Whitehorse Daily Star

June 27, 2022

• Help for tourism businesses extended The Yukon government has extended and made changes to the Tourism Non-Accommodation Sector Supplement (TNASS) program to provide ongoing support for the tourism sector.
• Showcasing Indigenous artists Dreaming Roots is a presentation from the Yukon First Nations Culture and Tourism Association and part of the 2022 Adäka Cultural Festival.
• Residents feel ‘blindsided’ by school’s move: MLA Proponents of keeping a downtown school in Whitehorse are still reeling from the shock of the Yukon government’s plan to close the school in favour of a new facility in Takhini.
• Greeting The Governor General .
• Eight new wildfires reported Yukon Wildland Fire Management reports eight anew fires have started across the territory in the last 48 hours.
• Sounds Of Solstice Saint-Jean Ryan McNally, Reni Dean and Ellorie McNight (left to right)
• Silver disappointed by abortion rights decision Premier Sandy Silver has expressed his disappointment with the United States Supreme Court decision overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision on abortion rights.
• Driver charged following a hit-and-run collision Thanks to information provided by the public, a Whitehorse resident has been charged related to a hit-and-run that took place last January.
• One of two missing men is found One of the missing men who vanished into the back country near Faro last October has been found.
• ‘That’s gonna be a hard one to beat’ Just after 1 p.m. Friday, Eric Braul stood on the shore of the Yukon River in Dawson, looking dazed as he soaked his sore wrists in the cold river water.

June 24, 2022

• The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated Gene Dubois
• Yukoner recognized for top skills Connor Kaszycki of Whitehorse has been awarded Yukon’s RBC Best of Region award at the 2022 Skills Canada National Competition in Vancouver.
• Hospital coping with shortage of capacity Whitehorse General Hospital is currently experiencing a shortage of capacity.
• Yukon River Quest on the river again Photo Spread
• North-central Yukon fires tracked Mike Fancie, a spokesperson for Yukon Wildland Fire Management, reports officials are tracking three new fires today.
• Classics Line Up The Father’s Day show and shine took place last Sunday at the Yukon Transportation Museum.
• Despite setbacks, most Quest teams pushed on Yukon River Quest teams were reaching Carmacks Thursday.
• Team Hatchet Lake paddling strong Team Hatchet Lake is still paddling strong in the Yukon River Quest.
• Estonian women continue the battle for first he Estonian Women’s Tandem Kayak Team 126, HUUM SAUNA Yukon Team Estonia, continue battling for first in the Yukon River Quest’s Tandem Kayak class.
• Governor General to visit Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and her husband, Whit Fraser, will be in the Yukon from Sunday to Tuesday, her office announced this morning.
• Something Else Entirely wins River Quest Team 114, Whitehorse’s Something Else Entirely, a C-4 crew, has won the 2022 Yukon River Quest.
• Direct busing changes to off-ramp: councillor The blowback from the public on the new routes and schedules for Whitehorse Transit reached city council chambers on Monday evening.
• Discovery ‘a powerful and moving experience’ In what can only be called a “mammoth” discovery, the body of a mummified baby woolly mammoth was found Tuesday in the Dawson City gold fields region.

June 23, 2022

• Classics Line Up The Father’s Day show and shine
• High waters situation remains stable There’s not much change in the flooding situation in the Yukon today.
• Youth to receive training and mentorship in STEM Five Indigenous youth, including several Yukon high school students, will receive training and mentorship in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and Indigenous-led research approaches in partnership with researchers at the YukonU Research Centre this summer.
• Fortifying The Food Bank Visiting Rotary International members on the Imagine Rotary Canada Tour are seen last Friday at the Whitehorse Food Bank.
• Minto-area fire still out of control Yukon Wildland Fire Management reports a blaze at the Minto Landing site is still causing problems.
• In Dayna's Memory Joshua Hunt, centre, and Harper, left, and Peyton Gehmair are seen last at the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada’s Brain Tumour Walk in Rotary Peace Park.
• Input sought on the regulation of geothermal resources The Yukon government is seeking public input on how geothermal resources should be regulated in the territory.
• Active second day for the Yukon River Quest It’s been an active second day for the Yukon River Quest.
• Missing men left Faro in October 2021 Yukon RCMP are searching for two men who remain missing, possibly in the Faro area.
• Liberals ‘politicizing’ top doctor job, Yukon Party says The Yukon Party is slamming the Liberal Yukon government over the appointment of the new chief medical officer of health.