Whitehorse Daily Star: News Archive

News Archive

Freedom Party links vaccine mandates to supply chain problems People: get ready.
Street names closer to being altered The bylaw required to change the names of two streets in the Whistle Bend subdivision received first and second readings at city council’s meeting Monday.
Motion to stop renovation work is put off City councillor Ted Laking has delayed putting forward his motion to halt the city hall renovation project.
Deaths spur government to declare a health emergency Following four Yukon drug-related deaths in the first week of January,

New diversion centre nearly doubles in cost Dawson’s council believes it will cost $3.5 million to build the required new Solid Waste Diversion Centre needed for the town to have a continuing recycling program.
Government, YP spar over living costs The Yukon Party says “Liberal policies are putting residents further behind and jeopardizing Yukoners’ long-term personal finances.”
New temporary public health measures now in force Stronger public health measures needed to address the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the Yukon are now enforceable under the Civil Emergency Measures Act, the government noted Tuesday.
City pursues fuel contracts City council voted at its meeting Monday to begin the process of securing new five-year contracts for the supply of gasoline, diesel fuel, propane and heating oil.
Two more drug overdose deaths reported Although there is no official word from Yukon coroner Heather Jones as yet, two more drug overdose deaths are said to have occurred overnight in Whitehorse.
No one is hospitalized with COVID-19: Elliott There was at least one bit of good news coming out of the weekly COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday afternoon: there are currently no virus cases in the hospitals around the Yukon.
RCMP discuss review of their school investigation There were no real revelations from the RCMP as they held their first briefing Tuesday to discuss the ongoing review of the Hidden Valley School sexual abuse scandal.

Receiver cannot find purchaser for Wolverine Mine PricewaterhouseCoopers has filed its eighth report on the receivership of the Yukon Zinc Corp. and its Wolverine Mine.
Lightening The Load Snow is removed last Saturday
Film festival modifies its plans Due to the outbreak of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Yukon Film Society is shifting its 20th annual Available Light Film Festival (ALFF) to an online format and is moving the dates to Feb. 11-28.
No word on YG’s investigation of horses The controversy over the state of the horses owned by Jim Dillabough on the Mayo Road is murkier than ever.
Whistle Bend needs a fire hall: councillor City councillor Ted Laking told his colleagues at Monday’s meeting that it’s time to get on with building a fire hall in the blossoming Whistle Bend subdivision.
YG comments on news release’s timing The territorial cabinet communications team provided a statement Monday afternoon explaining why a news release announcing significant new COVID-19 restrictions was sent out at 7 p.m. last Friday.

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