Whitehorse Daily Star

January 19, 2016

• Local student is a finalist for a Loran Award and bursary An F.H. Collins Secondary School student will be in Toronto next month for a chance to win a bursary covering four years of undergraduate studies.
• Teslin Couple Honoured The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous announced Mr. and Mrs. Yukon last Thursday evening at the Rendezvous After Hours event at The Old Fire Hall.
• Tourism Yukon project secures TV partnership Tourism Yukon’s award-winning digital storytelling project has secured a unique partnership with a national television broadcaster to air Yukon productions from the project on specialty Canadian networks.
• Part of new school’s siding is buckling After several reported hiccups in the design of the new F.H. Collins Secondary School, another issue has been raised.
• RCMP traffic stop leads to drug charges Three men have been charged with drug offences after a traffic stop led to a drug seizure last Thursday.
• Department of Education cancels funding to online employment board service In a few months, the Yukon government will cease funding for the territory’s largest online job board, YuWIN.
• P&M fights city’s order to cease operations P&M Recycling is challenging a city order to stop operations out of its Sixth Avenue warehouse.
• More grim news hits Yukon mining industry With the continuing decline in the price the copper, Capstone Mining is planning to cut back operations at its Minto Mine, says mine manager Ron Light.

January 18, 2016

• Rotary Music Festival plans to present dance routines in 2016 On a trial basis, the Rotary Music Festival will again be including a dance component in the annual event, to be held April 13-23 in Whitehorse.
• Young Talent Showcased Leaping Feats Creative Danceworks presented Go Nuts
• Rethink recycling plan, city urged The Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce is urging the City of Whitehorse to reconsider its approach to the future of recycling.
• New Man In Charge Incoming commanding officer Capt. Russ Lachapelle
• Dawson City lost power briefly DAWSON CITY – Dawsonites were in the dark for about 10 minutes Friday morning.
• The Search Begins The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Society’s Sourdough Sams event,
• NDP MLAs to start touring communities The Yukon NDP official Opposition’s six MLAs will hit the road next month for what they’re calling the Big Ideas for Yukon Tour.
• City may write off $600 in unpaid bills The city is getting set to write more than $600 off its books.
• Potential candidates reveal riding ambitions The Yukon Liberals rallied about 70 party supporters at its annual general meeting over the weekend.
• Recycling centre muses charging tipping fees The days of simply dropping off recyclables at a processor without thinking of the cost might be numbered.
• NWTel launches lawsuit Northwestel Inc. is suing a local company owner alleging he made libelous statements last November.

January 15, 2016

• Indigenous men disengaged from jobs, education: study Northern indigenous men need programming and policies that minimize oppression and maximize freedom, a study involving a Yukon group has found.
• Soup kitchen plays valuable role, minister says The Yukon government says it’s continuing to work with the local weekend soup kitchen and its volunteers.
• ‘This is the real McCoy’: mining executive BMC Minerals will continue this year to pursue its desire to turn the Kudz Ze Kayah mineral property into a producing mine, say company officials.
• Spectacle On Tonight Leaping Feats Creative Dance Works will present Go Nuts,
• Zero Waste conference coming to Whitehorse For the second year in a row, the city will be hosting a zero waste conference.
• New location, new shop offers possibilities to youth Appearances can be deceiving and that’s certainly the case - and a positive one - at Yukon Apparel.
• Many tickets issued for distracted driving It took only two days for Yukon RCMP officers to issue charges to 24 motorists for using electronic devices while driving.
• Teen is disrupting building’s peace: tenant Maggie Lachapelle has had it with the Whitehorse Housing Authority and its refusal to do anything about what she describes as an unruly resident in a local social housing complex.
• F.H. Collins 2.0 – opening ceremonies Photo Spread
• ‘I believe it is time for change’: potential MLA “Democracy is an exciting opportunity.”
• Jim Pattison Group silent on plans after major lots purchase The Jim Pattison Group has purchased two of the three remaining commercial lots behind Home Hardware which were developed by Argus Properties, the Star has learned.
• New high school is showing some kinks The official ribbon-cutting on the new F.H. Collins Secondary School may have happened,
• Officer ‘under a lot of stress and anxiety’ The defence team for a police officer charged with assault announced today it will file a Charter application for unreasonable delays after another adjournment pushed back the officer’s sentencing hearing.