Whitehorse Daily Star

January 6, 2016

• Canada Reads was a stressful experience, author says One of the things Kim Fu really enjoyed about doing her public readings in the Yukon, and especially in Dawson, was that this provided her with her first real opportunity to read from something other than her successful debut novel, For Today I am a Boy.
• A Winter Scene Schwatka Lake
• Yukon Energy to embrace LED streetlights Yukon Energy is replacing all of its existing streetlights with energy efficient Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights, the corporation announced Monday.
• New Year's Angling A person ice fishes on Fish Lake
• New Year’s baby awaiting her name The territory is welcoming an eight-pound, six-ounce baby girl born at 10:42 p.m. last Saturday as its New Year’s baby.
• Art shows set Two new art exhibitiions will open at 5 p.m. Friday at Arts Underground.
• Public Service Recognized Four Commissioner’s Awards for Public Service and eight 2015-2016 Governor General’s Academic Awards were presented at last Friday’s Commissioner’s Levée.
• College president to retire in 2017 “If I were 20 years younger, I’d be willing to stay forever.”
• Appeal to Supreme Court of Canada filed The coalition challenging the Yukon government over the Peel land use plan has filed its application to the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal.
• WCC policy still stands after Charter violation The Whitehorse Correctional Centre (WCC) hasn’t changed its policies despite a ruling describing them as “flawed.”
• ‘There’s a lot of positive buzz’ about new school Students and staff at F.H. Collins Secondary School had a smooth transition from the old school to the new school on Tuesday.
• Don’t wait for a child to die, city urged The school councils at both Selkirk Elementary School and F.H. Collins Secondary School are calling for a 30 kilometre per hour (km/h) speed limit along both sides of Lewes Boulevard.

January 5, 2016

• Ending 2015 With Some Fun The Canada Games Centre was a popular draw
• Information, privacy act review underway The Yukon government has formally begun its review of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act today.
• Greeting The New Year In Music The First Night celebration,
• New bridge forecast to cost $10 million Public input is being sought on the replacement of the Nares River Bridge in Carcross scheduled to begin in April.
• Frigid Floating A juvenile tundra swan (left), the first seen over-wintering in the Yukon,
• Repeat offender is sentenced to 17 months for driving offences A Yukon man received a 17-month sentence for impaired driving and driving while disqualified on Monday in Yukon territorial court.
• Council poised to vote on curbside recycling A mandatory curbside recycling collection program may be closer to reality after next Monday’s council meeting.
• More wolves killed in city’s suburban areas Three more wolves have been snared and killed in the McIntyre Creek and Porter Creek areas, says a senior conservation officer.
• ‘I’ve never felt so violated in my whole life’ For two young women in Riverdale, 2015 ended on an exceptionally bad note – having their apartment raided by the RCMP and being arrested for drug trafficking.

January 4, 2016

• Government, Kluane First Nation sign education deal Education Minister Doug Graham and Kluane First Nation Chief Mathieya Alatini signed a new five-year education agreement in late 2015 in Whitehorse.
• Water woes shut down Dawson school for the day Students at the Robert Service School in Dawson are getting an extra day of holidays today.
• Trades qualification programs being reviewed he Department of Education is conducting an evaluation of its apprenticeship and trades qualification programs to ensure their continuing long-term success.
• More than 200 turn out for annual levée More than 200 people spent the first afternoon of the new year celebrating the accomplishments of 2015 and looking ahead to 2016 with Yukon Commissioner Doug Phillips.
• Lucky Winners Announced Alana Dene assists John Robbins by drawing the winning tickets in the Habitat For Humanity draw held last Thursday at Mic Mac Toyota in Whitehorse.
• Climate change exhibit is on in Toronto This Is Our Arctic, a youth-made multimedia exhibit about climate change in Old Crow and Inuvik, is on display at the Toronto Museum of Inuit Art (MIA) this winter.
• Minto Mine forecasts status quo for its 2016 operations The Minto Mine has no plans to alter its mining operation over the next 18 months, though it continues to monitor the depressed price of copper, says mine manager Ron Light.
• Government’s legal fees for Peel case are nearing $300,000, figures show The Yukon government has so far spent $285,767 on Outside legal fees defending its position on the Peel land use case.
• Yukon man wants name change kept a secret A Yukon man is asking the Yukon Supreme Court to prevent his name change from being published online, fearing harassment.
• Indigenous Affairs minister will meet local families and officials The nation’s promised inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women is taking much-awaited baby steps toward becoming a reality.
• Assaults, impaired drivers kept RCMP busy at New Year’s The Yukon RCMP rang in the new year by responding to 144 calls across the territory.