Whitehorse Daily Star

November 13, 2015

• Storytelling event set For the first time,
• City council makes committee appointments There’ll be some new faces working on city committees and community groups after last Monday’s city council meeting.
• New study to monitor Whitehorse air quality The Yukon government and City of Whitehorse are partnering to monitor fine particulate matter in the air throughout Whitehorse for the next year.
• Winter Road Woes Experienced territorial highway crews are keeping up in clearing the road of snow,
• Labour Market Information Portal launched Three years of work have resulted in a $55,000 information portal for anyone looking for details about the territory’s labour market.
• Helping Hands Jonah Barr, with Splintered Craft, Jayme Henderson, with the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre, and Joel Brennan, with YuKonstruct (left to right),
• Curteanu to attend new councillors’ orientation Even with her status as a veteran city councillor now serving her second consecutive term, Jocelyn Curteanu realizes there’s always more to learn about municipal governance.
• Noted farmers have reinvented the mixed family farm Noted farmers have reinvented the mixed family farm
• On Stage Tonight L’Association franco-yukonnaise will present Onde de choc at 7:30 this evening at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Charges laid in Stratford Motel robbery Whitehorse RCMP have arrested two people in connection with an Oct. 20 robbery at the Stratford Motel on Fourth Avenue.
• State of school busing is raised in the legislature Now two months into the school year, the Yukon NDP played catchup with the government on its new school bus contractor.
• Foundation to support sustainable community projects Arnold Witzig and his wife, Sima Sharifi, are on a quest: donate $50 million of their own money to create a foundation providing $1 million annually to support sustainable community projects North of 60.
• Closer scrutiny urged for proposed hunting rules A Whitehorse man with a background in wildlife management has concerns with proposed changes to hunting regulations currently under review.
• Affordable housing planned for Whistle Bend The territory might be one step closer to solving its affordable housing problem.
• Detention plight, delays spark Charter challenge Michael Nehass has filed a new Charter challenge in Yukon Supreme Court, arguing he should be released from custody as a remedy for his rights having been breached.

November 12, 2015

• Young People Pay Respects Students carry the crosses Tuesday
• Appreciating Their Sacrifices Though Remembrance Day in Teslin welcomed a snow flurry or two,
• Memorial Held For Missing Man The Scurvey and Jim families gathered early Tuesday afternoon for a memorial at the Whitehorse waterfront.
• Remembrance Day 2015: Memories Of The Past Photo Spread
• Oil, gas act changes rankle First Nations In the wake of last week’s Peel River watershed appeal ruling, another case of First Nations accusing the Yukon government of poor consultation has come forward.
• City awards grants to a variety of groups More than $60,000 will be making its way to a number of Whitehorse organizations as they prepare for a slew of programs and events between now and next June.
• Dirt biker must pay $1,800-plus to victim A Whitehorse resident who used his dirt bike on prohibited trails last summer, injuring a cyclist, was fined Tuesday in territorial court.

November 10, 2015

• Open And Picturesque The sun sets on Kathleen Lake at about 4:15 p.m. Sunday.
• Campaign urges Yukoners to make wills The Yukon government has launched a new campaign to bring awareness to the importance of making and maintaining a legally valid will.
• Achievements Recognized Awards were given out at last Sunday’s Rotary Foundation dinner at the Westmark Whitehorse Hotel.
• MLA raises commission’s future NDP MLA Kevin Barr voiced interest last week in what the government is doing to assist the Yukon’s Film and Sound Commission.
• Remembering The Fallen The Porter Creek Secondary School Drama Club students presented a performance this morning during the school’s Remembrance Day ceremony.
• Jobless rate rose last month The territory’s unemployment rate climbed more than a full percentage point in October compared to a year earlier.
• Belting Them Out Stevie Salas performs Saturday evening
• Firm to start planning Chadburn Lake area future 3Pikas Development Studio has been tasked with coming up with a plan on how to best manage the more than 7,550 hectares in the Chadburn Lake area east of the Yukon River.
• Previous commission has advantages: ex-chair The past chair of the disbanded Peel planning commission says it’s not his place to recommend whether the old commission or a new successor should handle the new process.
• Dog on the mend following wolf attack A wolf attacked a dog last Friday in the Golden Horn subdivision south of Whitehorse.
• Inmates denied methadone Despite a change in policy at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre (WCC) last June, inmates have continued to be cut off from methadone treatments.