Whitehorse Daily Star

July 13, 2022

• Rare Canadian battles map donated to Legion branch A rare piece of military history now is on display at Branch 254 of the Royal Canadian Legion
 in Whitehorse.
• Council bites the bullet on loader An increase of $120,000 in the city’s capital budget for the purchase of a new loader was approved Monday by city council.
• Canyon Creations The Yukon Conservation Society is celebrating the 11th anniversary of its Created at the Canyon event this year.
• Salmon run’s terrible returns researched Salmon management authorities and researchers are looking at ways to better understand what’s behind the dismal return of Yukon River salmon in recent years.
• Garden approved as second use for lot A bylaw to allow for a botanical garden to be considered a second use of a Black Street lot received third and final reading by city council at its meeting Monday.
• Parties trade jibes over rural road repairs The governing Liberals and the opposition Yukon Party continue to squabble this week.
• Ottawa’s ‘radio silence’ on health conference decried Canada’s premiers have placed the federal government on notice that they want a new deal on health care.
• Come visit, but plan ahead, YG tells tourists “Visitation to the Yukon is safe and welcome, although travellers are encouraged to plan ahead and research local conditions.”

July 12, 2022

• COVID-19 cases on the upswing The number of COVID-19 cases in the Yukon has spiked, according to the latest official figures.
• Rain is helping feverish firefighting efforts An evacuation alert for the Silver Trail, including the Moose Creek Lodge, Mayo, Elsa, Keno City and the Victoria Gold Mine, has been rescinded, the government announced Tuesday.
• Silver should zero in on labour shortage: Dixon The leader of the Yukon’s official Opposition is weighing in on Premier Sandy Silver’s attendance at the First Ministers’ conference in Victoria.
• Alberta men face charges in Whitehorse Whitehorse RCMP have charged two men with drug and weapons offences.
• Housing advisory committee comes closer to fruition At its meeting Monday, city council passed first and second readings of the bylaw required to establish a housing and land development advisory committee.

July 11, 2022

• Dummy redirects beavers Like a scarecrow in a cornfield keeping the ravens away, there stands a dressed-up mannequin next to a pond north of Crestview to serve as a beaver deterrent.
• Outlook dismal for chinook, chum It’s looking like another year of poor returns for Yukon River chinook and chum salmon, as they have been in the last several years.
• Record number of hectares burned Over the past week, firefighters and support staff from British Columbia have been imported to the Yukon to assist Wildland Fire Management.
• Bear tranquilized, relocated A banded bear was shot with a tranquilizer gun by a territorial conservation officer on Ketza Road in Riverdale on Saturday afternoon.
• Council scheduled to vote on housing committee makeup Following the application process, city administration is recommending council appoint eight members to sit on the housing and land development advisory committee.
• Yukon Party slams lot delays; gov’t. cites a reporting error The Yukon Party is once again attacking the Liberal government on what it calls another failure to meet a deadline for a project.
• Silver joins fellow premiers Premier Sandy Silver is attending the Council of the Federation meeting today and Tuesday in Victoria.
• Staffing issues see hospitals compelled to curtail services Personnel problems at territorial hospitals are forcing a reduction of services – and the problems could last for the rest of the summer.
• New fire begins on east side of Tagish Lake The fire situation in the Yukon continued to be dire over the weekend.