Whitehorse Daily Star

November 16, 2021

• Faro suffering from sparse services, MLA says It appears the territorial government and the Yukon Party official Opposition were on two diverging streams of reality regarding services in Faro on Monday during question period in the legislature.
• Lining Up For Liquor Line-ups are back at the Whitehorse liquor store due to precautions spurred by the COVID-19 resurgence, as seen here last Friday.
• Minister questioned on rapid COVID-19 testing The NDP criticized the Yukon government once again Monday over the lack of rapid COVID-19 testing in the territory.
• Council approves donation to Faro City council voted at its meeting Monday to donate $5,000 to the Town of Faro, which saw two people killed and one seriously wounded in Oct. 26 shootings.
• RCMP seek public assistance in locating missing person The RCMP are seeking public assistance in locating 39-year-old Lance Scollen, who was reported missing on Monday.
• More COVID-19 cases reported The Yukon government reported 97 new COVID-19 cases late Monday afternoon.
• Alert test planned for Wednesday afternoon Yukoners can expect an emergency alert test on their cellphones, TVs and radios at approximately 1:55 p.m. Wednesday.

November 15, 2021

• Dawson on verge of a recycling crisis In just under a month, Dawson will lose the convenience – as well as the necessity – of its downtown non-profit recycling centre.
• Global event comes North The Yukon Theatre for Young People joined Musical Theatre International’s (MTI’s) Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre on Saturday, performing well-known Broadway musicals.
• Government proposes energy-refit program The Yukon government is hoping to introduce an energy-refit program.
• Man arrested after suspicious activity Whitehorse RCMP arrested a 41-year-old man of no fixed address on Friday, stemming from a series of investigations beginning in Dawson City.
• Man charged following stabbing A man was arrested in Whitehorse last Wednesday afternoon after another man was stabbed in a residential neighbourhood, police said today.
• Facility users must be vaccinated Patrons of the Canada Games Centre and Takhini Arena must present a paper or digital copy of their Proof of Vaccination Credential, along with Yukon government-issued identification.
• Days dwindling for first long-term care home The end has come for Macaulay Lodge, once the only long-term care home in Whitehorse.
• Eleventh death, 41 new COVID cases reported The Yukon’s COVID-19 outbreak continues to worsen, with the announcement of another fatality.

November 12, 2021

• 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.