Whitehorse Daily Star

August 1, 2022

• Moosehide Gathering returns after COVID cancellations There would have been a 15th biennial Moosehide Gathering in 2020, but COVID-19 made it necessary to cancel the event that year.
• Lease plan with Whistle Bend garden society is progressing City council has approved first and second readings of the bylaw required to enter into a lease arrangement with the Whistle Bend Community Garden Society.
• Pillai met with fellow immigration ministers Economic Development Minister Ranj Pillai joined his counterparts from across Canada at the Forum of Ministers Responsible for Immigration in Saint John, N.B. last Thursday.
• Panel includes Yukon University educator The Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) has formed an expert panel to identify the key foundational elements required to create “an inclusive, collaborative, effective, and world-class Arctic and Northern science system.”
• Reinstate doctor recruitment post, YP urges The Yukon Party is renewing its calls – yet again – for the territorial government to reinstate the physician recruitment position.

July 29, 2022

• The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated .
• Moose likely affected by hormone imbalance The Department of Environment is aware of a male moose in the Southern Lakes region with abnormalities on the legs and antlers, says a communications officer.
• Artists abound at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre There is lots going on at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.
• COVID-19 numbers on the rise again Like in many other parts of Canada, new COVID-19 cases in the Yukon are on the upswing this week, government data reveal.
• Water, wastewater operator training bolstered Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and Yukon University have announced a new program delivery model to enhance water and wastewater operator training and support in the region.
• Award Winner Performs Canadian jazz vocalist Caity Gyorgy,
• Wildfires challenge has cooled down considerably There have been no new forest fires in the Yukon as of Wednesday afternoon, said the latest wildland fire activity report.
• New partnership involves medevac service delivery A newly founded partnership, the Yukon First Nations Air Leasing Limited Partnership, was announced Tuesday.
• Missing travellers found An Alberta couple reported missing this week after being in the Yukon have been found, Whitehorse RCMP said late this morning.
• Housing plan spurs concerns about preserving green space Nobody appeared before city council at Monday’s public hearing into a proposed zoning amendment for a piece of land owned by the Kwanlin Dün First Nation.

July 28, 2022

• Zoning amendment for cannabis store advances Council has approved first reading of a zoning amendment to allow for a new cannabis retail store off Second Avenue, across from Shipyards Park.
• Truck fire prompted highway’s closure A serious fire involving an empty flat-deck trailer truck unit late Tuesday afternoon closed the North Klondike Highway a kilometre south of Braeburn for more than two hours.
• Governments launch Yukon menstrual equity plan The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN), Indigenous Services Canada and the territorial government are working together to address menstrual equity in Yukon.
• Generating station signing ceremony What are being described as historic new agreements for a collaborative approach to operating the Aishihik Generating Station were signed last Thursday.
• Premier attended Pacific Northwest Economic Region summit Premier Sandy Silver attended the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) annual summit in Calgary this week.