Whitehorse Daily Star

November 2, 2021

• Minister lets secret out of the bag “I know who they are,” Community Services Minister Richard Mostyn whispered to the legislature last Thursday afternoon.
• Petition protests mandatory vaccines for YG employees It was a raucous start to the legislative assembly sitting on Monday afternoon.
• New mayor, council formally take office Mayor Laura Cabott delivered her first address at Monday’s council meeting, after all seven members were sworn into office by Chief Justice Suzanne Duncan of the Yukon Supreme Court.
• Twenty-three cases added to Yukon’s COVID count Dr. Catherine Elliott, the acting chief medical officer of health, reported 23 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 late Monday afternoon.

November 1, 2021

• Latest Forum went well, leaders say Participants of Friday’s Yukon Forum in Carcross had the proverbial “good talk.”
• Fish, wildlife plan honours late MLA The memory of former Yukon MLA Darius Elias is being honoured with a community-based fish and wildlife work plan for the Vuntut Gwitchin traditional territory.
• First Poppy presented as Remembrance Day draws nearer The first poppy was presented to Commissioner Angélique Bernard and the Poppy Flag was raised Friday at Veterans Square, outside city hall.
• Adamek to continue as AFN’s regional chief Premier Sandy Silver has congratulated Kluane Adamek, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Yukon regional chief, on her acclamation to another three-year term.
• Getting Into The Scary Season The Rot-A Haunted House Experience was presented over the weekend at the Heart of Riverdale Community Centre.
• RCMP arrest dangerous truck driver Whitehorse RCMP stopped a dangerous driver last Monday after deploying a spike belt near Marsh Lake.
• Secure medical unit issue discussed in legislature Members of the Liberal government and the Yukon Party sparred last Thursday about the construction of a new secure medical unit at Whitehorse General Hospital.
• Friesen looking forward to becoming councillor City councillor-designate Michelle Friesen is nervous but excited to begin her first term on council this afternoon.
• Petition seeks a continuing care facility Watson Lake residents are pressuring the Yukon government to provide a continuing care facility for the community.
• Public alerted to more COVID cases Twenty new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported from noon last Wednesday through noon Friday, Dr. Catherine Elliott, the acting chief medical officer of health, said late Friday afternoon.
• Public walk-in clinic needed, says MLA The Yukon NDP isn’t letting the Liberal government off the hook when it comes to walk-in clinics and physician recruitment.

October 29, 2021

• 3rd Ave. Blacksmith Shop (Dawson City) Jim Rob
• Minister quizzed on ‘critical shortage’ of firewood The Yukon is a land of contrasts. Perhaps nowhere is this to be seen better than in the current shortage of firewood in a territory covered by the boreal forest.
• A Popular Draw Hulland’s Haunts at Selkirk Elementary School
• Access expanded to safe supply of opioids The Yukon government is working to expand access to a medically prescribed safe supply of opioids to address the opioid crisis in the Yukon.
• Promoting Texties Awareness The Whitehorse Community Thrift Store launched its awareness campaign,
• Placer miners fined a collective $30,000 Two placer miners were recently fined a total of $15,000 each for operating a placer mine without authorization, according to court documents.
• Mad Students Get Scary The MAD (Music, Art and Drama) students at the Wood Street Centre are presenting The Seven Deadly Grimms as their haunted house this year.
• Ferry’s river extraction was ‘boring and safe’ The extraction of the George Black ferry from the still ice-free Yukon River on Oct. 21 took a little bit longer than planned this year,
• A Tradition Continued Anne Grieve has been continuing her son’s legacy of decorating their house on Elm Street every Halloween for years.
• Petition opposes mandatory vaccines A longtime Yukon political activist has organized a petition against mandatory vaccine requirements that will be presented to the Yukon legislature on Monday.
• Coalition offers condolences to Faro residents The Yukon Women’s Coalition said it was “deeply saddened and distraught” to hear of Tuesday’s multiple shootings in Faro.
• NDP will keep supporting Liberals Despite the Liberal government losing an important vote to the combined ranks of the opposition parties on Wednesday, there is little fear the minority government will topple.
• Low profile has been planned, territory’s MP-designate says Yukon MP-designate Brendan Hanley has been keeping a low profile since winning the federal election five weeks ago, but says he’s been busy in the meantime.
• COVID-19 booster shots set for those 50-plus Less than two weeks after being asked about the need for booster shots, the Yukon government will provide the vaccine doses to people 50 and older beginning Monday.
• RCMP arrest accused shooter, but devices missing Two men are in custody in Whitehorse after shots were fired in the city overnight Wednesday.