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October 28, 2021
- Yukon Remembers to have signs available Yukon Remembers will be providing complimentary lawn signage for residents and businesses to display until Nov. 11.
- Silver congratulates cabinet members Premier Sandy Silver has saluted the new federal cabinet.
- Territory’s total COVID-19 case count surpasses 900 Dr. Catherine Elliott, the Yukon’s acting chief medical officer of health, has reported 11 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from noon Monday to noon Wednesday raising the collective two-year total to more than 900.
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Opposition MLAs endorse motion asking McPhee to resign “I’m the premier and I decide who is in my cabinet.”
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Vigil held for victims as murder charges laid The community of Faro held a vigil Wednesday evening to remember the two people killed and one injured in Tuesday’s shooting rampage.
October 27, 2021
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Swans provide entertainment for locals Swans, both trumpeter and tundra, as well as the various other waterfowl, have put on quite an entertaining show, feeding, bickering and resting, in the Yukon River by the Robert Service Way during the past two weeks.
- Childhood educators can access funds Childhood educators in the Yukon will have access to $800,000 more in Cultural Enhancement Funding to develop enhanced, culturally rich, early learning programs and environments as part of the Canada-Yukon Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.
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Yukoner gets prestigious award from France Yukoner Joseph Novak, 98, a Royal Canadian Army Service Corps veteran Lance/Corporal (retired), was presented last Wednesday with the rank of Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour from Gen. Benoît Puga, the Grand Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, from France.
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Government questioned on mandatory vaccines The Yukon government’s controversial decision to have all public servants be fully vaccinated is still raging in the legislature.
- Clinic gives advice on workplace sexual harassment The Yukon Legal Services Society, with funding from Justice Canada, has opened a new clinic providing free and confidential legal advice and information related to workplace sexual harassment.
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Shootings have involved fatalities, sources say The incoming mayor of Faro says he can confirm there were “multiple injuries’’ after the RCMP said they are investigating reports of shots fired in the small community on Tuesday.
October 26, 2021
- New and improved Yukon 511 launches today A new Yukon 511 website and mobile app is now available to the public.
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MLA wants minister to resign A Yukon Party MLA is calling for the resignation of deputy premier Tracy-Anne McPhee over the Hidden Valley Elementary School sex abuse scandal.
- NDP wants public inquiry into abuse controversy NDP Leader Kate White is calling for a public inquiry into the sexual abuse scandal at Hidden Valley Elementary School.
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Dismissals of unvaccinated YG workers not discussed: Streicker “We’ve never discussed firing anyone.”
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Ombudsman to investigate school controversy The list of investigations into the sexual abuse scandal at Hidden Valley Elementary School grew by one Monday afternoon.
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New COVID case data, exposure notices issued Dr. Catherine Elliott, the acting chief medical officer of health, has reported 24 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from noon last Friday to noon Monday.