Whitehorse Daily Star

November 3, 2014

• MADD launches annual red ribbon campaign Barb Quilty was just 18 when her father, on his way to work, was killed by a drunk driver.
• Heavy Lift The third of three 50-tonne storage tanks for liquefied natural gas
• Nearly $30,000 in city funds going towards various events Whitehorse residents won’t be lacking for events in the coming year.
• Roll 'Em Up, Gents Registered nurse Elizabeth Wiebe
• Correction In a story published Friday,
• Music With Coffee Kim Melton performs Saturday evening at the Folk Society Yukon’s coffee house.
• College solicits ideas on future of city campus Yukon College has unveiled its Design Your Campus project,
• Dramatic crash occurs with kids nearby; driver charged A driver careened over a lawn, crashed into a meter box and then into a parked SUV with children nearby on Saturday afternoon.
• Judge finds man guilty of sexual assault after trial A young Whitehorse man has been found guilty of sexually assaulting his niece.
• Dempster Highway caribou hunt closed Environment Yukon is closing the caribou hunt along the Dempster Highway in the home range of the Hart River caribou herd, the department announced this morning.
• Whistleblower legislation wins the opposition’s tentative approval The government and the opposition are, after years of disagreement, in harmony at last on hotly debated, long-awaited whistleblower legislation — for the most part.

October 31, 2014

• The George Black ferry starts to slumber for the winter It takes two good pulls to get the George Black ferry out of the Yukon River.
• Dawson looks back at a good tourism year While the stories were not uniformly the same,
• Yukoners feted for strengthening community safety Justice Minister Mike Nixon presented eight Yukoners with Community Safety Awards Tuesday evening in recognition of their important role in building community safety.
• Warrant is issued for absentee accused Where is Russell Huber?
• Pity the timid who dared enter the Palace Halloween came a day early in Dawson this year,
• Proposed ORV rules changes criticized Proposed ORV rules changes criticized
• Outdoor Fun And Learning The Achievement, Challenge, Environment and Service (ACES 10) class from the Wood Street Centre
• Local areas of Alaska Highway may be double-laned The territorial government is looking into twinning sections of the Alaska Highway near Whitehorse.
• Old Log Church gains new status The Old Log Church and Rectory is officially a Municipal Historic Site.
• Investigation begins into poached bison Conservation officers are seeking the public’s assistance in the case of a bison that was poached along the Aishihik Road.
• Number of EI recipients fell, figures show In August, the preliminary number of EI beneficiaries (seasonally adjusted) receiving regular income support benefits in Yukon was 930, Statistics Canada reported recently.
• Minister shared information at women’s summit Elaine Taylor, the minister responsible for the Yukon Women’s Directorate, and several Yukon First Nations women represented the territory at the fourth National Aboriginal Women’s Summit (NAWS).
• Deathly Duds Joyce Hartling wears Jim Robb’s new glow-in-the dark T-shirt.
• Absence of pay to coroner ‘a real slap in the face’ The Department of Justice has let more than a year pass without paying an acting chief coroner for work he did during the summer of 2013.
• Saluting Women's History Education Minister Elaine Taylor, left, and Rachel Dawson unveil the Women’s History Month poster
• Retail sales continued to fall The preliminary unadjusted estimate for retail sales in the Yukon for August was $62.2 million, the territorial Bureau of Statistics reported recently.
• Ailing Carmacks mayor honoured for contributions Municipal leaders from across the territory showed just how much they appreciate the work Carmacks Mayor Elaine Wyatt
• Correction A photo caption in Thursday’s edition
• Offender’s fate to be learned Tuesday Chris Cornell will find out Tuesday afternoon
• Education official’s credentials questioned The Department of Education has taken three weeks and counting to answer queries around whether one of its top administrators is boasting questionable graduate degrees in divinity purchased from a “diploma mill.”
• Proposed ban wouldn’t go far enough: critic A ban on hunting grizzly bears in the spring along a specific network of highways is being suggested by the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board.

October 30, 2014

• ‘We make every effort to function by consensus’: chief Following the premature break-up of a general assembly last week,
• Talking Recycling Environment Yukon employee Diane Gunter explains the proposed changes
• Child Fitness Tax Credit doubled The Yukon government is increasing the maximum amount that may be claimed under the Yukon Child Fitness Tax Credit to $1,000 from $500, effective for the 2014 income tax year.
• Carving Out A Stand Renowned ‘End Polio Now’ advocate Ramesh Ferris sends out Halloween greetings.
• Rural Domestic Water Well Program will be expanded Municipalities will receive more opportunities to take part in the Rural Domestic Water Well Program.
• Important Installation Coming Next Year Mary Bradshaw, left, speaks Wednesday evening at the first community conversation about the Walking With Our Sisters commemorative art installation coming to the Kwanlun Dun Cultural Centre in April 2015.
• Leaders offer differing visions on violence, turmoil in Middle East The premier and the leader of the official Opposition have offered competing visions on how to respond to violence and turmoil in the Middle East.
• Frightful Time Looms The Heart of Riverdale Community Centre will feature a haunted house this year.
• More money added to Salvation Army expansion Within days of the Opposition and the City of Whitehorse calling for the resignation of Community Services Minister Brad Cathers
• Teachers being treated disrespectfully: critic The Yukon government is abusing Yukon temporary teachers by continuing to deny permanent job status, says NDP Education critic Jim Tredger.
• Theft at a local business totals $7,500-plus; RCMP seek man A man broke into a downtown business overnight Tuesday-Wednesday and stole $7,500 worth of goods, including power tools and work clothing.
• Council’s resolution called ‘disappointing’ by Cathers Premier Darrell Pasloski is defending Community Services Minister Brad Cathers