Whitehorse Daily Star

February 25, 2015

• City launches drive for taxi bylaw feedback The city’s Bylaw Services Department is looking for public input into the Vehicle for Hire Bylaw review and update.
• Sunspots affecting satellite-related services Northwestel Inc. satellite facilities are beginning to experience brief service degradations due to a natural phenomenon known as sun transit.
• Court hears of roadblocks, burning jars, videos, lights Monday was a busy day,
• Mayor’s Awards nominations sought The Persons with Disabilities Advisory Committee and the City of Whitehorse are accepting nominations for the 2015 Mayor’s Awards.
• A Flaming Good Time It was a matter of keeping the fire going in the Family Wilderness Survival Contest,
• Chip sealed stretch badly eroding The failure of the chip seal overlay along the Alaska Highway between Robert Service Way and Two Mile Hill will be repaired within the original budget, says a government spokeswoman.
• Mad Takes Bite Of The Big Apple MAD Photos
• Council is not fulfilling its duties, minister says The Yukon Council on DisABILITY did not get its core funding renewed because the non-profit was not living up to its obligations, says Education Minister Doug Graham.
• Big hydro generates too many negatives, YCS says Big hydro projects such as those identified in the Next Generation Hydro initiative are not a good fit to provide for the Yukon’s future energy needs, says the Yukon Conservation Society.
• Territory’s business reputation drops a rank Once the gold star among the mineral exploration and mining communities, the Yukon has lost some lustre but is still shining.
• Nehass’ case ‘troubling’: human rights lawyer The Whitehorse Correctional Centre (WCC) maintains it does not use solitary confinement, although it employs segregation and separate confinement.
• Council affirms ATV and snowmobile bylaws ATV and snowmobile riders in the city will have to continue to wear a helmet and register their off-road vehicles even though they won’t need to elsewhere in the territory.
• Armed robbers wielded machete, baton Five suspects were arrested Tuesday evening

February 24, 2015

• Lantern’s luck shines on musher Cooke It was far from easy,
• Sass, Mackey claim Yukon Quest hardware It was an emotional end to the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race,
• Attending To The Problem City firefighters (left foreground), Whitehorse RCMP and paramedics responded late last Friday afternoon
• Accused begins to present his defence to court Mark McDiarmid began the presentation of his witnesses and the thrust of his defence during a brief court session last Wednesday and again last Thursday.
• Mild Reflections Standing water was covering parts of streets and parking lots around Whitehorse at 9 p.m. Monday.
• Shooting is still under investigation Whitehorse RCMP have been using police dogs and search-and-rescue crews to investigate last Thursday night’s shooting on Fourth Avenue.
• RCMP find stolen car, but driver remains at large Whitehorse RCMP located a stolen car and arrested one suspect downtown last Friday evening.
• Commissioner’s shift occurring this week Commissioner Doug Phillips is moving into his new digs at historic Taylor House this week.
• Council still laden with sports complex queries City council’s decision to approve first reading of a bylaw to rezone an area of Whistle Bend for a major outdoor sports complex is by no means approval for the project itself.
• MP takes family’s plight to federal minister MP takes family’s plight to federal minister
• Witnesses had heard ice crack on day of tragedy A longtime Yukon hockey coach died from the effects of cold water submersion after he fell into Marsh Lake last November, according to the coroner’s inquiry into his death.

February 23, 2015

• Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous 2015 In Photos - Part 3 Part 3
• Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous 2015 In Photos - Part 2 Part 2
• Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous 2015 In Photos - Part 1 Part 1
• Pasloski’s chief of staff departs abruptly Premier Darrell Pasloski’s chief of staff is no longer on the job – just eight months after replacing Rick Nielsen.
• Bylaw on automated vote counts proposed Acknowledging “there are risks in all systems,” the city’s director of corporate services says he’s confident the city can mitigate the risks associated with an automated counting system planned for October’s municipal election.
• Police investigate ‘serious’ accident at bridge Two pickup trucks were involved in a collision late Friday morning that saw the Mayo Road closed down for several hours near the Takhini River Bridge.
• Warm weather brought throngs out for Rendezvous They came, they saw, they danced, they drove dog sleds, they threw axes, they ate maple taffy, they took in fireworks and parades, they wandered through a scene of intricately carved snow sculptures....
• Emotional family forced into ‘untenable situation’ Cut off your toddler with a medical condition from adequate care, or from his family: that is the choice confronting a Whitehorse family facing imminent deportation.