Whitehorse Daily Star

October 22, 2015

• Walker saga has happy ending Two Whitehorse seniors have been reunited with missing mobility devices in the wake of a walker mix-up that led police to believe a theft had occurred.
• Poring Over The Images The Department of Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) Library held an open house Wednesday afternoon.
• Most Dawson council members take office Four of Dawson’s five council members were sworn in Tuesday at a special meeting in chambers.
• Escaped prisoner recaptured The 33-year-old Whitehorse man who escaped custody last month has been re-arrested by the RCMP, police said today.
• Moose Remains Dumped, Abandoned The remains of a moose are seen last Thursday evening beside the Copper Haul Road.
• Carmacks election raises some issues around unusual tie vote Last Thursday’s municipal election results in Carmacks highlight a need for changes to be made in the case of a tie vote, says one resident of the community.
• Five new tourism ads will air nationally The Department of Tourism and Culture unveiled five new television commercials Wednesday evening at a screening for the cast, crew and stakeholders involved in their development.
• Arrest made in Bernie’s Race Trac Gas robbery Vancouver resident Wesley Alexander has been charged with one count of robbery after an incident that happened at Bernie’s Race Trac Gas last April.
• Opposition parties set out agendas for session The Yukon’s MLAs returned to their seats in the legislative assembly early this afternoon for the beginning of the fall session.
• Details of inspector’s concerns remain unavailable The Miles Canyon suspension bridge was closed Wednesday following a routine engineering inspection Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.

October 21, 2015

• Phrase it with snail mail, urges letter writing party SMRT Pop Ups,
• Yukon performer plans homecoming concert After spending 10 weeks in Toronto, Fawn Fritzen and Toronto pianist David Restivo will celebrate her return to the Yukon with a “Homecoming & Sneak Peek Concert” set for Thursday at The Old Fire Hall in Whitehorse.
• Wholesale trade volume dropped The preliminary unadjusted estimate for wholesale sales in the Yukon for August 2015 was $13.3 million, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday.
• Helping Hands Alexis Gee, left, and Maria Peters, from the F. H. Collins Secondary School Social Justice class,
• Residential schools education will expand “I don’t know if you’ve ever been to a workshop where somebody says, ‘We have Kleenex ready .... We know this is a sensitive topic. We want this to be a safe place for everybody.”
• 50/50 holiday raffle begins The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Society is pleased to announce the kick-off of its 50/50 Holiday Cash Raffle.
• Roundtable set on missing, murdered women The Yukon will hold a regional roundtable on missing and murdered aboriginal women next February.
• Probe begins after caribou shot and abandoned Conservation officers are investigating two recent incidents of caribou shot and killed but not recovered.
• Judge to rule on confidential cabinet document The Ross River Dena Council is asking Yukon Supreme Court Justice Leigh Gower to make new law in Canada, but the federal government is saying no way

October 20, 2015

• 2015 Territory Wide Federal Election Results Photo Spread
• Premier expresses congratulations to winners Premier Darrell Pasloski has congratulated returning Yukon MP-designate Larry Bagnell and Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau on their victories.
• CO’s find no evidence of wildlife attack Environment Yukon conservation officers are advising the public that, at this point, there is no evidence to suggest a wildlife attack caused the death of a Ross River man.
• ‘The message was about change’ It was not the victory party Melissa Atkinson, the Yukon’s federal NDP candidate, and her supporters had hoped for.
• ‘The Greens will hold Trudeau to his promises’ ‘The Greens will hold Trudeau to his promises’
• ‘Our party will get stronger,’ outgoing MP vows There was no zip at Ryan Leef’s campaign headquarters Monday night. Not like there was four years ago, when the Conservative MP unseated Liberal stalwart Larry Bagnell.
• ‘What a night to be a Liberal’ The Liberal Party painted the country red Monday,