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November 10, 2021
- Carmacks bypass project will cost almost $30 M Whitehorse-based Pelly Construction Ltd. has been awarded the contract for the Carmacks Bypass Project – a $29.6-million investment to construct a new road and bridge near Carmacks.
- Referenda set on First Nations school board Five school boards across the Yukon are likely to hold referenda on whether they wish to join a proposed First Nations School Board.
- Upper Liard collision kills man A 32-year-old male driver died Monday afternoon in a collision near Upper Liard in southeast Yukon.
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Scrutiny of teen’s death continues The RCMP have again reminded Yukoners they’re looking for the public’s assistance in an historical investigation.
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Make top doctor’s advice public: opposition The renewed declaration of a state of emergency over the swiftly-rising COVID-19 breakout in the Yukon dominated the legislature Tuesday.
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‘COVID is not finished with us’: premier There wasn’t a lot new on tap during this morning’s weekly COVID-19 briefing that Yukoners hadn’t already learned.
November 9, 2021
- Food for Fines program may return City council is being asked to approve another year of the annual Christmas Food for Fines program.
- Long Ago Yukon schedules speaker Ty Heffner will be the second Long Ago Yukon SKYPE lecturer in the 2021-22 speaker series.
- Housing corporation staff advised to self-monitor for virus symptoms The Yukon Housing Corp. has issued a short statement after its staff were emailed a COVID-19 exposure notice last Friday evening – after they had left their Jarvis Street offices for the weekend.
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YG restores emergency state as COVID cases skyrocket It turns out you can go back again.
- Remembrance Day services cancelled The Royal Canadian Legion has cancelled the annual Remembrance Day services in Whitehorse due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Premier questioned on COVID hours before announcement After weeks of pressure, the Yukon government has changed course and abruptly declared a second state of emergency to deal with a burgeoning COVID-19 crisis.
November 8, 2021
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Bluefeather Music Festival ‘dreams on’ “The Blue Feather Music Festival aims to inspire, encourage and support our young people to develop the gifts that the Creator has given them. Music and the arts are promoted as creative and healing tools.”
- Found money to be returned: RCMP Whitehorse RCMP hope to return a significant amount of cash to its rightful owner, after an honest citizen turned it in to police.
- Brace for a cold winter, forecaster warns As always when it comes to weather, there’s good news and bad news in Accuweather’s newly-minted forecast.
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Staff, admirers saddened by lynx kitten’s death The Yukon Wildlife Preserve has suffered a major loss with the death of a young lynx kitten.
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McPhee no longer Liberal government house leader The Liberal government has “quietly announced that they had demoted Deputy Premier Tracy-Anne McPhee from the Government House Leader position,” the Yukon Party said this morning.
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Almost 70 COVID cases reported over five days Dr. Catherine Elliott, the territory’s acting chief medical officer of health, has reported 44 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from noon last Wednesday through noon Friday.