Whitehorse Daily Star

January 24, 2023

• Watson Lake celebrates new municipal services building A new municipal services building in Watson Lake houses the town’s fire hall, public works department and training facility.
• Lake Laberge declared a top ice fishing destination FishingBooker, the largest online platform for finding and booking fishing trips in the world, has released its 2023 list of Canada’s best ice fishing destinations – and it includes Lake Laberge.
• Life remains unaffordable under Liberals, Yukon Party says Recent data from the Yukon Bureau of Statistics confirm the territorial Liberals’ response to rising everyday costs is failing, the Yukon Party said Monday.
• Yukon NDP condemns Liberals’ decision to cancel meal program The Yukon NDP is condemning the Liberal government’s decision to “quietly end” an essential public meal program that provided dinner service at the Family Hotel to Yukoners in need.
• Search warrant execution was safely concluded: RCMP An RCMP operation that attracted considerable public attention in Riverdale last Friday ended safely, police said Monday afternoon.

January 23, 2023

• Chinese community welcomes the Year of the Rabbit The Year of the Rabbit was rung in at the Chinese Canadian Association of Yukon’s 10th annual celebration at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.
• A Special Day .
• Mining issues abound for Pillai: Yukon Party Premier Ranj Pillai has several issues to deal with on the mining file as he attends his first Association for Mineral Exploration BC Roundup in the top job, the Yukon Party says.
• Bill needs changes, Pillai agrees Premier Ranj Pillai has vowed to “defend the interests of the Yukon” with regard to Bill C-21.
• It’s been a learning experience, minister says Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he’s learned a lot from talks with Yukon gun owners last week,
• MInister gets an earful on Bill C-21 Yukon gun owners told Canada’s Public Safety minister last Thursday that the federal government’s gun control bill goes too far.

January 20, 2023

• Intersection Tangle Emergency responders work at the scene of this two-vehicle collision which occurred at the corner of Black Street and Second Avenue at about 11 a.m. Wednesday.
• Dawson school intermediate unit annex opens Robert Service School finally has a replacement for the aging and unsafe portable classrooms that were brought in during the mid-1990s to expand the classrooms that were not built to follow the recommendations of the 1987-88 building committee.
• Officers Execute Search Warrent RCMP officers are shown on Lewes Boulevard this morning.
• App to help foil workplace violence 
 The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board (WSCB) is launching a new app to help employers and workers fulfill their obligation to improve workplace safety.
• YG housing project opens without move-in date After multiple delays, the government says a new social housing project in downtown Whitehorse is officially open, though it also says more work needs to be done and a move-in date hasn’t been set.
• Connecting With Yukoners The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition hosted another Whitehorse Connects on Tuesday at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.
• Yukoners to take humanitarian aid to Ukraine A small group of Yukoners are putting together final plans to deliver a tonne of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
• Town square idea to get further study City council has passed a motion by Coun. Ted Laking to look at closing a portion of Main Street in the summer months to create a town square for pedestrian use only.
• Stevens area takes step back from quarrying site It’s looking like the Stevens area at the northwest tip of the city boundaries will be taken off the table as a future gravel quarry.
• Money for anti-crime initiatives ‘huge’: Cabott The City of Whitehorse is getting almost $1 million from the federal government to spend on programs that will keep young people out of crime.