Whitehorse Daily Star

September 17, 2021

• Airlines await vaccination verification plans Count Air North president Joe Sparling as one of the people confused as to how air travel will work once passengers have to provide their vaccination status.
• Snow clearing plan should cover trails, city councillor says The city should include its trail network in its snow and ice clearing policy, says Coun. Steve Roddick.
• Pelly River Ranch By Marjorie Bradley
• Emergency shelter funded The Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) has received funding to begin work on establishing an emergency shelter in Whitehorse for Yukon First Nations women and children escaping family violence.
• Assessment rates unveiled at board’s annual meeting The Government group category has absorbed the highest 2022 assessment increase from the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board.
• At The Arts Underground Gorellaume sets up the show
• Man announces run for council Lifelong Yukoner Noah Curtis has announced his bid for a city council seat in the Oct. 21 municipal election.
• Roadside Respite A deer munches down
• Yukoners prepare to vote in COVID-19 election Polling stations on Monday will look a bit different than they did for the 2019 federal election, says Michael Lauer, the Yukon’s chief returning officer.
• Hidden Valley School Council plans meeting over concerns The Hidden Valley School Council has planned a special meeting for Sept. 22 to address concerns regarding student safety and school processes.
• Refreshing The Panels Ben Gribben has been refurbishing the large panels at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre,
• Smith would support Yukon-specific priorities Jonas J. Smith has always been an independent type.
• Crises require new leadership: New Democrat For the NDP’s Lisa Vollans-Leduc, running for federal office is the culmination of a lifetime of activism.
• Dunlop relishes the challenge; vows to listen Barbara Dunlop may be facing an uphill battle to become the Yukon’s next MP, but she wouldn’t have it any other way.
• The choice is clear, Green candidate believes Lenore Morris, the candidate for the federal Green Party, isn’t lacking in confidence.
• Hanley: time to transfer skills to public service Ed. note: here, in random order, the Star profiles the territory’s five candidates for Monday’s federal election.

September 16, 2021

• Emergency state lifted for Southern Lakes, Lake Laberge The Yukon government is lifting the state of emergency issued July 9 under the Civil Emergency Measures Act in response to flooding in the Southern Lakes region and Lake Laberge.
• Six more COVID-19 cases reported Dr. Catherine Elliott, the acting chief medical officer of health, has reported six new Yukon cases of COVID-19 from noon Monday through noon Wednesday.
• Possible stolen items to be identified and returned Whitehorse RCMP hope to reunite a possibly stolen item with its owner.
• It’s time for a basic annual income, rally-goers told Yukoners, Canadians, need to push for a basic annual income for all Canadians, says Yukon Senator Pat Duncan.
• NDP’s ‘bold plan’ can be financed, candidate says Lisa Vollans-Leduc, the territory’s NDP candidate for Monday’s election, says her party’s platform contains “serious re-investments to tackle the problems long neglected by Liberal and Conservative governments.”

September 15, 2021

• Minister honours fallen firefighters Community Services Minister Richard Mostyn honoured Firefighters’ National Memorial Day (last Sunday).
• ‘Kinda’ relay kinda fun The “Kinda” Klondike Road Relay took place last Saturday starting at the Yukon-B.C. border instead of the customary Skagway.
• Whitehorse-Lancieux friendship feted The City of Whitehorse and the Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY) celebrated the 21st anniversary of the Whitehorse-Lancieux Sister City connection last Thursday at city hall.
• Candidate’s response concerns Queer Yukon The Queer Yukon Society and Jonas Smith, the territory’s independent candidate for Monday’s federal election, are butting heads over the contentious issue of conversion therapy.
• Candidate lauds Green platform Lenore Morris, the territory’s Green Party candidate for Monday’s federal election, is endorsing the Green Party of Canada platform.
• Candidates exchange barbs over housing benefit The campaign of Barbara Dunlop, the territory’s Conservative candidate in Monday’s election, has called on Liberal hopeful Brendan Hanley to explain why he is “misleading Yukoners by making promises that are not included in the Liberal Party of Canada platform.”
• River Bend affordable housing project opens Phase 2 of the River Bend affordable housing development in Whistle Bend opened Tuesday.
• Former education assistant faces more charges Rewrite - The Yukon Party says it’s “deeply disturbed” to learn that more charges have been laid against a former education assistant at Hidden Valley School.