Whitehorse Daily Star

June 24, 2022

• The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated Gene Dubois
• Yukoner recognized for top skills Connor Kaszycki of Whitehorse has been awarded Yukon’s RBC Best of Region award at the 2022 Skills Canada National Competition in Vancouver.
• Hospital coping with shortage of capacity Whitehorse General Hospital is currently experiencing a shortage of capacity.
• Yukon River Quest on the river again Photo Spread
• North-central Yukon fires tracked Mike Fancie, a spokesperson for Yukon Wildland Fire Management, reports officials are tracking three new fires today.
• Classics Line Up The Father’s Day show and shine took place last Sunday at the Yukon Transportation Museum.
• Despite setbacks, most Quest teams pushed on Yukon River Quest teams were reaching Carmacks Thursday.
• Team Hatchet Lake paddling strong Team Hatchet Lake is still paddling strong in the Yukon River Quest.
• Estonian women continue the battle for first he Estonian Women’s Tandem Kayak Team 126, HUUM SAUNA Yukon Team Estonia, continue battling for first in the Yukon River Quest’s Tandem Kayak class.
• Governor General to visit Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and her husband, Whit Fraser, will be in the Yukon from Sunday to Tuesday, her office announced this morning.
• Something Else Entirely wins River Quest Team 114, Whitehorse’s Something Else Entirely, a C-4 crew, has won the 2022 Yukon River Quest.
• Direct busing changes to off-ramp: councillor The blowback from the public on the new routes and schedules for Whitehorse Transit reached city council chambers on Monday evening.
• Discovery ‘a powerful and moving experience’ In what can only be called a “mammoth” discovery, the body of a mummified baby woolly mammoth was found Tuesday in the Dawson City gold fields region.

June 23, 2022

• Classics Line Up The Father’s Day show and shine
• High waters situation remains stable There’s not much change in the flooding situation in the Yukon today.
• Youth to receive training and mentorship in STEM Five Indigenous youth, including several Yukon high school students, will receive training and mentorship in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and Indigenous-led research approaches in partnership with researchers at the YukonU Research Centre this summer.
• Fortifying The Food Bank Visiting Rotary International members on the Imagine Rotary Canada Tour are seen last Friday at the Whitehorse Food Bank.
• Minto-area fire still out of control Yukon Wildland Fire Management reports a blaze at the Minto Landing site is still causing problems.
• In Dayna's Memory Joshua Hunt, centre, and Harper, left, and Peyton Gehmair are seen last at the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada’s Brain Tumour Walk in Rotary Peace Park.
• Input sought on the regulation of geothermal resources The Yukon government is seeking public input on how geothermal resources should be regulated in the territory.
• Active second day for the Yukon River Quest It’s been an active second day for the Yukon River Quest.
• Missing men left Faro in October 2021 Yukon RCMP are searching for two men who remain missing, possibly in the Faro area.
• Liberals ‘politicizing’ top doctor job, Yukon Party says The Yukon Party is slamming the Liberal Yukon government over the appointment of the new chief medical officer of health.

June 22, 2022

• COVID numbers are steady The official figures on COVID-19 cases are holding steady.
• National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration The Yukon’s Indigenous people shared their culture with hundreds of guests Tuesday at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.
• Wastewater screening program to be created in Haines Junction In a first for the Yukon,
• Wildfires are remaining a factor More fires continued to flare up around the Yukon over the last two days.
• Sexual assault investigation continues Whitehorse RCMP are carrying out an ongoing sexual assault investigation related to a local massage clinic.
• Flood warnings still apply in Carmacks, Teslin Yukon communities in the central region are still coping with rising flood waters.
• Secondary school to receive new name Following incidents of sexual abuse by its namesake patron, Whitehorse’s Vanier Catholic Secondary School is being renamed – again.
• Yukon River Quest off and paddling The Yukon River Quest (YRQ) took off at 9 a.m. today. It was the first of two starts, with the second taking place at high noon.
• Racers reflect on their attraction to an odyssey The Yukon River Quest held a meet and greet Monday evening at the MacBride Museum prior to today’s race start.