Whitehorse Daily Star

November 4, 2015

• New guide is launched The Department of Community Services launched a key training resource at the annual recreation gathering, held Oct. 22-23 in the Marsh Lake area.
• Court fines Yukon Zinc Corp. $10,000 The Yukon Zinc Corp. was fined $10,000 Tuesday after pleading guilty to missing two payments to the reclamation security fund for the Wolverine Mine.
• Windy Work City of Whitehorse workers
• ‘This government has been very abusive’ This morning’s decision on the Peel Watershed by the Yukon Court of Appeal is a victory for democracy, says Opposition Leader Liz Hanson.
• Government’s spending on Peel campaign ‘shameful’ The Yukon government is still mum on details as for the extent of taxpayer dollars that have been spent on the lengthy Peel watershed legal battles.
• Bagnell unfazed by omission from new cabinet After his own swearing in ceremony this morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named his 30-member cabinet, which he says “looks like Canada.”
• ‘The Yukon gov’t. undermined reconciliation’: court The Yukon government failed to meet its constitutional obligations when it adopted a completely different Peel Watershed Plan than the one proposed by the Peel commission, the Yukon Court of Appeal has ruled.

November 3, 2015

• AYC awards scholarships The recipients of the annual Association of Yukon Communities’ (AYC’s) Scholarships for Municipal Studies were announced Monday.
• November's Gift After a pleasant October,
• Minor injuries reported in Two Mile Hill collision A two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Two Mile Hill and the Alaska Highway on Monday morning only resulted in minor injuries for one of the drivers.
• A Place To Find A Friend Two Friendship Benches were placed in two elementary schools Monday.
• First Nations reiterate opposition to fracking Three Yukon First Nations are pulling together to restate their opposition to hydraulic fracturing in their traditional territories.
• Proceed At Your Own Risk Sunday was not a good day to be out on Teslin Lake,
• Chadburn Lake management plan grows closer to fruition A management plan for the Chadburn Lake area is closer to becoming a reality,
• Local oil, gas sector called a potential bonanza There’s a lot to be gained from building a local oil and gas industry, the Opportunities North conference heard last week in Whitehorse.
• Appointments proposed for new council Just as the face of council has changed, it’s expected that so too will the committees’ council members, staff and the general public sit on.
• Minister quizzed on legal bills for watershed case The B.C. Court of Appeal is scheduled to release its decision on the Peel watershed case tomorrow morning – and the Yukon NDP grilled the government Monday to disclose the costs of the lengthy legal battle.
• Early season program intended to stabilize hill The Yukon government is pouring another $160,000 into Mount Sima.

November 2, 2015

• Residents invited to share wildlife experiences Residents are invited to share their wildlife interactions in the new Bear Hazard Assessment Survey at whitehorse.ca/bearsurvey.
• An Extra-Fun Weekend The Canada Games Centre
• New vision for education being developed Jobs advertised today may not even be a reality in 10 or 20 years, while other opportunities that can’t be foreseen now may be abundant.
• Honouring Their Sacrifices David Laxton (far right), the speaker of the Yukon legislature
• Halloween night proved safe: RCMP This year’s tally of Halloween night roadside checks comes to 10 vehicles impounded, seven roadside driver’s licence suspensions and three impaired driving charges.
• Signing Them Up The annual Education, Career, and Volunteer Expo took place last Thursday.
• Relationships built in Colorado: premier Premier Darrell Pasloski led the Canadian delegation at the 2015 Summit of North American Governors and Premiers over the weekend in Colorado.
• Spousal abuser gets a suspended sentence Justice of the Peace Sharman Morrison-Harvey sentenced a man to a nine-month suspended sentence in Yukon territorial court recently for assaulting his wife.
• Yukoners ‘generally in favour’ of corridor plan The difference of opinion is small in the case of Yukoners’ perspectives on the territorial government’s proposed Alaska Highway upgrades to the Whitehorse corridor.
• Man to stand jury trial on murder charge Michael MacPherson, charged with the 2014 murder of Tanner Sinclair, will face a jury trial in Yukon Supreme Court.
• Missing woman rescued, brought to Whitehorse On Sunday morning, Yukon Search and Rescue volunteers located a Ross River woman who had been missing since Friday.