Whitehorse Daily Star

April 20, 2022

• Police attend Whistle Bend incident Whitehorse RCMP were still attending a serious incident in the Tarahne Way area of the Whistle Bend subdivision early this afternoon.
• Traffic lights work to cost $500,000-plus City council is being asked to approve going to public tender for the replacement of the traffic lights at the intersection of Main Street and Fourth Avenue.
• Easter egg hunting at the preserve The annual Most Eggcellent Easter Eggstravaganza Scavenger Hunt took place Monday at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve.
• Asteroid is named after Skookum Jim It’s an out-of-this-world honour.
• Morning Collision City firefighters work at the scene of a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Industrial and Quartz roads this morning.
• Yukon Parks Strategy to cover next decade Environment Minister Nils Clarke introduced a new 10-year Yukon Parks Strategy last Wednesday.
• Earth Day event set for park On Friday afternoon, come in peace, come for peace, the Yukon Federal Green Party urges.
• Urgently sought: school council candidates As of Tuesday, 58 per cent of Yukon school councils had not received any nominations for elected positions, and 11 of the 19 schools were without confirmed candidates.
• COVID outbreak declared at Whistle Bend Place The latest COVID-19 numbers from the Yukon government and public health officials are promising.
• Late councillor championed the local sports scene A former Whitehorse city councillor best known as a champion of community sports passed away on Good Friday.
• Street drug crisis, policing debated in house The opioid and street drug crisis is being seen through three very different lenses by the Yukon’s three political parties.

April 19, 2022

• Minister questioned about firewood shortage When it comes to the Yukon legislature, some stories die harder than others.
• The Sign Gives The Scoop The sign for the new Dairy Queen outlet off Range Road in Whitehorse went up over the Easter weekend.
• AFN offers mixed response to budget The Assembly of First Nations in the Yukon region has a mixed response to the federal budget tabled April 7.
• MLA questions potential McIntyre Creek Park complications The potential creation of the McIntyre Creek park is continuing to bother the Yukon Party.
• Carmacks arena to be ready this fall After some frustrating delays, the new Carmacks arena is scheduled to be finished this autumn.
• Life of Dawson City ice bridge extended The Department of Highways and Public Works is still monitoring the local ice bridge, and traffic is still running.

April 18, 2022

• Yukon Party links lot delay to procurement policy In the midst of a tremendous housing crunch, the Yukon Party has made a contentious and controversial suggestion for delays in developing phase 7 of the 16-phase Whistle Bend subdivision.
• A Celebration of Swans continues The Swan Haven Interpretive Centre is in full swing,
• MLAs continued exchanges about mental health Health and Social Services Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee and NDP Leader Kate White continued to spar over mental health services last Tuesday in the legislature.
• Bus lane project cost to rise The majority of city council voted at its meeting last Monday to increase the budget for the Lewes Boulevard bus lane project by $400,000.
• Daisy Mason Wellness Fund taking applications The deadline to submit an application to the Daisy Mason Wellness Fund is May 27.
• Cannabis sellers are struggling, YP tells minister The Yukon Party official Opposition seems to have embraced cannabis retail sales as a cause du jour.
• NDP observes a year without midwives Good Friday marked the one-year anniversary of the Yukon government introducing the Midwifery Regulation into the territory.
• Bison hunt data released Yukon hunters harvested 273 bison this past season, which closed March 31.