Whitehorse Daily Star

November 19, 2021

• YP questions project’s schedule, higher cost It’s disappointing to see another major infrastructure project late and over-budget, says Stacey Hassard, the Yukon Party’s Highways and Public Works critic.
• Curtain falls on A Dinner Party With “a very heavy heart,” the Guild has cancelled its presentations of A Dinner Party.
• Winter At The Gallery The city’s first significant snowfall of the autumn-winter season began late Wednesday evening and carried into Thursday morning.
• Forward Together during the pandemic The Forward Together Music Series was a free, four-concert, live-streamed event from the MusicYukon Facebook page.
• Driver's Antifreeze Was 18 Bottles Of Whiskey The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated
• Portables project has ballooned to $6.4 million: YP The government and the opposition parties squabbled Tuesday over the issue of portable classrooms at the Robert Service School in Dawson City.
• YG under fire for long MD waiting lists The Yukon government is still resisting calls to open a public walk-in medical clinic to reduce the strain on the emergency department at Whitehorse General Hospital.
• Vehicles Tangle This is one of two vehicles
• ‘Heartbreak’ of Mayo deaths spurs petition NDP Leader Kate White has presented a petition to the legislature calling for more resources to be devoted to Mayo after what residents are calling a rash of incidents of substance abuse and social upheaval.
• Twelfth Yukoner dies from COVID Dr. André Corriveau, the acting chief medical officer of health, reported another death of a Yukon citizen from COVID-19.
• NDP goes to bat for wildland firefighters NDP Leader Kate White and wildland firefighters are calling on the Yukon government to include wildland firefighters in presumptive cancer coverage.
• River rescuer to receive bravery award Five Yukoners – including one who saved a man’s life – are in line for Commissioner’s Awards.

November 18, 2021

• Covid-19 Sees Production's Run Suspended Erica Ward (left) and Heidi J. Loos are seen in the Guild production of ‘A Dinner Party’.
• RCMP track, rescue man after night in wilderness One person was rescued from the bush near McConnell Lake last Monday thanks to the Whitehorse RCMP, Special Operations Medical Extrication Team (SOMET), and Yukon Emergency Medical Service (EMS).
• Vehicles Tangle A man studies the damage to one of two vehicles
• Yukon gains fourth political party The territory has a new political party called the Yukon Freedom Party.
• Council approves series of grants Thirteen organizations have been approved for festival and special event funding and in-kind support.
• Lots, housing come under question period focus The Yukon government and the opposition parties clashed over housing issues Monday in the legislature.
• Commissioner unveils award recipients Five Yukoners are in line for Commissioner’s Awards.

November 17, 2021

• University workers, students must be vaccinated Yukon University will soon require all employees and contractors at all 13 YukonU campuses, and students and visitors attending Ayamdigut campus in person, to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
• Entertaining during the COVID-19 pandemic The Forward Together Music Series is a four-concert, free-of-charge live-streamed event from the Music Yukon Facebook page.
• Housing Initiatives Fund’s fifth intake began Monday The fifth intake of the Housing Initiatives Fund launched Monday to support the construction of affordable housing for Yukoners across the territory.
• Pop-Up Begins Tomorrow Lara Melinik is seen in Lara’s Little Pop-Up last Saturday.
• Crime resonating with new council City council is elevating the issue of crime in the city to its strategic planning table for discussion in the coming months, it was decided at council’s meeting Monday.
• Petition seeks moratorium on evictions without cause The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition is calling on community members to support a territory-wide temporary moratorium on evictions without cause.
• Annual Tradition Returns The Northwestel Toy Drive kicked off Monday.
• Yukon’s jobless rate dipped last month: statistics The Yukon’s unemployment rate fell last month as the size of the labour force grew, according to the October labour report released by the Yukon Bureau of Statistics.
• Global Village Fair will proceed Saturday The 30th Global Village Fair is set for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the CYO Hall below Sacred Heart Cathedral at Fourth Avenue and Steele Street.
• Students not contracting COVID in schools: MD There wasn’t much new coming out of this morning’s weekly COVID-19 briefing.
• Missing snowmobiler found dead The Yukon Coroner’s Service is investigating the death of a snowmobiler who had been reported missing near Whitehorse on Monday morning.
• Teachers’ access to testing surprises many Confusion reigned at the Yukon legislature Tuesday afternoon as the government suddenly revealed teachers can access rapid COVID-19 testing services.