Whitehorse Daily Star

April 18, 2022

• Yukon Party links lot delay to procurement policy In the midst of a tremendous housing crunch, the Yukon Party has made a contentious and controversial suggestion for delays in developing phase 7 of the 16-phase Whistle Bend subdivision.
• A Celebration of Swans continues The Swan Haven Interpretive Centre is in full swing,
• MLAs continued exchanges about mental health Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee and NDP Leader Kate White continued to spar over mental health services last Tuesday in the legislature.
• Bus lane project cost to rise The majority of city council voted at its meeting last Monday to increase the budget for the Lewes Boulevard bus lane project by $400,000.
• Daisy Mason Wellness Fund taking applications The deadline to submit an application to the Daisy Mason Wellness Fund is May 27.
• Cannabis sellers are struggling, YP tells minister The Yukon Party official Opposition seems to have embraced cannabis retail sales as a cause du jour.
• NDP observes a year without midwives Good Friday marked the one-year anniversary of the Yukon government introducing the Midwifery Regulation into the territory.
• Bison hunt data released Yukon hunters harvested 273 bison this past season, which closed March 31.

April 14, 2022

• Skills Canada Yukon competition begins Skills Canada Yukon has started the annual Territorial Skills Competition.
• The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated .
• Tourism group creates task force With concerns mounting from Yukon businesses about the challenges in attracting and retaining qualified workers,
• How Jesus was found on a power line This may be an appropriate story for Easter, as it is one of resurrection.
• Students praised for ‘courage’ in dress code issue School dress codes provoked a lively exchange Monday in the legislature.
• Skymaster Down: the saga continues Skymaster Down,
• Ice bridge is in its final days, residents warned The Department of Highways and Public Works is serving notice that the days of the local Yukon River ice bridge are numbered.
• NDP to minister: where’s the sick leave program? An NDP MLA is accusing the government of dragging its feet on implementing a universal paid sick leave program.
• Streicker reminded of Pillai’s promise about quarry The Liberal government appears to be prepared to break a campaign promise on the Stevens Quarry development, the official Opposition says.
• No Star on Good Friday The Star will not be published on Good Friday,
• Clarification A story in Monday’s edition regarding Skagway’s plans to replace a dock for cruise ships said the ore haul from the Minto Mine would not be impeded.
• COVID-19 cases crest 4,000 mark The Yukon has hit a rather undesirable milestone.
• Federal minister has first-hand look at Marsh Lake Federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair was in town Wednesday to have a peek at the Yukon’s preparations for another flooding season.
• ‘Liberal mis-management’ is to blame for school’s cost: YP The Yukon Party is looking for answers for an apparent steep increase in the cost of the new Whistle Bend Elementary School, which hasn’t broken ground yet.

April 13, 2022

• Simapalooza makes waves again It was another wild and wacky Simapalooza at Mount Sima this year.
• Challenge rebrands itself as Opportunities Yukon The Challenge Disabilities Resource Group has rebranded as Opportunities Yukon,
• Propane tank explosion injures person One person was injured Monday afternoon after a propane tank exploded on Range Road.
• Parties register differing views on inn’s fate The saga of the Chilkoot Trail Inn provoked some very different responses from the territory’s three political parties on Tuesday.
• Yukon Party blamed for mine maintenance bills The Yukon government will spend $12 million looking after the abandoned Wolverine Mine site this year, says Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) Minister John Streicker.