Whitehorse Daily Star

March 23, 2015

• Yukon brew competes in national contest Yukon Gold is a Goldilocks beer – it’s just right, according to Bob Baxter.
• Transition home to open downtown The territorial government is opening a transition home in downtown Whitehorse for people struggling with mental health issues and homelessness.
• Vertical farming takes aim at food insecurity As banana peppers and salad greens sprouted in the dead of winter at Yukon College this year, so too did hopes for food security in the far North.
• Electrical bills subsidy will live another year The Yukon government will be extending the subsidy for monthly electrical bills for another year, says the minister responsible for Yukon Energy.
• Woman taken to hospital after vehicle rolls A 33-year-old woman was taken to Whitehorse General Hospital this morning with non-life-threatening injuries following a single-vehicle rollover immediately south of McRae.
• Women urged to ‘think before they drink’ Nine years ago, at the age of 19, Jessica Fulmer was not only too nervous to go to a drug store and buy a pregnancy test, but she also didn’t have the $15 to $20 needed to purchase the test.

March 20, 2015

• Tourism mission aimed to strengthen ties in China The Yukon was introduced to the Chinese market as a new travel destination during the first-ever minister-led mission to Asia earlier this month.
• Chamber to spearhead Vision 2025 next week Commerce will present a two-day event at the Coast High Country Inn Convention Centre for local businesses next Wednesday and Thursday.
• Trout must be released from some lakes: new regulations All lake trout caught in Snafu, Tarfu and Pine lakes must be released beginning April 1, according to the new fishing regulations for 2015-2016.
• Duo lights the way for code-writing crash courses Jeremy Shaki and Khurram Virani are young, savvy, casual and quick-talking — everything you might expect from a west coast programming hub.
• Simon Mervyn elected chief of the Na-cho Nyak Dun Simon Mervyn elected chief of the Na-cho Nyak Dun
• Assessing The Terrain This healthy cow moose was seen along the South Canol Road earlier this week.
• Water protection measures planned The Yukon government will invest more than $1 million in 2015/16 to implement the Yukon Water Strategy and Action Plan
• An Important Occasion These are some of the people who were on hand Thursday evening
• Council to vote Monday on zoning changes Regardless of whether proposed zoning changes are approved by council,
• Reliving History The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, First Nation of Na-cho Nyäk Dun, Teslin Tlingit Council, Vuntut Gwitchin First Na tion and Council of Yukon First Nations Self-Government Secretariat marked 20 years of self-government Thursday evening in the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre.
• Opening a gateway to effective detoxification, treatment Michael Hanson has a vision for Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS). And its foundation lies in the architecture.
• Board recommends Azure Road extension goes ahead this year The Yukon Environmental Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) has recommended the territorial government receive the go-ahead on its plans to extend Azure Road this year.
• Key bridge’s deck will be refurbished After widening the Robert Campbell Bridge last summer to accommodate pedestrians and cyclists,
• Experts to assess risks of mine closure plan The Yukon government has hired two independent experts to assist with its risk assessment of closure plans for the Wolverine Mine.
• Violence researcher addresses legal professionals Dr. Allan Wade hears some heart-wrenching stories.
• Dog believed to have been beaten, shot The city’s bylaw department and RCMP are investigating how a black Labrador’s carcass came to be dumped into a garbage dumpster in the Marwell area.

March 19, 2015

• Sentencing, unrelated trial are scheduled for McDiarmid Mark McDiarmid will be sentenced this summer for the five charges he was convicted of earlier this month.
• Sharing Creativity Hazel Verzon presents the Spring Breakup Pecha Kuca event last Friday at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Yukoners’ sorrows to be set ablaze Saturday Every March for the past 16 years, Yukon Educational Theatre (YET) has been warming Yukoners’ souls and scorching away the winter blues.
• The Finale Drummers with the 14 Nation Handgame Society
• Deputy minister’s tenure was shortlived The deputy minister for the Department of Finance has left for greener fiscal pastures after barely six months in the Yukon.
• Steady Progress Construction crews are seen working Wednesday afternoon on the new F.H. Collins Secondary School.
• First Nations’ land protection extended The Yukon government is once again extending protection of lands inside the traditional territories of the White River and Kaska First Nations.
• Three break-ins reported in Riverdale Various items, including cash, TVs and laptops, were stolen during three break-ins in Riverdale Tuesday night.
• Indecent exposure investigated Whitehorse RCMP are looking for any information the public
• Fifth arrest made in lengthy drug investigation A fifth man has been arrested as part of a 10-month RCMP investigation into drug trafficking in the territory.
• Fifty-two Yukon firms are owed $4.3 million The Yukon Zinc Corp. received court protection last Friday from creditors while it advances a restructuring proposal.