Whitehorse Daily Star

October 29, 2014

• Planning to start on Education reserve plan Planning for the creation of a master plan for the Education reserve in Riverdale (Reserve 850103) will begin early next month.
• Local filmmaker is crowdfunding for documentary Yukon filmmaker Max Fraser is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo so he can complete his latest documentary, Bond of Strangers – Going The Distance For Remembrance.
• Emergency medical responders showcased skills Community-based emergency medical responders rose to the challenge as they competed in the annual Yukon Emergency Medical Services’ (EMS) skills competition last weekend.
• Dawson ferry scheduled to be pulled today The season for the George Black ferry (above) ended at noon today, and the boat could be out of the water by day’s end.
• Premier quizzed on call for Cathers’ shuffle Neither Premier Darrell Pasloski nor cabinet minister Brad Cathers has addressed the media about Whitehorse city council’s resolution calling for Cathers’ removal from the Community Services and Yukon Housing Corp. portfolios.
• ‘Largest’ petition in Yukon history to be tabled in house A petition many months in the making – containing 6,500-plus signatures – will be delivered to the Yukon legislature next week, says Yukoners Concerned about Oil and Gas.
• Council OKs incentive for Porter Creek development A local developer is expected to see property tax rebates for a full decade after city council approved a major development incentive for Christina Zahar.
• B.C. man charged following collision on Fourth Avenue A 51-year-old B.C. man has been charged with impaired driving following a collision on Fourth Avenue late Tuesday afternoon.
• Probe into August collision ‘ongoing’ The investigation into a fatal crash in Whitehorse last summer is still ongoing, according to RCMP.
• Accused is still seeking a lawyer The man charged with second-degree murder in connection with a stabbing last summer in Whitehorse does not yet have a lawyer.
• Show leadership on recycling: Silver to gov’t. Liberal Leader Sandy Silver blasted Community Services Minister Brad Cathers in the legislature Tuesday for scant progress on the Yukon recycling front.
• Company eyes restart of natural gas production Plans are underway to restart the production of natural gas in southeast Yukon.
• Crown, defence agree on long-term offender status for Cornell Crown and defence lawyers agreed today on a sentence for Christopher Cornell,

October 28, 2014

• Society to host public meeting on recycling The Raven Recycling Socety’s executive director is hopeful a meeting tonight will help inform people about what to seek from the Yukon government as it considers changing regulations around refundable recyclables.
• Frightful Time Looms The Heart of Riverdale Community Centre will feature a haunted house this year.
• Territory helps Ebola battle The Yukon government is making a $25,000 donation to the Red Cross West Africa Ebola Fund to help mitigate the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.
• Spooky Goings On Ghouls invaded the Canada Games Centre
• Residents lost power yet again A faulty connection on a power pole caused a power outage to approximately 40 Porter Creek customers at around midnight last night.
• First Poppy Presented Commissioner Doug Phillips receives the first poppy Monday during a ceremony by city hall.
• Families look to break from First Nation amid acrimony Several families are looking to separate from the Ta’an Kwach’an First Nation (TKFN) after a general assembly went sour and what some describe as years of political gridlock and bad blood.
• Party promises thrills and chills The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Society,
• Haines Junction staff move a step closer to unionizing It will take some time before the 18 Village of Haines Junction employees have a collective agreement in place,
• Another $21.4 million tacked onto the budget The Yukon government’s $21.4-million supplementary budget received second reading in the legislature Monday afternoon,
• ‘We feel shaken to the core,’ Curtis says Whitehorse city council is calling for the removal of cabinet minister Brad Cathers from his role as minister of Community Services and minister responsible for the Yukon Housing Corp.

October 27, 2014

• Tourism operators review the summer season A slow start to the tourism season was offset by a busy end to it, particularly in the meetings and conference categories,
• Standing Guard Chris Cassia, a corporal with the Canadian Rangers in Carcross, voluntarily stands guard Saturday afternoon at the Whitehorse cenotaph.
• Varietease will turn up the heat Tuesday evening The sultry seduction of Varietease is back, and truer than ever to its erotic form.
• Latest outage saw 2,000 customers lose their power Another animal that came into contact with the substation in Whistle Bend once again knocked out power Saturday night in the city’s northern subdivisions.
• Arrest follows home invasion Pelly Crossing RCMP have arrested a 16-year-old in connection with a home invasion last Thursday night.
• A Spooky Saturday The Canada Games Centre was full of ghouls at the Halloween Spooktacular Saturday.
• Grant plan is ‘a cut to benefits for seniors’: critic Jan Stick, the NDP’s health critic,
• Judge hears final submissions in Peel case Justice Ron Veale has reserved his decision in the lawsuit over the future of the Peel River watershed.
• Lost hiker found on Golden Horn Mountain A young man who got lost Sunday on Golden Horn Mountain was found safe by police and treated for exposure and dehydration.
• Air North flight attendants accept first contract Air North flight attendants have voted to ratify their first contract.