Whitehorse Daily Star

July 8, 2022

• It was Millar time at goldpanning time It was veterans’ day at last Saturday’s Yukon Goldpanning Championships at the Waterfront Park, as the top three spots were all captured by people who have won the trophy before.
• Adäka festival celebrates 10 years of showcasing culture The 10th annual Adäka Cultural Festival wrapped up Tuesday with Dà Ze Tsàn (From Our Hearts) Fashion Show.
• The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated .
• Nominations open for literacy award The nomination period is now open for the 2022 Council of the Federation Literacy Award.
• Yukoners celebrating three lottery windfalls When Michael Wasylyk saw that there was a Maxmillions winner in the Yukon, he picked up his phone and started scanning his tickets using the Lotto Spot! App.
• Second COVID-19 booster eligibility extended The territorial government is expanding the eligibility for second boosters to Yukoners who are 18 years of age and older.
• Another day, another service outage Yet another major outage – this time for Interac transactions – has hit the Yukon, only two days after a massive, prolonged Internet service disruption.
• Store set to reopen after ‘a long haul’ The Riverdale Super A is poised to re-open after a closure of more than a year.
• Correction Our June 30 edition incorrectly identified Castle Rock Enterpises as the company that purchased land to be used as a gravel pit near Ear Lake. In fact, the company is General Enterprises. The Star apologizes for the error.
• Territory’s first midwifery clinic opens The Yukon’s first midwifery program began seeing clients Thursday.
• ‘Extraordinary’ lightning has set Yukon ablaze The fire situation in the Yukon is starting to settle down after a week of frantic activity.
• Think again about travel: YG The Yukon government is asking people to re-think any travel plans they might have.

July 7, 2022

• Two roads to receive improvements Whitehorse residents are advised the first phase of the 2022 Rural Roads Surfacing program will begin on Saturday.
• Program for the arts introduced Ranj Pillai, one of the busiest ministers in the Yukon government, introduced a new program for the arts on Tuesday afternoon.
• University appoints vice-president Finance and Administration and CFO Peter Deegan is Yukon University’s new vice-president Finance and Administration and chief financial officer.
• Loader’s cost higher than anticipated City council is being asked to increase the budget for an loader by $120,000.
• Business organization slams government’s economic policies Another business organization is raising concerns with what the Yukon Party calls the failure of the territorial government’s economic management.
• ‘Significant land erosion’ triggered latest Internet outage Northwestel Inc. officials are remaining very tight-lipped over Wednesday’s massive Internet failure that left customers all over the Yukon without service for most of the day and evening.
• ‘Extraordinary’ lightning strikes volume ignites a fiery summer What’s being called an “extraordinary” number of lightning strikes is leading to an almost-unprecedented number of wildfires around the territory.

July 6, 2022

• Heat has melted a range of records Temperature records tumbled in the Yukon over the past few days as if they were tumbleweeds in the desert.
• Northern culture wows at Adäka There has been plenty of culture going around at the Adäka Cultural Festival.
• Trees torn out as part of ‘improvements’: YG The Yukon government is carrying out some work at its main administration building that some members of the public might 
find upsetting.
• Inclusivity advisory committee concept progresses City council is being asked to begin the process of creating an inclusivity advisory committee.
• Another Internet outage hits People around the Yukon, northern British Columbia and pockets of the N.W.T. are without reliable Internet services today.
• Spriggs easily wins Dawson byelection Julia Spriggs has become Dawson City’s latest member of the town’s municipal council,
• Lightning strike numbers ‘stupendously high’ Wildfires are breaking out in droves across the Yukon as lightning pummels the territory and a stubborn heat wave wears on.
• Highway repairs may take two months It will take six to eight weeks to repair a section of the Alaska Highway washed out south of Watson Lake on Canada Day, the federal government says.