Whitehorse Daily Star

May 27, 2015

• Minister makes vows to KPMA members Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Scott Kent came bearing a gift to the recent public portion of the spring meeting of the Klondike Placers Miners Association (KPMA).
• Politicians celebrated gold show, placer mining Delegates to the Dawson City International Gold show heard supportive words from regional political leaders.
• Stressing Skill And Safety NGC Builders held safety training activities last Friday in Whitehorse.
• MLAs want Harrison’s work in NGC Premier Darrell Pasloski put forward a motion Monday
• Ted Harrison Artist Retreat Society plans fundraiser “He was very specific in his will that there were to be no memorials or funerals, but a party instead.”
• Week Of Theatre Continues Léa Roy-Bernatchez performs Tuesday evening
• City not consulted over school site: NDP Once again, the Yukon Party government is being accused of not consulting the City of Whitehorse
• Hot-Mouth A fire breather entertains the audience
• Crews foil fire in Emerald Lake area It was all hands on deck Tuesday evening for a small bush fire near Emerald Lake caused by a tree falling on a power line running along the highway.
• Yukon Energy LNG plant site evacuated A leak of a substance mixed with natural gas to give it an odor caused the temporary evacuation of the new LNG plant along Robert Service Way Tuesday afternoon.
• Missing teenager sought Whitehorse RCMP are asking for public assistance to locate a 17-year-old aboriginal youth last seen at 11 p.m. Friday in Shipyards Park.
• Abundant deer, speeding drivers creating a hazard Signs warning of deer along the Takhini Hot Springs Road will be put up, the government announced Tuesday following a local concern being raised.
• Officer sued for alleged excessive use of force A Whitehorse man is suing an RCMP officer for assault and unlawful arrest.
• Council hears pros and cons about boat launch Adding a boat launch and sea can storage to an area on the eastern shore of Schwatka Lake would mean “forever creating a blemish” on the pristine area, says Erin Benoit.
• Man, rescuers camped until daybreak A man who had lost his way in the alpine around Haeckel Hill last night was found at midnight and safely escorted down early this morning.

May 26, 2015

• Waste management bylaw changed Local restaurants and grocery stores will soon be expected to separate compostables from their other waste.
• Vuntut Gwitchin joins Peel watershed case A third First Nation has joined the lawsuit over the Peel River watershed.
• Another Sign Of Spring Under the direction of Tristan Fox (right),
• Circus makes rare appearance in Whitehorse Shipyards Park was a circus Monday evening – quite literally.
• Much-needed rain is in this week’s forecast Cooler temperatures with rain in the forecast may provide firefighters with somewhat of a break over the next couple of days.
• Collision broke elderly pedestrian’s hip More charges will be laid today against the 15-year-old suspect in two hit and runs downtown Monday.
• Charges dropped against man allegedly assaulted by RCMP Criminal charges laid against the man allegedly assaulted by a Carcross RCMP officer earlier this month have been dropped.
• School project’s local hire ratio questioned A questionable local-to-Outsider hiring ratio was discussed, yet again, Monday afternoon in the legislature.
• Museum ‘saddened, shocked’ by grant policy change Full grants of property tax are history for all museums around town.

May 25, 2015

• ‘You have demonstrated some incredible leadership’ Vanier Catholic Secondary School principal Ryan Sikkes paints a tale of a gymnasium full of Grade 11 students,
• City, territory to discuss skateboard park The future of the city’s skateboard park will once again top the list of discussion items for city council and Yukon government officials at a meeting, tentatively set for Friday.
• RCMP ‘deeply troubled’ by allegations against officer A man was allegedly assaulted and threatened by a Carcross RCMP officer while in the back of a police vehicle 10 days ago.
• Teens face charges after man struck downtown Two teenage boys are facing charges in connection with a series of events this morning that saw a truck rear-end another vehicle, hit a pedestrian and flee the scene.
• Hot, dry conditions feeding more forest fires The number of forest fires continues to grow, and more are expected today as hot and dry conditions persist with more thunder and lightning forecast.
• The Nehass trial: What the jury didn’t hear During a jury trial, media aren’t allowed to publish discussions that take place in the courtroom when the jury isn’t present.
• Special designation to be sought for offender A jury has found Michael Nehass guilty of assaulting a Watson Lake woman with a weapon, unlawfully confining her and breaching his probation in December 2011.