Whitehorse Daily Star

May 19, 2015

• Community infrastructure initiative unveiled A new federal fund to enhance community infrastructure was unveiled last Friday afternoon by Yukon MP Ryan Leef.
• Child care subsidy will go up, minister vows The territory’s youngest residents were a focus of debate during question period in the legislature recently as Jan Stick, the NDP Health and Social Services critic,
• Fun On A Special Day About 200 elementary school students
• College grads hear many words of encouragement “Yukoners have the capacity to show our country and our world a different way. A way of being at home,
• Power cables set off Dawson blaze The Yukon Energy diesels on Fifth Avenue in Dawson have been running since last Thursday afternoon, when all the lights in town went out for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Assault, forcible confinement trial set to continue The jury at the trial of Michael Nehass heard last Friday morning from a woman who says she witnessed his alleged assault of a Watson Lake woman.
• Human-caused blaze disturbs fire officials Yukon Wildland Fire Management officials are particularly disturbed by a human-caused fire in Tagish over the weekend.
• Weekend saw police busy with 911 calls, traffic stops It was a busy long weekend for Whitehorse RCMP.
• ‘I think those people did an incredible thing’ Three people were rescued from Chadburn Lake’s frigid waters last Saturday night.

May 15, 2015

• Take part in federal campaign, towns urged Communities need to be engaged in the 2015 federal election, says the president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).
• Spring Succulence Whitehorse RCMP cook up burgers and smokies
• Council adopts new sustainability plan In approving its new sustainability plan,
• Visitor centres opened early for the summer season Beginning this year, visitor information centres throughout the Yukon opened May 1 and will remain open until Sept. 30.
• First Nation, research centre study water quality The Yukon Research Centre has linked up with the Liard First Nation (LFN) to look at the quality of drinking water in its traditional territory in the wake of concerns over sewage and well contamination.
• Ministers to attend Dawson gold show Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Scott Kent will attend the 29th Dawson City International Gold Show this weekend.
• Out With Winter Spring break has begun on Teslin Lake.
• eServices now available for anglers and campers Yukon angling licences and resident annual campground permits
• Driver charged after vehicle touches bicycle in Riverdale A 62-year-old driver is facing a charge of failing to yield to a pedestrian
• Waste dilemma is at ‘crisis’ stage: mayor Municipal leaders are more than worried about the management of solid waste in the Yukon.
• Standing Up For A Woman's Choice Pro-choice supporters gathered at the Elijah Smith Building
• Students bound for Tennessee for global competition Four Vanier Catholic Secondary School students will be among 8,000 students from around the world showcasing their skills at the Destination Imagination Global Finals in Knoxville, Tenn., next week.
• Cyclist had tried to make a U-turn Whitehorse RCMP and EMS personnel were called at about 10:33 this morning to the Alaska Highway, south of the McRae area, for a collision involving a cyclist.
• Season’s first forest fire likely human-caused Crews are continuing to battle a forest fire south of Dawson City near the Dempster Highway Cutoff – the first wildlife of the season.
• Standing Up For Life Pro-life supporters walked around downtown Whitehorse briefly Thursday afternoon.
• Downtown power demand rising, ATCO Electric reports Mounting demand for electricity in downtown Whitehorse is forcing ATCO Electric Yukon to make substantial upgrades, says the company manager.
• Teachers reach deal The territorial government and the Yukon Teachers’ Association reached a tentative agreement in collective bargaining on Wednesday.
• Man accused of murder out on bail A man charged with second-degree murder has been freed on bail.
• Police release name of rollover victim The RCMP have identified the deceased in Tuesday’s single-vehicle fatality as 34-year-old Bradley Roberts.
• Lake dock plan sails along Young boaters in the city could have a new dock on the north end of Schwatka Lake later this summer.
• Trans Yukoner isn’t one to retreat from a fight “You have two spirits.”
• Scene of alleged assault wasn’t searched, photographed The RCMP did not search or photograph the apartment unit
• Retrial set for woman charged with second-degree murder A Whitehorse woman will stand trial again for second-degree murder this November.

May 14, 2015

• Stick 'Em Up! The Yukon Imagination Library presented A Journey of the Imagination Wednesday afternoon
• Expand Junction’s college campus: chief The territorial government should support a proposal for Yukon College to expand its campus in Haines Junction, says the chief of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations.
• It's Spring Again! Nicole Petersen and Ted Cobbett
• Fracking policy may trigger a lawsuit, NDP leader warns NDP Opposition Leader Liz Hanson spoke of legal misgivings associated with going ahead with hydraulic fracturing in the Liard Basin during Tuesday’s question period in the legislature.
• Streaaing Water Safety A safety talk and rescue demonstration were held Wednesday evening at the city intake.
• Shale gas industry to be subject of evening talk Adding to the debate over a hot button subject for Yukoners,
• Motion for trans Yukoners’ equal rights progresses Notable headway was made in the legislature Wednesday for NDP MLA Lois Moorcroft’s motion to advance equal rights for transgendered Yukoners.
• ORV consultation called confusing, badly timed Changes need to be made to how the territory is consulting Yukoners on regulations governing the use of off-road vehicles (ORVs), say Trails Only Yukon Association (TOYA) members.
• Complainant’s story ‘unbelievable’: lawyer The woman allegedly assaulted by Michael Nehass fabricated her story because she didn’t like Nehass and wanted him out of the way.
• Minister hopeful new trial won’t be necessary The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered that the dispute between the Yukon’s francophone school board and the territorial government over minority-language rights must go back to the trial stage.