Whitehorse Daily Star

April 12, 2022

• Commissioner updates Literary Program Commissioner Angélique Bernard updated Yukoners about her Literary Program on Monday.
• Governments promote Atlin Hydro Expansion Project The Yukon government, along with federal officials, held a news conference Monday morning to talk up last week’s announcement that the Atlin Hydro Expansion Project is receiving $32.2 million in funding from the Canadian government.
• NDP leader raises Yukoner’s indictment of mental health services Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee and NDP Leader Kate White clashed once again Monday over health services in the Yukon.
• COVID numbers remain stable Monday afternoon’s COVID-19 number from the Yukon government show cases are holding relatively steadily.
• CYFN donates COVID-19 test kits for communities’ use The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) has made a donation of 3,912 rapid molecular COVID-19 tests to the Yukon government for use at community health centres.
• Violence against women in taxis becomes council’s priority After a lengthy debate at its meeting Monday, city council voted to make a priority of addressing violence against women in Whitehorse taxis.

April 11, 2022

• Parties vote down witnesses in house The opposition parties and the Liberal government are clashing over conflicting priorities as the spring sitting of the legislature grinds along.
• Hand games return after a COVID hiatus The Council of Yukon First Nations’ (CYFN’s) Family Preservation Services held a Mixed Hand Games Tournament over the weekend at the Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre.
• Medical director post being created According to the minister of Health and Social Services, a new territorial medical director position is in the works.
• 'Minefield Of Emotion" Scott Price has a show of recent sculptures on display until Apr. 28 in FREE SPACE at the Northern Front Studio on Second Avenue (adjacent to Boston Pizza).
• Skagway dock plan won’t affect Minto mine haul The Skagway dock project will not impede the use of the facility for the ore haul from the Minto Mine, says borough manager Brad Ryan.
• Time played a factor in railway’s summer plans The White Pass and Yukon Route says it did everything it could to offer excursions from the Canadian side of rail this year, but just ran out of time.
• 90 cases reported Yukon government numbers from Friday afternoon showed 90 active COVID-19 cases.
• Bill on LGBTQ2S+ students debated The legislature continued to debate a private member’s bill calling for the Education Act to be amended to provide more protection to LGBTQ2S+ students.
• All personnel needed for emergency readiness: chief Ensuring the city is ready for an emergency requires the participation of all city departments, Whitehorse fire chief Jason Everitt told city council last Monday.
• Snowpack confirmed as way above average With record levels of snowpack in much of the Yukon,

April 8, 2022

• MLAs discuss Dawson City recreation centre The Yukon Party and the governing Liberals have clashed for three days over how much a new recreation centre for Dawson City might cost.
• Watson Lakers can expect better street lighting The Yukon government will install new street lighting between kilometres one and four on the Robert Campbell Highway, and will improve road infrastructure in and around Watson Lake.
• Painting For A Cause Ava P. Christl started a project, Painting Sunflowers for Ukraine, on Feb. 24.
• Yukon tourism to be promoted across Quebec The federal government is providing $300,000 to pay for a marketing campaign to promote Yukon tourism opportunities across Quebec.
• Doors Are Darkened The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated
• Yukoners honoured with Community Safety Awards Eighteen Yukoners and one program were recognized early last month for their efforts to prevent crime and foster community safety through the 2020-2021 Community Safety Awards.
• YG transparent on COVID : premier Premier Sandy Silver has addressed a petition calling for a public forum to discuss how the government has handled the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Range of new housing initiatives announced Ranj Pillai, the minister responsible for the Yukon Housing Corp., talked up the success of his government’s housing initiatives Tuesday in the legislature.
• Bus lane project may be altered City council is being asked to approve an additional $400,000 for the proposal to create a dedicated bus lane along Lewes Boulevard.
• Lower water makes it touch-and-go for float planes Another year of Yukon Energy lowering the level of Marsh Lake will again pose issues for float plane operators on Schwatka Lake, says the local representative of operators.
• Roadside grizzly hunting banned south of city After years of passionate debate, the Yukon government has banned roadside grizzly bear hunting along several highways south of Whitehorse.
• Bears feeding on cooking oil lead to convictions Michele Palma and the Dawson Group of Companies were convicted Wednesday of failing to comply with dangerous wildlife protection orders issued in 2018.
• Trains to remain on Alaska side of border The White Pass and Yukon Route railway has once again cancelled its cross-border tours for the year.
• Liberals laud budget; YP, not so much Thursday’s $142-billion federal budget is receiving both praise and criticism from Yukon politicians.