Whitehorse Daily Star

September 24, 2014

• Yukoner will work with U.S. campaign officials Next week, an organizer from Whitehorse is heading to Chicago
• Proposed changes spur sharp disagreements The minister of Aboriginal Affairs told a Senate committee last week that proposed changes to environmental legislation impacting the territory empower Yukoners and in no way violate the land claim Umbrella Final Agreement.
• Savouring Nature Mary Whitley
• Accused killer is seeking lawyer Accused murderer Michael MacPherson appeared briefly in Yukon Supreme Court Tuesday afternoon.
• Enjoying The New Digs Volunteers and staff showed off the new Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous office
• Youth ambassador named to climate conference A youth ambassador will again join the Yukon government delegation to the annual United Nations conference on climate change to be held in Peru this fall.
• Uncle’s sex assault trial wraps up Lawyers made their closing arguments Monday afternoon in a sexual assault trial that began earlier this month.
• Premier raises Minto Mine layoffs at hearing Senators questioned Premier Darrell Pasloski in Ottawa Tuesday
• City staff recommend expediting church’s plan City staff are recommending council move ahead with rezoning in Porter Creek that would allow for two new residential properties.
• Damaged water main washes out college classes Yukon College’s Ayamdigut campus in Whitehorse shut down and its main building was evacuated because of a water main break this morning.

September 23, 2014

• Leave Town By Sundown Two conservation officers
• Premier presents to Senate committee Premier Darrell Pasloski was slated to attend a session of the Senate Standing Senate Committee on Energy,
• A Day Of Pride Education Minister Elaine Taylor (second from left) is seen at a celebration Saturday with graduates of the Ready-to-Work program offered by the Yukon Tourism Education Council.
• Rural students studying experiential model Yukon students in Grades 10 to 12 from eight schools are in Dawson City for a Northern Rural Experiential Model (REM).
• ‘This week is a critical week,’ anti-frackers told Protesters arguing against permitting hydraulic fracturing in the territory took the opportunity to advertise events happening this week when they staged another demonstration early Monday afternoon.
• Mayor raps government over housing cancellation Two resolutions adopted by the Association of Yukon Communities (AYC)
• Grizzly’s death was preventable: WildWise Yukon A grizzly bear that broke into a chicken coop in the Ibex Valley and accessed chicken and dog food has been put down by conservation officers.
• ‘The offence before me is a really serious one’ A 30-year-old man tried unsuccessfully to bargain with a territorial court judge over his sentence for robbery on Monday.

September 22, 2014

• First Nation running solid waste facility The Vuntut Gwitchin government is now managing and operating the solid waste facility in Old Crow.
• Volunteer Beautification Michael Bendall and Dorothy Bradley
• Fracking hearings are scheduled for this week The Select Committee Regarding the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing
• CD Release Set Barb Chamberlin and Terry Robb rehearse for the release of Chamberlinsʼ CD Boomerang Girl,
• City opts to put off changes to grants It will take another more than two months for council to decide how grants will be doled out to local organizations in the coming years.
• Rain, speed trigger downtown median mishap A young pickup truck driver took a turn too quickly on Saturday and lost control of his vehicle, driving over a median downtown.
• Recycling charges may be on the rise The Yukon government is seeking public comments on its plans to modernize the recycling regulations to meet communities’ current and future needs.
• Driver had to be extricated from wreckage of pickup truck A truck hit and snapped a hydro pole in Takhini early Saturday morning, knocking out power in the immediate area.
• RCMP detachment commanders are named for two communities Beaver Creek and Haines Junction have new RCMP detachment commanders.
• AFN joins call for Senate public hearings The Assembly of First Nations’ (AFN’s) regional chief has come out strongly against proposed changes to federal laws that govern environmental assessments in the territory.
• Mine tailings project ‘is not looking good’ New uncertainty is looming over the proposal to recover iron-ore from 10 million tonnes of old tailings at the former Whitehorse Copper mine.