Whitehorse Daily Star

October 25, 2021

• Eagle soars to fabulous freedom A golden eagle was released into the wild at the McIntyre Marsh off the Fish Lake Road on Sunday in front of more than 100 people.
• Outgoing, incoming lawmakers thanked Community Services Minister Richard Mostyn has reacted to last Thursday’s municipal election results.
• Opposing Views People protesting the territory’s COVID-19 vaccine certificates and planned mandatory vaccinations policy for Yukon government employees gathered Friday at Third Avenue and Elliott Street.
• Correction The municipal election results chart published Friday indicated mayoral candidate Patti Balsillie received 22 votes at the polling station at city hall. In fact, she drew 222 votes there.
• Seventeen additional COVID-19 cases reported Dr. Catherine Elliott, the acting chief medical officer of health, has reported 17 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from noon last Wednesday through noon Friday.
• Renewable energy plans spur brusque exchange The general ambience of snarkiness permeating the Yukon legislative assembly was on full display recently as Energy, Mines and Resources Minister John Streicker presented a statement on the government’s renewable energy projects.
• MLA raises ‘serious incidents’ at school The Yukon Party is raising concerns about what it calls a series of serious behavioural incidents at Jack Hulland Elementary School in Porter Creek.
• We’re standing up for members’ rights: YEU It appears as if the Yukon government is considering some significant concessions demanded by the Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU) over the proposed mandatory vaccine policy due to be implemented on Nov. 30.

October 22, 2021

• Changes to SCAN Act draw objections Over the objections of the Yukon Party official Opposition, the government is proceeding with changes to the controversial Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) Act.
• Mayor disappointed with YG’s program plan Mayor Dan Curtis has urged the Yukon government to delay the decision to force municipalities to administer a new energy efficiency program.
• Work starts on Whistle Bend school The Yukon government has begun work on the new $43-million Whistle Bend school.
• Communities choose mayors It’s a miaxture of old and new mayors for the larger communities around the Yukon.
• Commissioner unveils reference library Commissioner Angélique Bernard launched a reference library available to the public on Oct. 12.
• Furs Galore Watson Lake trapper Jordan Berry
• Dawson’s next mayor ‘relieved’ by verdict turned in by voters Bill Kendrick will become Dawson’s new mayor next month,
• Premier has turned ‘arrogant’ on school abuse issue: Dixon Premier Sandy Silver and Opposition Leader Currie Dixon were at odds in the legislature on Monday over the Hidden Valley School sex abuse scandal.
• Building activity on the rise Building activity in the Yukon has increased in 2021.
• Children escape injury after truck runs into family home This was one heck of an unpleasant wake-up call.
• 2021 Unofficial Municipal Election Results 2021 Election Chart
• Cause of fire being investigated Demolition continues on the shell of the Klondike Metallic Industrial (KMI) building, which burned on Tuesday.
• Voters elect diverse, gender-balanced council There will be a diverse cast of characters comprising Whitehorse city council for the next few years.
• Voters wanted strong leadership, Cabott says City councillor Laura Cabott was elected the new mayor of Whitehorse by a comfortable margin on Thursday.

October 21, 2021

• Whistle Bend Place dealing with COVID-19 outbreak The Yukon’s COVID-19 situation continued to deteriorate Wednesday as Dr. Catherine Elliott, the acting chief medical officer of health, declared an outbreak in one unit at the Whistle Bend Place long-term care home.
• One Final Use The decommissioned fire hall beside city hall is one of the polling places for the civic election being held today.
• Bring back masks, NDP leader urges If NDP Leader Kate White had her way, territorial residents would be masking up again in the face of a growing number of COVID-19 cases.
• Family, RCMP react to brutal assault near local school Whitehorse RCMP officers are investigating reports of what can only be called a brutal assault on a minor last weekend in Riverdale.
• McPhee rules out a YG-run medical clinic The Yukon government is under fire for failing to act quickly or decisively to address the loss of the territory’s only walk-in medical clinic during the summer.
• Territory supports Afghanistan humanitarian relief The Yukon government has made a $25,000 donation to help with relief efforts in response to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.