Whitehorse Daily Star

November 24, 2021

• Yukoners urged to test homes for radon gas With November being Radon Action Month in Canada, the Yukon government is encouraging homeowners to test their homes.
• A United Voice Yukoners opposed to mandatory vaccines are seen at a demonstration they held last Saturday
• Community choir’s Christmas concert goes online The COVID-19 era has been challenging for all of us, but especially for performing artists.
• Still Embedded The car in the ice at Schwatka Lake,
• More waste can be diverted, Raven says The Raven Recycling Society has diverted tonnes and tonnes of waste from the Whitehorse landfill, but there are ways to do more, city council heard Monday from Raven’s executive director.
• Vaccination Verifier app ready to go, premier says There was little new information to come out of a truncated COVID-19 briefing this morning.
• Rail car was deliberately set on fire, officials say Tuesday’s early-morning fire that heavily damaged a railway car along the Whitehorse waterfront is believed to be a case of arson.
• Senator, MP assess throne speech contents It’s not too surprising that the Yukon’s federal representatives were fairly happy with Tuesday’s throne speech in Ottawa,
• Practices at Jack Hulland School investigated More controversy is looming for embattled Education Minister Jeanie McLean and the Department of Education.

November 23, 2021

• YG eyes children’s vaccine appointments for early next month In what’s likely to become a flashpoint for resistance from anti-vaccination types, the Yukon government is getting set to introduce COVID-19 vaccine shots for children aged five to 11.
• Craft Fair Endures The Global Village Craft Fair has been around for 30 years.
• Teacher recruitment progressing, minister says The Yukon government says it’s starting to make some headway on its shortage of teachers for the territory.
• Mayor formally proclaims Orange Days Mayor Laura Cabott has proclaimed the 16 days of Orange Days will run from Nov. 25 to Dec. 10.
• YG supports Yukon Theatre’s resurrection The momentum is rolling on the Yukon Film Society’s efforts to resurrect the Yukon Theatre.
• Blaze badly damages rail car An investigation is underway to determine the cause of an early-morning fire that has heavily damaged a railway car along the Whitehorse waterfront.

November 22, 2021

• Housing a ‘major concern’ councillor plans to focus on Coun. Ted Laking, like many of his colleagues on city council, sees housing as the pre-eminent issue facing Whitehorse.
• Library, CYFN team up for reading project The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) and Yukon Imagination Library have announced a new collaboration that will see a Yukon First Nation book sent to all children registered with the library program.
• Inaugural Yukon Prize is awarded The 2021 Yukon Prize for Visual Arts has been won by Yukoner Joseph Tisiga, it was announced Saturdayat the gala at the Yukon Arts Centre. The prize is worth $20,000.
• RCMP help stranded trapper after snowmobile fails Mayo RCMP rescued a stranded trapper last week after his snowmobile broke down.
• Vunut Gwitchin hail move to safeguard coastal plain The Vuntut Gwitchin are celebrating an American decision which restores protections to Iizhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit (The Sacred Place Where Life Begins), commonly known as the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
• COVID data out Yukon public health officials have released the latest figures on the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak from the weekend.
• Yukon Theatre to come back to life What’s old is about to become new again ... sort of.
• Man has been missing since 2016: RCMP It has been five years since James Kunuk was reported missing to the Yukon RCMP.
• YP is out to topple minority government The Yukon Party is making a bid to topple the governing Liberals in the legislature.