Whitehorse Daily Star

September 14, 2015

• Conservatives would help families, MP vows Ryan Leef, the Conservative candidate for the Yukon in the Oct. 19 federal election,
• Event planners, business owners touring facilities The Yukon Convention Bureau (YCB) is hosting six professional event planners/business owners on a familiarization tour until Wednesday.
• Correction An improper pronoun in a story on Youth Achievement Awards published last Thursday
• Highway Rollover With the exception of a few scratches and bruises, the driver and only occupant of this Subaru walked away from this rollover uninjured on Friday afternoon.
• Yukon donates $25,000 to help Syrian refugees The Yukon’s political parties are jointly supporting a $25,000 donation by the government to help the Canadian Red Cross in its efforts to assist Syrian refugees.
• Aircraft Recovered The float plane that flipped into Nisutlin Bay in Teslin last Thursday afternoon
• A Place to Call Home: The lack of housing for vulnerable people (part II) This is part two in a three-part series about the lack of affordable and supportive housing for vulnerable people in Whitehorse.
• Homeless need urgent assistance: mayor “It can’t be ignored. It has to be worked on. And that’s exactly what we’re doing.”
• Whistle Bend drainage work is underway Plans are in the works for a permanent automatic pumping system for the large storm water pond in the Whistle Bend subdivision.
• Patrols of airport parking lot to start tonight Whitehorse RCMP are investigating and expecting further reports of damage to vehicles parked at the Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport.

September 11, 2015

• Leef slams Trudeau for business remarks Ryan Leef, the Conservative candidate for the Yukon for the Oct. 19 election,
• Travellers working to raise awareness about Nepal In the months that have followed the massive spring earthquakes in Nepal which killed more than 8,500 people,
• Number of jobless rose sharply The number of unemployed Yukoners during August doubled in one year.
• Student’s thirst for knowledge remains unquenched Born in Dawson City and raised in Whitehorse, Meagan Grabowski knows the Yukon.
• Committee has maiden meeting The joint settlement committee of the Yukon Francophone School Board and the territorial government met for the first time Thursday.
• Coalition suggests incentives to get out the vote The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition (YAPC) is calling on the city for support for the annual Poverty and Homelessness Action Week next month as it also works to help eligible voters get to the polls.
• Canadian Race Relations Foundation hosts Whitehorse symposium Whitehorse became the first of six cities across the country over the next year to host a symposium focused on multiculturalism on Thursday.
• Police urge care after child hit by vehicle at crosswalk An 11-year-old suffered minor injuries after he was struck by a vehicle Thursday on Falcon Drive.
• It’s back to school for Ross River students Education Minister Doug Graham and Pelly-Nisutlin MLA Stacey Hassard hosted a community barbecue Wednesday in Ross River to welcome students back to class at Ross River School.
• Black Tire Affair This grizzly bear
• Power project planning delayed indefinitely The Yukon government’s $2-million project to identify the territory’s next major hydro dam has been delayed for an undetermined amount of time.
• Official rejoins ranks of City of Whitehorse After 16 years, Jeff O’Farrell has once again rejoined the staffing ranks at the city.
• Turbines planned for Destruction Bay, Burwash Plans to use wind energy to reduce dependency on diesel generation in Burwash Landing and Destruction Bay are proceeding – and the Yukon is kicking in $1 million.
• Collision sends car careening onto sidewalk Two teenage girls have concussions after they were struck by a van Thursday while driving down Second Avenue.
• Tree on a line cut power in Teslin Many alarm clocks were likely silent yet again this morning
• Feline owner gets creative to help finance big vet bill A local woman is seeking the community’s support in paying a veterinarian’s bill.
• City may sell strip of land on Main Street for a modest price City may sell strip of land on Main Street for a modest price
• Officials mum on inability to finish complaint probe Federal authorities won’t say why they have not been able to complete a full investigation about a complaint of a low-flying firefighting bomber.
• A Place to Call Home: the lack of housing for vulnerable people Family members of three people who died this summer while living in a rundown Whitehorse hotel are speaking out about their loved ones’ hard lives and early deaths.
• Man’s licence plight spurs policy review A Ross River man was in for a slight surprise when he went to his local motor vehicles branch offices to get his driver’s licence swapped from British Columbia to the Yukon.
• Men were sitting on floats when rescuers arrived Two men are alive but in shock after the float plane they were in crashed into Nisutlin Bay Thursday, according to Teslin RCMP.

September 10, 2015

• Energy efficiency program proves worthwhile The territorial government says its new Commercial Energy Incentive Program is proving to be successful in encouraging local businesses to improve efficient energy use.
• Dedicated Scouts Honoured Commissioner Doug Phillips (centre) presented ScoutCanada Awards last Thursday afternoon in Whitehorse.
• Young Yukoners receive Youth Achievement Awards Four young Yukoners have been recognized through the Outstanding Youth Achievement Awards.
• Symposium On Today The Canadian Race Relations Foundation and Whitehorse community partners have organized a Living Together Symposium taking place today at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre.
• AYC president is at FCM board meeting President Wayne Potoroka is representing the Association of Yukon Communities at this week’s Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) board meeting in Fredericton.
• On Track For Hibernation The Whitehorse Waterfront Trolley
• Artists’ showcase set for this evening A celebration of the record number of Yukon artists showcasing at BreakOut West next week is set for 7:30 this evening at Hamilton & Son in Whitehorse.
• Wall tent stolen from premises of Yukon Conservation Society A large wall tent was stolen from the Yukon Conservation Society’s yard over the long weekend.
• Growing Whistle Bend prompts need for lagoon work Norcope Enterprises could soon be tasked with reducing the smell coming out of the Livingstone sewage lagoon.
• Motorcycle driver, passenger medevaced Two people were seriously injured in a collision Wednesday morning on the Alaska Highway in Whitehorse.
• Candidate hopes three amigos will do the trick Three years after losing a council seat by just three votes, Roslyn Woodcock is back and ready for another run for council.
• ‘We have a housing affordability problem’ Out of about 14,000 renters in the territory,
• Hockey tour will pay Yukon capital a visit Rogers Hometown Hockey will make a stop in Whitehorse this season.