Whitehorse Daily Star

August 31, 2021

• Vangorda plateau site subject of purchase plan The planned sale of mining claims and leases on the Vangorda plateau portion of the Faro mine site and neighbouring lands to the east of the plateau was announced Monday afternoon.
• Monument to be publicly unveiled Sept. 17 The Yukon Local Project Advisory Committee of the Finding Peace Commemoration Project for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-spirit plus (MMIWG) Commemoration Project: Finding Peace has planned two important events.
• Opioids epidemic has cost 14 Yukon lives in 2021 The Yukon opioid epidemic has claimed 14 lives so far this year.
• COVID-19 case surfaces in long-term care facility The territory has witnessed its first COVID-19 case reported in a long-term care facility.
• Indigenous educator honoured for outstanding work A Yukon teacher has been honoured with an award from the Canadian Teacher’s Federation.

August 30, 2021

• NDP makes housing pledge Lisa Vollans-Leduc, the NDP’s candidate for Yukon, said Friday she is committed to helping Yukon families find an affordable place to live.
• Storyteller Extraordinaire Ivan Coyote was the final act in this year’s Guild Hall ’Round Back Series on Friday.
• Safety rules changes soon Last September, the Yukon government approved changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations that will come into force this Saturday, two days before Labour Day.
• One new COVID case is reported Dr. Catherine Elliott
• Vechicles Collide .
• Hanley disappointed by YP’s ‘personal attack’ Brendan Hanley is firing back at the criticism directed at him by Yukon Party Leader Currie Dixon.
• Safe consumption site will not open Tuesday One of the signature projects of the agreement between the Yukon Liberal Party and the Yukon NDP has hit a speed bump.
• School feted for innovative learning Former federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair was on hand Friday morning as the Yukon government and the Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon (CSFY) gathered to celebrate the new French First Language Secondary School Community Centre, Centre scolaire secondaire communautaire Paul-Émile Mercier (CSSC Mercier).
• Inn may become supportive housing The Coast High Country Inn (HCI) could be changing hands if an ambitious proposal for the Safe at Home Society to take it over succeeds.

August 27, 2021

• The Sounds Of Africa The African Music Festival took place last weekend in Whitehorse.
• Chiropractor Kay MacDonald By Liesel Briggs
• CGC to close early Sept. 1 The Canada Games Centre will close at 3 p.m. next Wednesday.
• Graduation regalia fetes First Nations students’ efforts “Honouring Our Future: Yukon First Nations Regalia” is the title of the latest exhibit at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre in Dawson.
• Lining Up For History The city’s Martha Black May Day Tree seedling giveaway was extremely popular on Thursday afternoon.
• Statue attracts Mammoth degree of enthusiasm It’s just under 13 months ago that Dawsonites witnessed a mammoth progression up Front Street from the north end to a spot at the Waterfront Park near the Commissioner’s residence.
• Warming up for the ‘Kinda’ Klondike Road Relay The “Kinda” Klondike Road Relay will take place Sept. 11.
• Expand list of cancers, firefighters urge YG The Whitehorse Firefighters Association is negotiating vigorously for an expanded list of cancers to be added to territorial legislation.
• Mulcair speaks at ceremony Former federal NDP leader Tom Mulcair spoke in Whitehorse this morning at a celebration in honour of the CSSC Mercier Secondary School Community Centre.
• Principal writes of event’s ‘traumatizing impacts’ A letter from the principal of Hidden Valley Elementary School to the families of students promises to act on the concerns created by a former educational assistant’s conviction of sexual interference.
• COVID to see school open a week late Due to lingering concerns over an outbreak of COVID-19 in the village, the Ross River School is delaying its opening by a week.
• High demand sees real estate prices spiral Buying a home in Whitehorse and the Yukon has become substantially more difficult to do in the last year.