Whitehorse Daily Star

August 13, 2021

• Skagway's "Soapy" Smith By Dick North
• Uptake strong for seniors’ housing project The Vimy Heritage Housing Society’s seniors’ project has gained traction, organizers said last month.
• The Yukon Fresh A.i.R. Exchange 2021 .
• Late lawyer ‘loved life and loved the law’ A Whitehorse lawyer who was well-known for his defence of First Nations and Indigenous rights died July 28.
• Watching The Watcher A young fox looks at the photographer
• Company sweetened the pot to encourage vaccines A local company might have a lesson or two for the Yukon government and its public health officials struggling with how to reach people who are hesitant to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
• Outdoor Performance Sadie Segriff, left, and Barbara Simms perform In Relation last Saturday evening at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• Floodstricken couple grateful for outpouring of help The Shallow Bay home of Florian and Andrea Lemphers has been inspected for flood damage and cleared structurally.
• Whistle Bend gets new bus stops The City of Whitehorse is introducing six new transit stops in Whistle Bend as part of a number of improvements to the level of service in the subdivision.
• No Star Monday The Star will not be published Monday,
• COVID up sharply here; virus explodes in Haines COVID-19 case numbers leapt Thursday in the Yukon.
• Artist’s long-lost painting resurfaces Jim Robb was wondering where a piece of his art commissioned by the Yukon government back in 1983 had gone to.
• Many lips sealed amid candidate’s ouster In a shocking turn of events, Jonas J. Smith, the Conservative Party of Canada’s election candidate for the Yukon, has been given the boot.

August 12, 2021

• It’s official: it’s the Yukon again You would be hard-pressed to find a mention in the government files of a Yukon government decision that the majority of Yukoners will likely want to raise a glass to.
• Taking Over Take-Out The Klondike Cruisers
• YP wonders if irrigation vow has run dry The Yukon government is stuck in a sand trap when it comes to the Mountain View Golf Course irrigation system, according to the Yukon Party.
• Victoria Gold reports another spill at minesite Victoria Gold is cleaning up after another spill at its Yukon mine.
• Commissioner to host picnic in Dawson City Members of the public are invited to a Saturday picnic hosted by Commissioner Angélique Bernard to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the discovery of gold in the Yukon.
• More COVID-19 cases reported Dr. Jesse Kancir, the acting chief medical officer of health, is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 from noon Tuesday to noon Wednesday.

August 11, 2021

• Opening The Door To Standing Memories Alistair Maitland gave an artist’s talk last Thursday evening about his show Doortraits: Intimate Pandemic Images at the Yukon Arts Centre.
• MP ‘moved mountains’ for Yukon: AYC head Gord Curran, the president of the Association of Yukon Communities (AYC), is thanking Yukon MP Larry Bagnell for his years of service.
• Ride for Dad third in Canada for fundraising Photo spread
• Whistle Bend to get better transit service At its meeting Monday, city council approved the proposal to increase transit service for the Whistle Bend subdivision.
• Group finishes walk to honour school survivors A six-week, 2,000-kilometre walk to honour children and survivors of residential schools that began in late June in the Yukon ended Monday in Kamloops.
• New speed limit kicks in Aug. 23 As of Aug. 23, the speed limit on all downtown Whitehorse streets will be 40 km/h.
• School bus routes pronounced ready School bus routes for the coming school year have been finalized, and bus schedules can be found online, the Yukon government said Monday.
• State of emergency is set to lapse The Yukon’s state of emergency will end in two weeks if the current situation remains stable.
• ‘This is the right place to be,’ Hanley says One of the Yukon’s most visible personalities is now poised to potentially take his act national.