Whitehorse Daily Star

November 9, 2015

• Parking ticket fines could be given to charitable groups Drivers who find themselves faced with a parking ticket early next month may get to pay it off and give to those in need all at the same time.
• Premier invites grand chief to COP21 Ruth Massie, the Council of Yukon First Nations’ grand chief, will join the territory’s delegation at the United Nations climate change meeting in Paris at the invitation of Premier Darrell Pasloski.
• Display Of Talent Edith Baker displays her wares Saturday at the Christmas bazaar hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian Legion.
• Computer server failure led to outages, Northwestel says A failure with a computer server on Northwestel Inc.’s system was the cause of Saturday’s widespread disruption of cable Internet and telephone services, says the company.
• Festival Fun Selina Helingers-Hare performs Saturday evening
• Local woman gets house arrest for drug possession A 19-year-old Yukon woman will avoid jail after being convicted of simple possession of cocaine.
• Shelter staff work to keep parvo out Staff and volunteers at the Humane Society Yukon’s Mae Bachur Animal Shelter have found themselves reassuring the public at the Tlingit Street building they are doing everything possible to keep the facility clean as they also deal with another outbreak of parvo among the dogs.
• Mom shares another deadly result of impaired driving At 20 years old, Craig Watson was a young man who excelled at sports.
• Bears still prowling, incidents show Bears are still active, Environment Yukon is telling Yukoners in an advisory issued this morning.
• ‘Unified approach’ sought to doctor-assisted dying The Yukon Medical Association (YMA) welcomed discussions of physician-assisted dying at its annual general meeting Friday in Whitehorse.
• ‘Hopefully, we’ll be able to catch cancer sooner’ A screening program to detect colorectal cancer in its early stages is in the works for the territory.

November 6, 2015

• Spruce Bog marks 40th anniversary The Yukon Craft Society will celebrate its 40th anniversary Nov. 21 at the Canada Games Centre.
• Act’s changes include ‘missed opportunity’: AYC The Association of Yukon Communities’ (AYC’s) executive is offering a mixed response to the territorial government’s proposed amendments to the Municipal Act.
• Minister quizzed on sexual infections Concerns of rising sexually-transmitted infections were raised Wednesday in legislature, after the Yukon’s chief medical officer of health recently revealed the rate of gonorrhea infections in the territory.
• Tuning Up For The Festival Stevie Salas, Jara Harris (Slapback) and Matt Sherrod, left-right, practise Thursday afternoon in a Crestview studio.
• Thousands in grants proposed for local groups More than $60,000 could be making its way to various groups as they get set to host a slew of programs and events between now and next June.
• Corridor plan will be subject of more discussion The Yukon government’s plans for a revamped Whitehorse corridor of the Alaska Highway are progressing,
• Fiscally Feeding The Food Bank Stu Mackay (right), president of the Whitehorse Food Bank, receives a $3,000 donation Wednesday from Frank Curlew, president of the Rotary Club of Whitehorse.
• Take Action on Radon campaign begins November is Radon Action Month, and the territorial government is encouraging Yukoners to take action on radon in their homes.
• Oops campaign’s success ‘bittersweet’ Oops; another plastic bag in the compost cart, another broken piece of electronics in the garbage cart ... and the list goes on.
• Prepping The Park Tyler Nichol (in Snow-Cat) and Sam Oetli discuss the shaping of the terrain park at Mount Sima on Thursday morning.
• Peel’s future hinges on discussions, premier says Where the Yukon government goes from here in the wake of this week’s court decision on the Peel watershed will depend on discussions with First Nations leaders, says Premier Darrell Pasloski.
• Paving Dawson’s runway is vital, delegates told Some wanted to know if it was a case of build it and they will come.
• Chief sues Salvation Army after falling The chief of the Tahltan Band Council of Telegraph Creek, B.C., is suing the Salvation Army after slipping on ice at the bottom of the Black Street building ramp last year.
• Correction In Thursday’s edition of the Star,
• Government has spent $3 million on court cases Government has spent $3 million on court cases
• Falcon Ridge condo owners allowed to demolish property The Yukon Supreme Court has permitted the owners of the Falcon Ridge condo complex to go ahead with repairs to keep their property safe and tear down an unfinished building – on the developer’s dime.
• Hiker drowned in cold creek, coroner rules Creek was fast-moving, very cold, coroner says

November 5, 2015

• Variety of municipal orientation sessions set for next week Social events, orientation, mock game shows – no, it’s not O-week at Yukon College, but rather an orientation workshop for those elected to municipal governments around the territory in the Oct. 15 election.
• Friendship On A Bench Two Friendship Benches were placed in two elementary schools Monday.
• Local woman wins $25,010 Corinne Delaire has been playing Western 649 for a long time.
• Honouring Their Sacrifices Holy Family Elementary School students and staff held a Remembrance Day service Wednesday afternoon.
• Yukon Party putting is public health at risk: New Democrats Review your own reports and address ongoing concerns about the well-being of community safety and health care providers.
• Correction Along with an article Wednesday about the Yukon Zinc Corporation and its troubled Wolverine Mine,
• Yukon Oil and Gas Act changes tabled The Yukon government tabled amendments to the Oil and Gas Act in the legislature last week.
• Yukon College to become Yukon University Yukon University will be the new name of Yukon College when it officially becomes a university—a process that is currently underway.
• ‘Yukon suffered a core loss’: First Nation’s lawyer While Wednesday’s Yukon Court of Appeal decision on the Peel Watershed presents mixed results for First Nations, it’s fundamentally a loss for the Yukon government, according to Jeff Langlois, the lawyer for the Gwich’in Tribal Council.
• Human rights complaint spurs policy change The Yukon government will have until next spring to change its policies on issuing driver’s licences to transgender Yukoners.
• Parties consider options after court ruling Whether the coalition of First Nations and environmental organizations will appeal Wednesday’s decision on the Peel land use plan has not been decided.