Whitehorse Daily Star

July 11, 2022

• Dummy redirects beavers Like a scarecrow in a cornfield keeping the ravens away, there stands a dressed-up mannequin next to a pond north of Crestview to serve as a beaver deterrent.
• Outlook dismal for chinook, chum It’s looking like another year of poor returns for Yukon River chinook and chum salmon, as they have been in the last several years.
• Record number of hectares burned Over the past week, firefighters and support staff from British Columbia have been imported to the Yukon to assist Wildland Fire Management.
• Bear tranquilized, relocated A banded bear was shot with a tranquilizer gun by a territorial conservation officer on Ketza Road in Riverdale on Saturday afternoon.
• Council scheduled to vote on housing committee makeup Following the application process, city administration is recommending council appoint eight members to sit on the housing and land development advisory committee.
• Yukon Party slams lot delays; gov’t. cites a reporting error The Yukon Party is once again attacking the Liberal government on what it calls another failure to meet a deadline for a project.
• Silver joins fellow premiers Premier Sandy Silver is attending the Council of the Federation meeting today and Tuesday in Victoria.
• Staffing issues see hospitals compelled to curtail services Personnel problems at territorial hospitals are forcing a reduction of services – and the problems could last for the rest of the summer.
• New fire begins on east side of Tagish Lake The fire situation in the Yukon continued to be dire over the weekend.

July 8, 2022

• It was Millar time at goldpanning time It was veterans’ day at last Saturday’s Yukon Goldpanning Championships at the Waterfront Park, as the top three spots were all captured by people who have won the trophy before.
• Adäka festival celebrates 10 years of showcasing culture The 10th annual Adäka Cultural Festival wrapped up Tuesday with Dà Ze Tsàn (From Our Hearts) Fashion Show.
• The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated .
• Nominations open for literacy award The nomination period is now open for the 2022 Council of the Federation Literacy Award.
• Yukoners celebrating three lottery windfalls When Michael Wasylyk saw that there was a Maxmillions winner in the Yukon, he picked up his phone and started scanning his tickets using the Lotto Spot! App.
• Second COVID-19 booster eligibility extended The territorial government is expanding the eligibility for second boosters to Yukoners who are 18 years of age and older.
• Another day, another service outage Yet another major outage – this time for Interac transactions – has hit the Yukon, only two days after a massive, prolonged Internet service disruption.
• Store set to reopen after ‘a long haul’ The Riverdale Super A is poised to re-open after a closure of more than a year.
• Correction Our June 30 edition incorrectly identified Castle Rock Enterpises as the company that purchased land to be used as a gravel pit near Ear Lake. In fact, the company is General Enterprises. The Star apologizes for the error.
• Territory’s first midwifery clinic opens The Yukon’s first midwifery program began seeing clients Thursday.
• ‘Extraordinary’ lightning has set Yukon ablaze The fire situation in the Yukon is starting to settle down after a week of frantic activity.
• Think again about travel: YG The Yukon government is asking people to re-think any travel plans they might have.

July 7, 2022

• Two roads to receive improvements Whitehorse residents are advised the first phase of the 2022 Rural Roads Surfacing program will begin on Saturday.
• Program for the arts introduced Ranj Pillai, one of the busiest ministers in the Yukon government, introduced a new program for the arts on Tuesday afternoon.
• University appoints vice-president Finance and Administration and CFO Peter Deegan is Yukon University’s new vice-president Finance and Administration and chief financial officer.
• Loader’s cost higher than anticipated City council is being asked to increase the budget for an loader by $120,000.
• Business organization slams government’s economic policies Another business organization is raising concerns with what the Yukon Party calls the failure of the territorial government’s economic management.
• ‘Significant land erosion’ triggered latest Internet outage Northwestel Inc. officials are remaining very tight-lipped over Wednesday’s massive Internet failure that left customers all over the Yukon without service for most of the day and evening.
• ‘Extraordinary’ lightning strikes volume ignites a fiery summer What’s being called an “extraordinary” number of lightning strikes is leading to an almost-unprecedented number of wildfires around the territory.