Whitehorse Daily Star

March 13, 2015

• Professional Development Fund cash doled out Children and youth around the territory could soon benefit from additional training provided to those who work with them.
• Silver says his team is ready to take over in 2016 Klondike MLA and Liberal Leader Sandy Silver made a presentation to and fielded questions from about 30 people at his open constituency meeting last week.
• Hundreds line Dawson’s dike for curious sled drop “Gee, must be just about all of Dawson out here,”
• Film society reels in Shipyards Park location And ... action!
• Mayor's Awards Presented The Mayor’s Awards were presented Thursday afternoon
• Yukon First Nations continue to oppose Bill S-6 Once again,
• Art commemorates lotteries commission’s anniversary Lotteries Yukon is commemorating its 40th anniversary
• Music At The Expo Nicole Edwards and Allan Crossley perform
• Zoning bylaw hearing draws scant interest A public hearing focused on changes to the city’s zoning bylaw drew feedback from just one speaker Monday night.
• Spreading A Vital Message Barb Quilty, centre, and friends
• Yukon MP represented Canada in Washington Yukon MP Ryan Leef represented Canada this week as a regular member of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR).
• Trial over wolf killings continues The trial of a Tahltan man who killed two wolves in the Mount Sima subdivision in 2013 continued in Whitehorse on Thursday with testimony from an elder.
• More than 50 students competed at Destination Imagination Yukon Parents and friends cheered on 52 Yukon students during Yukon’s third annual Destination Imagination tournament at F.H. Collins Secondary School late last month.
• FASSY director talks to parliamentary committee Before a parliamentary committee this week,
• Family Time By The River A small family of six swans
• Man is found A man reported missing Monday has been found safe and sound.
• Yukon government hires new lawyer for Peel case The Yukon government has hired Torys LLP as legal counsel in the Peel watershed land use planning case.
• Probation term ends family sex assault case A young Whitehorse man was sentenced to two years’ probation last week for sexually assaulting his niece several years ago, when he was a minor.
• Continuing care facility moves a step forward Phase one of the new Whistle Bend continuing care facility took an important step forward Tuesday
• Vote count system gets the final go-ahead October’s municipal election is going digital.
• Man pursuing eight-year trip around the world Sitting in the Gold Rush Inn’s bar Wednesday afternoon,
• Group hopes for clear sailing for planned camp projects Youngsters spending their summer on Schwatka Lake learning to sail through day camps may notice a few improvements coming to the camps this summer.
• Whitehorse will host Arctic X Games next year Whitehorse will be hosting the six sports that were cut from the 2016 Arctic Winter Games.

March 12, 2015

• Spellbinding Presentation The Kaha:wi Dance Theatre presented TransMigration
• Late Winter Cleanup A City of Whitehorse grader clears the alley
• Ushiku exchange to mark 30th anniversary It’s been the beginning of many beautiful friendships.
• New Library Germinates A public opening of the new seed library at the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) Library took place Wednesday.
• Mayor of Calgary will speak here Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi will speak at an event the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce will present March 25-March 26 at the Coast High Country Inn Convention Centre.
• Deputy minister of Education quits her job The Yukon’s top civil servant in the Education department has resigned.
• Controversial bill clears Commons hurdle The House of Commons is expediting passage of a bill supporters say will cut out red tape around resource extraction.
• Details sparse on managers’ sudden firings Few details are being made available on the firings Wednesday of two top city directors who have worked for the municipality for close to 20 years.

March 11, 2015

• MP announces support for arts centre The federal government will provide the Yukon Arts Centre with $190,000 over the next two fiscal years through the Canada Arts Presentation Fund.
• Artists to spend time on Chilkoot Trail Three people have been chosen for the 2015 Chilkoot Trail Artist Residency Program.
• Tribute Helps Out Karen's Room Adam Gerle presents to Karen Forward,
• CPAWS ‘appalled’ by leaked EMR documents The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
• Council adopts plan for Schwatka Lake The city has adopted its area plan for Schwatka Lake,
• Presentation Set For This Evening Santee Smith, Onkwehonwe artistic director, choreographer and founder of the Kaha:wi Dance Theatre,
• Opposition names issues to raise in House Opposition leaders drove home their concerns in the lead-up to the legislature’s spring sitting,
• Highway Mishap Spring flurries can cause havoc,
• Missing man sought Whitehorse RCMP are seeking the public’s help locating a missing Whitehorse man.
• Man sentenced for drug trafficking A Yukon man was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in jail for trafficking crack cocaine.
• French immersion program will get needed space Children on the waiting list for École Whitehorse Elementary School’s Kindergarten French immersion program this September will be accepted, says Education Minister Doug Graham.
• ‘Why and how could this happen?’ family asks Today would have been Allan Waugh’s 70th birthday.