Whitehorse Daily Star

January 6, 2015

• Landfill gatehouse operations may change hands The Raven Recycling Society’s 15-year history running the gate at the city’s landfill could end Jan. 31.
• Weather to warm, but expect more cold blasts The bitter-cold temperatures blanketing the Yukon are expected to lessen over the next few days.
• Crooning With Coffee Emily Ross, Kathleen Limpio, Sarah Ott, Emma Blair, Julia Frasher, Madi Dixon and Selina Heyligers-Hare (left to right)
• Friends remember longtime Yukon photographer Longtime Yukoner Norma McBean is being remembered for her feisty personality, generosity and unique spirit.
• Historic building may fall to ’dozer’s blade Fifty years after their arrival in the Yukon, the now-legendary Jacquot brothers raised the largest building ever constructed in Burwash Landing to that time.
• Cold wave spurs record use of electricity Yukoners broke their all-time record for the amount of electricity consumed at one time Monday evening,
• Charges follow ‘dynamic incident’ over holidays A man is facing eight charges in connection with what police are calling a “firearms incident,” not a standoff, in Riverdale over the Christmas holidays.

January 5, 2015

• Academic Achievements Honoured Carolyn Miller receives a 2013-2014 Governor General’s Academic Award at last Thursday’s Commissioner’s Levee.
• Popular festival moves to fourth weekend in July “I know our numbers were down and our money is not where we would like it to be, but I think we had a wonderful music fest this year.”
• Sounds Of The New Year Selina Heyligers-Hare
• Town hall sessions to get underway Jan. 15 City council is starting off the new year with a new round of town hall meetings.
• Ghostly Presence The SS Klondike ‘floats’
• NDP renews calls for lobbying legislation Yukoners’ inability to spot who’s lobbying their government resurfaced as an issue in the past legislative sitting.
• Frigid Sunbathing The sun silhouettes
• Law office flooded the day before Christmas A Whitehorse law office is operational despite the 400 gallons of water that poured in from a broken ceiling pipe on the morning of Christmas Eve.
• Child and youth advocate, government sign protocol The Yukon Child and Youth Advocate and the territorial government have signed a new advocacy protocol.
• Yukon Supreme Court convicts young man of sexual assault A 23-year-old man has been found guilty of raping his female friend in Whitehorse last year,
• Quest champ plans to defend title; Hopkins returns to 2015 race If all goes as planned, nearly 30 mushers will take off from the start line of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race in just over a month, with 2013 and 2014 champion Allen Moore attempting to defend his title.
• Bus pass ads prompting some comments to city The city is reviewing its advertising policy and has placed a moratorium on transit pass advertising, but not before a few transit users brought home passes featuring the territory’s MP.

January 2, 2015

• Youth attend Canada’s History Forum in Ottawa Duncan Snooks and Maximilian Wanner of Hidden Valley Elementary School screened their winning videos at Canada’s History Forum in Ottawa recently.
• Research centre initiates a curation of natural history Trays of colourful butterflies and other insects,
• Spectacular Sky Sights A fireworks display
• Panel selects phone directory cover Northwestel Inc., with the help of art panels from across the North, has selected the winner of the 2015/16 Northwestel Directory Cover Art Competition.
• Yukoners Commended Award recipients are seen at Thursday’s Commissioner’s Levee.
• Spill report urges new force main, emergency equipment The complete set of answers to what caused a Dec. 8 sewage overflow may be some time in coming.
• Achievements Recognized Emily Knickle (centre) receives an Outstanding Youth Achievement Award at Thursday’s annual Commissioner’s Levee.
• CPI rose slightly, figures show Comparing November 2014 to November 2013, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.7 per cent in Whitehorse, the territorial Bureau of Statistics reported last month.
• Bad Start To The Year This mishap occurred early Thursday on Wann Road
• Spectacle In The Sky Fireworks dance over Whitehorse on New Year’s Eve
• Ex-chair hopes Peel court ruling will prevail The former chair of the Peel land use planning commission says he understands — but disagrees with — the government’s appeal of a recent court decision on the future of the vast watershed.
• For impaired driving, Yukon had dubious title throughout 2013: stats The Yukon has the dubious distinction of being the worst territory or province for impaired driving offences in 2013, using a statistical comparison.
• Excavator tips over, spills large amount of fuel Excavator tips over, spills large amount of fuel
• Wolves killing pets in Judas Creek-Marsh Lake area Wolves have killed two dogs in the Judas Creek area, and conservation officers are warning residents to be cautious.