Whitehorse Daily Star

April 27, 2015

• Compost could become a controlled waste City council could take the first step in implementing restrictions on commercial compost at the landfill as early as this evening.
• Taking Care Of Business Aimee Lien,
• Mine’s availability drawing interest Less than a week on the market,
• Honouring A Special Day Local Tai Chi practitioners celebrated World Tai Chi and Qi Gong Day on Saturday on the waterfront wharf.
• Dogs’ poisonings will be subject of public meeting With more suspicious meat found over the weekend, a meeting set for tonight will focus on the recent dog poisonings in Whitehorse.
• ‘I lived in a place of total darkness’ “Don’t ever write anybody off.”
• Mayor, chief commit to helping vulnerable people Whitehorse Mayor Dan Curtis and Kwanlin Dun First Nation Chief Doris Bill have declared Friday’s Vulnerable People At Risk Forum a success,
• YTA apologized to teacher fired in Ontario The Yukon Teachers’ Association (YTA) executive tried to stop its president from pursuing investigation of a teacher suspected of posing a safety threat to students at a Whitehorse elementary school, according to emails obtained by the Star.

April 24, 2015

• Retrofit of medevac aircraft is planned A medevac plane will be retrofitted to fly bariatric patients from Yukon communities.
• Groups receive funding to enhance accessibility The Yukon government has awarded more than $64,000 to four organizations for projects that will offer better accessibility for their communities.
• Faro RCMP building plans move forward The Yukon government will spend more than $3.5 million this year to construct a new RCMP facility in Faro,
• Communities honour murdered aboriginal women The territorial government is providing $37,000 to help Yukoners take part in activities to honour missing and murdered aboriginal women and provide support for their families.
• Commercial sector will benefit from energy incentive plan The Yukon government has unveiled a new addition to its suite of energy incentive programs,
• ‘Come to my Yukon,’ campaign beckons Dawson received a double dose of information about Tourism Yukon’s marketing plans last week.
• First Nations urge Canada not to pass Bill S-6 Self-governing Yukon First Nations are disappointed that Bill S-6 was passed
• Conference features songwriting, sword fighting The 35th annual Young Authors’ Conference
• Anti-poverty advocates assess housing programs Two members of the Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition say they’re pleased the Northern Housing Trust funds have finally been spent,
• Volunteers will pick up food next week On Tuesday and Wednesday of next week,
• Rebuilding chinook stocks ‘not hopeless’ The once-abundant run of Yukon River chinook must never be forgotten, says a Yukon member of the international Yukon River Panel.
• Volunteer Fair Draws Crowds Whitehorse paramedics
• ‘I was shocked ... I’d never heard of this’ ‘I was shocked ... I’d never heard of this’
• Telling His Story Curtis Weber, 33, gives a presentation at the Yukon College Pit at noon Thursday.
• A Hair-Raising Harbinger Of Spring The chipmunk can get the hair on its tail standing from walking on the snow.
• Hospital workers reach tentative deal The territory’s estimated 250 hospital workers and the Yukon Hospital Corp. reached a tentative deal after talks resumed today in Whitehorse.
• Schools to get new playground equipment The territorial government is advancing its plan to replace playground equipment at eight Yukon schools before the start of the 2015/16 school year.
• City could take over Whistle Bend work The development of Phase 3 of Whistle Bend could be left entirely in the hands of the city and eventually lead to the city taking over future subdivisions’ development.
• Safe Haven For Pets Program launched The non-profit organization for animal advocacy, Kona’s Coalition, has unveiled its Safe Haven for Pets Program.
• Castle Rock may receive contract for improvement of Hamilton Boulevard Upgrades to the intersection of Hamilton Boulevard and McIntyre Drive at the Bernie’s Race Trac gas station could cost the city just over $181,000.
• Forum draws standing-room-only crowd A forum focused on vulnerable people at risk in the city drew a standing-room-only crowd inside the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre this morning.
• ‘Our children up here deserve more than that’ A teacher with a history of inappropriate behaviour with children lied on his application form to work at a Whitehorse elementary school for three months before he was forced out.

April 23, 2015

• Honouring Earth Day Eleven people turned out
• A Good Deed On Earth Day Doug O’Connor, with Capital Towing Services Ltd.,
• Klondike Highland Dancers Recital Photo Spread
• Council approves funding for a range of local festivals An African music festival, Santa parade,
• Hunters took an unprecedented number of bison in past season Yukon hunters harvested a record 177 woodland bison this past hunting season ending March 31.
• Injured worker’s story transfixing Yukoners The impact Curtis Weber has in making presentations to employers and workers or those who will soon be entering the workforce on workplace safety is evident in the people looking to speak with him after he shares his history.
• Gov’t. all over the map on facility: opposition Questions and accusations around the 300-bed continuing care facility planned for Whistle Bend reached a heightened pitch Wednesday,