Whitehorse Daily Star

January 7, 2022

• Dawson Sourdough Returns Home From Convention The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated
• Public volunteer service, bravery awards presented Commissioner Angélique Bernard recently presented the 2021 recipients of the Commissioner’s Award for Public Volunteer Service and the Commissioner’s Award for Bravery.
• Yukon government updates its COVID-19 testing approach The Yukon government is adjusting its approach to testing for COVID-19 in response to the advent of the new Omicron variant.
• Education minister missing in action: Yukon Party In the face of mounting pressures on the stability of the territory’s schools, Education Minister Jeanie McLean has been “noticeably silent and absent,” the Yukon Party said Thursday.
• Paddy’s Pond platform prompts mixed reviews Environment Yukon has submitted a proposal to the environmental assessment board for the installation of a viewing platform at Paddy’s Pond in the Hillcrest area.
• Rapid tests needed: Yukon Party The Yukon Party is reiterating its call for the Liberal government to provide schools and all Yukoners with easy access to rapid antigen tests.
• Black And White Phenommenon George Black's bust by the MacBride Museum appears to be peeking out from the hoarfrost seen Thursday evening.
• ‘I’ve definitely got things to do’: White NDP Leader Kate White says she’s ready for better times.
• Dixon casts a wary look at a very busy 2021 Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon isn’t looking back on 2021 too kindly.
• ‘The future looks good,’ premier says of 2022 Ed. note: the leaders of the Liberal Party, the Yukon Party and the NDP reflected on 2021 and 2022 with the Star shortly before the Christmas-New Year’s break. Their thoughts are presented in political analyses here and on p. 5.
• Yukoners’ power usage was sizzling Yukon Energy hit a record this week for power generation as the territory remained in the grips of frigid temperatures.
• Hunter posted photos of kill on Facebook An Alaskan hunter is looking at a possible fine of $12,500 after pleading guilty to shooting a Fannin sheep in the Yukon four years ago and claiming it was an American ram.

January 6, 2022

• Searing cold snap is one to remember If you thought this morning’s temperature in Whitehorse was abnormally cold, you wouldn’t be mistaken.
• The Cold Reality ‘I thought my thermometer stopped at -50C, but I see now that it does go lower, though with no numbers,’ Whitehorse resident Murray Lundberg said today.
• Cold takes all school buses off the roads All school buses in the territory were cancelled today.
• Number of public servants on job remains stable There hasn’t been much change in the status of the territorial public service under the COVID-19 vaccine mandate over the Christmas break.
• Stuck motorists wind up with criminal charges Two Yukon men face drugs and weapons charges after they were arrested late last month near Carmacks.
• COVID-19 case counts continue their grim ascent The COVID-19 case count in Yukon communities for this week is out – and shows some potentially shocking numbers for Whitehorse residents.

January 5, 2022

• Residents Escape Blaze The Whitehorse Fire Department responded to a call to the Takhini Mobile Home Trailer Park on Range Road at about 7 a.m. Monday.
• Monstrous happenings in the park Nicole Bauberger, December’s Jenni House residency artist,
• Assume symptoms reflect COVID, Elliott advises To every Yukoner who has anything resembling cold or flu or any kind of respiratory symptoms, Dr. Catherine Elliott, the acting chief medical officer of health, has a simple message.
• Yukon’s open schools buck national trend The president of the Yukon Association of Education Professionals isn’t happy with the government’s decision to open schools in the territory this week.