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August 2, 2021
- Ex-government leader to chair Games body Yukon government and city officials have reached into the past to find a chairman for their 2027 Canada Winter Games bid committee.
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Skid Row wins the speed prize at the outhouse race The Great International Outhouse Race and Bathroom Limerick Contest hit the road at 1:14 p.m. Saturday.
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The loon makes a grand return to McLean Lake A fabulistic music-driven evening evoking our humanity, and stirring our imaginations.
- Woman’s death probed Details are scanty as Whitehorse RCMP officers investigate a sudden death on Friday night.
- Fire danger still at serious levels Fire danger is high or extreme in most of the territory right now, says the daily fire report released this morning by Yukon Wildland Fire Management.
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COVID cases remain a daily reality The COVID-19 outbreak in the Yukon is lingering on, with numbers remaining stable at approximately seven cases a day.
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Assessment of property ‘hard decision’: Mostyn Community Services Minister Richard Mostyn doesn’t deny he told the owner of a recreational property near Marsh Lake that her home might have to be sacrificed for the greater good.
- Ruling ‘casts a very large shadow’: chief The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation (VGFN) held a teleconference Friday afternoon regarding the recent Yukon Court of Appeal ruling that candidates for political office must live in the First Nation’s territory.
July 30, 2021
- Information Commissioner issues decision on access Information Commissioner issues decision on access
- Arts centre takes cautious approach to relaxed rules Despite next Wednesday’s loosening of COVID restrictions, the Yukon Arts Centre plans to continue to operate at maximum 25-per-cent audience capacity.
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Colour With Meaning Crosswalks painted last year at the intersection of Main and Front streets,
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MLA dives into Whistle Bend pond dilemma Yukon Party MLA Yvonne Clarke is continuing her campaign against the scum in the Whistle Bend pond.
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Chappie and Mattie Chapman Liesel Briggs
- Salmon run forecasts not optimistic It’s shaping up to be another year of poor returns of Yukon River salmon, for both chinook and fall chum salmon.
- City will use Elections Yukon’s voters list The city does not need to compile its own list of electors for the Oct. 21 municipal elections because it’s using Elections Yukon’s list of eligible voters.
- Water levels are still dropping Lake levels are continuing to recede, according to numbers released this morning by the Emergency Measures Organization.
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‘They threw us to the wolves,’ resident says A group of property owners at Marsh Lake say they haven’t received much support from the Yukon government to battle the high water, despite what is happening in other areas.
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Guard against wildfires, home owners urged There are many things you can do to protect your home from the risk of wildfires, says Stu Clark, a Copper Ridge resident active in promoting risk reduction.
- City pares development cost charges City council has approved a $91,770 reduction in development cost charges for a housing development at 213 Keno Way in the Whistle Bend subdivision.
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Major North Klondike Highway work planned Massive helpings of federal money continue to pour into the Yukon government’s coffers as election fever mounts in Ottawa.
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Incoming president responded to siren call of the Yukon The new president of Yukon University has a burgeoning love affair with the Yukon.
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Latest person to die of COVID was not immunized: Hanley One more Yukoner has succumbed to COVID-19, showing the current outbreak still has some dangerously sharp teeth left to it.
July 29, 2021
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At The Health Fair Ellie Fabra, left, and Bonita Rogers
- Youth vaccine eligibility expands, mobile clinics return The eligibility for youth for a COVID-19 vaccine has been expanded, the Yukon government announced Wednesday.
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Summer Fun Time The new playground
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Funding awarded for Great Yukon Summer events The Government of Yukon has unveiled the 57 recipients of the Great Yukon Summer edition of the On Yukon Time events funding program.
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Outhouse race will run again on Saturday The Great International Outhouse Race probably won’t be international again this year, what with COVID-19 restrictions, and it’s a day earlier than last year.
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Yukoner celebrates $1-million windfall Michael Healey couldn’t believe his eyes when he scanned his Lotto Max ticket and discovered he’d won $1 million in the June 18 draw.
- Entrepreneurship support established for communities Yukonstruct and Yukon University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship will provide entrepreneurship support to territorial communities thanks to a $740,512.50 funding investment from the federal government’s Future Skills Centre (FSC).