Whitehorse Daily Star

October 19, 2015

• Girls and Trans* Club being launched by women’s centre The Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre began offering a Girls and Trans* Club last Thursday afternoon.
• Learning The Ropes Yukon Women in Trades and Technology participants are seen last Thursday morning at Trans North Helicopters.
• Organizations combine to gather old telegraph wire The Carcross Tagish Renewable Resource Council and Yukon Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Trust have teamed up to tackle abandoned telegraph wire.
• Occupants Escape Injury A pickup truck and an SUV collided on Second Avenue and Quartz Road at around noon Friday.
• Program supports tourism workers, employers Forty-five new Yukon graduates are celebrating their successful completion of the Ready to Work program.
• Woman’s walker stolen from grocery store A 68-year-old woman’s walker was stolen from the Real Canadian Superstore on Saturday afternoon.
• Balloting Begins Yukoners are heading to the polls today to vote in the federal election.
• Government to discuss land development with First Nations The Yukon government plans to begin discussions with three First Nations about developing rural residential and agriculture lots south of Whitehorse.
• Losing mayoral candidate is convicted of careless driving Mandeep Sidhu, who finished last in Thursday’s mayoral race, was convicted of careless driving Friday in Yukon territorial court.
• Ross River man’s death being investigated The Yukon’s chief coroner is investigating the death of a Ross River man.
• It’s the hardest thing to say ‘I’m hungry’ Better food access starts with sharing your gardening and cooking skills with your neighbours and friends.

October 16, 2015

• Incoming councillor takes issue with city budgeting Councillor-elect Dan Boyd says the city’s financial reports of recent years highlight the need for the next council to be vigilant in budgeting and taking on major projects like the proposed $56-million building consolidation plan.
• Outgoing council bid farewell this week For three years, the six members of Whitehorse’s current council have spent their Monday evenings inside council chambers, voting for what they believe is in the best interests of the city’s more than 28,000 residents.
• Liberals would reopen capital’s Canada Revenue Agency office A Liberal government would help Yukoners by reopening the Canada Revenue Agency Office (CRA) in Whitehorse, says Larry Bagnell, the territory’s Liberal candidate in Monday’s federal election.
• Dawson’s incumbents will continue on council All the incumbent councillors were re-elected to their seats on council here Thursday,
• Exhibit On Yukon artist Halin de Repentigny
• Another portable for francophone students The Yukon francophone school board is adding one more portable to École Émilie-Tremblay to house one elementary classroom, the Yukon government announced on Thursday.
• Leef: ‘No matter what happens, we’ve won something’ Conservative candidate Ryan Leef has had a tough run this election campaign.
• Nature and adventure lured Green candidate north What causes one to leave the busy streets of vibrant Toronto and take solace in a sequestered town of about 300 in the Yukon?
• Bagnell: ‘They know what I’ve done’ “People think I have a clone,” laughs Larry Bagnell, a former Member of Parliament for the Yukon and federal election candidate for the Liberal Party.
• Atkinson: ‘Sometimes, you have to be fierce’ Ed. note: today, in alphabetical order, the Star profiles the territory’s four candidates in Monday’s federal election.
• Mayoral candidates philosophical in defeat Wilf Carter hasn’t been deterred by last night’s mayoral election results.
• Councillors: new faces, balanced gender mix The faces may be changing on council, but almost all of the six councillors have spent a significant amount of time in council chambers in years past.
• Incumbent steamrolls over his adversaries “It feels pretty exciting.”

October 15, 2015

• Artist’s new works to debut Friday New works by renowned Yukon artist Halin de Repentigny will make their public debut Friday in Whitehorse.
• Shooting, Arson Investigated Whitehorse RCMP are investigating a shooting that happened at 2:20 a.m. today on Range Road North.
• Opening Tonight BOOM,
• Ex-Na-cho Nyak Dun Chief seeks to be reinstated Edward Champion, the Na-cho Nyak Dun chief who was dismissed by the First Nation council last January, is seeking to be reinstated.
• Small crowd attends final candidates’ forum The Yukon’s federal election candidates sat through at least 12, if not more, forums in the last couple of weeks.
• City voters cast their ballots after morning glitch resolved Municipal voters lined up for the first time at polls of their choice this morning, marking their ballots for the next city council.
• Advance polling turnout has proved heavy, figures show Figures from Elections Canada indicate the number of Yukoners who voted in the recent advance poll almost doubled from the 2011 federal election.
• ‘Yukoners are fired up to give Ryan Leef his pink slip’ Melissa Atkinson is calling on Yukoners to consider the best candidate for the job of MP and prime minister when they head to the federal polls in just four days.