Whitehorse Daily Star

April 14, 2015

• Van stolen from Takhini North neighbourhood Whitehorse RCMP were called at 4:27 a.m. today about a vehicle that had just been stolen from outside a Takhini North residence.
• Sharp-eyed witness reports break-in Whitehorse RCMP were alerted to a break and enter at Epic Pizza in Riverdale at 7 p.m. Monday.
• Bridge-Busting For Science Photo Spread
• Driver sought after ‘road rage’ incident in downtown area Whitehorse RCMP are investigating a mild case of road rage in the city’s downtown area.
• Dumping of fuel drum called ‘irresponsible behaviour’ A spill Monday from an abandoned fuel drum left in front of the Downtown Community Gardens was relatively small, but costly, says a city spokesman.
• Bridge to remain off-limits to motorized vehicles The Rotary Centennial Bridge will remain closed to motorized traffic after council voted 5-1 Monday evening to keep the Yukon River crossing restricted to pedestrians, bicycles, wheelchairs and so on.
• Restaurant’s liquor licence suspended until April 22 Earls Kitchen + Bar has had its liquor licence suspended for nine days for various violations of the territory’s liquor laws.
• ‘Our thoughts continue to be with Gary’s family’ The Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board has fined Home Hardware $5,000 after an employee died in the store’s warehouse last year.

April 13, 2015

• Girl Guides’ annual cookie blitz will begin Tuesday Whitehorse Sparks, Brownies, Guides and Pathfinders
• Budding Engineers Grade 4 students from Elijah Smith School
• Think of public as equals, RCMP urged The head of the Whitehorse RCMP detachment is reminding residents again that a 1 1/2-minute video showing an officer striking a man does not tell the full story.
• Winged Beauty Seen recently in the Teslin area
• Man pleads guilty to drug charges A British Columbia man pleaded guilty to two cocaine-trafficking charges last week in territorial court.
• Installation Officially Opens The Walking With Our Sisters
• Offender freed on bail for new charges One of the men who beat a Carcross hotel owner to death was released on bail last Thursday for new charges he faces.
• Convicted killer’s 2013 appeal may be heard this year The Yukon Legal Services Society is seeking funds from the territorial government to pay for transcripts necessary for convicted killer Norman Larue’s appeal.
• Date set for Peel appeal hearing The territorial government’s appeal of a Yukon Supreme Court decision regarding the land use plan for the Peel River watershed will be heard Aug. 20-21.
• Fracking go-ahead spurs fractured opinions The Yukon government and opposition parties are voicing sharply divided views on hydraulic fracturing, revealing the controversial gas extraction method as a persistent political fault line in the territory.

April 10, 2015

• Preserve to unveil red fox habitat tomorrow The Yukon Wildlife Preserve will unveil its new red fox habitat – a new species for the preserve – at noon Saturday.
• Walking With Our Sisters event planned The Yukon Arts Centre and Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre will open the Walking With Our Sisters commemorative and memorial art installation at 3:00 Saturday afternoon in the cultural centre’s multi-purpose room.
• Highway-widening anxieties raised at meeting Traffic and changes to the Alaska Highway topped the list of concerns that arose Wednesday evening during a neighbourhood meeting at Porter Creek Secondary School.
• Doctor’s public health principles based on social justice and science Peter H. Bryce, the son of immigrants from Scotland,
• High TB death rate at residential schools: 1907 report It suffices for us to know,
• Institute to address grim aboriginal health conditions The University of Toronto has established an institute to address the poor health conditions of many aboriginal Canadians.
• Teen charged in fatal collision makes an appearance in court A teenage girl charged with criminal negligence in connection with a fatal vehicle collision last summer made a brief appearance in territorial court Thursday afternoon.
• Phoographer's Work Honoured Andrew Connors sets up a show Wednesday
• Young bridge builders will gather Saturday Some 222 bridge builders have registered for tomorrow’s 22nd annual bridge building contest,
• Supportive living facility proves a popular venture A new report suggests hundreds of Yukon seniors would want to move into a proposed supportive living facility in Whitehorse as soon as possible.
• Chinook salmon harvest was rock-bottom Alaska’s harvest of Yukon River chinook last year was the lowest on record, according to an annual technical report released recently.
• Economic development strategy released The city has released a draft Community Economic Development Strategy for review and comments.
• City’s engineers to discuss crosswalk lights The city’s engineering manager says he will consult with bylaw officers and engineers about a coroner’s recommendation to install overhead downward flashing lights at a busy downtown crosswalk.
• Curtis feels ‘manipulated, bullied’ by application Timing is everything, says Mayor Dan Curtis.
• Hospital workers open to strike action The largest segment of hospital workers has voted to strike if they can’t settle their contract differences with the Yukon Hospital Corp.
• Simultaneous events will create housing crunch Assistance is being sought to provide accommodations for next year’s national cross-country ski championships.
• ATCO to discuss work with property owner ATCO Electric Yukon officials say they will meet with a property owner who’s accused their staff of breaking into her Wickstrom Road property,
• Community liaison to be appointed in probe The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is now taking the lead on a use-of-force investigation involving a Whitehorse RCMP officer,
• Critics not surprised by gov’t stance on fracking The territorial government has announced plans to pave the way for hydraulic fracturing in the Liard basin in southeast Yukon.