Whitehorse Daily Star

September 30, 2015

• FUNDRAISING WITH A FRIEND Katie Malo, with the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter
• United Way Month to dawn Thursday October is United Way campaign month in the Yukon.
• Food program achieves half-decade milestone Local food program Sally and Sisters/Soeurs is celebrating its fifth anniversary of providing hot meals to Yukon women and children.
• Miles Canyon, Canyon City interpretive walk set The City of Whitehorse is embarking on a process to develop a management plan for Chadburn Lake Park.
• Partnership puts Yukon books in families’ hands The Yukon Indian Development Corp. (YIDC) and the Carmacks Development Corp. (CDC) are getting behind the Yukon Imagination Library
• RCMP investigating school fight Whitehorse RCMP are investigating an alleged assault against three youth.
• Whitehorse marks 15th sister city anniversary The flag of a tiny French town roughly the same size of Whitehorse was raised last Friday at city hall.
• SPINNING CULTURE Vanessa Falle spins wool last Saturday at The Old Fire Hall
• Correction A story in last Friday’s edition stated Mayo mayoral candidate Kris Pavlovich is a councillor, and that councillor candidates Richard Ewing and Blair Andre are not currently on council.
• Lease proves a successful pitch to city council Monday A new 10-year lease between the city and Softball Yukon is now in place for the Pepsi Softball Centre and the ball fields off Robert Service Way.
• North Slope conference underway How best to use traditional knowledge in the management of resources on the Yukon’s North Slope is the subject of a two-day conference that began Tuesday.
• Numerous customers lost power All ATCO Electric Yukon customers had power restored by 8:40 this morning after a turbulent, blustery night.
• Large crowd watches candidates spar over issues In an otherwise quiet and respectful debate Tuesday evening, the territory’s federal Green Party candidate entered the arena swinging after flying under the election radar for most of the summer.

September 29, 2015

• Yukon Nominee Program introduces stiffer penalties The Department of Education is introducing changes to the Yukon Nominee Program it says will provide greater flexibility to respond to infractions.
• Wet Wishes People set out on the Wishmaker Walk for Wishes
• Former radio personality enters city council race A familiar voice to many Yukoners may soon be heard in council chambers,
• Environmental Grants dealine approaching The city’s next intake deadline for Environmental Grant applications is Oct. 15.
• Correction An errant pronoun in a story in last Friday’s edition
• Corner Collision Members of the Whitehorse Fire Department
• Driver faces several charges A 50-year-old Whitehorse man is facing several charges, including impaired driving, after police received a call last Saturday about a vehicle being driven erratically.
• The Fruits Of Labour Rob Monk,
• City acknowledges, vows to act on TRC report Whitehorse city council formally acknowledged the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Final Report on Monday evening.
• Fun On The Farm The 4H Spirit Riders Musical Drill team performs
• Land parcel’s fate draws much discussion The future plans for Main Street and Seventh Avenue continued to be a focus for city council at its meeting Monday evening
• RCMP seize hard liquor Old Crow Old Crow RCMP seized 10, 60-ounce bottles of hard liquor Sunday at the Old Crow airport.
• Power failure affected many About 3,000 Whitehorse residents’ mornings were disrupted by a brief power outage.
• Man jailed for ‘serious invasive sexual assault’ Justice Donald Luther sentenced Skyler Menicoche to 23 months in jail this morning for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in 2013.

September 28, 2015

• Friday Fundraiser Students and teachers
• Poetry With Coffee Heidi Loos recites a poem at last Thursday evening’s White Ribbon Poetry Night at Baked Café.
• Mental health expert’s talks to begin tonight An award-winning journalist and mental health expert is in Whitehorse to host three days of public discussions breaking down the pharmaceutical industry’s effect on psychiatry.
• Message Altered Vandalism of signs for Conservative election candidate Ryan Leef signs continues.
• Candidate withdraws from council race The list of candidates for six city councillor positions in the Oct. 15 municipal vote is now down to 22 with Christine O’Connor out of the race.
• Small Balcony Fire Extinguished City firefighters responded at 3:38 a.m. today to a small fire at an apartment building on Teslin Road in Riverdale.
• Courts eroding land claims’ certainty: study Canadian courts are undermining the legal certainty that was to be created by aboriginal land claim settlements in the Yukon, says a study released by the Fraser Institute.
• Funding shortfall has put avalanche forecast program in jeopardy Without funding by Wednesday, the Yukon Avalanche Association (YAA) will not be able to continue its avalanche forecasting program, which has been in place since 2011.
• Federal candidates square off in French Three of the territory’s federal election candidates took part in a French-language debate organized by the Association Franco-Yukonnaise (AFY) on Saturday.
• Prisoner still on the lam after barefooted bolt Two days after he escaped custody and ran away through the front doors of the Whitehorse courthouse, the RCMP are still looking for Richard Linklater.