Whitehorse Daily Star

September 21, 2022

• Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II commemorated Photo Spread
• Books Galore Volunteers and staff at the Energy, Mines and Resources library are seen Tuesday setting up for the annual book sale.
• Mental Wellness Summit’s second phase begins The second phase of the 2022 Mental Wellness Summit is taking place today through Friday at the Sternwheeler Hotel & Conference Centre and the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre.
• COVID-19 cases up slightly Tuesday’s Yukon COVID-19 numbers, consisting of 11 new official cases on the dashboard and 17 active cases in the communities, were the normal increases similar to past official COVID counts after a long weekend.
• Suicide prevention events took place in Dawson City The Tr’ondëk Hwëchin Wellness Department, Mental Wellness and Substance Use (MWSU) and the Roots of Hope Life Promotion and Suicide Prevention Initiative collaborated to host a week of training and activities during Nihè dinch’è jì’ wềtầzul Life Promotion/Suicide Prevention Week.
• Moosehide Slide’s potential dangers under scrutiny Helicopter activity around the Moosehide Slide in August and early September was in aid of the work of the Moosehide Slide Working group.
• Council members quiz chair on CWG implications Piers McDonald balanced an array of heavy-duty financial proposals with a dose of empathetic candidness when he appeared before members of city council on Tuesday evening.

September 20, 2022

• Wholesale trade figures released The preliminary estimate (seasonally unadjusted) of wholesale sales in the Yukon for July was $19.5 million, Statistics Canada reported last Friday.
• Firefighters Step Up The Whitehorse Firefighters Charitable Society handed out $1,000 to the L’Day (Learning Disabilities Association of Yukon) Centre for Learning last Thursday.
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month observed Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee has formally recognized Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month (this month).
• Climate strike planned for Friday Whitehorse residents will rally for the climate at noon Friday in front of the Elijah Smith Building.
• Artists invited to submit phone directory cover creations Northwestel Inc.’s directory cover art contest has returned.
• New Community Services Building opens in Faro The new, $12-million Faro Community Services Building officially opened its doors on Sept. 8

September 19, 2022

• New YG mental wellness grant set for youth groups New YG mental wellness grant set for youth groups
• Terry Fox run back The Terry Fox Run took place Sunday.
• Dawson council earnestly thanks local volunteers About four dozen people, in two separate informal shifts, gathered at the Minto Concession building late on the afternoon of Aug. 30 for a volunteer appreciation barbecue.
• COVID-19 cases were on the upswing Last week’s decline of active Yukon COVID-19 cases ended Friday when the Yukon government reported 11 active cases and one new case.
• Ceremony to usher in new era of education The community of Haines Junction will come together in ceremony on Tuesday to mark a new era of education for their school under the First Nation School Board.
• Laking confirmed to executive of FCM Ted Laking, the president of the Association of Yukon Communities (AYC), was in Strathcona County, Alta. last week representing the Yukon at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) board meetings.
• Study abroad circumpolar exchanges a success Three students and one faculty member from Yukon University have spent several months in Norway and Sweden this year thanks to the north2north mobility program through the University of the Arctic.
• Ex-Yukon Territorial Council member dies in B.C. at 88 Clive Tanner, who served on the former Yukon Territorial Council from 1970 to 1974, died Sept. 9 in Sidney, B.C. He was 88.
• ArriveCAN app needs to depart: Yukon Party The Yukon Party is calling for the federal government to discontinue the use of the “ineffective” ArriveCAN app.