Whitehorse Daily Star

October 27, 2021

• Swans provide entertainment for locals Swans, both trumpeter and tundra, as well as the various other waterfowl, have put on quite an entertaining show, feeding, bickering and resting, in the Yukon River by the Robert Service Way during the past two weeks.
• Childhood educators can access funds Childhood educators in the Yukon will have access to $800,000 more in Cultural Enhancement Funding to develop enhanced, culturally rich, early learning programs and environments as part of the Canada-Yukon Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.
• Yukoner gets prestigious award from France Yukoner Joseph Novak, 98, a Royal Canadian Army Service Corps veteran Lance/Corporal (retired), was presented last Wednesday with the rank of Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour from Gen. Benoît Puga, the Grand Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, from France.
• Government questioned on mandatory vaccines The Yukon government’s controversial decision to have all public servants be fully vaccinated is still raging in the legislature.
• Clinic gives advice on workplace sexual harassment The Yukon Legal Services Society, with funding from Justice Canada, has opened a new clinic providing free and confidential legal advice and information related to workplace sexual harassment.
• Shootings have involved fatalities, sources say The incoming mayor of Faro says he can confirm there were “multiple injuries’’ after the RCMP said they are investigating reports of shots fired in the small community on Tuesday.

October 26, 2021

• New and improved Yukon 511 launches today A new Yukon 511 website and mobile app is now available to the public.
• MLA wants minister to resign A Yukon Party MLA is calling for the resignation of deputy premier Tracy-Anne McPhee over the Hidden Valley Elementary School sex abuse scandal.
• NDP wants public inquiry into abuse controversy NDP Leader Kate White is calling for a public inquiry into the sexual abuse scandal at Hidden Valley Elementary School.
• Dismissals of unvaccinated YG workers not discussed: Streicker “We’ve never discussed firing anyone.”
• Ombudsman to investigate school controversy The list of investigations into the sexual abuse scandal at Hidden Valley Elementary School grew by one Monday afternoon.
• New COVID case data, exposure notices issued Dr. Catherine Elliott, the acting chief medical officer of health, has reported 24 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from noon last Friday to noon Monday.

October 25, 2021

• Eagle soars to fabulous freedom A golden eagle was released into the wild at the McIntyre Marsh off the Fish Lake Road on Sunday in front of more than 100 people.
• Outgoing, incoming lawmakers thanked Community Services Minister Richard Mostyn has reacted to last Thursday’s municipal election results.
• Opposing Views People protesting the territory’s COVID-19 vaccine certificates and planned mandatory vaccinations policy for Yukon government employees gathered Friday at Third Avenue and Elliott Street.
• Correction The municipal election results chart published Friday indicated mayoral candidate Patti Balsillie received 22 votes at the polling station at city hall. In fact, she drew 222 votes there.
• Seventeen additional COVID-19 cases reported Dr. Catherine Elliott, the acting chief medical officer of health, has reported 17 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from noon last Wednesday through noon Friday.
• Renewable energy plans spur brusque exchange The general ambience of snarkiness permeating the Yukon legislative assembly was on full display recently as Energy, Mines and Resources Minister John Streicker presented a statement on the government’s renewable energy projects.
• MLA raises ‘serious incidents’ at school The Yukon Party is raising concerns about what it calls a series of serious behavioural incidents at Jack Hulland Elementary School in Porter Creek.
• We’re standing up for members’ rights: YEU It appears as if the Yukon government is considering some significant concessions demanded by the Yukon Employees’ Union (YEU) over the proposed mandatory vaccine policy due to be implemented on Nov. 30.