GOVERNMENT LAGGING BEHIND ON RESPONSE TO MINING CONCERNS

Whitehorse:  Klondike MLA Sandy Silver used the week leading up to the 2012 Yukon Geoscience Forum to highlight several concerns the mining industry has raised with the Government of Yukon.  The Yukon Mineral Advisory Board (YMAB) provides the government with a list of priorities each year. 

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NEW PEEL PLAN OPENS MAJORITY OF REGION TO DEVELOPMENT SAYS SILVER

Whitehorse:  The new Peel Land Use Plan opens the majority of the area to development, says Interim Liberal Leader Sandy Silver.

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TEE IT UP FOR DAWSON, MR. PREMIER

Whitehorse:  It’s time for Premier Pasloski to finalize the transfer of the Top of the World Golf Course to the City of Dawson and to end the battle he started with community members, says Klondike MLA Sandy Silver.

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STUDENTS DESERVE BETTER SAYS SILVER

Whitehorse:  Students are being shortchanged by the Government of Yukon’s inability to keep promises related to the new construction of F.H. Collins School, says Klondike MLA Sandy Silver.  Students, parents and teachers were recently informed plans to deal with the extended closing of the school’s gymnasium are not in place as promised.

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SILVER WELCOMES FALL SITTING

Whitehorse:  Interim Liberal Leader Sandy Silver welcomed today’s announcement that the Yukon Legislative Assembly will reconvene on October 25. 

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