Whitehorse Daily Star

May 13, 2015

• Businesses Reap Rewards At Awards Gala In Iqaluit Five Yukon businesses were celebrated for their entrepreneurship,
• Bears active on glacier trails If you’re heading to Alaska over the long weekend, be bear-aware.
• Village appreciates strengthened ambulance service A pilot project to beef up volunteer ambulance staff in Haines Junction is winning favour with the community, says Haines Junction Mayor Mike Crawshay.
• Changes to waste diversion credits system passed Stressing it as a “temporary measure” only,
• Baby has taken to dad’s liver well Two days after Michael Smith and his nearly six-month-old son, Emmett, underwent surgery in Edmonton to transplant a piece of Michael’s liver to Emmett, both are doing well and starting down the road to recovery.
• Man ‘shocked’ after beloved bike stolen Bostjan Skrlj has travelled all over the world with his motorcycle – to 41 countries in all.
• Suspect Sought Whitehorse RCMP have released this photo of a suspect following a robbery at Goody’s Gas Bar in Porter Creek at about 10:10 p.m. last Sunday.
• Istchenko chided for repetitive beer statement The Yukon Party caucus remains tight-lipped about an incident involving a minister being photographed drinking a beer while sitting driver’s side in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) last weekend.
• Accused threatened to slit my throat: witness A Watson Lake woman testified Tuesday afternoon that Michael Nehass punched her in the head, held a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her and her family.
• Fundraising ensues after fire claims family’s home An unexplained fire took the home of Janice Rose and Todd Dewald on Pierre Berton Drive on Tuesday afternoon.
• Driver wasn’t wearing seat belt, police say A 34-year-old Whitehorse man is dead following a single-vehicle rollover along the Alaska Highway Tuesday night, RCMP Cpl. Natasha Dunmall said today.

May 12, 2015

• Make school repairs transparent: Silver Liberal Leader Sandy Silver used Monday’s question period in the legislature to check in on the repairs to be made on the Ross River School.
• Post-Participation Photo-Op Dogs and their friends in the K9 Expo 2015,
• River rescue presentations set for Wednesday evening A big part of safety in and along the Yukon River is knowing about the waterway’s current.
• Learning About Mining Youth enjoyed sampling gold panning
• New group wants to foil bear-human conflicts A new organization called the Whitehorse Bear Working Group aims to safeguard the public from dangerous bear encounters while protecting wildlife.
• Presenting: The Finest In Fashions These were some of the students and outfits
• Delegates hear textbook lesson on community-killing If you want to kill your community, there are 13 ways to do it.
• Yukon College grads to be honoured Friday There will be 234 students from more than 50 degree, diploma, and certificate programs gathered with their families and Yukon College faculty and staff for Friday’s 2015 Convocation at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Jury selected, accused’s trial begins A 12-person jury was selected Monday for the Yukon Supreme Court trial of Michael Nehass in Whitehorse.
• Sign language services welcomed Members of the Yukon’s deaf and hard of hearing communities are accessing new professional medical sign language interpretation services when receiving health care in B.C. or Alberta.
• Police seeking suspect, accomplice A man robbed Goody’s Gas Bar in Porter Creek on Sunday night while brandishing an unlit plumber’s blow torch.
• City core suggested for new skate park Skateboarders, BMX riders and others who frequent the Second Haven Skateboard Park want to see the new park being planned built in the city’s core.
• Minister apologizes for drinking beer while sitting on an ATV While partaking in the 21st annual Jorg Scheider Memorial Poker Run in Haines Junction over the weekend, Environment Minister Wade Istchenko became the object for an incriminating photo op.

May 11, 2015

• Private sector jobs shrinking: Silver The Yukon Party commitment to grow the private sector has flopped, says Liberal Leader Sandy Silver.
• Going Through The Paces Members of the Top Dog Training Academy perform
• Mining industry benefits a blind spot for NDP: gov’t. NDP Leader Liz Hanson has once again displayed her party’s opposition to responsible resource development in the territory, the Yukon Party charged Friday.
• Fundraiser A Success Karen Weinburg,
• NDP leader raises questions around economy The state of the territory’s economy and, in particular, jobs for Yukoners in the mining sector took centre stage last Thursday in the legislature.
• Up and Over Gracie clears a jump
• Mayor eagerly embraces new well-water program Carmacks Mayor Lee Bodie plans to take advantage of the new well-water program for Yukoners living inside municipal boundaries.
• Jury selection begins for man’s trial Michael Nehass will stand trial in Yukon Supreme Court this week for offences dating back to 2011 in Watson Lake.
• Government adopts urging to shelve roadside hunting ban The proposed ban of roadside hunting of grizzly bears in southwest Yukon has been shelved – for now.
• Money meant to bolster rental housing supply he Yukon government has put up $3.5 million over two years as an incentive to build additional rental housing in the eight Yukon municipalities (AYC).
• ‘This is a good conviction’: wildlife official A former big-game guide was fined $20,000 Friday for several violations of federal wildlife laws.