Whitehorse Daily Star

September 9, 2015

• Elder receives an award for her contributions to literacy Elder receives an award for her contributions to literacy
• Tourism, business mission to Yellowknife is planned The Yukon government and the City of Whitehorse will lead a tourism and business mission to Yellowknife next month.
• LNG plant founded on ‘labyrinth of lies’: group Yukoners Concerned About Oil and Gas Exploration/Development have tossed another grenade at the territorial government and Yukon Energy over the new LNG plant.
• All-candidates’ debate scheduled The Yukon Chamber of Commerce will host an all-candidates’ debate on Oct. 14 for the federal election, set for five days later .
• Traffic Halted Following Collision Serious injuries have been reported at the scene of this collision late this morning
• Events marked FASD awareness The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society of Yukon (FASSY) held a lunchtime barbecue today at Shipyards Park to mark International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day.
• Bail hearing is adjourned indefinitely The bail hearing for a teenage boy charged with second-degree murder has been put on hold indefinitely.
• Corporation to seek input from liquor licensees The Yukon Liquor Corporation will engage with liquor licensees later this month to gather input on potential changes to the territory’s liquor regulations.
• Madagascar event location changed A story published on Aug. 31
• Opposition candidates critique Harper’s visit After several days to digest announcements made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper during his Whitehorse visit last Friday,
• Fire destroys Dawson concession stand The cause of a fire which destroyed the Minto Park Ball Field concession stand and damaged fibre optic lines in Dawson City last Saturday night has been ruled as undetermined.
• Some fans give up on seeing games, council told Softball Yukon has already begun a process looking at its facilities and how accessible they are.

September 8, 2015

• Health centres’ state a major concern for union The state of community health centres was an issue that came “screaming out” at the recent bargaining conference held by the Yukon Employees Union and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC).
• A Fruitful Gathering An estimated 60 dogs turned out for Kona’s Coalition’s second annual Dog Jog/Walk on Sunday.
• Man arrested after downtown break-ins A 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged with three counts of breaking and entering businesses downtown.
• Suspect arrested in downtown robbery A 31-year-old man has been charged with robbery and mischief after a woman’s purse was stolen downtown.
• A Labour Day Tradition Hundreds of people were fed
• Stickers will tell residents they’ve made a waste error As the city continues its efforts to keep waste out of the landfill,
• Anti-PM flash mob takes to the waterfront The message was clear.
• Support line is looking for volunteers At the Yukon Distress and Support Line,
• Premier has some explaining to do: NDP MLA Comments made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Whitehorse regarding Bill S-6 contradict Premier Darrell Pasloski, says NDP Justice critic Lois Moorcroft.
• Death wasn’t random act: RCMP The death of Whitehorse resident Christopher Brisson is a homicide, Whitehorse RCMP’s Major Crime Unit has confirmed.

September 4, 2015

• Controlled burn is planned next week City and territorial firefighters plan to work together next week to reduce future wildfire risks for local citizens and neighbourhoods.
• City council adopts OCP changes The city’s Official Community Plan (OCP) looks a little different today than it did four days ago.
• Worshipping Water Body of Water is a site-specific performance which was held early this afternoon at Long Lake.
• Ladder closes following a bountiful season The Whitehorse Fish Ladder closed its doors for the season Tuesday with a final count of Yukon River chinook salmon that was 20 per cent higher than the 10-year average.
• Election, Christmas council meetings axed Oct. 13 will mark the final meeting of the current city council.
• Councillor feels she’s right on the money in forwarding her motion Coun. Betty Irwin is hoping a motion she plans to bring forward to city council in two weeks will pay off for all Canadians.
• Council adopts election bylaw Plans for the 2015 municipal election are moving forward with council passing third reading, thus adopting, its election bylaw.
• Park Receives A Facelift Work is underway to upgrade Teegatha’ Oh Zheh Park in downtown Whitehorse.
• Leave the police work to us, RCMP remind public If a member of the public sees a criminal act being committed, he or she should call the police, Whitehorse RCMP are reminding Yukoners.
• Equipment brought in from Edmonton to recover truck A transport truck hauling a B-train of lime to the Wolverine Mine was to be removed Thursday from the steep ditch it went into Aug. 11.
• Sexual assault victim may be seeing progress After the territorial government’s and Yukon Employees’ Union’s (YEU’s) best attempts to find an employee a replacement position after she suffered bullying in the wake of a sexual assault, progress may be made – perhaps too little, too late.
• Mayoralty now the object of two-man race And the race is on.
• First Nations’ legal challenge firming up Three Yukon First Nations are leading the legal challenge of the federal government’s changes to the territory’s environmental screening legislation.
• Deceased man had turned his life around: family The young man found dead near Miles Canyon this week was a convicted cocaine trafficker who had been getting his life back on track, according to his family and parole documents.
• PM announces reserve unit, $9 million for tourism The federal election campaign has Prime Minister Stephen Harper taking the tour less travelled by other leaders.