Whitehorse Daily Star

October 5, 2021

• Long-term care residents receiving COVID-19 booster doses Immunizers have begun providing booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to residents of long-term care facilities.
• First Nations Procurement Policy’s final phase takes effect The Yukon government has implemented the final phase of its controversial First Nations Procurement Policy.
• Yukon Housing Summit 2021 is underway The Yukon Housing Summit 2021, a forum to support the development of housing solutions in the Yukon, began early this morning at the Kwänlin Dun Cultural Centre.
• Flags at half-staff to honour Jenkins The territory is officially mourning the death of Peter Jenkins, the former Yukon Party cabinet minister and longtime mayor of Dawson City.
• Dixon reflects on National Day of Action Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon released a statement Monday to mark the National Day of Action.
• COVID-19 takes another Yukoner’s life A 10th person has died from COVID-19 in the Yukon.

October 4, 2021

• ‘Colonialism is still strong today,’ vigil told Last Thursday’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation dawned as a grey and chilly one in Dawson, and there were few people who weren’t shivering at the end of the two-hour vigil at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre grounds.
• Hoisting The Flag The United Way flag was raised at the Yukon Government Main Administration Building at noon Friday.
• Grocer, YukonU team up to address student hunger issue Grocer, YukonU team up to address student hunger issue
• Dates set for coming ban on single-use shopping bags The governing Liberals and the Yukon Party are at odds over the territorial government’s plan to ban plastic bags.
• Population was 42,986 in July According to the preliminary estimates published by Statistics Canada last Wednesday, the Yukon’s population was 42,986 as of July 1.
• COVID-19 outbreak declared at Carcross school Dr. Catherine Elliott, the Yukon’s acting chief medical officer of health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Ghùch Tiâ Community School in Carcross.
• Minister challenged over waste stations’ closures The government’s decision to close waste transfer facilities in four rural communities continues to face substantial opposition from those communities.
• Former cabinet minister, Dawson mayor dies Another in a line of notable Yukon figures has left us.

October 1, 2021

• Sourdough Thermometer By Jim Robb
• Fire Prevention Week will begin on Sunday Mayor Dan Curtis has proclaimed Oct. 3-9 as Fire Prevention Week.
• The Klondike strike and the village of Moosehide This is the 125th anniversary year of the Klondike Gold Discovery, Aug. 17, 1896.
• Taco Treats Members of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations were serving up taco in a bag, beading kits and colouring Tuesday afternoon at Rotary Peace Park.
• Paid Sick Leave Rebate extended to late 2022 The Yukon government is renewing and extending its Paid Sick Leave Rebate through September 2022.
• Presley Produces New Work The Yukon’s Elvis Presley has released what he says may be his last CD, Elvis Presley’s Pandemic Foe .
• Zoning amendment approved City council at its meeting Monday approved third and final reading of the bylaw to amend zoning for an industrial lot in the Marwell industrial subdivision.
• Plentiful Firepower Tao Sun
• Things cooking for the Smoke and Sow The Smoke and Sow restaurant and food truck business is one step closer to becoming the new operators of the kitchen in the Frank Slims Building at Shipyards Park.
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation The inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was held Thursday.
• Weather warning out for White Pass, Chilkat Pass It’s a tough job being a meteorologist at times.
• Parties hope YG isn’t backtracking on relief Two government initiatives dealing with the past summer’s flooding are causing some concerns amongst the public and opposition politicians.