocylyn McDowell, left-right, of Mobius Collective North,
• Documentary helps a crucial conversation resume The Bell: Let’s Talk initiative is a program intended to break down some of the stigma attached to depression and various types of emotional and mental illness by opening up the conversation and getting people to talk about it.
• RCMP locate missing woman Whitehorse RCMP have located a French resident who had been reported missing, and are thanking those involved in helping them locate her.
• Man died of natural causes: coroner Last week’s death in the McIntrye subdivision was due to natural causes, the Yukon coroner’s office said Wedesday afternoon.
• Building data provide more proof of downturn Building statistics released by the city Monday night seem to provide further evidence of an economic downturn.
• Race fans crowd in to meet mushers Dog mushing fans both young and old showed up in droves for the Yukon Quest’s Meet the Mushers event Wednesday night.
• Commericial fishery for Yukon River pink salmon approved A new commercial fishery at the mouth of the Yukon River is about providing economic opportunities for isolated communities more than anything else.
• Three courses in cosmetology proving popular Maybe she’s born with it – maybe she learned at Porter Creek Secondary School.
• Video shown of accused’s naked court appearance Two guards in full riot gear hold Michael Nehass down, face-first on the floor.
• Historian breaks down terrorism in Middle East “Let me start by describing the worst that could happen.”
• Newcomers are settling into their new lives In the six days since Hussein and Fatima Arafat and their nine children arrived in the territory, the family has been learning some of the ins and outs of life in the territory’s capital.
• Yukon Quest start order set after bib draw She was the last to be born, but the youngest musher in the 2016 Yukon Quest will start first after drawing bib No. 1 at the pre-race banquet on Thursday evening.
• ‘I just shake my head,’ advocate says of RFP The Yukon government is taking steps to identify the economical pros and cons of developing shale oil and gas in the territory’s Liard Basin.
• Unknown package at CIBC sees streets closed Whitehorse RCMP closed several streets downtown after a suspicious package was found at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on Main Street earlier today.