Whitehorse Daily Star

October 31, 2022

• Chief elected Barb Joe won the recent election for chief of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations by a margin of 170 votes.
• Carbon Price Rebate Amendments OKed Yukon businesses, municipal governments and First Nations governments will continue to benefit from the made-in-Yukon carbon pricing rebate system, the territorial government said last Monday.
• Caring For The Community 100 Women Who Care met last Wednesday evening at the Gold Rush Inn, where they raised $4,325.
• COVID picture remains stable The Yukon’s COVID picture ended last week with Old Crow and Tagish joining Carmacks with one active officially-reported COVID case in each community.
• Denouncing Brutality A rally to promote solidarity with the people of Iran took place at noon Saturday at Shipyards Park.
• Hallowe’en activities around the town Photo Spread
• Food donated to elders in long-term care Two moose and three caribou have been donated to elders in four long-term care homes in the territory by local Yukon outfitters, Yukon Stone Outfitters and Mervyn’s Yukon Outfitting.
• Public hearing into OCP is postponed City council voted unanimously at a special council meeting Friday morning to put off for two weeks the second public hearing into the proposed Official Community Plan (OCP) renewal.
• MD positions unfilled for new health centre The Yukon’s minister of Health and Social Services was grilled about the Centre de Santé Constellation Health Centre during question period last Thursday.
• ‘Be patient with the cutters,’ wood buyers urged The Yukon’s non-ruling political parties are wondering how a territory seemingly full of timber is coming up short on firewood to heat homes this winter.

October 28, 2022

• Esteemed Dawson City elders celebrate 64 years of marriage Dozens of citizens gathered at Äłät Nëhëjël (TH Community Hall) last Saturday evening to celebrate the 64th wedding anniversary of Mabel and Percy Henry.
• Spaced out at the Heart Photo Spread
• Local housing woes have a long history Ed. note: this is republished from the book ‘Squatters of Downtown Whitehorse’ by local historian Pat Ellis.
• School boards plan elections for trustees Revised - The Yukon’s two school boards will hold general elections on Nov. 7 to elect school board trustees.
• YP dissents as higher GHG reduction target passed The Yukon Party has been outvoted in what it calls its bid to create greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets that are more viable than the Liberal government’s goal.
• Anti-Stevens Quarry petition aiming for 10,000 signatories As of today, 9,265 people had signed a petition opposing the development of the Stevens Quarry in the heart of the Takhini River Valley.
• Whitehorse artist Jim Robb created this ink and water colour sketch .
• YG to fund ‘sustainable tourism development’ The Department of Tourism and Culture has created an annual $1-million fund to support community projects that focus on “sustainable tourism development.”
• Temporary housing possible: society The Safe at Home Society said today it’s looking to begin renovating the former Coast High Country Inn next spring.
• Capital, Carmacks have COVID cases The Yukon’s COVID-19 numbers for Wednesday and Thursday saw Whitehorse and Carmacks as the only communities reporting active cases.
• Gold price continues its decline The price of gold has fallen steadily since it peaked last winter.
• ‘Lost cache’ found on glacier after 85 years A historic cache of camera equipment and mountaineering gear, abandoned by legendary mountaineers Bradford Washburn and Robert Bates in 1937, has been discovered in Kluane.
• Average Granger home sold for $810,000 The price of housing continues to escalate in Whitehorse, according to the quarterly housing report published this week by the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.

October 27, 2022

• New incentive unveiled for commercial timber harvesting businesses The Yukon government is launching a new incentive program offering financial assistance to commercial timber harvesters.
• Money Goes To Good Cause Kylie Campbell-Clarke was featuring her recently published book,
• Recycling Summit to be held in Whitehorse The Yukon government and the City of Whitehorse will co-host a Recycling Summit Nov. 1-3.
• Northwestel launches home Internet plans with speeds of 500 Mbps Northwestel Inc. has launched what it calls the North’s fastest home Internet plans, available in 20 communities in the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
• ‘It’s another project with another blown timeline’ The former Coast High Country Inn in downtown Whitehorse was supposed to be converted into supportive housing by this fall, but word of delays and rising costs have the Yukon’s opposition asking whether that’s still possible.
• Local advocate receives award Chris Spencer is the recipient of the Council of the Federation Award for Innovation in Mental Health and Addictions Care in the Yukon.