Whitehorse Daily Star

July 20, 2021

• Officials optimistic about flood conditions management Yukon government officials are confident they can handle even the worst-case scenario for flooding in the Southern Lakes and Lake Laberge regions.
• Sound Recording Fund in for changes The Yukon government is poised to make changes to the territory’s Sound Recording Fund after a public consultation period.
• Public notified of 20 new COVID-19 cases Over the last three days, the Yukon has seen 20 new cases of COVID-19.
• Families to be refunded for July’s child care expenses The Yukon government is offering parents and families around the territory an olive branch after closing daycare centres for most of the last three weeks to help combat the COVID-19 outbreak.
• More fires reported following thunderstorms Monday’s thunderstorms, not unexpectedly, have sparked more wildfires around the Yukon.

July 19, 2021

• Hunters assist in tick assessment To assess the extent of the winter tick infestation in the Yukon, hunters can help, says Mary VanderKop, a territorial government veterinarian.
• Trouble On The Field A fire broke out Saturday afternoon on the field behind Selkirk Elementary School.
• Landlords’ survey charts rent cap’s impacts A survey by the Yukon Residential Landlords Association (YRLA) has provided a glimpse of how the territorial government’s rent cap program is being received by the public.
• Vintage touring in a classic biplane Klondike Airways, a subsidiary of Great River Air, has been providing rides in Dawson City for the past couple of years in a vintage 1942 Boeing A75N1 Stearman biplane.
• Aishihik Road blaze fought; firefighters leave for B.C. Yukon wildfire staff are busy fighting a small but persistent blaze today.
• Late victim’s sister glad killer has died A central figure in one of the most notorious cases of spousal violence in modern Yukon history has died.
• Five more COVID-19 cases reported The latest figures from the Yukon government – from Friday afternoon – show five more cases of COVID-19 in the territory.
• Ottawa agrees to military staying here longer A contingent of Canadian soldiers will stay on in the territory for up to another two weeks to help stave off flooding.

July 16, 2021

• Melodies At The Museum The Yukon Transportation Museum has been holding Claire Ness and Friends at the museum throughout the summer.
• Petition seeks changes in sheep, goat culling Homesteader Gemma Pearce has begun a petition to have the Yukon government change its policy on culling sheep and goats that test positive for the bacteria known as Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae (M.Ovi.).
• Silver Camp The Colourful Five Per Cent Illustrated
• Students’ recycling efforts celebrated The hard work of 3,130 northern students was celebrated July 6 as Northwestel Inc. announced the results of its annual directory recycling challenge.
• The Creativity Continues Longtime Yukon artist Jim Robb
• Immigration policy to guide decade’s activities The Yukon government is working toward a new immigration strategy.
• Ex-councillor portrays a dysfunctional VGFN gov’t. The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation (VGFN) council has lost yet another council member.
• ‘Party Smart,’ Dawson RCMP urge Dawson City RCMP are reminding the public about “Party Safe” awareness and drug prevention strategies as border restrictions due to COVID-19 loosen and more people visit Dawson this summer.
• Recent rate increase will have little impact on Yukoners’ bills The Yukon Utilities Board has approved the first stage of Yukon Energy’s 2021 rate increase proposal, it was announced June 24.
• An Unexpected Event Florian and Andrea Lemphers’ home is seen surrounded by water at Shallow Bay on Lake Laberge,
• City to buy water well site City council has approved the purchase of a water well site in Riverdale from the Yukon government for $1.
• COVID crisis has brought out the scammers Yukoners are among those Canadians receiving a text message falsely claiming they have received a national relief payment of $85 for getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
• City employees receive letters of appreciation Whitehorse residents Akhil Mohan and Rolly Levesque received the Commander’s Letter of Appreciation from RCMP Insp. Lindsay Ellis on July 7.
• MP has little to say about election Yukon MP Larry Bagnell is keeping a low profile as rumours of an imminent federal election swirl.
• Rain dampened wildfires The Yukon government reported 29 active fires in the territory today.
• U.S. residents charged after search at border Two Americans are facing a number of charges after being stopped and inspected by border officials in the Yukon this past spring.
• COVID-19 outbreak starting to diminish, latest data show The Yukon’s COVID-19 outbreak definitely appears to be subsiding.
• Precautions necessary, city’s mayor declares The City of Whitehorse has spent about $460,000 so far on placing small and large sandbags and on general preparation for flooding, senior officials explained at a briefing Thursday.