Whitehorse Daily Star

September 19, 2014

• Health Canada’s payments to First Nation queried The former executive director of the Liard First Nation (LFN) has called out the federal government
• Dancing For A Cause Dancers
• Public lecture planned Dr. Ryan Meili, author of A Healthy Society and founding director of Upstream:
• Future Routes Photo Spread
• Number of beneficiaries dropped in past year: stats The preliminary number of Employment Insurance (EI)
• White Ribbon Yukon to unveil plans Sunday White Ribbon Yukon will be holding a fall barbecue Sunday afternoon to unveil its new strategic plan and talk to Yukoners about its
• An Autumn Ritual Teslin resident Margaret Garolitz
• YuKonstruct officially opens new premises YuKonstruct, the Yukon’s Makerspace, officially opened its doors to the public Tuesday evening.
• Teen charged in car rollover A 16-year-old passenger in a car that rolled over on Grey Mountain Road earlier this month
• Teen charged with arson after fire destroys car downtown Teen charged with arson after fire destroys car downtown
• Working group unveiled at sold-out women’s gathering Several government departments have formed a three-year working group focusing on violence prevention in the territory,
• Performing This Weekend Through the Gaze of a Navel
• City spending $90,000 to accommodate one of its employees The city will spend $90,000 to accommodate one of its workers who could not continue working in a previous position.
• Second nurse practitioner arrives The Yukon’s second nurse practitioner began working in the territory earlier this month.
• Ross River trial ends after 11 days Federal lawyer Suzanne Duncan was continuing her closing arguments this morning in the lawsuit against Canada by the Ross River Dena Council.
• Couple sails from Lake Laberge to Bering Sea For 64 days, Mario and Ramona Goldstein lived on the Yukon River.
• Telegraph office will receive funding Once a hub for Yukoners looking to reach out to family and friends Outside,
• Minto Mine may receive water licence amendment It’s possible for the Minto Mine to have an amendment to its water licence by the end of the year, says the director of the Yukon Water Board.
• Government announces $6.3 million for research centre The Yukon government will provide $6.3 million to support the continuation and extension of the Yukon Research Centre’s activities.
• Sixty people applied for 19 remote lots More than 60 applications came in for 19 remote access lots being opened in the Carcross and Tagish areas.
• Nursing mainstay retires after 35 years in health care For 35 years, Val Pike has focused her career on improving health care for Yukoners.
• Cocaine ‘insidious, ruins lives, and kills people’ A B.C. man who pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine told a territorial court judge that during the four months he’s spent in custody awaiting sentencing, he’s become a changed man.

September 18, 2014

• Relationships matter, circle stresses This fall, the Yukon Circle of Change is bringing a brand new Be the Change workshop to Whitehorse.
• Proven leaders mentor up-and-coming leaders Two Yukon-bred leaders — one young, another older —
• Still Summer Local musician Howard Chymy
• Gratitude expressed for donated firefighter statue The Whitehorse waterfront has a new resident.
• Request to court lacks foundation: lawyer The Ross River Dena Council is asking the Yukon Supreme Court to make a case out of something that doesn’t exist, says federal lawyer Suzanne Duncan.
• Suspicious blaze ‘concerning,’ declares fire platoon chief A car was destroyed in an early-morning fire downtown.
• MP has suspicions about NDP’s motives Yukon NDP Leader Liz Hanson has challenged the Senate to hold public hearings in the Yukon

September 17, 2014

• Sparse attendance interpreted as vote of confidence What can you assume if you hold an annual general meeting in a town where such meetings have not always been pleasant and no one shows up?
• Seniors Reminisce Bruce Coughlin
• Poverty expert to give presentation this evening It’s important for people “to go behind the headlines” when when they consider poverty, says Geoff Bateson.
• Heading For Winter Hibernation The Whitehorse Waterfront Trolley
• Historic parliamentary vow still stands, court told The case for the Ross River Dena Council and its lawsuit against the federal government is not a difficult one,
• Browsing Bruins These two fat, shiny bears, a mother and cub,
• Energy-efficient buildings committee created The Yukon government has established an advisory committee to provide recommendations on the potential application of new energy efficiency standards in the National Building Code (NBC).
• City council turns down caretaker suite proposal Northern Cross Minerals will have to draw up new plans for their property on Titanium Way.
• Bear wounded at Lake Laberge not yet found Conservation officers still have not located a wounded grizzly north of Whitehorse, despite ramping up search efforts.
• Layoffs disappoint premier, EMR minister Another 50 Pelly Construction employees are being laid off at the Minto Mine, the mine announced this morning.