Whitehorse Daily Star

December 4, 2015

• Lions to roar in form of 60th annual auction For six decades, Whitehorse residents have been provided with a rather unique way to do Christmas shopping and give back to the community all at the same time.
• A Successful Excursion Claire Campbell, left, and Sarah Fortin have recently returned from the annual St. Andrews Night dance competition in Victoria.
• Change enhances respite care services The Department of Health and Social Services will expand the options for parents accessing in-home respite, Premier Darrell Pasloski announced Thursday.
• Bilingualism’s benefits promoted High school students enrolled in French programs at four Yukon schools have been participating in Franconnexion sessions to connect the French they learn in the classroom with the real-life benefits of being bilingual.
• Pope appoints a new bishop for Whitehorse Pope Francis has appointed a new bishop for Whitehorse.
• Now Showing Jeanine Baker
• Fireworks ignite concerns at Dawson council meeting n unauthorized fireworks display set off along the flood dike on Nov. 22 caused some discussion to take place at the council meeting two evenings later.
• Employers sharing $10 M in excess WCB reserves Employers sharing $10 M in excess WCB reserves
• Ex-chief’s conduct was disrespectful: First Nation Edward Champion was disrespectful toward the council’s employees – one of the reasons he was removed from office, says the First Nation of Na-cho Nyak Dun.
• Show-Time he Whitehorse Community Choir rehearses
• Mother-daughter authors release second book Estella of Halftree Village is back and ready to do her part to save her village.
• Wolves have taken at least four dogs Environment Yukon has confirmed four dogs have been killed by wolves south of the city in the last month, though there may be more.
• I warned government of sinking concrete: contractor There has been much ado over the past week involving a government-funded project from 2014 that saw the renovation of the apron at the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International airport.
• Tagish residents angered by trees’ removal Annual tree and brush-clearing along public roadways and cul-de-sacs in Tagish made its way to the legislature this week.
• ‘Impaired driving creates a lot of troubles, a lot of sad stories’ “I’m stopping anybody with a pineapple between their legs,” the RCMP officer tells the car occupants, spotting one of them with the fruit.
• Information gaps evident in climate report Just in time for the COP21 conference in Paris, the Yukon government released a progress report for its 2009 Climate Change Action Plan.
• PCL is preferred contractor for care facility PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc. has been selected as the preferred contractor to design and build the proposed Whistle Bend continuing care facility.

December 3, 2015

• November was warm, but cooling trend is forecast The weather these days is anything but frightful as some venture outside free of hats and mitts and no worry of potential frostbite.
• Dawson’s four new wells brought into service Dawson City’s four new wells have been commissioned and are in operation.
• Fish and game group welcomes court decision The director of the Yukon Fish and Game Association is relieved.
• A Powerful Symbol A sculpture made by Splintered Craft and YuKonstruct was installed at the end of Main Street last Friday.
• ‘We’re on the cusp of major decisions in this territory’ A Yukon NDP-hosted sendoff to the COP21 conference in Paris did not draw in all of the territory’s leaders, despite an extended invitation.
• Festival raised more than $400,000 The 2015 Northwestel Festival of Trees, which wrapped up last weekend, raised more than $400,000 for the Yukon Hospital Foundation.
• More RVs in campgrounds envisioned The Yukon government is thinking about whether it should build commercial RV stalls, at the risk of competing with the private RV sector.
• Kopper King incident not criminal, RCMP say A day after an injured man was found in the Kopper King area, Whitehorse RCMP had little to divulge.
• Skier would likely have died overnight, RCMP believe A rescue mission saved a Dawson City cross-country skier from a certain death on Monday evening.

December 2, 2015

• Learning The Ropes An advanced fur handling workshop was held last Friday in Teslin with Winnipeg instructors Dave Bewich and Pete Wise, from the Wild Fur Shippers Council.
• Rural addictions program is now in place: minister The territorial alcohol and drug services branch’s community addictions program is now in place in Yukon communities.
• Community Safety Awards honour 14 Yukoners The fourth annual Community Safety Awards were held last month at the Coast High Country Inn in Whitehorse.
• Traffic Trouble This two-vehicle collision
• Site determination taking longer than thought It will be another two or three months before the Yukon Development Corp. can make a recommendation on the next major hydro dam for the Yukon.
• Truck Veers Off Road A Ford truck left the Alaska Highway near Cowley Creek
• Police attending Kopper King situation Whitehorse RCMP asked people to stay out of the Kopper King area early this afternoon.
• Child struck by pickup truck A seven-year-old child was struck by a pickup truck this morning in the Granger subdivision.
• Officials were warned of airport problems: MLA There were flaws in replacing the concrete area where aircraft park at the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport in 2014.
• Local woman grateful for wallet’s return A local woman is expressing gratitude after her wallet full of cash was safely returned to her after she left it at the post office on Main Street.
• Parties ‘attempting to alarm seniors’: premier Finger-pointing and accusations regarding the Whistle Bend continuing care facility continue to fly – on Tuesday, coming from Premier Darrell Pasloski and Health Minister Mike Nixon.
• ‘I felt like I was dying of pain and sadness’ ‘I felt like I was dying of pain and sadness’
• Dam scheme omits fundamental question: society The Yukon government is backwards in its approach to the Next Generation Hydro project, says a report commissioned by the Wild Conservation Society Canada.