Whitehorse Daily Star

May 11, 2022

• Marking six years of Jordan’s Principle in Canada Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday afternoon for a Teddy Bear Picnic at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre to celebrate six years of Jordan’s Principle in Canada.
• COVID-19 numbers dip The Yukon’s COVID-19 cases are showing signs of decline.
• City eyes more direction for pop-up street patios A motion providing more direction to bars and restaurants regarding rules for pop-up street patios was introduced and approved by city council at its meeting Monday.
• Season Finale The house was full last Saturday
• Pelly River ice jam has spurred flood advisory The Yukon government has issued its first flood advisory of the season.
• Education association building plan goes before city council City council voted Monday to bring forward a zoning amendment to accommodate a two-storey office building on Black Street proposed by the Yukon Association of Education Professionals.
• Slide area continues to be monitored Robert Service Way remains closed because of the Apr. 30 mudslide.
• Advisory committee on inclusivity endorsed A motion by Coun. Mellisa Murray to create an advisory committee on inclusivity was passed unanimously by city council Monday evening.

May 10, 2022

• Minister salutes National Nursing Week Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee issued this statement Monday to mark National Nursing Week (this week):
• Premiers talk security, health, climate change There was a meeting of the minds among the northern premiers Sunday and Monday as the annual forum was held in Whitehorse for the first time in three years.
• Wildstone named one of best managed companies The Wildstone Construction Group of Whitehorse has been named one of Canada’s best managed companies, Platinum Status.
• Lot sale is proceeding The city is moving forward with the sale of a piece of land at the corner of Lowe Street and Second Avenue to accommodate the construction of a new building.
• Inaugural Whitehorse-Yellowknife-Toronto flight takes off Air North’s first Toronto-bound flight took off just after 8 a.m. today with Joe Sparling, the airline’s president and CEO, at the controls.
• Research funding supports green power initiatives Yukon University has received $500,000 to support the successful inclusion of clean power initiatives into the electrical power systems of the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
• Minister challenged on border crossing remarks The Yukon Party is grumbling that the territorial government has misled the public about the status of the Little Gold-Poker Creek border crossing connecting Canada and the U.S. via the Top of the World Highway.

May 9, 2022

• COVID-19 numbers reflect stability As of Friday afternoon, the Yukon’s COVID-19 numbers were remaining stable, showing 66 active cases with eight new cases.
• Run for Mom literally changes direction The Run for Mom headed out this year with an alternative route due to the Apr. 30 landslide that closed Robert Service Way.
• Airport users are enduring delays The delays in getting passengers through security at airports being experienced across Canada has hit Whitehorse as well.
• Snow pack continues to be record-setting The chances of flooding this spring and summer continue to grow.
• Fire Department Hosts Special Day The Whitehorse Fire Department hosted a Wildfire Community Preparedness and Emergency Preparedness Day on Saturday at Station 2.
• Break-up winner takes $3,000-plus in Dawson The Yukon River ice in front of Dawson broke at 8:23 Saturday evening.
• Road remains closed There’s still no date on when Robert Service Way will reopen.
• Winter Wonderland In May Whitehorse residents woke to a blanket of snow Saturday morning, as seen downtown at 8 a.m.
• Ta’an Kwäch’än plan to build housing The Ta’an Kwäch’än Council is tackling the housing crisis with projects of its own in Porter Creek and Whistle Bend.
• Flood preparation criticisms don’t hold water: YG The Yukon Party is flogging the territorial government again over preparations for flooding.
• Transit hub’s shift proposed The transit hub should be moved from Second Avenue to Third Avenue, a downtown Whitehorse resident suggested to city council last Monday.
• Riders will get used to changes: transit boss The city transit department will roll out its modernized route plan at the end of this month, before implementation begins June 25, says the transit manager.