Whitehorse Daily Star

January 28, 2022

• Addressing the opioids crisis Behind the Blood Ties Four Directions Centre on Ogilvie Street is a door where people can exchange used needles.
• IPC issues recommendation to Justice The Office of the Yukon Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) has completed an investigation report into a complaint against the Department of Justice.
• Harrington’s Store receives Municipal Heritage status Harrington’s Store has been designated as a Municipal Heritage Site by the City of Dawson, adding to its existing designation as a Recognized Federal Heritage Building, which occurred in 1989.
• "Cigar Stores" .
• Shutter safe consumption site: Freedom Party The Yukon Freedom Party weighed in on the ongoing drug-opioid crisis on Thursday – and it didn’t take long for a reaction to be forthcoming.
• Car was stolen from locked garage Ray Sears was woken up at 4 a.m. Monday when his car was being stolen out of his garage on Boswell Crescent.
• City can’t collect $20,142 City council is being asked to write off $20,142 in uncollectible debts.
• Major Collision Investigated City firefighters and an RCMP officer work at the scene of a three-vehicle collision at about 9 p.m. Monday at the Second Avenue-Strickland Street intersection.
• Museum wasn’t happy with convoy’s presence The operators of the Yukon Transportation Museum (YTM) weren’t impressed by being co-opted into last Sunday’s demonstration supporting Canadian truck drivers.
• Population continues to grow The territory is one popular place.
• Council poised to vote on snow removal changes City council is being asked to approve service level changes for two popular pedestrian paths.
• Teachers called anxious over unknown COVID-19 cases The president of the Yukon Association of Educational Professionals says his members are angry and frustrated over the current COVID-19 rules regime mandated by the Yukon government.
• Vote results called ‘a momentous occasion’ History was made Thursday as seven out of eight Yukon school districts voted in favour of creating a new First Nations School Board.

January 27, 2022

• Mobile water treatment plant ready for experiential learning Water system operator trainees can now obtain hours required for certification with the new mobile water treatment plant at Yukon University.
• Promoting Mental Health Awareness The Bell Let’s Talk flag is raised Wednesday morning at Whitehorse city hall.
• Sewage lagoon in for some attention City council is moving forward with a contract to desludge the Livingston Lagoon off of Long Lake Road.
• Guidance offered for electronic systems The Yukon Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC), Diane McLeod-McKay, has developed new guidance to help public bodies and custodians in the Yukon fulfil their obligation to perform logging and auditing on their electronic systems that contain personal information (PI) or personal health information (PHI).
• Physicians use special day to promote vaccines for kids Yukon public health officials continued to flog the virtues of COVID-19 vaccinations for children today during a bonus second virus briefing of this week.
• Reports of shots fired investigated The Yukon RCMP say an investigation into alleged shots fired Wednesday in Carcross turned up nothing.

January 26, 2022

• Help for crisis is urgently needed: AFN, chiefs “Our people need help, and they need it now.”
• Need To Play Delmar Washington, Rob Hunter and Carlo Filice, left to right, perform Monday evening at the Local Bar.
• Victoria Gold’s CEO to receive Developer of the Year Award John McConnell, the president and CEO of Victoria Gold Corp., is the recipient of the AME 2021 E.A. Scholz Award for excellence in mine development.
• Delinquent taxpayers list out There are 71 names on the city’s list of individuals and companies who owe the city unpaid taxes.
• Majority of poll respondents want McPhee to resign: YP Politics continue to be a rocky road for deputy premier Tracy-Anne McPhee.
• Mom refuses to passively accept daughter’s death Jennifer Mitchell is living a nightmare.