Whitehorse Daily Star

October 14, 2015

• City council approves land sale The city can now move forward with selling off a 1,550-square-metre commercial property being created downtown as part of the changes planned for Seventh Avenue and Main Street.
• Leef promises $1.6 million for Yukon College With just five days before the federal election, Conservative candidate Ryan Leef promised today that a re-elected Conservative government would grant Yukon College up to $1.6 million to purchase the Haines Junction farm.
• Enjoying Entertainment There were about 20 people at the Bring a Blanket,
• Last-minute candidates’ forum held in Dawson Two days before election day is a bit late to be having a municipal election forum, but it was better late than never here Tuesday.
• CYFN touts website recommending a Liberal vote A website the Yukon First Nation chiefs directed citizens to recommends federal voters in the territory mark their ballots in favour of the Liberal party.
• First Nations make good on filing lawsuit Self-governing Yukon First Nations have filed the lawsuit against the federal and Yukon governments over Bill S-6, just as they said they would.
• Premier formally endorses Leef’s re-election Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski is wearing his opinion on his sleeve.

October 13, 2015

• CDF supporting variety of community projects across the territory The Yukon government has awarded $102,000 to seven organizations for projects supporting healthy communities through the Community Development Fund (CDF).
• Delightful Desserts City councillor Betty Irwin and Mayor Dan Curtis hand out cupcakes Saturday at the Canada Games Centre.
• Be sure to vote Thursday, chamber urges The Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce is urging all eligible voters in the city to fill out their ballots and vote Thursday.
• Poverty and Homelessness Action Week begins Bill Thomas, the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition’s co-chair, says he’s always pleased to help launch the annual Poverty and Homelessness Action Week and is happy his group has the capacity to host a range of events for the week.
• RCMP searching for missing man Whitehorse RCMP are asking for the public’s help in their search for 25-year-old Jeremy Scurvey. RCMP searching for missing man
• First Nation turns down feds’ offer The federal government announced Friday in Yukon Supreme Court it is ready to start exploratory discussions about the Taku River Tlingit First Nation’s claim in the Yukon, after two days of submissions opposing the First Nation.
• Conservatives would pour millions into airports A potentially re-elected Conservative government has promised upgrades to Yukon airports in the amount of $30 million.

October 9, 2015

• Yukon delegation held meetings in Yellowknife Yukon and N.W.T. businesses and organizations joined delegates from both territorial governments and the cities of Whitehorse and Yellowknife for networking sessions and meetings last week to discuss areas of co-operation between both territories.
• ‘They come out after dark, they leave before dawn’ If you’re going to shoot elk to keep them away from farms, it has to be a public event for the elk, according to a university professor schooled in agricultural-wildlife conflict.
• Councillor-hopefuls address voters Affordable housing, city property taxes and fees, waste management, transit ... the list goes on.
• Hear the beep where you sleep, city advises This is National Fire Prevention Week.
• Public input wanted on development of rules The Department of Health and Social Services is seeking input from Yukoners
• Yukon delegation explored energy innovation Economic Development Minister Stacey Hassard and Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Scott Kent have been in Calgary this week to discuss innovation in the energy sector.
• Twenty-two candidates competing for six council seats When voters head to the municipal polls next Thursday, they will be faced with a list of 22 candidates vying for six councillor seats.
• Showing Until Month's End Printmaker Martha Jane Ritchie, left, and potter Monika Kate Steputh are showing You are not a drop in the ocean.
• Crime increase stirring anxieties: candidate Yukoners are clearly concerned with the rise in petty crime this summer, says Melissa Atkinson, the Yukon’s NDP candidate in the Oct. 19 federal election.
• Law society responds to TRC’s urgings The Law Society of Yukon says it’s committed to education for its membership as called for in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report, Calls to Action.
• Rare remnants of central Pacific tropical storm affecting Yukon, Alaska The remnants of a tropical storm were expected to bring heavy rains and gusty winds to southwest Yukon and parts of southeast Alaska today in what is a rare weather event.
• Fiscal Sustenance For The Food Bank Stu Mackey of the Whitehorse Food Bank accepts a cheque from Janet Patterson, Yukon Energy’s communications manager, for $10,000 Thursday at the Whitehorse Food Bank.
• Vote in federal election, chiefs urge their citizens Yukon First Nation chiefs are encouraging their citizens to vote in the Oct. 19 federal election.
• Whitehorse communication firm will be shut down Whitehorse-based communication firm Outside The Cube will close next March 31 as its owner, Dee Enright, is leaving the territory.
• Meeting A Monied Man Yukon polio survivor Ramesh Ferris (left) had a successful polio advocacy mission in New York City recently.
• Election forum mostly polite, party lines emphasized Federal candidates continued to pound home their party message before a packed house at the Coast High Country Inn Thursday night.
• Incumbent is pursuing a return engagement For three years, Dan Curtis says he’s had one of the “best experiences I’ve been afforded” in serving as the mayor in the city that’s been his home his entire life.
• Election is new, issues are longstanding: candidate Little has changed in Whitehorse over the last three years, says Mandeep Sidhu.
• Candidate’s campaign focuses on solutions to ills Wilf Carter is all about solutions.
• Family petitions court for inquest into woman’s death The Little Salmon-Carmacks First Nation and the family of Cynthia Blackjack want the Yukon’s chief coroner to hold an inquest into the death of the First Nations woman two years ago.