Whitehorse Daily Star

April 17, 2015

• KVA election provided high drama this year The Klondike Visitors Association (KVA) had a good year in 2014
• Appeal of criminal harassment conviction heard A Mendenhall man is appealing his conviction for criminal harassment.
• Tripod erected asYukon River ice quickly decays The IODE Breakup Tripod is out on the ice of the Yukon River and the ladies of IODE have begun to sell their ice pool tickets.
• Anti-tobacco battles continue A new tobacco prevention resource,
• Premier announces shuffle of deputy minister portfolios Premier Darrell Pasloski announced Thursday he has reassigned four deputy ministers.
• Cancellation has fans crying into their beer The Alaska Alcohol Beverage Control board said
• Swam Rescue Carried Out Helen Slama, from the territorial Department of Environment,
• Consultations to continue for ORV rules on public land The Yukon government will continue its off-road vehicle (ORV) consultation with a 60-day public review beginning next week.
• Compost collection program will be phased in City staff are moving forward with plans to expand compost collection for local businesses,
• Curriculum reform plans under scrutiny in House Yukon NDP Education critic Jim Tredger prodded the government for specifics Monday about a made-in-Yukon education curriculum, pledged by Premier Darrell Pasloski in his budget speech April 2.
• Email dashes thoughts of a 2015 Yukon election Any whispers of a territorial election in 2015 will likely make it no further than the rumour category,
• Some Friendly Guidance Adjudicator Bob Rebagliati works with the Jack Hulland Elementary School First Year Band
• Data downplay risk of flooding With the exception of the record snowpack in northern Yukon,
• Changes made to a host of city fees Transit users,
• Antlered Resplendence Nearly all cow caribou grow antlers,
• Furniture suppliers needed for new high school The Yukon government is seeking suppliers of interior furniture for the new F.H. Collins Secondary School
• Street-cleaning program is underway early City crews have started spring cleanup operations early due to the recent warmer temperatures.
• NWTel apologizes for privacy incident Northwestel Inc. became aware Wednesday that “limited customer information,” including phone numbers, addresses and emails, was searchable on its corporate website, the company said in a news release today.
• A Concentrated Effort Loughran Thorson-Looysen
• High-profile community figure is year’s top volunteer The long list of sporting competitions ranging from weekly fun runs to international bonspiels held throughout the year would be impossible without the work of volunteers who organize and run many of those events.
• Gov’t. expands its scope in Peel legal fracas The Yukon government is broadening its surgical strike on the Peel River watershed decision into a full frontal assault.
• Northern Tutchone elder recalls days of abundance For the depleted stock of Yukon River chinook,
• Panel hears of salmon woes in Old Crow The annual return of fall chum salmon on the Porcupine River is in trouble, and the community of Old Crow is worried.
• Draft rules called ‘huge burden’ for taxi industry If the city expects all taxi companies in town to have a vehicle solely dedicated to accessibility for wheelchairs,
• YTG challenges dismissal of charge against driver The interpretation of “hands-free use” of electronics while driving was the subject of a two-hour appeal hearing Thursday morning in Yukon Supreme Court.

April 16, 2015

• Department of Education staff exodus continues Albert Trask — the assistant deputy minister of public schools caught in a controversy last fall over his dubious doctorate — and Trish Smillie, director of student support services, no longer work at the Department of Education.
• Ex-food bank director will be missed: president For five years, Stephen Dunbar-Edge oversaw the day-to-day operations at the Whitehorse Food Bank as its executive director.
• Talent At The Keyboard Ross Sennett performs
• Whitehorse-Juneau fibre optic link studied The Yukon Diverse Fibre Link (YDFL) project planning is progressing with a new fibre optic line being considered between Whitehorse and Juneau, Alaska.
• MP, minister update fruits of job grant program The Canada Job Grant has meant training for 40 employees at the Dakwakada Development Corp. over the past winter,
• Correction Centennial Motors and Soapy’s Carwash
• New ambulances, fire trucks slated for 2015/16 The Yukon government is allocating $920,000 in 2015/16, pending legislative approval, for new emergency response vehicles.
• Thefts from vehicles reported downtown Five people were arrested early Wednesday morning after a witness reported multiple suspects checking vehicle doors downtown.
• Chinook conservation still the order of the day It will be another year of heightened conservation for the annual harvest of Yukon River chinook on both sides of the border.
• Talks’ resumption staves off strike potential The Yukon Employees Union and the Yukon Hospital Corp.
• Raven to restore full services The Raven Recycling Society will reopen the public drop-off bins for non-refundables in mid-May, the organization announced this morning.

April 15, 2015

• Biking adventurer makes it to Tuktoyaktuk “Hi, Dan. I made it to Tuk tonight!!!” was the message on my iPhone early last Sunday morning.
• Yukoner granted scholarship to Cambridge University A former graduate of Porter Creek Secondary School has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to England’s Cambridge University.
• Unemployment rate nearly the same as it was a year ago The territory’s March unemployment rate crept up just 0.1 per cent over a year earlier.
• Concentrated Talent Marina Boulerice performs
• French immersion kindergarten class added at Selkirk Elementary A French immersion kindergarten class has been added at Selkirk Elementary School to help reduce the current waiting list for enrolment in the popular program at École Whitehorse Elementary.
• Raven continues looking at reopening of depot The Raven Recycling Society won’t be announcing for at least a few days whether it will reopen its drop-off depot for non-refundables.
• ‘I don’t think widening the highway’s really necessary’ Business owners are worried the planned Alaska Highway upgrade will pave over their profit margins in an overblown construction project,
• Coroner investigating sudden death The Yukon coroner’s office is investigating the sudden death of a Watson Lake First Nations man early last Sunday morning.
• Outfitter fined for unauthorized hunting A B.C. man who works in the Yukon as an outfitter was fined $11,500 last week for violations of the territory’s Wildlife Act.
• Sports facility zoning issue deferred by city It will be at least another two weeks before city council decides
• Poisonings now subject of criminal investigation A third Porter Creek dog consumed strychnine, toxicology tests have determined.