Whitehorse Daily Star

April 30, 2015

• All-City Bands ring up several successes All-City Bands have come off a busy few weeks performing locally and afar with some notable results.
• Cancer care fundraiser to start at 5:30 p.m. David Laxton, the Speaker of the Yukon legislature,
• Is Art Our Fifth Element? Martha Jane Ritchie,
• Choir performances are dedicated to Ted Harrison This year’s annual spring concert featuring Whitehorse choirs will be a uniquely Yukon experience.
• RCMP continue investigation into overturned vehicle No one was injured after a vehicle overturned Wednesday evening on Long Lake Road.
• YP ‘has guided economy straight into recession’ The Yukon’s economy has shrunk two years in a row, the only territory or province in the country with that dubious distinction, according to Statistics Canada.
• Siberia-bound DC-3 touches down in city A DC-3 landed in Whitehorse late Wednesday afternoon as part of its commemorative flight from Montana to Siberia.
• ‘It’s a tragedy all the way around’ A 15-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Brandy Vittrekwa, 17, in Whitehorse last December.

April 29, 2015

• Mount Sima Final Snow Showdown Photo Spread
• ‘We want these unnecessary deaths to end’ Arnold Johnson’s daughters remember him as a jokester, a horse-lover and a “really good dad.”
• Education Week celebrated Yukon Education Week is celebrating the theme Many Paths to Learning with events across the territory this week.
• Snow-Laden Chatterbox The chipmunk weathers a sudden snow squall
• Portal offers details of climate change impacts The Yukon was instrumental in the development of an online portal created to share information about the impacts of climate change in the North.
• A high school of one’s own for francophones The territory’s francophone school board has selected the Riverdale skate park as the ideal spot for a new French high school,
• Planning will continue for sports complex Detailed design work on the proposed $8-million sports complex in Whistle Bend will continue.
• Sports complex boosters planning a protest Coun. Dave Stockdale says
• Police arrest suspect in teen’s death A young person has been arrested in connection with the murder of Brandie Vittrekwa, the Yukon RCMP Major Crime Unit said this morning.

April 28, 2015

• Territory donates to quake victims The Yukon government is making a $25,000 donation to the Red Cross to support its response efforts following Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal.
• ‘At the very least, we’ve lost a year’: Dixon Community Services Minister Currie Dixon says the territory has lost a full building season
• Colourful Fare For A Grey Evening The MAD (Music, Art and Drama)
• Delegates confirm premier’s leadership Delegates “overwhelmingly” voted to continue to support Premier Darrell Pasloski
• Access to government seems saleable: NDP A lack of lobbying legislation and Energy department actions have created “a perception that access to government is for sale,” Yukon NDP Leader Liz Hanson told the legislature Monday.
• Honouring Our Youth Earl Lambert leads a workshop Saturday
• ‘Conflict of interest’ in educators’ hiring seen Until last March, the territorial body responsible for verifying new teachers’ credentials had not met since 2010.
• Man seeking state-funded counsel for his appeal Chris Cornell is appealing his conviction for robbery, assault and the attempted murder of peace officers, and seeks a court-appointed lawyer to handle the case.
• Woman is charged with drunk driving A Whitehorse woman has been charged with seven offences, including dangerous and impaired driving.
• ‘I’ve never seen such a farce in my life’ A 3-3 tie vote by Whitehorse city council means zoning changes will not be going ahead that would have allowed for the first phase of an outdoor sports complex in Whistle Bend.