Whitehorse Daily Star

October 21, 2014

• Municipal Act review’s final stage is underway The final round of public engagement is taking place on a number of proposed changes to the Municipal Act.
• Saturday Suds Cannery Brewing head brewer Ross Thompson pours a beer last Saturday afternoon at the Yukon Beer Festival.
• ‘It’s been overwhelming in a really beautiful way’ A Whitehorse courtroom filled with people, drumming and song Monday afternoon as a Taku River Tlingit woman was called to the Yukon bar.
• Proud Victor Amélie Latour (above) won the Grade 7/8 category of the Paleo Art Challenge
• New terms adopted for greenways committee New terms are in place for the city’s trail and greenways committee.
• Yukon NDP names new communications head The Yukon NDP official Opposition has recruited Mike Fancie as its new communications co-ordinator.
• Chinese firm recruited to accelerate project An international Chinese company with extensive experience in mining has been retained to advance the Carmacks Copper project, Copper North Mining has announced.
• Twenty-four-unit rental development proposed Centennial Street could soon be home to at least 24 new residents with a proposal for two dozen new rental apartments on a lot near Poplar Road.
• ‘You ain’t going nowhere,’ victim was told Two brothers have been found guilty of forcible confinement following a brief trial in a packed Whitehorse courtroom.

October 20, 2014

• Wholesale sales figures show increase for August The preliminary unadjusted estimate for wholesale sales in Yukon for August 2014 was $13.8 million.
• The future of the Palace Grand is again under discussion While two seasons of Live at the Palace Grand performances have produced a total of 33 shows over the summer seasons and sold 2,069 tickets,
• Still Reflection Snow that fell Friday evening
• NDP calls for action on inquest recommendations The Yukon NDP is calling on the Minister of Health and the Yukon Hospital Corporation to act on the four recommendations made Friday by the jury at the inquest into Mary Johnny’s death.
• Emergency services respond to call from the Family Hotel The Family Hotel was evacuated for a brief period early this morning after staff noticed an odour in the hotel.
• Experts question quality of Johnny’s care on final day of inquest Mary Johnny could have survived if she received proper care at the Watson Lake hospital,
• Clinic recommends patients look for new doctor The last remaining full-time doctor at a walk-in clinic downtown that serves about 6,000 patients per year will likely have to abandon the practice before the end of the month.
• Jury classifies Johnny’s death a homicide; hospital corp. to conduct a review Mary Johnny’s death was a homicide, a jury has ruled after a four-day inquest.
• Woman killed after grizzly attack outside her home The bear that killed 42-year-old Claudia Huber Saturday after breaking into the dining room of her and her husband’s home is being described by Environment Yukon as a “very old bear” that was in “poor condition.”

October 17, 2014

• Quebec educators study how we do it in the Yukon Students and staff from the Yukon’s rural high schools were not the only participants in last month’s Rural Experiential Model (REM) week of 10 28-hour workshops that covered a variety of subjects tangential to the regular school curriculum.
• The push to find new sites for hydro generation gearing up Charting the Yukon’s long-term energy future is underway,
• In Tune Brandon Isaak, right, and Tim Williams will be performing at the first Klondike Roots and Blues Festival tonight at the Coast High Country Inn.
• Inquiry into missing women needs to happen: panelists Inquiry into missing women needs to happen: panelists
• Feeding The Masses Sarah, left, and Saman prepare roti at Takhini Elementary School Thursday afternoon.
• Champagne Aishihik First Nations elect new chief Members of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations based in Haines Junction opted for nearly a clean sweep of chief and council in Thursday’s election.
• Gnome takes a trip, and mysteriously returns in a cab It’s not every garden gnome that gets to live the life of the Travelocity mascot.
• Yukon unemployment rate below four per cent The unemployment rate in the territory moved below four per cent in September with just 800 in the labour force being unemployed, Yukon Bureau of Statistics said this week.
• Ebola crisis prompts review of emergency procedures Health officials and border agents are preparing for the remote risk of Ebola reaching the Yukon.
• Parties prepared to return to court in lawsuit over Peel The parties in the Peel trial will be back before a Yukon Supreme Court judge next week,
• Territory’s population fluctuating The Yukon’s population shrunk slightly in the first three months of this year after it had rebounded from a fall of 500-plus residents in mid-2013, according to statistics.
• Timing of overworked doctor’s medevac call questioned As the inquest into the death of Mary Johnny continues,