Whitehorse Daily Star

April 3, 2014

• Premier, health minister attending Toronto meeting Premier Darrell Pasloski and Health and Social Services Minister Doug Graham are attending today's meeting of the Health Care Innovation Working Group meeting today in Toronto.
• Musical Signs Of Spring Greg Clarkson busks Wednesday afternoon on a sunsplashed Main Street.
• Bridge building event set for Saturday Ross River's historic suspension bridge isn't the only overpass Yukoners are trying to keep afloat.
• Readying For Angling Yukon conservation officer Dave Thexton prepares ice fishing holes in Fish Lake for an ice fishing event this morning.
• Funding agreement renewed for arts centre The territorial government is renewing its three-year funding agreement with the Yukon Arts Centre Corp. to the tune of almost $2.5 million, Tourism and Culture Minister Mike Nixon announced Wednesday.
• MLAs light it up blue on World Autism Awareness Day Members of the Yukon Party caucus took part in the Light It Up Blue campaign when they wore blue on Wednesday, World Autism Awareness Day.
• MLAs come together on residential schools motion Yukon MLAs unanimously supported a motion Wednesday urging the government to make all necessary efforts to release information requested by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
• Sentencing for tire shop death to be pronounced Friday A fuel company supervisor and two local businesses were before Yukon territorial court for sentencing Wednesday following the accidental death of tire technician Denis Chabot in 2011.
• ‘The injury in this case was not trivial': judge The Yukon Supreme Court has ordered a Whitehorse man to pay $5,000 to a young woman as compensation for sexual harassment while she was his employee, ending a drawn-out case that has damaged lives and divided their community.

April 2, 2014

• Core funding issue unresolved: legal aid director Legal aid managed to cover its costs as the fiscal year ended Monday thanks to a temporary cash injection by the territorial government, but the organization has yet to receive the annual funding increase it has been requesting for the past half-decade.
• Investigative Work Continues RCMP officers continue to investigate and reconstruct the scene Monday where a pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in February on Fourth Avenue.
• Land owners can now subdivide lots Mount Lorne land owners will be able to subdivide their properties as of March 10.
• Placid Winged Wonders A lone tundra swan (third from right) was sighted last Saturday afternoon swimming amongst the trumpeters near Teslin.
• Bill assists accident victims' next-of-kin Yukoners suffering from the loss of a close family member killed in an accident could soon receive compensation for grief and lost income, bringing the territory into line with most provinces across the country.
• ‘Disbelief' greets YTG's assistance to miner Dawson's town council has approved the Yukon government's request to realign and improve a portion of the Dome Road and its intersection with Mary McLeod Road (formerly known as the Old Dome Road) during this summer's construction season.
• Practising Life-Saving Skills Whitehorse firefighters conduct river rescue training Monday
• Consultations on care facility sought The NDP is calling on the Yukon government to conduct true consultations and consider options before moving ahead with a 300-bed continuing care facility in Whitehorse.
• Funding is public safety issue: avalanche association The Yukon Avalanche Association is running out of core funding with its three-year pilot project financed by the federal government coming to an end.
• First Nation's interest in LNG project queried Questions have arisen regarding whether the Kwanlin Dun First Nation is still interested in investing in Yukon Energy's new back-up generating plant.
• Council votes to ratify union deal City workers could be seeing wage increases every six months for the next four years after council endorsed moving forward with agreements with two of its unions covering about 200 employees at a special meeting Monday night.
• Bear-human conflicts have global similarities From Japan to the Yukon and all the way to Ecuador, the conflicts between bears and people remain the same.
• Bill provides for court-ordered FASD assessments Yukon MP Ryan Leef tabled a private member's bill in the House of Commons this week which seeks to amend the Criminal Code to recognize the impacts of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

April 1, 2014

• Party floats fund-raising plans Buoyed by its successful yachting fund-raiser in Vancouver's Burrard Inlet in January, the Yukon Party is planning similar ventures in the territory, both on and off terra firma.
• Trail conditions proved perfect for DeWolfe race After last year's blistering wind and a snowstorm that blew in the trail the night before the race, this year's Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race had almost perfect conditions in both directions.
• School calendar options set for 2014 to 2016 Following consultation with its partners, the Department of Education has announced a new three-year school calendar.
• Coroner plans to contact family members soon The coroner presiding over the planned inquest into the deaths of two women who were treated at the Watson Lake hospital only signed the paperwork Monday to make his appointment official.
• Propane smell prompts emergency response Dozens of territorial government workers evacuated a building on Hospital Road after the smell of propane prompted a fire alarm pull this morning.
• Riverdale community centre welcomes funding The Yukon government is providing funding to the Heart of Riverdale Community Centre for the next three years to support the growth and development of programs which will benefit all age groups.
• Air North to be known as Epic Airlines Air North, Yukon's Airline, announced today it's rebranding, and will operate as Epic Airlines.
• City planners recommend against rezoning City planners are recommending council bring forward second reading of a bylaw which would rezone a property on 14th Avenue to allow a live-in suite, but only so the rezoning can be defeated.
• ‘We do not have to be the lemmings going over the cliff' Yukon Energy's plans for a new $42-million back-up generating plant using natural gas to power the engines was thoroughly thrashed at Monday night's public meeting.