Whitehorse Daily Star

February 18, 2022

• Vehicle chargers network set to expand Ottawa is providing $595,000 to the Yukon government to install more electric vehicle chargers around the territory.
• Yukon Quest holds free musher rides for kids The Yukon Quest hosted free musher rides for kids last Sunday at Shipyards Park in Whitehorse.
• Things I Collected About The Dance Hall Girls The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated
• Repeal the rent controls, YP tells government The Yukon Party is calling on the minority Liberal government to repeal the rent controls it introduced as part of the Confidence and Supply Agreement it struck with the NDP last April.
• History burned on Christmas Day, 1961 Weather is always a good topic.
• COVID-19 dashboard introduced The territorial government has unveiled a new COVID-19 dashboard to provide Yukoners with important data related to the pandemic.
• Yukoner tells of incident in building The Yukon government has yet to respond to a request for information on an alleged incident Thursday at the Department of Health and Social Services building on Quartz Road.
• Following a two-year hiatus, the Yukon Quest will be off and running tomorrow. The Yukon Journey, an approximately 255-mile race from Pelly Crossing to Whitehorse, ran last year instead of the Quest, which was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.
• Project aims to help kids in out-of-home care A multi-government initiative was announced Thursday afternoon aimed at First Nations and Indigenous children who have been placed in out-of-home care.
• Mental health summit called fruitful The Yukon government says it’s pleased with the interest its mental health summit attracted earlier this week.
• Man arrested after trying to evade police Whitehorse RCMP have made another arrest in connection with a recent assault at the Ryder Apartment building in downtown Whitehorse.

February 17, 2022

• Lack of staff reduces rural health care The Yukon government is continuing to reduce services at health care centres in rural Yukon due to a lack of staff.
• Sheep hunter fined $8,500 for 2017 violation An Alaskan hunter was fined $8,500 after pleading guilty to shooting a Fannin sheep in the Yukon four years ago and claiming it was an American ram.
• City postpones mandatory vaccination policy The City of Whitehorse is delaying its vaccine mandate policy for its employees.
• Police looking into spree of break-and-enters Whitehorse RCMP are investigating at least six break-and-enters that took place in the overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning.
• More COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted The Yukon government and public health officials are speeding up their cautious approach to dropping health restrictions somewhat.

February 16, 2022

• Protests, counter-protests take place There were two groups of people speaking out last Saturday in Whitehorse.
• University delays date for its COVID vaccine requirement Yukon University announced Tuesday that the requirement for all students, employees, contractors and visitors attending a campus in-person must be fully vaccinated, has been delayed to Apr. 30.
• Access expanded to COVID-19 rapid tests The Yukon government is moving to expand acccess to COVID-19 rapid tests.
• Minister comments on school incident Education Minister Jeanie McLean has issued a statement on an RCMP investigation into a complaint that a Jack Hulland Elementary School teacher used physical force on a student.
• Licence plate stickers will be phased out Yukon licence plate decals are about to pass into history.
• High snow levels see city dig into reserves The city is having to dip into reserves for additional funding to keep up with the cost of snow removal, Mayor Laura Cabott announced Monday morning.
• MLAs to return March 3 The Yukon legislature is scheduled to reconvene Thursday, March. 3.
• Hospital is under heightened security Whitehorse General Hospital is under increased security measures today.
• Senator, MP assess the Emergencies Act The Yukon’s MP is unreservedly backing the federal government’s decision to use the Emergencies Act for the first time to handle the Freedom Convoy protest that has tied up Ottawa and other Canadian locations for weeks.