Whitehorse Daily Star

January 22, 2016

• Enforcement to begin around new meters Whitehorse residents who plan to be park downtown in the areas of Wood, Lambert or Steele streets will want to make sure they’ve got change on hand for the new parking meters the city has installed.
• Fourteen-unit apartment building proposed There is general agreement that there is a shortage of available private market rental space in Dawson.
• Literacy day to be celebrated Sunday The Yukon Literacy Coalition (YLC), in partnership with many community organizations and agencies,
• Getting Ready Katie Howlett, from Toronto, with the Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour,
• Ministers mulled mental health, drug costs Health and Social Services Minister Mike Nixon said this week’s Vancouver meetings with provincial and territorial health colleagues and federal minister Jane Philpott were both “jam-packed” with agenda items.
• Population embarks on slight downward trend The territory’s population sank by a hair in the first nine months of 2015, according to the third-quarter population analysis by the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.
• On Stage This Evening Marilyn Perreault is one of the dancers in Thus Spoke: (Ainsee Parlait) , which opened Thursday evening at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Sudden evictions upset downtown residents A woman living in the old Jamieson’s Building on Fourth Avenue says it’s not right that residents were given a 24-hour-eviction notice Fire Protection Act.
• Mentorship program offered to filmmakers The territorial Film and Sound Commission is launching a pilot producer mentorship program to provide local film producers with knowledge and advice from experts in the field.
• Delinquent taxpayers list may soon be out If you haven’t paid your 2015 property tax bill, you might want to get down to city hall and pay it off before city council’s next meeting.
• Health inspection reports available on website Wondering where to get a bite to eat?
• Top officer to make cross-country migration “When you join the RCMP, you sign up to go anywhere in Canada that needs you.”
• Council to vote Monday on quarry zoning Castle Rock Enterprises is moving closer to adding to its quarry operations off the Haeckel Hill Ski Road.
• Apartment complex being inspected for violations The Riverdale apartment building that was recently subject to drug raids as a result of an RCMP and Department of Justice investigation is now being evaluated for fire code and bylaw violations.
• Man suffering from memory issues, dementia A Yukon man has been deemed unfit to stand trial, again.

January 21, 2016

• Proudly Posing The Stanley Cup is seen with players with the Scotiabank team Wednesday afternoon at Fish Lake.
• Downtown streets closed for Hometown Hockey events Front Street is closed between the north-facing block of Main Street and Jarvis Street until Sunday, the City of Whitehorse said today.
• The Hazards Of Winter A negative occurrence Tuesday
• Major garage sale set for Feb. 13 Zero Waste Yukon, a collaborative initiative led by the Raven Recycling Centre, will host its third annual Indoor Community Garage Sale on Feb. 13 at the Canada Games Centre.
• Skating To Silver Yukon native Bryn Hoffman, left, and junior pairs partner Bryce Chudak, of Alberta, earned a silver medal Wednesday at the 2016 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships in Halifax.
• Sexual education program set for the disability community The Yukon Association of Community Living (YACL) is launching a one-year sexual health education and abuse prevention program for people in the disability community in Whitehorse.
• The Holy Grail's Arrival The Stanley Cup arrives at Fish Lake by sled Wednesday afternoon.
• Whitehorse coat of arms could be featured in a new colouring book Sharpen those crayons and get ready to add your own artistic spin on the city’s coat of arms and flag.
• Government unveils its Science Strategy The Yukon government has released its Science Strategy,
• Residential schools’ harm resonates to this day The bulk of harm residential schools inflicted on First Nation children happened more than 40 years ago, but it still resonates across the country today.
• Multimillion-dollar project has a lengthy history The federal Department of National Defence has confirmed it will go ahead with planning to build a multi-purpose cadet facility in Whitehorse.

January 20, 2016

• Engineers see Dawson rec centre as fixable The Art and Margaret Fry Recreation Centre was the subject of much controversy in Dawson before it was ever completed.
• Dawson loses power for second time in three days Dawson experienced a 20-minute loss of power on Monday night.
• Functional planning begins for new school The Yukon Francophone School Board and territoral government have awarded a contract to Thibodeau Architecture and Design to complete functional planning of the new French First Language high school.
• ‘Losing that will be awful for us’: YuWIN booster In light of an impending funding cut from the Yukon government, local online job board YuWIN is putting out the message that an important resource is on the chopping block.
• Semester's Finale Set Music, Arts and Drama (MAD) 9/10 students will perform their semester’s final show at 7:30 this evening at the Wood Street Centre.
• School board amends construction committee mandate The francophone school board voted last Thursday evening to amend the mandate for its representatives who sit on the French-language high school construction committee.
• Accused to be tried in March 2017 Michael MacPherson, charged with the murder of Tanner Sinclair, will be tried in March 2017.
• Health minister conferring with colleagues Health and Social Services Minister Mike Nixon is in Vancouver for national meetings today and Thursday.
• Trouble puppet show is touring Yukon communities The Trouble puppet show has been visiting community schools as part of a tour throughout December and January,
• Slow down and be careful, bison hunters urged Conservation officers are asking hunters to take the extra time to ensure the animal they’re stalking isn’t wearing a radio collar.
• P&M owner will act on illegal dumping The McIntyre Creek area is not the only part of the city contending with illegal dumping.
• Residents push for motorized traffic on trail A public meeting has been set for March 3 to let residents know how the Dawson Road Trail in Wolf Creek is to be used.