Whitehorse Daily Star

November 25, 2014

• Campus design competition winners announced Yukon College has announced the top three submissions to the Design Your Campus ideas competition for how best to use the 97-hectare land reserve around Ayamdigut campus.
• Mining companies recognized at annual awards banquet The Yukon Chamber of Mines recognized two of its members on the evening of Nov. 17
• Three treated at hospital after accident Three people were transported to hospital Monday evening after a collision on Two Mile Hill at Range Road.
• Fine Fund-Raising Fare Hundreds of people attended the annual Skookum Santa Breakfast held Sunday
• Citizen reports impaired driver A man has been charged with impaired driving
• Lawyer will no longer represent consumers’ group Lawyer will no longer represent consumers’ group
• New grant policy punishes museum, city told It’s regrettable the city – with a surplus and money in reserves – is cutting its support to the museum that’s been the trustee of its history for more than 50 years, says the chair of the MacBride Museum of Yukon History.
• Contracts were posted in error, minister says in answer to questions The recent disappearance from a public registry of more than 100 government contracts
• Contractor worked on other jobs after accident A man who argued his motor vehicle accident was an act of God

November 24, 2014

• New RCMP detachment commander named for Dawson A Dawson City RCMP corporal has been promoted to sergeant and detachment commander.
• Eager musicians had to be turned away from party A Celebration of Yukon’s Land and Water, held Friday evening, turned out to be just that: a celebration.
• Standing Up For Broadcasting About 60 people,
• Appreciation expressed for housing rally Appreciation expressed for housing rally
• Support line to go live this evening The Yukon Distress and Support Line will begin accepting calls this evening, the Second Opinion Society (SOS) announced Friday.
• 12 days campaign’s schedule at a glance Tuesday: Campaign launch, noon, Yukon College.
• Call violence what it is: women’s campaign Sometimes the language we use to describe violence against women normalizes or hides the issue.
• Public urged to provide more information on man’s death Police are appealing to the public for more information about a murder in the McIntyre subdivision last spring.

November 21, 2014

• Park relaxes requirements for winter visits Parks Canada is reminding visitors to Kluane National Park and Reserve that registration for overnight trips into the backcountry and the use of bear-resistant food canisters won’t be required again until March 31, 2015.
• Free Trade The Way To Go Brandon Crawford and San San Tan from Vanier Catholic Secondary School promote free trade during last Saturday’s Global Village Craft Fair at The Old Fire Hall.
• Use local farmers’ yields, NDP urges gov’t. Jim Tredger, the NDP’s critic for Energy, Mines and Resources,
• Environmental grants given to several organizations The city is doling out close to $15,000 for a variety of environment projects that will be happening around the city.
• Think Pink Members of the Yukon Party caucus wore pink on Wednesday to recognize Bullying Awareness Week,
• Yukoners to learn about Honour House tonight Allan DeGenova and Grant Smith want first responders to know they and their families have a “home away from home” if they’re in Vancouver for medical treatment of any kind.
• Coroner finally gets to enjoy a payday A Whitehorse coroner has finally been paid for work he did 16 months ago.
• Environmentalist reflects on 20 years of activism In the early 1990s, Tzeporah Berman went to her first protest, opposing the clear-cutting of trees on the west coast, and has never looked back.
• Use of segregation debated in the legislature The solitary confinement of people with mental health issues should be banned at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre (WCC), the NDP’s Justice critic said this week.
• Rotary Clubs Help Out The presidents of the three local Rotary clubs presented the Whitehorse Food Bank with a cheque for $650 Thursday afternoon.
• Copper project has undergone major revamp The proposed Carmacks Copper project
• Food-seeking grizzly killed “This bear made the connection between the presence of dog teams and food being stored on the properties,” conservation officers stated.
• Festival Kicks Off The 12th annual Northwestel Festival Of Trees officially started Thursday evening
• Selwyn Project took big share of mining spending Half of all money spent on mineral exploration and mine development this year was spent on the Selwyn Project, according to government records.
• A Colourful Performance Joseph O’Brien performs Tuesday evening during the Eagle and Condor Concert at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre.
• Man appeals fine for soaking sleeping bruin A Haines Junction woodcutter is appealing his conviction and $2,000 fine for pouring water over the head of a sleeping black bear while it was in its den.
• Seniors’ complex expected to open in autumn of 2015 Construction is set to begin on a new seniors’ residence in downtown Whitehorse,
• Gold will hit $2,000 and more, banker forecasts Gold will climb again to $1,950 an ounce and beyond,
• A Close Shave Lewis MacKay shaves a balloon at Yukon College’s Movember event held at noon Monday.
• Walker has trod 30 million steps – and counting Dana Meise first heard about the Trans Canada Trail in 1996.
• Seasonal Delights Angela Prochazka enjoyed the Northwestel Festival of Trees kickoff Thursday evening
• Beware of phone scams, calls show The caller says she’s from Visa and MasterCard, and offers a lifetime interest rate of three per cent.
• Father sentenced for domestic assault A Whitehorse man who assaulted his girlfriend and chased after her when she ran barefoot from the house last winter will spend a year on house arrest.
• Off-duty RCMP officer threatened A man has been charged with uttering threats against an off-duty Whitehorse RCMP investigator.
• Tool could help miners cash in coffee-can gold Randy Clarkson believed he’s developed a gold recovery tool that will be found on every placer mine in the Yukon within five years.
• Society defends decision to euthanize dog Crispin Guppy, the president of the Humane Society Yukon, is standing behind a decision made earlier this year to euthanize a pitbull.
• Charge stayed pending lawyer’s funding A Whitehorse woman’s second-degree murder charge has been conditionally stayed until the government provides funding for her lawyer of choice, a Yukon Supreme Court judge ruled this morning.