Whitehorse Daily Star

October 4, 2022

• RCMP seeking public assistance in identifying theft, vandalism suspects RCMP seeking public assistance in identifying theft, vandalism suspects
• Maegan Garrett exhibit opens today at the Hilltop Bistro An exhibit of paintings by Yukon artist Maegan Garrett celebrates the beauty of the written word.
• Sailing society loses its bid to be heard at council City council has turned down a request by the Yukon Sea Breeze Society to hear its application for a second time to expand its operation on the east shore of Schwatka Lake.
• Premier told to clarify leadership rules for ministers The leaders of the Yukon Party and the NDP are calling on Premier Sandy Silver to set out clear rules for cabinet ministers planning to seek the Liberal leadership.
• Every Child Matters flag hoisted at police detachment To mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation last Friday, Whitehorse RCMP hoisted an orange Every Child Matters flag in front of their detachment on  Fourth Avenue.
• Government advances new recreation centre in Dawson Plans for a new, long-awaited $60-million recreation centre in Dawson City are well underway.

October 3, 2022

• Leaders praise innovative crosswalk The Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN), Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN), and the City of Whitehorse formally acknowledged the city’s new Every Child Matters crosswalks on Friday.
• Book launched in town where it was born On the evening of Sept. 25, about two dozen folks were treated to a “soft launch”, or Dawson launch, of Yukon Story Laureate Michael Gates’ latest book, Hollywood in the Klondike.
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Orange Shirt Day held The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day Friday was Canada’s second annual commemoration of the day,
• Fire sees building evacuated as cause remains unknown The Whitehorse Fire Department responded Sunday evening to a roof fire at a four-storey apartment building on Main Street near Sixth Avenue.
• Make Truth, Reconciliation Day a stat holiday: NDP The NDP wants National Truth and Reconciliation Day to be a Yukon statutory holiday.
• Whitehorse hospital still at red status The Yukon Hospital Corp. reported today that Whitehorse General Hospital and its intensive care unit remain at the red status for available inpatient beds.
• Major Housing Summit to begin tomorrow The Yukon government will host the Housing Summit 2022 in collaboration with community housing partners on Oct. 4.
• New poll has Liberals in third place A new poll conducted by the largest Canadian-owned market research and analytics company has the governing territorial Liberals trailing well back of the front running Yukon Party.

September 30, 2022

• Autism Yukon plans new program Autism Yukon seeking neurodiverse youth and families to participate in Launch into Life program.
• Yukon wages in third place July’s average weekly earnings figure for the Yukon ($1,1339.21) was the third-highest in Canada, report data released Thursday.
• Living Donation Week observed Mayor Laura Cabott proclaimed Living Donation Week in Whitehorse earlier this month.
• Top Skills Saluted Skills Canada Yukon held a Skills for Success Day celebration on Sept. 22 at Yukon University.
• First youth canoe trip took place Dinjii Zhuh Adventures and the Yukon RCMP accomplished the first-ever Youth of the Yukon Canoe River Trip last month.
• Yukoner continues anti-polio work in New York Ramesh Ferris, a Yukon Rotarian, polio survivor and ending polio advocate, was recently in New York City.
• A Colourful Character Whitehorse artist Jim Robb took this photo of O.D. Brown many years ago.
• Fall clean-up goes next week Before the snow flies, residents are invited to participate in the city’s fall clean-up next Wednesday.
• Hospital reports red status The Yukon Hospital Corp. reported Thursday that Whitehorse General Hospital and its intensive care unit were both at the red status for available inpatient beds.
• Chum salmon is well below average This year’s return of fall chum salmon is well below average, just like the past summer’s return of chinook salmon.
• New regulations for the act governing condos kick in New regulations for the Condominium Act, 2015 will come into force on Saturday.
• Sisters In Spirit vigil set for Tuesday Every Oct. 4, the Yukon Aboriginal Women’s Council leads the Sisters In Spirit vigil to honour the victims and families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
• Population boom continues The latest figures on the population of the Yukon indicate the territory’s population boom continues – as does a discrepancy between the territorial figures and the 2021 federal census.
• Firewood issues are kindling for a problematic winter: YP Many Yukoners risk being left to freeze in the dark this winter thanks to their Liberal government, says the Yukon Party.
• NDP proposes trio of affordability measures Grimly diagnosing “a cost of living crisis” tormenting the territory, NDP Leader Kate White has prescribed a triple-pronged program to help Yukoners confront their mounting bills.
• ‘Our thoughts are with the officer and his family’ An RCMP officer involved in Wednesday night’s shooting in Porter Creek remains in hospital in critical but stable condition, says Scott Sheppard, the commanding officer for the Yukon RCMP’s M Division.