Whitehorse Daily Star

November 17, 2014

• Sally Ann plan no substitute for housing: MD The Yukon Medical Association (YMA) has joined the call for affordable housing, identifying it as a key social determinant of health.
• North not immune from threats, senator says Senator Dan Lang warned Yukoners about myriad terrorist operations at home and abroad that he said threaten the nation — and the territory — during a public talk Friday afternoon at Yukon College.
• Pre-Christmas Throngs The annual Spruce Bog Fair
• Meeting saw division on roadside bear hunting The issue of roadside bear hunting was on the agenda last Thursday evening in Haines Junction at the Alsek Renewable Resource Council’s regular meeting.
• Owl was eating, flying well before its release A Great Grey Owl hit by a car last month between Jake’s Corner and Johnsons Crossing was released back to the wilderness Friday after recovering at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve.
• Clarification A story in Friday’s edition
• Mining, exploration showed slight improvement Mining, exploration showed slight improvement
• Roaming grizzly causing problems south of city Yukon conservation officers are advising residents of the Annie Lake Road area to secure any potential bear attractants and consider electrified fencing to keep a wandering bruin out.
• ‘Terrible accident’ claims local hockey figure A Sport Yukon Hall of Fame inductee and longtime hockey coach has drowned after he went for a skate on Marsh Lake Sunday night.

November 14, 2014

• Heritage buildings offer opportunities, challenges In accounting terms, where do you put a historic property? Is it an asset or a liability?
• Mine won’t speed up its stripping program Capstone Mining Corp. will not hasten plans to begin stripping its new open pit at the Minto Mine, says a company official.
• Exhibit In Full Swing Edwige Graham
• Changes to utility grant OKed The Yukon legislative assembly has unanimously agreed to modernize the Pioneer Utility Grant Act, tying it to net income levels.
• Historic sites win further season extension When the federal government decided to allow Klondike National Historic Sites to extend its season by two weeks
• Environmental activist to hold events Monday Tzeporah Berman, an author and long-time activist,
• Wings Of Encouragement Cranes have started appearing on the lockers of F.H. Collins Secondary School,
• Changes imperil jobs, investment, meeting told First Nations leaders and Yukon residents came together in a rare public forum Thursday evening
• Geoscience Forum will showcase geology and mineral exploration The 42nd annual Geoscience Forum and Trade Show
• Photo, films highlight work, play of the Yukon’s past Well-known Yukoner Rolf Hougen and Premier Darrell Pasloski recently opened an exhibition at the Hougen Heritage Gallery in Arts Underground.
• City to explain building consolidation The City of Whitehorse will present its building consolidation project at an open House on Wednesday of next week.
• House silent after forced hasty departure As the Yukon Heritage Resources Board continues working to secure a new permanent home,
• When That Evening Sun Is In The Afternoon This was the view
• Teachers’ board hasn’t assembled in four years The NDP and a member of the teachers’ certification board are asking why the body responsible for verifying new educators’ credentials, has not met in more than four years.
• Seniors’ housing project nears completion Premier Darrell Pasloski, Yukon MP Ryan Leef, Senator Dan Lang and housing minister Brad Cathers
• ‘Frank discussion can be part of the healing process’ ‘Frank discussion can be part of the healing process’
• Community still healing after fatal mauling Necropsy results on the grizzly bear that attacked and killed 42-year-old Claudia Huber on Oct. 18

November 13, 2014

• Bill S-6 forum set for tonight The Yukon NDP is re-affirming its support for the Council of Yukon First Nations in the wake of the CYFN’s public opposition to Bill S-6.
• City-area couple named Farmers of the Year Mary and Rolland Girouard, operators of Rivendell Farm near Whitehorse,
• Paying Tribute The full detachment of the Teslin RCMP
• ‘You do wonderful work and you should be very proud’ Yukon MP Ryan Leef this morning announced $700,000 in financial support for the cold climate and technology innovation program at the Yukon Research Centre.
• Stockdale votes against fall rec grants Just because the city can fully fund all eligible recreation grants doesn’t mean it should, says city councillor Dave Stockdale.
• Area moves closer to having its new name The Range Road North area is closer to becoming the neighbourhood of Range Point.
• Saddle, tools stolen from truck A leather equestrian saddle,
• ‘Hospitals are toxic for people with chronic disease’ The president of the Canadian Medical Association says solutions to overcrowded hospitals lay in home-care and long-term care, rather than beefed-up hospitals.