Whitehorse Daily Star

September 26, 2022

• YP spoke out on mudslides After learning about the mudslides south of Dawson City on Friday,
• Bushwacking theatre for the people Photo Spread
• Sailing society makes another bid for sea cans The Yukon Breeze Sailing Society reappeared before members of city council last Tuesday evening with a revised conditional use application to install more sea cans at Schwatka Lake.
• Climate Change's Effects Highlighted Students with Fridays for Future hosted another Global Climate Strike at the Elijah Smith Building on Friday.
• Klondike Highway reopens after slides By Saturday, the North Klondike Highway was open to limited traffic at the two locations near Dawson where it had been closed due to mudslides last Thursday.
• COVID-19 cases stood at 13 active The Yukon’s active COVID-19 cases ended the week Friday with 13 active cases officially confirmed, of which three were new.
• Schools, YG offices will be closed Friday Sept. 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a federal statutory day.
• Subdivision’s growth raises traffic anxieties It’s not the addition of more lots in Whistle Bend that was on the minds of some city councillors last week.
• Moderna bivalent shots imminent The Health Canada-approved Moderna bivalent COVID-19 boosters will be available for Yukoners ages 18 years and older beginning Oct. 5 in Whitehorse.

September 23, 2022

• Keeping the Macaulay name alive is important For the Gold Rush anniversary a few years ago, some of the members of the Yukon Art Society painted the Macaulay tramway mural for the city’s Selkirk Street pumphouse.
• Fire destroys major Atlin building The Atlin Post Office and a one-bedroom residence next door were destroyed by fire early this morning.
• Yukon Arts Centre’s workers ready to strike Staff of the Yukon Arts Centre voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to support a strike should it become necessary, the Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU) said Thursday.
• Moderna Spikevax Bivalent has arrived in the territory The federal government reported Thursday on a website that 3,850 doses of the Moderna Spikevax Bivalent have been distributed to the Yukon.
• Thunderbirds soar into an extremely important cause The Fashion, Art Design School (FADS) class at Porter Creek Secondary School is selling orange shirts at Sports Experts, with the proceeds going to the Committee on Abuse in Residential Schools (CAIRS).
• It’s harvest market time at Mt. Lorne Mt. Lorne will celebrate its first unrestricted family-oriented harvest market on Saturday following the pandemic years. It will feature Yukon vendors and talent.
• Shelter poised to change hands again It was never the preference of Grand Chief Peter Johnston of the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) to see a segment of the city’s population “showcased” at the high-profile intersection of Fourth Avenue at Alexander Street.
• YP reveals ‘disturbing breach of information’ The Yukon Party says it has been “inundated with concerns from Yukoners” about a significant privacy breach involving the Department of Education.
• Mudslides sever access to Dawson City Mudslides and slope instability have closed two stretches of the North Klondike Highway south of Dawson.

September 22, 2022

• Association of Yukon Communities holds meetings in Carmacks The Association of Yukon Communities (AYC) held board meetings in Carmacks last weekend.
• Part of Main Street closed Main Street was closed off between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue on Wednesday, but is expected to reopen later until today.
• Paid Sick Leave Rebate program extended The Yukon government is extending the Paid Sick Leave Rebate program until March 31, 2023, it was announced today.
• RCMP investigating homicide north of Whitehorse The territory has another homicide on its hands, the RCMP said Wednesday.
• Air North celebrates three million jet passengers Air North welcomed its three millionth jet passenger Wednesday aboard its Boeing 737-500 C-FANF operated by a Yukon-based crew.