Whitehorse Daily Star

July 22, 2022

• ’Round Back with young people’s theatre The Yukon Theatre for Young People presented Forbidden (Songs from musicals we will probably never produce) at the Guild Hall ’Round Back series of performances Wednesday and Thursday.
• The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated .
• Street landscaping starts Construction to enhance the appearance of Tlingit Street began this week.
• Funds offered for First Nations to see Pope The Yukon government is offering $180,000 in funding to support eligible Yukon First Nations and transboundary Indigenous governments and groups wishing to send a delegation to attend next week’s Papal visit to Canada.
• Seize The Squeeze On Wednesday, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yukon held the Big Squeeze,
• Cultural, heritage minister meetings wrap up Tourism and Culture Minister Ranj Pillai joined federal, provincial and territorial Canadian culture and heritage ministers for their annual meeting held this year in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Council asked to OK lots phase City council is being asked to approve phase nine of the Whistle Bend subdivision development.
• En Plein Air Festival to go next week The Yukon Artists at Work Gallery will host the En Plein Air Festival 2022 all along the Yukon River waterfront in Whitehorse next week.
• First Nations changing the narrative: grand chief When you talk to Grand Chief Peter Johnston, he uses the words collaboration, support, helping others.
• New map sheds more light on fire situation This month’s period of unprecedented extreme wildfire activity underscored the need for public fire information that’s readily accessible to Yukoners in real-time, the territorial government said Wednesday.
• New affordable housing complex opens Construction has been completed on 45 new affordable rental homes for Whitehorse residents living with disabilities and at risk of homelessness or in need of safe housing.
• Man is facing 10 charges A Whitehorse man is facing charges after RCMP officers seized a loaded handgun during an arrest in Porter Creek on July 9, police said Thursday afternoon.
• Cannabis retail shop pursued Two local entrepreneurs are seeking a zoning amendment to allow them to open a cannabis retail shop across Second Avenue from Shipyards Park.
• Missing paperwork scrambles ferry schedule The George Black ferry was slated to be back in regular service today after this week’s disruptions, according to the Department of Highways and Public Works.

July 21, 2022

• AYC community tours continue Ted Laking, the newly elected president of the Association of Yukon Communities (AYC), has been making rounds across the Yukon over the last several weeks.
• City seeking input on snow and ice control How do you think the city’s Snow and Ice Control Program could be improved?
• Wickstrom Road set for bitumen surface treatment The city has advised that Wickstrom Road will be improved through its Rural Roads Surfacing program.
• Wildfire situation has improved The wildfire situation in the Yukon is continuing on a low simmer thanks to changes in the weather.
• Reason for ferry service reduction is unclear The Yukon government is remaining tight-lipped as to why the George Black ferry in Dawson City unexpectedly reduced service Wednesday evening.
• Premier drinks 100,000th sourtoe cocktail The Downtown Hotel in Dawson City served the milestone 100,000th sourtoe cocktail to Premier Sandy Silver on Tuesday evening
• Bennett in territory to announce anti-violence funding The federal government is providing $1.18 million to the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) to develop a program aimed at preventing and addressing family violence in the territory.

July 20, 2022

• Drama On The Highway Emergency crews were summoned to this single-vehicle collision on the Alaska Highway by the Pioneer RV Park in Whitehorse at about 5 p.m. Tuesday.
• Daisy Mason Wellness Fund recipient unveiled Commissioner Angélique Bernard, on behalf of the Daisy Mason Wellness Fund Advisory Committee, presented this year’s award to Nyla Klugie-Migwans on June 24.
• Jagmeet Singh well-received in Yukon Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh visited the Yukon over the past number of days.
• Search ends with sad conclusion The search for a missing man in the Faro region has come to a tragic but not unexpected conclusion.
• Territorial dental plan to take effect in December: report With the Confidence and Supply Agreement (CASA) hitting its first anniversary in April,
• Ex-councillor dies at 79 Former city councillor Dave Austin died of a neurological disease on July 11 at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.
• ‘Incredible reception in the Yukon’: Singh As he continues his first-ever tour of the Yukon and Northwest Territories, federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he wouldn’t be reluctant to pull out of the confidence and supply agreement keeping the federal Liberals in power if he was convinced it wouldn’t work.