Woman faces murder charge

holy crap!!

Welcome to the big city and all the issues that come with development and more people.

Unfortunately the young woman who was killed was from the Yukon and so is her killer.  This is not a result of development this is the effects of the epidemic drug abuse in our city.

Many of our youth are suffering from traumatic stress disorder caused by years of neglect, and other traumatic events in their lives and they are raging. 

Rage Kills.

this is really sad

I think they should start putting up cameras by the river is where most of these crimes are taken place by the bars..this is a very sad situation 2 young ladies have now lost their lives(as in one is now deseased over this and one is now in jail for hopefully many years due to..well im asssuming this had to be drug related.I remember when i was growing up in Whitehorse there wasnt a worry in the world.Our once peacefull City is turning into a place where u cant even feel safe walkin down the street,nowadays we got all these drug dealers targeting all our First Nations people.They(Police) need to start doing something about this perhaps its not their kids thats why they dont care.Miss Alicia needs many years behind bars to ask for FORGIVNESS

THIS IS VERY BAD BUT I GUESS IT MUST BE PART OF THE GROWING PAINS IN SOCIETY.  THAT IS TWO LIVES LOST…

I DON’T KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES NOR PROBABLY WILL NEVER KNOW.  TWO FAMILIES LOOSES THEIR CHILDREN TO CRIME. 

I SHOULD HOPE THAT THERE IS AMPLE SUPPORT FOR BOTH FAMILIES. EVERYONE NEEDS SUPPORT NOW!  THIS IS RIDICULOUS WAY TO SOLVE ISSUES. 

IT WAS NEVER MENTIONED BUT MAYBE A GUESS… WAS THERE ALCOHOL OR DRUGS INVOLVED?  MURDER IS NOT A WAY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.

oh come on now, murders do happen in the yukon from time to time. This is tragic, and it is disconcerting, but there’s no information at all to suggest that this murder is related to growth or development.

I don’t know why you are surprised.  We do lock our doors now.  We are not immune to big city crime and it’s problems.  With the drug use increasing dramatically it’s no surprise that murder was next on the list.  We are not “little old Whitehorse” anymore.  We might as well get used to it.  I think we need a bigger jail built for the inmates.  Even though they are in jail for something THEY did they don’t deserve to be packed in there.  I don’t agree with luxuries for the inmates (never have, never will) but personal space is a right every human should have.

I happen to know both of those girls. Grew up with them, and went to school with them. Both where my good friends, and we would see each other all over town. My thoughtts and prayers go out to the families. Hopefully healing and forgiveness can become of this.

I don’t think that the local development has anything to do with this murder case or the others in the recent years… The people involved are always locals.

This is likely drug & alcohol related among other things....  The saddest part is that these criminals know they can literally get away with murder.. The punishment for such crimes is wayyyy low.. and these people have too many rights & priviliges once their are locked up… WCC is known as “The Whitehorse Country Club” why not go hang out with the rest of your friends.. and not have to pay for rent & food etc.....  ?

This may not be directly related to development and yes murders do happen in the Yukon.  I am just saying that the more people come here, the more this area develops, the more people come here from cities down south, the more of this you are going to see here.  More money, more people, more drugs, more crime and all the social problems that are prevalent in cities.  Look what has happened to Calgary and Edmonton in the last 10 - 15 years.  They now have all the problems of Toronto and Vancouver.  More is not always better . . . . many of us came here to leave those city issues behind, especially the crime.

This is surprising? A woman in the Yukon facing murder charges. I thought the RCMP would give her a slap on the wrist and tell her not to do it again, oh well, she will probably get 6months probation.

Big City and development? I think time is more of a factor. In the 80s you can leave your door unlocked and wide open and B&E;’s were low, now you have to lock everything up, including your garbage as thieves will end up takin that too (personal info). Whitehorse turned into another lock the innocent citizens inside while the criminals roam free. As we all know it, the problem lies even deeper then policing.

The bottom line is: Whitehorse has already passed the “point of no return” route for crime, whats next on the list? Dawson City? I know you can leave your doors unlocked there. It doesnt take long to turn things bad in a city, but it takes even longer and maybe never for a city to have low crime.

We have a few things to look out for in this town: plastic bags and high taxes

Its not like a SimCity game where you look at crime stats and plop a police station where its red, if that was the case, this town would have more RCMP stations then Northwestel buildings, oops, lol.

I don’t think this has anything to do with the development of Whitehorse. I think it has everything to do with someone making a BAD decision. Just because more buildings are going up and more people are coming here, doesn’t change the values that Whitehorse people have.
This happened because someone was angry, on drugs, wanting drugs, wanted money or has a personal vendetta. Don’t put this on the growth of the City. Put it on the person who committed the crime and the problems they have.

p.s. I have lived here my whole life, and to this day I feel safe walking the streets of Whitehorse. People need to breath, calm down and stop being so uptight.

It is getting harder and harder in the yukon for all people in the Yukon.The abuse rate is high and nobody gives a Dam anymore about what is happening to the First Nations People in the Yukon.

They are hurting and it is tucked way down inside and it is hard when you can,t bring your head up from the pain when you deaden it with drugs and booze.

It takes over your life until there is some kind of intervention in place so the First Nation People can come up and rise above it.

abues,drugs and booze
is only the beginning becouse thats all they know to dull the pain.we need a treatment center in the yukon to help anyone who have been abused,instead of sending outside.

dee dee

You know it is sad to read some of the comments here really. There are alot of lives affected by this incident.
Addictions do play a part in this situation, yes, that is a given. What is it going to take for the government to realize that we need more that a 28 day treatment facility here....some people have years and years of issues and they are currently expected to deal with those in 28 days of treatment.

As for the jail here anyone who has spent any time there..as an inmate or staff, knows darn well that it is no country club that is for sure.I know that for sum they may come there often but it is not for free rent or food....ever tasted jail food??? or spent a night at WCC?