Whitehorse Daily Star

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  • Remembering those who have fallen “This day means a hell of a lot to me. I was born in Holland, I lived in an orphanage in World War Two; I know what it’s like to suffer and I just want to thank Canada. Thank you.”
  • The Yukon Sun The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated
  • Hidden Valley petition has 530-plus names The Yukon Party is critical of what it calls Deputy Premier Tracy-Anne McPhee’s continued silence on how sexual criminality at Hidden Valley Elementary School was handled.
  • Compost Pilot Work Proceeds A compost test pilot project is going on at the Mount Lorne Transfer Station south of Whitehorse.
  • Chilly Remembrance Day observed in Dawson About two dozen Dawsonites, not counting the Rangers, Junior Rangers, Legion members and four RCMP members in Red Serge, gathered around the cenotaph in Victory Gardens to celebrate Remembrance Day.
  • Dawson celebrated Indigenous Veterans Day About 35 residents gathered around Victor Henry’s carefully-stoked fire about half an hour past a pale sunrise Monday for an 11 a.m. gathering at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre.
  • Naloxone nasal spray motion OKed The Yukon NDP is celebrating Wednesday’s unanimous support for a motion asking the government to make naloxone nasal spray publicly available and free of charge at front-line agencies, government facilities and pharmacies.
  • Policy raises serious concerns for YTA “It looks as if the government is doing an end-run” around the opposition to its vaccine mandate by invoking the state of emergency to handle the latest COVID-19 outbreak.
  • Many Choices Jasmin Marie, Yucanprint, displays her wares
  • Council ponders possible assistance to Faro Coun. Jocelyn Curteanu says she’s interested in seeing additional assistance provided to the Town of Faro in light of the Oct. 26 shootings that left two people dead and one seriously injured.
  • Council members reflect on city’s rising crime, solutions There was general agreement at city council’s meeting Monday that the rate of property crime in the city is rising.
  • YEU’s options are limited, president says The president of the Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU) is not happy with the state of affairs regarding the territorial government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public employees.
  • Silver offers scathing criticism of petition, YP Wednesday saw Premier Sandy Silver in an uncharacteristically aggressive mood in the Yukon legislature.
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