Whitehorse Daily Star

February 4, 2016

• Film festival to get underway Saturday The coming week will provide Yukoners with a taste of the local film scene as the Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) gets underway Saturday and continues until Feb. 14.
• They're Off! The Yukon Arctic Ultra left this morning from Shipyards Park.
• Liberals schedule nomination meeting The nomination meeting to select the Yukon Liberal Party candidate in the riding of Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes will be held the evening of March 2.
• Major Pre-Race Ritual The Yukon Quest’s Meet the Mushers event took place Wednesday evening in Fairbanks, Alaska.
• Territory requires ‘remedial help’ with red tape The Yukon government is taking on the country’s second-lowest grade on the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’ (CFIB’s) annual red tape report card.
• Morning Complication Whitehorse RCMP officers investigate a two-vehicle collision
• Renowned journalist, historian to speak this evening Maybe the Islamic State isn’t some “monster that will eat you hair and all.”
• Missing woman sought Yukon RCMP are asking for the public’s help in finding a 56-year-old woman from France who had come to Whitehorse last month.
• Nehass: I consented to remand in custody under duress The third day of Michael Nehass’ hearing alleging his rights were violated focused on his decision to remain in custody before his trial.
• Agreement is unauthorized and upsetting: elder Kaska elder Alfred Chief says Kaska leaders who signed a deal with Premier Darrell Pasloski had no right to do so.

February 3, 2016

• Commercials promote Yukon tourism The Yukon government unveiled four new summer commercials Monday to promote the territory as a year-round destination for Canadian travellers.
• Festival visitors savoured a taste of the Yukon Can-can dancers, a northern lights-themed photo booth, a Sam McGee snow sculpture and Air North’s renowned cookies were some of the Yukon attractions visitors to Ottawa’s Winterlude festival enjoyed last Thursday through Sunday.
• French Immersion’s success celebrated Members of the local chapter of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) are helping mark French Immersion Celebration Week this week.
• Contract is awarded for city rideshare program The city’s continued efforts to have fewer vehicles on the roads could see residents taking to their smart phones, computers and the like a little more often.
• Kindergarten pre-registration to start soon Kindergarten pre-registration will begin at 9 a.m. Feb. 8 for Whitehorse-area schools.
• Nehass testifies about jail conditions, treatment by guards Michael Nehass addressed the court on Tuesday during a lengthy testimony, detailing his living conditions at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre and often times going on long tangents.
• Campground plan remains in limbo after ruling The Yukon government’s desire to build a new campground next to Atlin Lake off the Atlin Road remains tied up in legal knots.
• PM, premier talk federal funding, infrastructure Premier Darrell Pasloski spent some time Tuesday marketing the territory’s potential infrastructure projects to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
• Yukon scores well on history report card The Yukon’s educational system has received an A- grade for its teaching of Canadian history in Grades 7 to 12 from Historica Canada’s Canadian History Report Card program.
• Fire safety measures set out for tenants to return Former residents of the Jamieson’s Building on Fourth Avenue will remain just that for the time being – former residents.
• Zoning changes would affect many citizens Any business owners hoping to open the next neighbourhood pub in the city might want to get their paperwork into the city before changes are made to the zoning bylaw.

February 2, 2016

• Bylaws pass on city’s 2015 spending 2015 spending is now in the books for the city after council adopted three umbrella bylaws Jan. 25.
• Premature But Necessary It may seem a bit early to worry about clearing the snow off the Westminster Hotel (above) and various other roofs around Dawson City.
• Training project shares Arctic Inspiration Prize An innovative collaborative from the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut was one of three finalists sharing the $1.5-million Arctic Inspiration Prize awarded last Wednesday.
• No Injuries City firefighters and the RCMP work at the scene of this collision at about 12:35 p.m. Monday.
• Government, First Nations sign protocol in Vancouver The territorial government and self-governing Yukon First Nations have developed a government-to-government protocol.
• Negotiator is optimistic deal will bear fruit Kaska negotiator Dave Porter says last week’s announcement of a new relationship between the Kaska and Yukon government represents the dawn of new era for the territory – hopefully.
• Information sought about break and enter The Whitehorse RCMP were called to a report of an alarm at Bolt & Button on Fourth Avenue shortly after 1 a.m. Monday.
• Autopsy to be performed on man’s body The Yukon Coroners Service and the RCMP are continuing to investigate the death of a man in the McIntyre subdivision.
• Businesses to be asked about commercial waste The city could soon be asking the business community for its thoughts on how to keep commercial waste out of the landfill – and whether that might include separating waste in commercial businesses.
• Trauma, violence rocked offender’s childhood On Monday, Yukon Supreme Court heard about inmate Michael Nehass’ traumatic upbringing, his deteriorating mental health and the prolonged effect incarceration has had on him.
• Buses will always need subsidies, council told Transit use rose significantly between 2010 and 2014, but so too did costs, city council heard Monday evening.