Whitehorse Daily Star

January 19, 2015

• Harrison’s work belongs in National Gallery: Pasloski Premier Darrell Pasloski says he and his Yukon Party caucus colleagues were saddened to hear of artist Ted Harrison’s passing.
• Avalanche safety event featured teachable moments The Yukon Avalanche Association (YAA) marked Avalanche Awareness Day on Saturday in Whitehorse.
• Lange pleads guilty to assault, opts out of trial A man who was charged with aggravated assault has opted to withdraw his not-guilty plea, instead admitting guilt to the lesser offence of assault causing bodily harm.
• Band Plans Trip The all City Band is hoping to take the all City Jazz Band to the communities.
• Attempted murder trial set to begin this week Jury selection began today in Dawson City for the trial of a man accused of assaulting and attempting to kill RCMP officers.
• Mayor ‘pleased’ with minister’s replacement Mayor Dan Curtis responded with optimism today to minister Brad Cathers’ replacement by two other cabinet members in the housing and Community Services portfolios.
• Students may have attended an unsafe school: NDP MLA The Ross River School has been closed indefinitely due to concerns over the building’s structural integrity.
• ‘We’ve lost an icon,’ artist says of Harrison Artist Ted Harrison not only brought the Yukon landscape to the world with his unique paintings,
• ‘So it does look like a de facto moratorium’ The select committee on hydraulic fracturing could not reach consensus on whether it should be allowed here, says the committee’s final report delivered this morning.

January 16, 2015

• Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in awards highlight good citizenship Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in holiday celebrations included the annual presentation of community awards, presided over by Chief Roberta Joseph.
• Raise the minimum wage, NDP tells government The wage disparity between Canadian and immigrant fast food workers bubbled to the surface last month,
• Ready To Entertain The Extremely Moving Youth Society and Breakdancing Yukon Society will Go Nuts at 7:00 this evening at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Oil Burner Mechanic Program gets funding The Oil Burner Mechanic Program at Yukon College will train up to 24 Yukon students and registered apprentices this year.
• Groups receive Crime Prevention and Victim Services funding The Crime Prevention and Victim Services Trust Fund has awarded $30,684 to projects designed to prevent crime and those that would provide services and support to Yukon victims.
• Unemployment rate rose by 0.3 per cent Fewer people were working in the territory last month compared to a year earlier.
• Curtain to rise Saturday on popular festival The Pivot Festival will be back in full swing Saturday, lifting the curtain on another season of accessible, yet almost avant-garde, performances.
• One charged in firearms altercation A 34-year-old woman is facing three charges in connection with a “firearm-pointing incident” in Whitehorse last night, according to RCMP.
• Seniors enduring woes with snow-clearing, busing Dissatisfied residents of the seniors’ residence at Yukon College are expected to meet with Yukon Housing Corp. (YHC) officials soon.
• Beloved artist Harrison dies at 88 Ted Harrison, the renowned painter and former Yukoner, died this morning in Victoria. He was 88 years old.
• Local man wants to solve ring riddle Al Serafinchon is hopeful the few clues he has will lead him to the rightful owner of a mysterious ring that came into his possession a few years ago.
• Information sought on teen’s death The investigation into 17-year-old Brandy Vittrekwa’s death is ongoing, say RCMP, though they have no new details that can be publicly released.
• City’s procedures bylaw could be in for changes; will be studied Monday The city’s procedures bylaw could soon be undergoing some changes.
• Yukon Party simply spinning its wheels, NDP says Both opposition parties were surprised this morning at the size of the territorial cabinet shuffle announced by Premier Darrell Pasloski.
• ‘A giant is awakened,’ Peel supporters told Supporters of Peel watershed protection assembled for a public meeting Thursday evening
• Fewer homes sold in third quarter of 2014 It appears selling a home in the territory has become more difficult, as indicated by the latest real estate figures for the territory.
• Gas prices keep sinking The price for regular unleaded gasoline has dipped below $1 a litre for the first time in five years.
• Cabinet inflates to largest in territory’s history The Yukon government announced a major ministerial shuffle this morning, resulting in the largest cabinet in territorial history.

January 15, 2015

• Yukoner is at leaders’ program in Norway A young Yukon professional has been selected to take part in the Emerging Leaders Program.
• Splish-Splashing Along It seems more like spring than the middle of January,
• Premier slams NDP, Liberal leaders’ remarks The territory’s “NDP/Liberal coalition” is demonstrating disdain for democratically-elected public government, the Yukon Party government said Wednesday.
• Giant Protocol Yukon College and First Nations representatives gathered at noon Wednesday
• Streicker to attend sustainability meet in London, Ontario City councillor John Streicker will be doing much more than accepting an award when he and the city’s director of infrastructure and operations travel to London, Ont.,
• Talent And Energy Members of the Extremely Moving Youth Society and Breakdancing Yukon Society rehearse for Go Nuts ,
• Groups’grants support victims of crime The Crime Prevention and Victim Services Trust Fund awarded $55,860 to support the innovative projects of four community organizations intended to prevent crime and support victims.
• Truck strikes two at downtown corner Two pedestrians suffered non-life-threatening injuries after they were hit by a pick-up truck downtown late Wednesday afternoon.
• Education ADM performs surgery on ‘Dr.’ title Albert Trask, the senior Education administrator who took flak last fall for touting a dubious PhD, has erased the word “Dr.” from his signature.
• FASD diagnostic team to begin training this month The soon-to-be head of the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Society Yukon (FASSY)
• Driver had been swerving violently all over the road The 60-day weekends-only jail sentence a woman received for drunk and dangerous driving was not unfit, the Yukon Court of Appeal has decided.