Whitehorse Daily Star

September 25, 2015

• High school construction sub-committee meets The construction sub-committee struck by the Yukon government and the francophone school board to plan the new French-language high school construction met for the first time on Monday.
• Award-winning mental health expert to visit Robert Whitaker, an award‐winning journalist and mental health expert, is scheduled to speak in Whitehorse next week.
• Autumn Glory Yukoners enjoyed gorgeous conditions last weekend
• National celebration of arts, culture, heritage starts The sixth annual Culture Days Yukon return today with what organizers call “bold and passionate individuals,
• Main Street land parcel dominates council meeting Plans to extend and connect Main Street and Seventh Avenue dominated Monday evening’s council meeting.
• RCMP boss receives prestigious award Chief Supt. Peter Clark, the Yukon’s commanding officer for the RCMP, has been inducted into the Order of Merit of the Police Forces by Gov. Gen. David Johnston.
• Potoroka to continue as Dawson’s mayor Wayne Potoroka will remain the mayor of Dawson for the next three-year term.
• Youth charged after coffee bar broken into Whitehorse RCMP have charged a youth after the Watershed coffee bar was broken into for the fifth time in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
• Yukoners pore over range of rural candidates While most nominations for municipal elections in the territory closed Thursday,
• Youth charged after vehicle is stolen from downtown mall Whitehorse RCMP have charged two youth with theft of a vehicle after they allegedly took off with one of their friend’s car.
• Environics poll puts Liberal candidate in lead The majority of decided voters are choosing Liberal candidate Larry Bagnell as their next MP, according to a nation-wide poll released Wednesday.
• Election ballot’s order of names changed A slight change to the order of names on the ballot in the Oct. 15 municipal election has been made.
• Bureaucratic nightmare entangles couple’s future At about 3 a.m. on June 21, Ashley Carvill woke up, and started getting ready for her wedding.
• Conservatives would build new cadet facility National Defence Minister Jason Kenney is promising a new cadet facility in Whitehorse if the Conservatives are re-elected in the Oct. 19 federal election.
• WCB to give $10 million back to businesses The Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board is dealing with an unusual problem: it has too much money.
• Young woman sues after violent collision left her badly injured After a young woman was injured in a car accident in 2013 when another vehicle, travelling at more than 130 km/h, rear-ended her in Whitehorse, she is suing the driver.
• Neighbours have to approve elk shootings A new method of harvesting elk and reducing conflict with farmers is up and running today, says Environment Yukon’s manager of habitat.

September 24, 2015

• Clothing For A Cause Karen Weinburg is holding a Fashion Blow-out Fundraiser for Little Footprints, Big Steps today and Friday at the CYO Hall.
• Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in celebrate their first harvest The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in met last Thursday to celebrate the first harvest from their newly established farm.
• Local women’s centre launches survey The Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre is turning 40 next year.
• Candidates’ exchanges had their testy moments The territory’s MP-hopefuls had their first candidate debate Wednesday,
• Construction crew severed fibre optics cable A construction crew working in the area of Upper Liard cut Northwestel Inc.’s fibre optics cable Wednesday morning, Northwestel spokeswoman Adriann Kennedy said this morning.
• Voters have final choices for next city government Nominations for the Oct. 15 city election closed at noon today with 26 candidates vying for a seat at the council table.

September 23, 2015

• Puppy petting zoo is set for Saturday The Humane Society Yukon will host a puppy petting zoo from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter.
• Concession stand replacement plans move ahead The concession stand/washroom building at Minto Park was well past its “best before” date, and planning had already begun to replace the structure.
• Conservatives Unrepresented A federal election all-candidates’ forum at the CYO Hall facilitated by the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition and the Whitehorse Food Bank took place Tuesday evening.
• Local woman with vision loss blazes trails When Wendy Springford’s parents learned their baby was blind in 1951, her future looked uncertain.
• Petroleum spill cleanup almost finished The cleanup of the petroleum spill at EFLO Energy Yukon’s facility on Aug. 7 is going as planned, with crews onsite this week to finish the work.
• Missing students’ data called ‘shocking’ Unsecured computer files containing information on Yukon and B.C. students have gone missing, the B.C. government announced Tuesday.
• Star’s operations affected as well This morning’s failure of Northwestel Inc.’s fibre optic cable
• Councillors contest gains another candidate For Peter Jickling, serving on city council is an opportunity to give back to his hometown.
• Former prime minister addresses Yukoners The Economic Developers Association of Canada’s (EDAC) 47th annual conference was held in Whitehorse this week with one main idea at the forefront: being different.
• Crew helicopters in to troubleshoot problem This morning’s abrupt failure of Northwestel Inc.’s fibre optic cable between Swift River and Watson Lake has created havoc throughout the Yukon and other parts of the North.