Whitehorse Daily Star

September 17, 2015

• Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Day set The city will hold its annual Fall Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the local landfill off the Alaska Highway.
• On-The-Spot Fundraising The Blood Ties Four Directions Centre
• Women’s organizations place issues on the political agenda Whitehorse women’s organizations are calling on the public to make women’s issues a priority during the federal election campaign.
• Tomboys Take The Stage Tomboy Survival Guide will perform this evening on the Yukon Arts Centre’s main stage.
• New veterinary program to help farmers A new pilot program to improve access to veterinary care will benefit Yukon farmers who raise animals for food.
• Car, motorcycle collide at intersection A motorcyclist sustained non-life-threatening injuries this morning in a two-vehicle collision in Porter Creek.
• Bagnell re-affirms commitment to repeal four Bill S-6 clauses A Liberal government would repeal the four controversial clauses in Bill S-6,
• We’re playing ball to resolve issues: group As an assessment of Softball Yukon’s facilities continue,
• Libertarian candidate drops out of the election race Cory Laidler, the Libertarian party candidate for the Yukon, has pulled out of the federal election.
• Care facility plan sparks range of anxieties After about two hours’ worth of discussing Yukoners’ feelings about continuing care and the Yukon government’s 150-bed facility planned for Whistle Bend, a cabinet minister spoke the words many have been waiting to hear.

September 16, 2015

• Busy Times An Air Canada jet
• Seniors kept up to date on care facility: minister The Yukon government is continuing to engage with seniors about options for affordable and sustainable continuing care.
• Building On Past Projects Habitat For Humanity
• Mayor welcomes Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour The City of Whitehorse is excited to host the 2015-16 Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour, says Mayor Dan Curtis.
• Dignitaries Visit Territory Premier Darrell Pasloski,
• Irwin cashes in on council’s support for women on bank notes Irwin cashes in on council’s support for women on bank notes
• Autumn Grace Swans
• Premier, alliance members in Colorado Premier Darrell Pasloski and representatives of the Yukon Mining Alliance are in Beaver Creek, Colo.
• Anti-poverty coalition plans workshop To follow up on the release of Dignity for All: A National Anti-Poverty Plan,
• Panelists to talk continuing care during NDP’s town hall A panel of prominent Yukon health care professionals
• Race for council seats lures two new entrants The Oct. 15 municipal election campaign is officially underway in Whitehorse.
• Noted humanitarian addressed government workers One of Canada’s most sought-after humanitarian voices was in Whitehorse this week to deliver a keynote speech about leadership at a private government conference.
• Whistle Bend busing may be expanded The future of transit service for Whistle Bend will be on the discussion table at city hall when council considers the 2016 budget.
• Minimum rental standards established The Yukon government has released long-awaited regulations for the new Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.

September 15, 2015

• Premier welcomes foreign diplomats The Yukon government is hosting representatives from 13 countries during a foreign diplomats’ visit in Whitehorse this week.
• Yukoners reminded about travel insurance Health and Social Services Minister Mike Nixon is reminding Yukon residents to purchase extra insurance when they leave the territory’s borders.
• Deer Day Environment Yukon biologist Tom Jung talks last Saturday at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve.
• Refugee crisis meeting draws heavy turnout An information session geared at rallying troops to host a family of Syrian refugees to Whitehorse drew a crowd so large it exceeded the building’s fire safety regulations.
• Advocates hope MOU may be a home run Helen Stuart is looking forward to the day she and her husband can head out to the ball diamonds to take in a game.
• A Place to Call Home: looking ahead (part III) Over the summer, three people died while living at the Chilkoot Trail Inn.
• Theft victim takes glass is half-full attitude “You take a deep breath and you build.”
• Fingerprints evidence was pivotal in man’s acquittal of charge A B.C. man has been acquitted of possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.