Whitehorse Daily Star

July 27, 2022

• En Plein Air along the waterfront Yukon Artists at Work is presenting the 2022 En Plein Air Festival.
• Official in line to become city manager Pending third and final reading of the required bylaw, Jeff O’Farrell will become the new city manager for Whitehorse.
• Testing centre modifies its hours As the Yukon transitions to handling COVID-19 like other respiratory illnesses,
• Traffic measures sought Whistle Bend residents are calling upon the city to install traffic calming measures on Skookum Drive for the sake of public safety.
• Mayor offers remarks about Pope’s tour, reconciliation It’s everybody’s responsibility to advance reconciliation with First Nations, Mayor Laura Cabott said in her closing comments at Monday’s city council meeting.
• Hussen praises local, Dawson housing projects The near-completion of 20 new affordable homes in Whitehorse and more units in Dawson City were celebrated Monday in the capital in the presence of a federal cabinet minister.
• Costs will rise as drug trade grows: report Illicit drugs, overwhelmingly provided by five organized crime networks, are estimated to have cost the Yukon $113 million in 2021, says a report released Tuesday afternoon. That estimate could total $127 million by the end of 2023.

July 26, 2022

• New SS Klondike National Historic Site management plan launched A new management plan for SS Klondike National Historic Site was recently finalized, Parks Canada said today.
• YG shares update on Safer Schools Action Plan The Yukon government is sharing a progress update on work completed since February as part of its Safer Schools Action Plan.
• Extra spending approved for landslide repairs, berm City council has approved an additional $2.3 million in this year’s capital budget to cover the cost of emergency repairs to the escarpment due to mudslide damage.
• Ross River Dena Council seeks judicial review of mine project The Ross River Dena Council (RRDC), on its own behalf and on behalf of the Kaska Nation, has filed an application in Federal Court for a judicial review of a decision involving a major mining proposal. The filing was made July 15.
• Delegates resoundingly resolve to protect the Porcupine caribou Delegates of the Gwich’in Nation from Alaska and Canada met in Old Crow on July 19, the first full day of the 2022 Gwich’in Gathering.

July 25, 2022

• Management plan signed for historic site The Yukon government and the Carcross/Tagish First Nation (CTFN) signed a management plan for the Tséi Zhéłe/Sinwaa Éex’i Yé/Conrad Historic Site last Wednesday.
• Annual Summer Gun and Hobby show The annual gun show took place Saturday in Whitehorse.
• Council concerned about communications failures The recent losses of Internet and telephone service in Dawson were the subject of some discussion at last Wednesday’s committee of the whole municipal council meeting.
• Mudslides were an expensive proposition for city taxpayers City council is being asked to amend this year’s capital budget by $2.3 million to cover the cost of dealing with the escarpment mudslides of the past spring.
• Late Councillor Gerry Thick, the community leader and former city councillor who died earlier this year, was remembered for his contributions to sports on Saturday at the Pepsi Softball Centre.
• Road work starts The first phase of construction to improve the surface of Two Mile Hill began today.
• Hanley has COVID-19 Yukon MP Brendan Hanley tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.
• Parties at odds over opioids crisis The Yukon Party and the territorial government are butting heads over the opioids crisis.
• Details scarce on monkeypox case The first case of monkeypox was confirmed in the territory last Thursday.