Whitehorse Daily Star

May 3, 2022

• Showcasing Trailblazing Women The MacBride Museum has partnered with the Pioneer Women of the Yukon Whitehorse Lodge No. 2 for ‘Trailblazers and Change-Makers’, showcasing the stories of trailblazing Yukon women.
• Series of activities planned for Emergency Preparedness Week The Yukon government is hosting a series of awareness and educational activities as part of Emergency Preparedness Week (this week).
• Busy Times On The Hill Rush hour traffic volumes have noticeably thickened on Two Mile Hill,
• First Nation plans lottery for homes The Kwanlin Dün First Nation (KDFN) has announced a lottery for five single-family homes on Macaulay Road in the McIntyre subdivision.
• COVID-19 numbers drop The number of active COVID-19 cases in the Yukon has dipped while the testing positivity rate has climbed once again.
• Party maintains confidence in Dixon’s leadership Members of the Yukon Party declined to trigger a leadership election at their annual general meeting held last Saturday in Haines Junction.
• Council advised to approve housing incentive City administration is recommending council approve a housing incentive for a proposal to build three six-plexes on Olive May Way in the Whistle Bend subdivision.
• Slide involved thousands of cubic metres of material City engineer Taylor Eshpeter told city council at its meeting Monday officials estimate 3,000 to 4,000 cubic metres of material came down in last Saturday’s mudslide.

May 2, 2022

• COVID-19 cases still at manageable level According to the COVID-19 dashboard, case numbers remain in the range the Yukon government considers manageable.
• Yukon women making music, growing together The Yukon Women in Music fundraising concert took place Saturday at the Whitehorse United Church.
• Sting of high power bills may be softened It appears more relief might be in the offing for the skyrocketing electrical bills that has the Yukon government scrambling after public outrage.
• Support for those with chronic conditions discussed With health care at the top of many people’s minds, Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee recently talked up her government’s effort to support Yukoners with chronic conditions.
• City names annual top volunteer Bill Bruton is the City of Whitehorse Volunteer of the Year, the city announced Friday.
• Snow pack, saturated soil cited as slide’s cause The biggest local landslide in decades has closed Robert Service Way for an indeterminate amount of time.

April 29, 2022

• Youth take their skills to another level Skills Canada Yukon hosted the Annual Territorial Skills Competition earlier this month.
• Territory reports 25th COVID-19 death Although there are no details, the Yukon has recorded its 25th COVID-19 death.
• F.H. Collins Secondary’s 2022 fashion show The F.H. Collins Secondary School 2022 graduating class was able to put on a fashion show last Monday evening.
• Expert to speak about cyanide heap leaching Mines need to do more to ensure cyanide does not leak from commonly used heap leach pads, says an environmental expert.
• Help protect sheep, visitors urged Parks Canada and the Kluane National Park Management Board are asking for Yukoners’ help in protecting Dall sheep by respecting two voluntary closures at Thechàl Dhâl’ (Sheep Mountain) in the park starting Sunday.
• Yukoners ponder an old and wiser territory Statistics from the 2021 census show the Yukon is getting a bit older.
• Reign in public sector’s explosive growth: Dixon For the second time in two weeks, Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon is railing against the explosive growth of the public sector in the Yukon.
• Highest court opts to hear Yukon case The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it will hear the appeal and cross-appeal of the territory’s Court of Appeal decision involving Cindy Dickson vs. the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation (VGFN).
• Liberals haven’t addressed major problems: YP While Premier Sandy Silver chose to take a rosy view of the legislature’s spring sitting, the opposition parties were less pleased.
• Invite to parking lot fight a low point: premier As a somewhat contentious spring sitting wrapped up in the legislature Thursday, all was coming up roses in Premier Sandy Silver’s world.